Illuminate New Ideas

January 2025 Newsletter

Illuminate Insights Through Data.

JUST RELEASED!! North Dakota Compass launched the 2025 North Dakota State Legislative District (SLD) Profiles for North Dakota's districts.


The SLD profiles highlight 16 measures focusing on population, household, social, and economic characteristics. The profile data and information come in several formats: individual district PDFs and interactive dashboards. Both formats include state and national averages for quick comparisons. In addition, the dashboards also allow comparison between districts.


With the 2025 North Dakota Legislative Session underway, these profiles can help encourage dialogue among and with legislators, members of government agencies, community-based organizations, educators, individuals, and businesses about how to best support communities and residents in North Dakota. 

Explore the 2025 SLD Interactive Dashboard.

Learn more about the 2025 SLD Profiles.

New Resource to Ignite New Ideas.

The Center for Social Research (CSR) at North Dakota State University recently conducted the 2024 North Dakota State Housing Needs Assessment, in partnership with and on behalf of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency. The assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of North Dakota’s demographic and economic conditions affecting housing dynamics, housing characteristics, and affordability issues. In this month’s article Karen Olson, Research Specialist at the CSR, briefly highlights findings from the assessment.   

Read the Article.

Shed Light on New Data.

After a slight population decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021, North Dakota's population is back on a continued growth trend. As of July 1, 2024, the state reached 796,568 residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population and Housing Estimates released in December 2024. This marks a one percent growth of 7,521 people from the previous year. 

Find more details.

Let Local Data Shine.

NEWLY UPDATED!! Gain a better understanding of what's going on at a local level! All Geographic Profiles have been updated with the most recent data available. The Geographic Profiles provide local numbers over a variety of demographic and socio-economic topics - all information in one place. These profiles are valuable for communities in North Dakota to start conversations, assess or justify needs, to plan, to secure resources, and to advocate.


Geographic profiles are available for North Dakota, eight planning regions, American Indian reservation areas, all 53 counties, metropolitan and micropolitan areas, and cities with populations of at least 1,000 people. 



Explore the Geographic Profiles.

Spark Some Knowledge.

The median, or midpoint, income for all households is a measure of standard of living. A household's income is created by combining the income of every resident over the age of 15 in that household.

 

In 2023, what was the median household income in North Dakota?

a)    $57,456

b)    $64,891

c)    $76,525

d)    $83,924

Browse more Median Income data.

New Data, New Possibilities.

As North Dakota Compass continues to update more data and resources, remember to look through and use data to ignite new ideas, enrich discussions, and make the most informed decisions!


AGING


CIVIC ENGAGEMENT


ECONOMY


HEALTH


HOUSING


WORKFORCE


PROFILES


Get the full listing of updated graphics, charts, and data here.