In 2010, single-family homes were approximately half (54 percent) of the new authorized housing in North Dakota and averaged $173,424 in value.

Land values showed about an 8 percent increase from the previous survey, compared with a 42 percent increase during 2012.

Current energy development activities in western North Dakota are affecting the age distribution in a way that counters the overall state trend.

Since 2004, crude oil production in North Dakota has grown an average of 21.1 percent per year to reach 79.7 million barrels in 2009.

In 2010, $95 million in SNAP benefits were distributed to North Dakota participants, up 19 percent from $80 million 2009.

The impact of the national recession can be seen specifically in the unemployment compensation to North Dakotans.

In the 2010 census, one-tenth of North Dakota’s population reported their race as something other than white alone.

Fourteen of the 19 growing counties in North Dakota are in the western half of the state.

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