Fargo-Moorhead

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Fargo-Moorhead is a common name given to the metropolitan area comprising (a) Fargo, North Dakota, (b) Moorhead, Minnesota, and (c) the surrounding communities. These two cities lie on the North Dakota-Minnesota border, on opposite banks of the Red River of the North. The larger Fargo-Moorhead area also encompasses the communities of West Fargo, North Dakota, Dilworth, Minnesota and numerous other towns and developments from which commuters travel daily for work, education and regular activities.

The Census Bureau defines the Fargo Metropolitan Area as comprising all of Cass County, North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. The metropolitan area has an area of 7,278 km² (2,810 mi²), and its population, according to the 2000 census, was 174,367. A July 1, 2008 estimate placed the population at 195,685.^[1] The city's largest suburb of West Fargo has nearly doubled in the last six years and this trend is expected to continue. The growth of the city has boosted the local economy and set the area apart from national trends such as rates of home foreclosure and declining home sales.

[edit] Core cities

• Fargo, North Dakota
• Moorhead, Minnesota
• West Fargo, North Dakota
• Dilworth, Minnesota

[edit] Suburbs and adjacent towns

• Briarwood, North Dakota
• Frontier, North Dakota
• North River, North Dakota
• Prairie Rose, North Dakota
• Reile's Acres, North Dakota

[edit] Bedroom communities

• Casselton, North Dakota
• Barnesville, Minnesota
• Glyndon, Minnesota
• Hawley, Minnesota
• Sabin, Minnesota
• Harwood, North Dakota
• Horace, North Dakota
• Kindred, North Dakota
• Mapleton, North Dakota
• Oxbow, North Dakota
• Davenport, North Dakota

The Red River of the North in Fargo-Moorhead, as viewed from the Fargo side of the river

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 174,367 people, 69,985 households, and 42,154 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 94.77% White, 0.72% African American, 1.18% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.94% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $38,018, and the median income for a family was $50,331. Males had a median income of $33,196 versus $22,725 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,223.

[edit] Fargo/Wahpeton CSA

The Census Bureau also tracks a Fargo-Wahpeton Combined Statistical Area, consisting of Cass and Clay counties, as well as Richland County, North Dakota and Wilkin County, Minnesota. This area includes the twin cities of Wahpeton, North Dakota and Breckenridge, Minnesota. The Fargo-Moorhead urban core is actually about an hour's worth of highway travel from the Wahpeton-Breckenridge core. The main connection between these two pairs of cities is the Red River Valley, the flat, fertile land that both depend upon for a major part of their economies. Potatoes are an important crop in the region, in addition to most of the other crops produced elsewhere in Minnesota and North Dakota.

[edit] See also

• Fargo-Moorhead media

[edit] References

v • d • e Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area (ND-MN) Counties Cass | Clay Main cities Fargo† | Moorhead† | West Fargo | Dilworth Surrounding areas Alice | Amenia | Argusville | Arthur | Ayr | Barnesville | Briarwood | Buffalo | Casselton | Comstock | Davenport | Enderlin | Erie | Felton | Frontier | Gardner | Georgetown | Grandin | Glyndon | Harwood | Hawley | Hitterdal | Horace | Hunter | Kindred | Leonard | Mapleton | North River | Oxbow | Page | Prairie Rose | Sabin | Tower City | Reile's Acres | Ulen | Wheatland † - county seat