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\"ndflag\"<\/a>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota officials are expecting the state\u2019s population to rise despite low oil prices and a slowdown in drilling activity.<\/p>\n

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North Dakota\u2019s population has reached an all-time high of 756,927, an increase of 16,887 residents since last year\u2019s U.S. Census Bureau count.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Census Bureau reports, North Dakota\u2019s population has grown by 2.5 percent since last year, the largest percent increase among all states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Governor Jack Dalrymple says,\u201cIt\u2019s great to see that our economic growth continues to keep North Dakotans home and that we are attracting new residents who come for good jobs, a strong economy and our great quality of life.\u00a0 After decades of out-migration and population decline, North Dakota\u2019s economy continues to drive a dramatic shift in our demographics. \u00a0North Dakota\u2019s population is growing, getting younger and our citizens are taking advantage of more opportunities than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the early 2000s, North Dakota was one of only a few states with a declining and aging population. The state began to reverse that trend in 2004, with an estimated population of about 645,000 residents. Since then, North Dakota\u2019s population has grown every year, with a total increase of more than 110,000 residents.<\/p>\n

North Dakota Census Office Manager, Kevin Iverson says, the in-migration of adults of child-bearing age is playing a major role in the state\u2019s current population trend. \u00a0\u00a0In just the past 10 years, the number of births in North Dakota has steadily increased from about 8,380 to last year\u2019s birth count of 11,352.<\/p>\n

Additionally, North Dakota is becoming younger, with the state\u2019s median age dropping in 2014 to 34.9 years of age \u2013 two years younger than the median age recorded just 10 years ago, Iverson said. North Dakota\u2019s median age is now the 4th youngest in the nation. In 2010, North Dakota\u2019s median age ranked 24th, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n

North Dakota\u2019s economy continues to be among the nation\u2019s strongest. \u00a0In the past five years, the state\u2019s economy has averaged an annual growth rate of nearly 12 percent, four times that of the national economy. North Dakota\u2019s unemployment rate of 2.7 percent is the nation\u2019s lowest. \u00a0The state has created more than 123,000 net jobs since 2000, and employers currently report having nearly 16,000 open positions.<\/p>\n

Personal incomes in North Dakota have also improved dramatically in just the past 10 years. \u00a0In 2004, the state\u2019s per-capita personal income was below the national average and ranked 38th among all states. Last year, North Dakota\u2019s per-capita personal income ranked 4th highest among all states at 121 percent of the national average.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota officials are expecting the state\u2019s population to rise despite low oil prices and a slowdown in drilling activity. North Dakota\u2019s population has reached an all-time high of 756,927, an increase of 16,887 residents since last year\u2019s U.S. Census Bureau count. The Census Bureau reports, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90662"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90668,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90662\/revisions\/90668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}