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 Seats for Forklifts North Dakota - North Dakota is a state located within the Midwestern part of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state of North Dakota is bordered by Canada to the north, the state of Minnesota to the east, the state of South Dakota towards the south and the state of Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-biggest state by area in the United States. It is also the third least inhabited, with 672,591 inhabitants based on the 2010 census. North Dakota was carved out of the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with South Dakota.
The biggest city in the state of North Dakota is Fargo, whilst Bismarck is the state capital. There are three public universities within North Dakota, that are located in Grand Forks, Fargo and Dickinson. The U.S. Air Force operates Air Force Bases at Grand Forks AFB and Minot AFB.
North Dakota has had a fairly vibrant and strong economy for over a decade, with rates of unemployment being less than the national average, job and population growth, and low housing vacancies. The Bakken oil shale fields within the western area of the state have played a large role in the growth of the economy, along with a real growth in the sectors of technology and service. Flooding during June 2011 has resulted in extensive damage to Minot and threatened the largest city, Fargo.
Within North Dakota, agriculture is the biggest business, with food processing and petroleum likewise being main state businesses. During the year 2005, the states economy had a gross domestic product of twenty four billion dollars. The per capita income during the year 2006 was $33,034, ranked 29th within the US. The three-year median household income from the years 2002 to 2004 was $39,594, ranking 37th in the U.S. The state of North Dakota is also the only state with a state owned bank, the Bank of North Dakota within Bismarck, and a state owned flour mill, the North Dakota Mill and Elevator in Grand Forks.
As of September 2010, North Dakota's unemployment rate is the lowest within the United States at 3.7% and it never touched 5 percent since the year 1987, the state of North Dakota with the nation's lowest unemployment rate. At end of 2010, the state per capita income was rank in 17th of the country, the biggest increase of whichever state in a decade from rank 38th.
North Dakota is the largest producer of many cereal grains, including barley, durum wheat, hard red spring wheat, oats, and combined wheat products. Also, North Dakota is the second leading producer of buckwheat. As of 2007, corn became the state's largest crop produced, although only 2% of U.S. production.
Energy is another key industry in the state, with the states Lignite coal reserves within Western North Dakota produces 90 percent of the electricity consumed, while also providing coal to other nearby states. North Dakota has the 2nd biggest lignite coal production in the U.S.
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