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North Dakota Compass provides and promotes the use of credible data to improve the quality of life in North Dakota.
A project of the Center for Social Research at North Dakota State University, North Dakota Compass provides reliable and consistent information needed by North Dakota’s community, policy, organizational, non-profit, and business leaders who must plan for the future in an environment of continuous change. More >
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North Dakota ranks first among Midwest states in population growth rate from 2023 to 2024.
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2024 Statewide Housing Needs Assessment
Karen Olson is a research specialist for the Center for Social Research at North Dakota State University (NDSU). Her efforts involve a wide range of topics including migration, characteristics of the aging population, community efforts to reduce poverty, housing needs, and the health and well-being of children and families.
NDSU’s Center for Social Research in partnership with and on behalf of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency conducted a North Dakota housing needs assessment in late 2024. In this article, Karen provides a brief highlight of findings from the 2024 North Dakota Housing Needs Assessment.
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State Legislative District Profiles
Highlighting measures focusing on population, household, social, and economic characteristics for each of the 47 districts in North Dakota.
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