People QuickFacts Grand Forks North Dakota Population, 2011 estimate 52,631 683,932 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 52,838 672,591 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.4% 1.7% Population, 2010 52,838 672,591 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.1% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 18.4% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.1% 14.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 48.8% 49.5%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.7% 90.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.0% 1.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.9% 5.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.2% 1.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.8% 2.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 88.1% 88.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 72.1% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 3.7% 2.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 6.0% 5.4% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 92.8% 89.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 35.7% 26.3% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 12.4 16.0  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 49.9% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 47.3% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $144,300 $111,300 Households, 2006-2010 21,611 276,642 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.27 2.29 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $24,098 $25,803 Median household income 2006-2010 $40,352 $46,781 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 20.6% 12.3%     Business QuickFacts Grand Forks North Dakota Total number of firms, 2007 4,256 61,546 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 0.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 1.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.7% 24.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 11,349,799 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 528,865 13,099,348 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,181,527 10,527,300 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $23,270 $16,495 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 135,446 1,214,201     Geography QuickFacts Grand Forks North Dakota Land area in square miles, 2010 19.91 69,000.80 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,654.5 9.7 FIPS Code 32060 38 Counties Grand Forks County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts