Metro · Density Score
Fargo, ND-MN
Metro area in North Dakota and Minnesota
35 Combined score #71 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 49 #54 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 25 #77 of 109
Fargo ranks #71 overall, #77 in Startup & VC and #54 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #14 of 109: 2.5 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #19 of 109: 322 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #35 of 103: 36 patents per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $10M #43 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 2.5 #14 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.13 #38 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $82K #57 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 36 #35 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 322 #19 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.3% #72 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -455 #100 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Titan Machinery Inc. $2.4B
- NI Holdings Inc. $285M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
