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The U.S. State of North Dakota currently has nine statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated one combined statistical area, four metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in North Dakota.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA, comprising the area around Fargo, North Dakota's largest city.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the nine statistical areas of North Dakota, seven are PSAs comprising one combined statistical area, three metropolitan statistical areas and three micropolitan statistical areas.
| 2020 rank | Primary statistical area[1] | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 estimate[3] | Change | 2020 Census[4] | Change | 2010 Census[5] | ||
| 1 | Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA (ND) | 212,920 | +5.90% | 201,054 | +21.04% | 166,099 |
| 2 | Bismarck, ND MSA | 135,786 | +1.62% | 133,626 | +20.79% | 110,625 |
| 3 | Minot, ND MSA | 75,742 | −2.33% | 77,546 | +11.51% | 69,540 |
| 4 | Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA (ND) | 72,708 | −0.63% | 73,170 | +9.44% | 66,861 |
| 5 | Williston, ND μSA | 39,113 | −4.49% | 40,950 | +82.83% | 22,398 |
| 6 | Dickinson, ND μSA | 37,466 | −3.15% | 38,686 | +35.65% | 28,518 |
| 7 | Jamestown, ND μSA | 21,392 | −0.93% | 21,593 | +2.34% | 21,100 |
| Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA | 285,484 | +4.62% | 272,878 | +17.79% | 231,674 | |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA | 103,120 | −1.19% | 104,362 | +5.99% | 98,461 | |
- An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
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