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February 2026 Newsletter

In this month’s article, Md Rakibul Hasan Khan and Nancy Hodur, Center for Social Research, introduce the new North Dakota Housing Portal, a centralized platform designed to make population and housing data easier to find, understand, and use. Built to support community leaders, nonprofits, planners, developers and policymakers, the portal brings together research and real‑time data from multiple sources and presents them using interactive dashboards to help better identify current housing conditions and plan for future needs. Discover how this tool is transforming access to housing insight statewide.   

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Moving Up in the Standings.

North Dakota’s population continued its growth trend in 2025, reaching nearly 800,000 residents as the state rebounded from its pandemic‑era decline. Recent estimates show growth driven by both a positive natural change, with births outnumbering deaths, and continued in‑migration accounting for over half of the overall growth, with international arrivals playing a notable role. Together, these components of change reflect an upward population trend for the state overall. 

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Test Your Abilities.

Tracking housing occupancy by homeowner and renter is important for understanding market trends, identifying needs, and evaluating the effectiveness of housing policies and programs.

In 2024, North Dakota ranked 5^th lowest among states in the U.S. for the percentage of owner-occupied housing units. What percentage of homes were owned by the occupants in North Dakota during that time?

a)    74.6%

b)    67.8%

c)    61.2%

d)   55.3%

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