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Our mission is to gift this heritage to the future. Homesteader or new resident, we love this state and the work we do, but our purpose is much bigger than any one job. Here, we can make a great life and a big difference. Being North Dakotan doesn't mean you were born here. It means you were born to be here. Whether you're just jumping into the workforce or looking to jump-start your career, let North Dakota's booming economy be your springboard.

Positions in healthcare, technology, autonomous systems, agriculture, energy and more let us do amazing things every day. With a high median wage, low state income taxes, and the chance to make a real impact, you can't help but be drawn in. And once you're in, we're pretty sure you'll never want to go anywhere else. It's not a rat race when you're Chasing your passion.

North Dakota is one of the least expensive places to operate a business and that's driving top companies to put down roots here. They've got good company with tech leaders like Microsoft and Amazon that have long called North Dakota home. Recognized as one of the best entrepreneurship environments in the nation, this is the place where you can innovate, grow and compete. What more could you want? Tax credits? With an altitude of 3, feet above sea level, White Butte is quite the popular destination for snowboarders and skiers alike.

At its lowest point, North Dakota is along with Red River with an elevation of feet above sea level. On average,. North Dakota is approximately miles long and miles wide. The total area of North Dakota is estimated as 70, square miles. Of this total area, about 69, square miles — or The Peace Garden State ranks as the nineteenth largest state when looking at total area as the determining factor of size.

The population of North Dakota, as declared by the Census Bureau in , is an estimated , people. In the land was acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. For a long time the region was called the Dakota territory, and included both North and South Dakota. Railroads were built in the late s, bringing American settlers with them, and North Dakota was declared its own state in The International Peace Garden, which stands on the border between North Dakota and Canada , represents a pledge by the United States and Canada to never go to war with one another.

North Dakota is bordered by Canada in the north, Minnesota in the east, South Dakota in the south, and Montana in the west. Elevation rises from east to west as the Rocky Mountains appear.

The Red River Valley in the east is a flat area that was once the floor of an ancient lake. It includes the Badlands, a harsh stone valley that wind and water have sculpted into pyramids, domes, and buttes steep, flat-topped hills.

But North Dakota was once underwater and it bears the fossils of ancient sea creatures including swimming reptiles called mosasurs, clams, and other fish. Bald eagles , prairie falcons, and American kestrels hunt overhead while red-headed woodpeckers knock their beaks into trees.