For an introduction to the site that does not require knowledge of the names of the animals, look at the Behavior and Life History pages, the Photo Indexes, or the pages for the San Francisco Bay Area and for coastal Southern California.
North Dakota's low unemployment rate and steady housing market helped towns like Fargo, pictured, grow dramatically. Fargo added nearly 15,000 residents to hit a record population of 105,549, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. Its fast-growing neighbor of West Fargo added an additional 11,000 residents to reach a population of 25,830.
Grand Forks. Grand Forks, ND. Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461. Grand Forks, along with its twin city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, forms the center of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks or The Grand Cities.