move, and their satisfaction with the North Dakota communities where they live. Data came from a 1997 survey of more than … 700 new residents. New residents who responded to the survey were generally younger than the North Dakota population … indicated that a new job or business opportunity, a transfer by a current employer, or a military transfer had been a key factor …

plans to look for different housing. Data came from a survey of workers at 12 new or expanding manufacturing and exported … services firms, located in both rural and urban areas across North Dakota. Completed surveys were received from 324 workers, or … years old made up more than two-thirds of the workers responding to the survey. Male workers made up 56 percent of the …

North Dakota's rural (nonmetropolitan) communities. This report is the second to present findings from this project; an … processing projects were sited in rural counties, developed during the 1990s, and employed at least 40 workers. The communities … with other types of economic development initiatives were rural communities where a new nonagricultural employer or an …

costs and alternatively, the potential benefits to rural communities of increasing employment by adding some state agency … office space needs to determine the feasibility and desirability of transferring state agencies or state employees to rural … versus rural communities and (2) determine the local/regional economic impacts of the potential jobs. The results indicated …