Fargo–Moorhead
Fargo–Moorhead Metropolitan Area | ||
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| Fargo, ND–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
Downtown Fargo | ||
Interactive Map of Fargo–Wahpeton, ND–MN CSA
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| Country | United States | |
| State | North Dakota Minnesota | |
| Largest city | Fargo, ND | |
| Other cities | Moorhead, MN West Fargo, ND Dilworth, MN Wahpeton, ND | |
| Area | ||
• Total | 2,810.052 sq mi (7,278.00 km2) | |
| Highest elevation | 928 feet on 32nd Avenue South bridge over Interstate 29 ft (283 meters m) | |
| Lowest elevation | 893 feet near the industrial area ft (272 meters m) | |
| Population (2020) | ||
• Total | 249,843 (Metro) 272,878 (Combined) | |
• Estimate (2024) | 267,793 (Metro) 290,719 (Combined) | |
| • Rank | Metro: 187th in the U.S. Combined: 120th in the U.S. | |
| • Density | 95.286/sq mi (36.790/km2) | |
| GDP | ||
| • Total | $20.536 billion (2023) | |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (CST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) | |
| Area codes | 218 and 701 | |
| Website | fargomoorhead.org | |
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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 Census Bureau as comprising all of Cass County, North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota, which includes the cities of Dilworth, Minnesota, West Fargo, North Dakota, 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, an increase of 7.2% from the 2020 census, an increase of 28.3% from the 2010 census, and an increase of 53.6% from the 2000 census.