Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo | |
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Downtown Fargo Veterans Memorial Bridge | |
Interactive map of Fargo | |
| Coordinates: 46°52′24″N 96°49′38″W / 46.87333°N 96.82722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Cass |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Incorporated | 1874 |
| Named after | William Fargo |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Commission |
| • Mayor | Tim Mahoney (D-NPL) |
| • Commission | Members list |
| Area | |
| 50.835 sq mi (131.662 km2) | |
| • Land | 50.834 sq mi (131.659 km2) |
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2) |
| Elevation | 906 ft (276 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 125,990 | |
• Estimate (2023) | 133,188 |
| • Rank | US: 218th ND: 1st |
| • Density | 2,620/sq mi (1,012/km2) |
| • Urban | 216,214 (US: 178th) |
| • Urban density | 2,781.6/sq mi (1,074.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 262,620 (US: 189th) |
| • Metro density | 93.4/sq mi (36.08/km2) |
| Demonym | Fargoan |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | $18.792 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 58102–58109, 58121–58122, 58124–58126 |
| Area code | 701 |
| FIPS code | 38-25700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1036030 |
| Highways | I-29, I-94, US 10, US 52, US 81 |
| Sales tax | 7.5% |
| Website | fargond.gov |
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Fargo is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. The population was 125,990 at the 2020 census, which was estimated to have grown to 133,188 in 2023, making it the 218th-most populous city in the United States. Fargo, along with its twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota, form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 248,591 in 2020.
Fargo was founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain. It is a cultural, retail, health care, educational, and industrial center for southeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. North Dakota State University is located in the city.