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Grand Forks County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), March 2, 1875 (organized)
- Seat
- Grand Forks
- Largest city
- Grand Forks
- Total
- 1,439.418 sq mi (3,728.08 km )
- Land
- 1,436.216 sq mi (3,719.78 km )
- Water
- 3.202 sq mi (8.29 km ) 0.22%
- Estimate 2025
- 74,501
- Density
- 50.95/sq mi (19.67/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- gfcounty.nd.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Grand Forks
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Grand Forks
- Capital
- Grand Forks
- Population
- 73170
- Area
- 3729
- Shares border with
- Nelson County
- Official website
- www.gfcounty.nd.gov
- Image
- Grand Forks County Courthouse Grand Forks ND.jpg
- Households
- 30779
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- Commons category
- Grand Forks County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Grand Forks County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Grand Forks County, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Grand Forks County
- different from
- Grand Forks
- per capita income
- 32251
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Encyclopedic overview
Grand Forks County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 73,170, and was estimated to be 74,501 in 2025, making it the third-most populous county in North Dakota. The county seat and the largest city is Grand Forks.
Grand Forks County is included in the Grand Forks Metropolitan statistical area, aka Greater Grand Forks or Grand Cities area, with its core cities being Grand Forks ND and East Grand Forks MN.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand Forks County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.