Fargo-Moorhead national rankings
The Fargo-Moorhead community is ranked among the best places in the country to live, work, attend school and conduct business. Here are just a few of the recent national rankings that have landed Fargo-Moorhead at the top.
- NDSU and Fargo are listed as number five in “Top College Towns for Jobs” by Forbes.com
- Fargo ranked 9th on Forbes list of best small places for business, careers.
- Fargo ranked number 12 among the top college towns with populations below 250,000 by the American Institute for Economic Research.
- Fargo-Moorhead is number 86 in Money Magazine’s list of the top 100 best small places to live.
- Fargo was named third-best city to raise children by Children’s Health Magazine.
- West Fargo was named 81 in the best places to live by Money Magazine.
- Minnesota placed second and North Dakota seventh in the KIDS COUNT ranking of US States for Child well being.
- North Dakota is listed among five states ranked most productive in Higher Education by the Delta Project.
- Fargo was named one of the cleanest cities in America, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air: 2008 report.
- Fargo was named the 3rd greenest city in America by Organic Gardening magazine.
- The Fargo-Moorhead community ranked 3rd in the nation for happiness among women as reported from Self magazine.
- Fargo-Moorhead ranked 10th healthiest community for women by Self magazine.
- Fargo ranked as one of the 10 best affordable places to live and work according to MSN Real Estate.
- Fargo ranked 8 in the list of 25 Best Markets to find a job released by MSN and CareerBuilder.com
- Fargo-Moorhead was named the 5th healthiest place to live and retire in America by AARP The Magazine.
- Fargo-Moorhead was number 15 on the list of Best US Cities for Doing Business, released by Inc.com.
- North Dakota ranked 1st in Road Maintenance by the Reason Foundation.
- Fargo was number 24 in Fortune Small Business magazine’s top 100 best places to live and launch a business in 2008.
- Fargo-Moorhead ranked 11th on a list of the best small metro areas for business and careers by Forbes magazine.
- North Dakota ranked 9th and Minnesota 10th on the annual list of the Best States for Business by Forbes magazine.
- Minnesota ranked 1st and North Dakota 9th on the “Healthiest State” in the nation ranking by CQ Press.
- North Dakota ranked 10th and Minnesota 4th on the “Most Livable” States Category by CQ Press.
- North Dakota was named the 3rd “Safest State” in the nation by CQ Press.
- North Dakota ranked 4th in the nation in state competitiveness according to the Beacon Hill Institutes annual State Competitiveness ranking.
- North Dakota ranked 7th in the nation in the Best States for Jobs list by CareerBuilder.com.
- Fargo-Moorhead topped a list of “15 Great Cities for Job Seekers” by MSN.com.
- Fargo ranked in the top 10 Business Opportunity Metros by Expansion Management magazine.
- Fargo-Moorhead was placed in the 100 Hot-City Guide by Cosmopolitan Magazine.
- Fargo-Moorhead ranked in the top 100 metropolitan areas in Economic Strength ratings by POLICOM Corporation.
- Fargo-Moorhead ranked number one on the list of U.S. cities ranked on 200 environmental, health and quality of life indicators by the Earth Day Network.
