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{{Short description|Metropolitan area in North Dakota and Minnesota}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Fargo–Moorhead Metropolitan Area
| official_name            = Fargo, ND–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| settlement_type          = [[Metropolitan statistical area]]
| image_skyline            = Fargo, North Dakota (2018).jpg
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| image_caption            = Downtown Fargo
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| map_alt                  = Map of Fargo–Moorhead, ND–MN
| map_caption              = Interactive Map of Fargo–Wahpeton, ND–MN [[Combined statistical area|CSA]]
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{{leftlegend|#0000FF|[[Moorhead, Minnesota|City of Moorhead]]}}
{{leftlegend|#BD00C8|Fargo, ND–MN [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|MSA]]}}<br>
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| subdivision_name         = [[File:Flag of United States.svg|border|23px]] [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[File:Flag of North Dakota.svg|border|23px]] [[North Dakota]]<br>[[File:Flag of Minnesota.svg|border|23px]] [[Minnesota]]
| subdivision_type2        = Largest city
| subdivision_name2        = [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo, ND]]
| subdivision_type3        = Other cities
| subdivision_name3        = [[Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead, MN]]<br>[[West Fargo, North Dakota|West Fargo, ND]]<br>[[Dilworth, Minnesota|Dilworth, MN]]<br>[[Wahpeton, North Dakota|Wahpeton, ND]]
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| area_footnotes           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2810.052
| elevation_max_footnotes  = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_ft         = 928
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| elevation_min_ft         = 893
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 267793 <small>(Metro)</small><br>290719 <small>(Combined)</small>
| pop_est_as_of            = 2024
| pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="USCensusEst2024"/>
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 249843 <small>(Metro)</small><br>272878 <small>(Combined)</small>
| population_density_km2   = 36.790
| population_density_sq_mi = 95.286
| population_rank          = Metro: [[Metropolitan statistical area|187th in the U.S.]]<br>Combined: [[Combined statistical area|120th in the U.S.]]
| demographics_type1       = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|title=GDP by county in 2023|url=https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lagdp1224.pdf|website=www.bea.gov|access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Fargo, ND-MN (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP22020|website=www.fred.stlouisfed.org|access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1     = Total
| demographics1_info1      = $20.536 billion (2023)
| timezone1                = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
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| utc_offset1_DST          = –5
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| area_code_type           = 
| area_codes               = [[Area code 218|218]] and [[Area code 701|701]]
| iso_code                 = 
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.fargomoorhead.org/|fargomoorhead.org}}
}}

'''Fargo–Moorhead''', also known as the '''FM area''', is a common name given to the [[metropolitan area]] comprising [[Fargo, North Dakota]]; [[Moorhead, Minnesota]]; and the surrounding communities. These two cities lie on the [[North Dakota]]–[[Minnesota]] border, on opposite banks of the [[Red River of the North]]. The region is the cultural, retail, health care, educational, and industrial center of southeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

The Fargo–Moorhead area is defined by the [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] as comprising all of [[Cass County, North Dakota]] and [[Clay County, Minnesota]], which includes the cities of [[West Fargo, North Dakota]], [[Dilworth, Minnesota|Dilworth Minnesota]], and numerous other towns and developments from which commuters travel daily for work, education, and regular activities. A July 1, 2024 census estimate placed the population at 267,793,<ref name="USCensusEst2024"/> an increase of 7.2% from the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], an increase of 28.3% from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], and an increase of 53.6% from the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].

==Communities==
[[File:050@Broadway and Main.JPG|thumb|The city of [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] is the most populous city in the FM area]]

===Core cities===
* [[Fargo, North Dakota]] 
* [[Moorhead, Minnesota]]
* [[West Fargo, North Dakota]]
* [[Dilworth, Minnesota]]
* [[Horace, North Dakota]]

===Suburbs/Adjacent towns===
* [[Briarwood, North Dakota]]
* [[Frontier, North Dakota]]
* [[Harwood, North Dakota]]
* [[North River, North Dakota]]
* [[Prairie Rose, North Dakota]]
* [[Reile's Acres, North Dakota]]
[[File:Moorhead Concordia College IMG 0694.JPG|thumb|[[Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)|Concordia College]] in [[Moorhead, Minnesota]] is a noted academic institution in the region]]

===Bedroom communities===
* [[Barnesville, Minnesota]]
* [[Sabin, Minnesota]]
* [[Mapleton, North Dakota]]
* [[Casselton, North Dakota]]
* [[Davenport, North Dakota]]
* [[Glyndon, Minnesota]]
* [[Hawley, Minnesota]]
* [[Hickson, North Dakota]]
* [[Kindred, North Dakota]]
* [[Leonard, North Dakota]]
* [[Oxbow, North Dakota]]
* [[Walcott, North Dakota]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 72
|1870= 92
|1880= 14885
|1890= 31130
|1900= 46567
|1910= 53575
|1920= 63257
|1930= 71855
|1940= 78186
|1950= 89240
|1960= 106027
|1970= 120238
|1980= 137574
|1990= 153296
|2000= 174367
|2010= 208777
|2020= 249843
|estyear=2024
|estimate=267793
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia Library |url-status=live |date=2007 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224028/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=December 12, 2009}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|last=Forstall |first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nd190090.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url-status=live |date=April 20, 1995 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219135447/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nd190090.txt |archive-date=February 19, 1999}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Clay County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/claycountyminnesota,casscountynorthdakota/PST045224 |access-date=May 30, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
}}

===Population by decade===
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===Age===
According to the [[American Community Survey]], the age distribution was as follows:

* Under 5 years: 6.8%
* 5–9 years: 6.1%
* 10–14 years: 5.9%
* 15–19 years: 8.0%
* 20–24 years: 11.9%
* 25–34 years: 16.0%
* 35–44 years: 12.8%
* 45–54 years: 13.2%
* 55–59 years: 5.1%
* 60–64 years: 3.7%
* 65–74 years: 4.9%
* 75–84 years: 3.7%
* 85 years and over: 1.8%
* Median age: 31.6 years

===Race===
According to the same survey, the racial composition was as follows:

* [[White American|White]]: 93.3% ([[Non-Hispanic Whites]]: 92.0%)
* Black or [[African American]]: 1.6%
* [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]: 1.4%
* [[Asian American|Asian]]: 1.4%
* [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]]: 0.1%
* Some other race: 0.8%
* [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]: 1.4%
* [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race): 2.5%

There were 3,032 African Americans, who made up 1.6% of the population.

The Asian American population is not dominated by a single ancestry group and is fairly diverse. The largest Asian American group are those of [[Chinese American|Chinese]] descent, who number at 928 and make up 0.5% of the population. Other sizable groups include [[Indian American|Indians]], [[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]], and [[Korean American|Koreans]], who number at 393, 379, and 360 respectively; all three groups comprise roughly 0.2% of the population. There are 134 [[Filipino American|Filipinos]], making up roughly 0.1% of the population. People of [[Japanese American|Japanese]] descent were very few, with only 40 people identifying themselves as Japanese; they make up a mere 0.02% of the population.

Pacific Islander Americans numbered at 119 and made up approximately 0.06% of the population.

Multiracial Americans make up 1.4% of the metro area's population. Those of white and Native American ancestry made up 0.5% of the population, and numbered at 938. People of white and Asian ancestry numbered at 557, and those of white and black ancestry numbered at 571. Both groupings made up roughly 0.3% of the population. Approximately 72 people identified themselves as black and Native American.

Hispanics and Latinos are the largest minority group in Fargo–Moorhead. Hispanics and Latinos make up 2.5% of the population, of which 2.0% are of [[Mexican American|Mexican]] descent. Of the 4,786 Hispanics, 3,846 are Mexican. There were 196 [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Ricans]] and 136 [[Cuban American|Cubans]]; both of these groups made up roughly 0.1% of the population. In addition, 608 individuals identified themselves with other Hispanic or Latino groups other than Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban, making up 0.3% of the population.

The Native American population is predominantly [[Ojibwe]], with a [[Sioux]] minority. Of the 2,679 Native Americans, 1,447 are of the Chippewa tribal grouping. The Chippewa alone make up 0.8% of the population. The 444 Sioux make up 0.2% of the population. In addition, 20 people identified themselves as a member of the [[Cherokee]] tribal grouping.

NOTE: The source above contains all of the information on population, age, and race.

===Ancestry===
The [[European American]] population is overwhelmingly [[German American|German]] and [[Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]]. Most of the Scandinavian population is of [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] descent. Smaller Euro-American groups include those of [[English American|English]], [[Irish American|Irish]], and [[French American|French]] descent.

As of the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, the top ten largest European ancestry groups were the following:

* [[German American|German]]: 42.9% (82,398)
* [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]]: 36.4% (69,964)
* [[Irish American|Irish]]: 8.6% (16,589)
* [[Swedish American|Swedish]]: 6.6% (12,641)
* [[English American|English]]: 4.8% (9,286)
* [[French American|French]]: 4.3% (8,283)
* [[Polish American|Polish]]: 3.2% (6,180)
* [[Russian American|Russian]]: 2.0% (3,783) 
* [[Czech American|Czech]]: 1.6% (3,047)
* [[Scottish American|Scottish]]: 1.5% (2,871)

===Language spoken at home===
* Population 5 years and over: 179,175
* [[English language|English]] only: 93.6% (167,729)
* Language other than English: 6.4% (11,446)
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: 2.1% (3,771)
* Other [[Indo-European languages]]: 2.5% (4,393)
* [[Languages of Asia|Asian]] and Pacific Islander languages: 0.9% (1,659)
* Other languages: 0.9% (1,623)

NOTE: The source above contains all of the information on ancestry and language.

==Politics==
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Presidential election results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/|title=Our Campaigns|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! Others
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 45.6% ''56,425''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''51.6%''' ''63,868''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 2.8% ''3,462''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 47.9% ''56,668''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''48.7%''' ''57,662''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 3.3% ''3,962''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 40.2% ''44,332''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''48.4%''' ''53,359''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 11.4% ''12,528''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''48.6%''' ''49,920''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | 48.4% ''49,775''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 3.0% ''3,046''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''53.7%''' ''54,288''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | 44.1% ''44,544''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 2.2% ''2,261''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 41.3% ''38,999''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''57.2%''' ''53,984''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 1.6% ''1,465''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 38.3% ''31,579''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''54.9%''' ''45,248''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 6.7% ''5,526''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 44.8% ''32,169''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''46.0%''' ''33,002''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 9.2% ''6,619''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 36.5% ''27,922''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''45.7%''' ''34,978''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 17.9% ''13,694''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 47.0% ''33,293''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''52.3%''' ''37,079''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 0.7% ''470''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 40.7% ''28,348''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''58.6%''' ''40,786''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 0.7% ''473''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 34.0% ''22,502''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''51.9%''' ''34,333''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 14.1% ''9,293''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 45.6% ''28,755''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''52.1%''' ''32,900''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 2.3% ''1,464''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 40.8% ''23,149''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''57.9%''' ''32,859''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 1.2% ''698''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42.9% ''18,806''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''52.8%''' ''23,150''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 4.3% ''1,875''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | '''57.5%''' ''25,835''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | 42.4% ''19,057''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 0.1% ''62''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 43.0% ''19,454''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} | '''57.0%''' ''25,776''
| align="center" {{Party shading/None}} | 0.1% ''25''
|}

The Fargo–Moorhead area has generally leaned [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], voting for that party's presidential candidate in every election between [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]] and [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]. While Clay County is a [[swing county]] which has voted for Democrats 9 times and Republicans 7 times since [[1960 United States presidential election|1960]], Cass County has only voted Democratic twice: for [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] and [[Barack Obama]] in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]. 

In recent years, however, Fargo–Moorhead has become very competitive. In 2008, it voted for Obama by a nearly-10-point margin, followed by just 0.2% in 2012. In 2016, it flipped Republican once again, voting for [[Donald Trump]] by 8 points, and it voted for Trump again in 2020, albeit by a narrow margin of less than a percentage point.

==Culture==
{{Main|Media in Fargo–Moorhead}}

==Fargo/Wahpeton CSA==
The Census Bureau also tracks a Fargo–Wahpeton [[Combined Statistical Area]], consisting of Cass and Clay counties, as well as the [[Wahpeton micropolitan area]] of [[Richland County, North Dakota]] and [[Wilkin County, Minnesota]]. This area includes the twin cities of [[Wahpeton, North Dakota]] and [[Breckenridge, Minnesota]].

The Fargo–Moorhead urban core is actually about forty-five minutes of highway travel from the Wahpeton–Breckenridge core. The main connection between these two pairs of cities is the [[Red River Valley]], the flat, fertile land that both depend upon for a major part of their economies. Potatoes and sugar beets are important crops in the region, in addition to most of the other crops produced elsewhere in Minnesota and North Dakota.

==See also==
* [[Fargo-Moorhead media]]
* [[North Dakota statistical areas]]

==References==
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