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Indicators North Dakota Bismarck Fargo  Populations Total population 639,715[1] 58,820[2] 92,565[3] Families 75,814[4] 6,628[5] 9,869[6] Children 159,925[7] 14,965[8] 19,183[9]  Households Average family size 2.85[10] 2.90[11] 2.73[12]  Family Composition One parent (female) 19.36%[13] 24.91%[14] 33.30%[15] One parent (male) 7.07%[16] 4.06%[17] 4.22%[18] Two-parent 73.57%[19] 71.03%[20] 62.49%[21]  Income Median family income $58,827[22] $60,479[23] $60,000[24] Mean family income $70,510[25] $73,753[26] $78,275[27] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $541[28] $532[29] $595[30] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $21,642[31] $21,280[32] $23,800[33]  Employment Unemployed 3.49%[34] 3.04%[35] 4.48%[36]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 11.60%[37] 9.37%[38] 17.64%[39] Children under 5 17.75%[40] 11.52%[41] 22.31%[42] Children 5-17 10.88%[43] 9.62%[44] 12.38%[45]  Education No high school diploma 11.03%[46] 9.90%[47] 6.46%[48] High school and above 88.97%[49] 90.10%[50] 93.54%[51] Bachelor’s degree and above 25.69%[52] 31.09%[53] 37.17%[54] High school dropout rate 1.90%[55] n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 7.95%[56] n/a n/a Birth rate ranking 9[57]