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North Dakota ( /dəˈkoʊtə/ ^ⓘ də-KOH-tə) is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. North Dakota is part of the Great Plains region, characterized by broad prairies, steppe, temperate savanna, badlands, and farmland. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state, but with a population of less than 780,000, it is the fourth-least populous and fourth-most sparsely populated. The state capital is Bismarck while the most populous city is Fargo, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the state's population; both cities are among the fastest-growing in the U.S., although half of all residents live in rural areas.

What is now North Dakota was inhabited for thousands of years by various Native American tribes, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara along the Missouri River; the Ojibwe and Cree in the northeast; and several Sioux groups (the Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota) across the rest of the state. European explorers and traders first arrived in the early 18th century, mostly in pursuit of lucrative furs.

The United States acquired the region in the early 19th century, gradually settling it amid growing resistance by increasingly displaced natives. The Dakota Territory, established in 1861, became central to American pioneers, with the Homestead Act of 1862 precipitating significant population growth and development. The traditional fur trade declined in favor of farming, particularly of wheat. The subsequent Dakota Boom from 1878 to 1886 saw giant farms stretched across the rolling prairies, with the territory becoming a regional economic power. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern railway companies competed for access to lucrative grain centers; farmers banded together in political and socioeconomic alliances that were core to the broader Populist Movement of the Midwest. North and South Dakota were admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th and 40th states. President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them so that no one could tell which became a state first; consequently, the two states are officially numbered in alphabetical order. Statehood marked the gradual winding-down of the pioneer period, with the state fully settled by around 1920. Subsequent decades saw a rise in radical agrarian movements and economic cooperatives, of which one legacy is the Bank of North Dakota, the only state-run bank in the U.S. (Full article...)

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The COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The state reported its first case on March 11, 2020.

Out of the 49 counties with positive cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota, Burleigh and Cass lead the state for highest number of positive COVID-19 cases, with Burleigh totaling 13,695 and Cass county with 19,969. In October 2020, North Dakota had the highest rate of COVID-19 cases of any U.S. state or nation in the world, although this had been attributed in part to extensive testing. (Full article...)

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Image 1Norwegian settlers in front of their sod house in North Dakota in 1898 (from North Dakota)
Image 2Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manfred (from North Dakota)
Image 3North Dakota State Seed Department on North Dakota State University campus. (from North Dakota)
Image 4Parade at the 1889 Constitutional Convention held in Bismarck. (from History of North Dakota)
Image 5The Little Missouri River and Theodore Roosevelt National Park appear with Roosevelt on the reverse of the 2016 America the Beautiful quarter. (from North Dakota)
Image 6Sunflowers in Traill County, North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 7Köppen climate types of North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 8Administrative building for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation (from North Dakota)
Image 9Köppen climate types of North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 10Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from North Dakota)
Image 11North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 (from North Dakota)
Image 12Norwegian settlers in front of their sod house in North Dakota in 1898 (from North Dakota)
Image 13The Little Missouri River and Theodore Roosevelt National Park appear with Roosevelt on the reverse of the 2016 America the Beautiful quarter. (from North Dakota)
Image 14Paul Kane witnessed and participated in the annual bison hunt of the Métis in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota. (from North Dakota)
Image 15North Dakota State Capitol, featuring an Art Deco tower (from North Dakota)
Image 16North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 (from North Dakota)
Image 17North Dakota State Seed Department on North Dakota State University campus. (from North Dakota)
Image 18Administrative building for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation (from North Dakota)
Image 19North Dakota population density (from North Dakota)
Image 20Building in Bismarck that houses a variety of state agencies: Workforce Safety & Insurance; Retirement & Investment; Parks & Recreation; PERS; Child Support; Commerce; and OBM Risk Management. (from North Dakota)
Image 21Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (from North Dakota)
Image 22Building in Bismarck that houses a variety of state agencies: Workforce Safety & Insurance; Retirement & Investment; Parks & Recreation; PERS; Child Support; Commerce; and OBM Risk Management. (from North Dakota)
Image 23Oil well in western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 24Paul Kane witnessed and participated in the annual bison hunt of the Métis in June 1846 on the prairies in Dakota. (from North Dakota)

Map of counties in North Dakota by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 26North Dakota population density (from North Dakota)
Image 27Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from North Dakota)
Image 28Interstate 94 in North Dakota, near Gladstone (from North Dakota)
Image 29Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (from North Dakota)
Image 30View of western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 31Map of counties in North Dakota by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 32Interstate 94 in North Dakota, near Gladstone (from North Dakota)
Image 33Sunflowers in Traill County, North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 34North Dakota State Capitol, featuring an Art Deco tower (from North Dakota)
Image 35View of western North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 36Ethnic origins in North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 37Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manfred (from North Dakota)
Image 38Ethnic origins in North Dakota (from North Dakota)
Image 39Oil well in western North Dakota (from North Dakota)

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... that North Dakota state senator Merrill Piepkorn is also a musician, radio host, and public address announcer?
... that the residents of Ukraina and Gorham, North Dakota, were involved in a feud that started with Easter baskets?

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2019 Rank	City	2019 Estimate^[1]	2010 Census^[2]	Change	County
1	Fargo	124,662	105,549	+18.11%	Cass
2	Bismarck	73,529	61,272	+20.00%	Burleigh
3	Grand Forks	55,839	52,838	+5.68%	Grand Forks
4	Minot	47,382	40,888	+15.88%	Ward
5	West Fargo	37,058	25,830	+43.47%	Cass
6	Williston	29,033	14,716	+97.29%	Williams
7	Dickinson	23,133	17,787	+30.06%	Stark
8	Mandan	22,752	18,331	+24.12%	Morton
9	Jamestown	15,084	15,427	−2.22%	Stutsman
10	Watford City	7,835	1,744	+349.25%	McKenzie
11	Wahpeton	7,734	7,766	−0.41%	Richland
12	Devils Lake	7,320	7,141	+2.51%	Ramsey
13	Valley City	6,323	6,585	−3.98%	Barnes
14	Grafton	4,157	4,284	−2.96%	Walsh
15	Lincoln	3,817	2,406	+58.65%	Burleigh

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