The 12 cities with 6,500 or more residents in North Dakota: Bismarck (Burleigh County), Devils Lake (Ramsey County), Dickinson (Stark County), Fargo (Cass County), Grand Forks (Grand Forks County), Jamestown (Stutsman County), Mandan (Morton County), Minot (Ward County), Valley City (Barnes County), Wahpeton (Richland County), West Fargo (Cass County), Williston (Williams County).
North Dakota's eight planning regions, with associated counties and cities with 6,500 or more residents:
Tri-County Region I: Divide, McKenzie, Williams; city of Williston.
Souris Basin Region II: Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward; city of Minot.
North Central Region III: Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Rolette, Towner; city of Devils Lake.
Red River Region IV: Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh; city of Grand Forks.
Lake Agassiz Region V: Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Traill; cities of Fargo, Wahpeton, West Fargo.
South Central Dakota Region VI: Barnes, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman, Wells; cities of Jamestown, Valley City.
Lewis and Clark Region VII: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan, Sioux; cities of Bismarck, Mandan.
Roosevelt-Custer Region VIII: Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, Stark; city of Dickinson.
The largest four Native American Indian reservation areas in North Dakota:
Fort Berthold, Spirit Lake, Standing Rock, Turtle Mountain.
THE NORTH DAKOTA STATEWIDE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The purpose of the North Dakota Statewide Housing Needs Assessment is threefold. First, it offers policy-makers, developers, housing agency administrators, and others directly related to housing an overview of the current housing situation in the state. Second, it describes the changes that have occurred in the state's population base and corresponding shifts that resulted in housing stock. This relationship provides context for forecasting housing needs. Finally, the analysis presents an objective assessment of future housing needs based on a combination of a) historical trends in housing utilization, b) recent trends in housing construction, and c) demand for housing based on population and income shifts. It should be understood that determining future housing needs is a complex issue. There is no single indicator that adequately predicts future needs. Therefore, housing forecasts should be used only as one tool in developing housing policy. Nonetheless, insight can be drawn from historical trends regarding the relationship between population dynamics and corresponding housing development. The patterns that emerge, when placed within the appropriate economic and political context, are useful for predicting future housing needs. Consequently, a series of projections are provided that allows you to contrast forecasts for population movement, predicted trends in occupied housing, and two scenarios for projected housing supply. The first housing supply forecast is based on a historical pattern of housing construction while the second projected housing supply scenario is based on shifts in an area's population profile. Contrasting these two forecasts will allow you to assess how well the current pattern of housing construction, if continued into the future, fits the expected housing needs based on population projections.
In addition to the website, there are two other components to the North Dakota Statewide Housing Needs Assessment. The report, "North Dakota Statewide Housing Needs Assessment: 2004 - Final Report," represents one component and is composed of a statewide overview, state and regional profiles, and results of the survey of key leaders. You can find this report in the resource section of this website. The second component is a series of ancillary tables called, "North Dakota Statewide Housing Needs Assessment: 2004 - Detailed Tables." These detailed tables were developed in case you are interested in a much more intensive investigation into housing issues. They encompass 92 tables and are organized into five major sections, including: a) population, b) housing supply and demand, c) affordable housing, d) special populations, and e) substandard housing. Each table displays the information for four main levels of geography including, a) state and planning region, b) Native American Indian Reservation area, c) county, and d) cities with 6,500 or more residents. You can find the report and detailed tables in the resource section of this website, as well as at http://www.ndhfa.org.
SUMMARY OF THE THREE ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS
North Dakota Statewide Housing Assessment Resource Project (SHARP) Website
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