Population growth in Fargo and West Fargo last year surpassed the combined growth of five central and western North Dakota cities — Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Williston and Watford City — according to new census estimates.
Fargo gained 2,485 residents in the year ending July 1, 2018, and West Fargo grew by 858, for a combined 3,343 residents, according to Census Bureau estimates.