Editing North Dakota (section)

===Population===
[[File:North Dakota population density 2020.png|thumb|upright=1.6|North Dakota population density]]

At the 2023 estimate North Dakota's population was 783,926 on July 1, 2023, a 0.62% increase since the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ND,US/PST045223|title=QuickFacts North Dakota; UNITED STATES|website=2023 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=October 25, 2024|access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref> North Dakota is the fourth least-populous state in the country; only [[Alaska]], [[Vermont]], and [[Wyoming]] have fewer residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From fewer than 2,000 people in 1870, North Dakota's population grew to near 680,000 by 1930. Growth then slowed, and the population fluctuated slightly over the next seven decades, hitting a low of 617,761 in the 1970 census, with 642,200 in the 2000 census.<ref name="ndsupop">{{cite web|title=North Dakota Historical Population|publisher=North Dakota State University|url=http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/sainieid/north-dakota-historical-population.html|access-date=August 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113052533/http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/sainieid/north-dakota-historical-population.html|archive-date=November 13, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In the 21st Century North Dakota has experienced significant growth reaching a record population of 783,926 in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burgum welcomes new record population estimate of 783,926 for North Dakota from U.S. Census Bureau {{!}} North Dakota Office of the Governor |url=https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-welcomes-new-record-population-estimate-783926-north-dakota-us-census-bureau |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=www.governor.nd.gov |language=en}}</ref> Except for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]], the North Dakota population has a lesser percentage of minorities than in the nation as a whole.<ref name="quickfacts">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/38000.html|title=North Dakota QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|access-date=August 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615210657/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/38000.html|archive-date=June 15, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As of 2011, 20.7% of North Dakota's population younger than age{{nbsp}}1 were minorities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[center of population]] of North Dakota is in [[Wells County, North Dakota|Wells County]], near [[Sykeston, North Dakota|Sykeston]].<ref>{{cite web |title=statecenters |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |access-date=November 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508041813/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |archive-date=May 8, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2023 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 784 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in North Dakota.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-ahar-part-1.Pdf|title=The 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress}}</ref>

{{US Census population
| 1870 = 2405
| 1880 = 36909
| 1890 = 190983
| 1900 = 319146
| 1910 = 577056
| 1920 = 646872
| 1930 = 680845
| 1940 = 641935
| 1950 = 619636
| 1960 = 632446
| 1970 = 617761
| 1980 = 652717
| 1990 = 638800
| 2000 = 642200
| 2010 = 672591
| 2020 = 779094
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 796568
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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