Editing North Dakota (section)

===21st century===
{{main| North Dakota oil boom}}
In 2010, the state had lower rates of unemployment than the national average,<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web|first1=Vincent|last1=Fernando|first2=Betty|last2=Jin|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ten-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment-rates-and-why-2010-8?op=1|title=10 States With Ridiculously Low Unemployment—And Why|website=Business Insider|date=August 23, 2010|access-date=February 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521014258/http://www.businessinsider.com/ten-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment-rates-and-why-2010-8?op=1|archive-date=May 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and increased job and population growth.<ref name="startribune">{{cite news |first =David |last =Shaffer |url =http://www.startribune.com/local/184433891.html?refer=y |title =N. Dakota population growth is tops in U.S |newspaper =Star Tribune |date =December 22, 2012 |access-date =February 7, 2013 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130609212512/http://www.startribune.com/local/184433891.html?refer=y |archive-date =June 9, 2013 |url-status =live }}</ref> Much of the growth has been based on development of the [[Bakken formation|Bakken oil fields]] in the western part of the state.<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday">{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Shactman|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-08-27/Unemployed-Go-to-North-Dakota/50136572/1|title=Unemployed? Go to North Dakota|publisher=CNBC|date=August 28, 2011|access-date=February 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015023350/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-08-27/Unemployed-Go-to-North-Dakota/50136572/1|archive-date=October 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Estimates as to the remaining amount of oil in the area vary, with some estimating over 100 years' worth.<ref>{{cite web 
|first = Mark 
|last = Perry 
|url = http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/bakken-oil-boom-in-north-dakota-might-last-for-100-years/ 
|title = Bakken oil boom in North Dakota might last for 100 years 
|publisher = American Enterprise Institute 
|date = January 31, 2013 
|access-date = February 7, 2013 
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130206003216/http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/bakken-oil-boom-in-north-dakota-might-last-for-100-years/ 
|archive-date = February 6, 2013 
|url-status = live 
}}</ref>

For decades, North Dakota's annual murder and violent crime rates were regularly the lowest in the United States. In recent years, however, while still below the national average, crime has risen sharply. In 2016, the violent crime rate was three times higher than in 2004, with the rise occurring mostly in the late 2000s, coinciding with the oil boom era. This happened at a time when the national violent crime rate declined slightly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm|title=United States Crime Rates 1960—2016|first=Christopher|last=Effgen|website=www.disastercenter.com|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701112104/http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm|archive-date=July 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Workers in the oil boom towns have been blamed for much of the increase.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thinkprogress.org/crime-in-north-dakotas-oil-boom-towns-is-so-bad-that-the-fbi-is-stepping-in-76e3203eab24/|title=Crime In North Dakota's Oil Boom Towns Is So Bad That The FBI Is Stepping In|website=[[ThinkProgress]]|date=March 6, 2015 |access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143614/https://thinkprogress.org/crime-in-north-dakotas-oil-boom-towns-is-so-bad-that-the-fbi-is-stepping-in-76e3203eab24/|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ndcrimn.htm|title=North Dakota Crime Rates 1960—2016|first=Christopher|last=Effgen|website=www.disastercenter.com|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143609/http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ndcrimn.htm|archive-date=December 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>