Grand Forks, North Dakota demographics

Grand Forks, ND demographics: median age 29.6; 40.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Grand Forks city, North Dakota · Incorporated city · GEOID 3832060. The survey estimates a population of 59,042 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Grand Forks is 29.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 26,171 households (±448). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.6 ±0.3	35.9 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 59,042
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Under 18	11,404 ±510	19.3% ±0.9 pp	23.5%	22.0%
18–34	22,769 ±899	38.6% ±1.5 pp	25.3%	22.8%
35–64	16,554 ±737	28.0% ±1.2 pp	34.7%	38.0%
65 and older	8,315 ±607	14.1% ±1.0 pp	16.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 59,042
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Male	30,503 ±291	51.7% ±0.5 pp	51.2%	49.5%
Female	28,539 ±296	48.3% ±0.5 pp	48.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 59,042
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
White alone	48,167 ±527	81.6% ±0.9 pp	83.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,627 ±277	4.4% ±0.5 pp	3.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,220 ±256	2.1% ±0.4 pp	4.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,958 ±235	3.3% ±0.4 pp	1.7%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	15 ±24 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	761 ±266	1.3% ±0.5 pp	1.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,294 ±609	7.3% ±1.0 pp	5.9%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 59,042
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,763 ±210	94.4% ±0.4 pp	95.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,279 ±201	5.6% ±0.3 pp	4.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 26,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Married-couple family	8,584 ±579	32.8% ±2.1 pp	45.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	773 ±216	3.0% ±0.8 pp	4.2%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,205 ±358	8.4% ±1.4 pp	7.3%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	10,717 ±687	40.9% ±2.5 pp	34.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,892 ±434	14.9% ±1.6 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 26,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Households with people under 18	6,134 ±365	23.4% ±1.3 pp	27.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	20,037 ±561	76.6% ±1.7 pp	72.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 26,171
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	10,717 ±687	40.9% ±2.5 pp	34.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	8,178 ±568	31.2% ±2.1 pp	34.8%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,501 ±446	13.4% ±1.7 pp	12.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,383 ±325	9.1% ±1.2 pp	10.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	762 ±178	2.9% ±0.7 pp	5.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	471 ±134	1.8% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	159 ±99 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.0%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 59,042
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Native	54,514 ±659	92.3% ±1.1 pp	95.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,528 ±657	7.7% ±1.1 pp	4.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 55,753
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
English only	50,672 ±699	90.9% ±1.2 pp	93.3%	77.7%
Spanish	1,135 ±322	2.0% ±0.6 pp	2.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	113 ±83 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	295 ±132	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	329 ±194 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	893 ±412	1.6% ±0.7 pp	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	261 ±200 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	241 ±145 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	88 ±113 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	162 ±121 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	305 ±223 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Arabic	285 ±173 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	974 ±245	1.7% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 34,604
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,475 ±304	4.3% ±0.9 pp	6.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,329 ±664	21.2% ±1.9 pp	25.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	7,624 ±632	22.0% ±1.8 pp	21.8%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,350 ±585	12.6% ±1.7 pp	14.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	8,816 ±676	25.5% ±1.9 pp	23.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,010 ±615	14.5% ±1.8 pp	9.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 58,195
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Dakota	U.S.
Same house	43,570 ±1,000	74.9% ±1.7 pp	84.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,876 ±758	10.1% ±1.3 pp	7.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,986 ±511	5.1% ±0.9 pp	3.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,740 ±563	8.1% ±1.0 pp	4.2%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,023 ±512 · low precision	1.8% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

5.0% of Grand Forks residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.5% in North Dakota and 8.4% nationally. 87.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grand Forks	North Dakota	U.S.	Compared with North Dakota
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.0% ±0.8 pp	6.5%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	87.4% ±1.7 pp	88.7%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.3% ±0.7 pp	7.1%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Grand Forks . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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