F-M's 4-county metro population breaks 210,000!!

[TheBisonator]

Data is here for Cass, Clay, Richland and Wilkin counties (Pop. 210,523):

http://www.census.gov/popest/countie...ST2006-01.html

(If you want to go by just Cass and Clay counties, then the population is 187,001.)

15 North Dakota counties actually GREW last year. Story is here:

http://www.in-forum.com/News/articles/160316

I-A football is not that far away!!!

[2006gwfcchamps]

So Whapeton and Breckenridge are now part of the Fargo metro area?

Come on.



Won't be too long before Bismark passes up Grand Forks.

[Paulie]

How exactly does an increase in population translate to a move to D-I?

Are you operating under the assumption that this growth is occurring in a vacuum?

Aren't the majority of similar sized towns growing also and at a greater rate?

Seems more plausible that ND population is falling behind the pace set by most other areas.

[bisonaudit]

So Whapeton and Breckenridge are now part of the Fargo metro area?

Come on.



Won't be too long before Bismark passes up Grand Forks.

It's less than an hour to Whapeton, I spend that long in the car everyday getting to work. South Fargo is an easy drive to/from Whapeton. Dorgan isn't joking around when he talks about a RRV research coridor. There are 300,000 people and 30,000 college students w/in an hour of Fargo. It's crazy that we can't solve Fargo-West Fargo problems when we need to be thinking regionally not locally.

If I'm not mistaken, the Bis-Man metro is already larger than GF-EFG.

[Hammersmith]

AARRGG!!!

Wahpeton! It's Wahpeton, not Whapeton!

Sorry, pet peeve.

And bisonaudit's right, Wahp's about 40-45 min away from Fargo(although I've had friends who've made it in less than 30; I'm not that crazy, though). I'm not sure if I'd call it part of the metro area yet, but that time is not far away. If Wahp's city planners had put the major industrial parks on the south or west sides of town instead of the north, the gap between the cities would be closing at a much faster rate.

[2006gwfcchamps]

Google maps says 50 mins from Wahp to Frontier.

[IowaBison]

been through this before.

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan (Statistical) Area consists of Cass and Clay Counties.

The Fargo-Wahpeton Combined Statistical Area includes Cass, Clay, Richland, and Wilkin.

It is incorrect to refer to the CSA value as the Metro population.

[IowaBison]

How exactly does an increase in population translate to a move to D-I?

it's based on the rather weak assumption that growth in population correlates to an increase in demand for sports entertainment

Aren't the majority of similar sized towns growing also and at a greater rate?

Most are growing, some at rates far exceeding those in the FM Metro area. It's still a good sign for NDSU.

[Hammersmith]

Google maps says 50 mins from Wahp to Frontier.

Google maps follow the speed limits. People don't.

[2006gwfcchamps]

Yeah but 20 mins less?

You'd have be going 90 the whole way.