Bismarck-Mandan MSA economic indicators

The Bismarck-Mandan Development Association (BMDA) compiles a variety of Bismarck-Mandan MSA statistics on a monthly basis.  These include:

 

  - Workforce

  - City sales tax collections

  - Taxable sales and purchases

  - Real estate average sales prices

  - Residential new construction

  - Airport passenger boardings

 

Click here to view the June 2009 Bismarck-Mandan MSA Economy-at-a-Glance.

 

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 Bismarck-Mandan in the news

The Wall Street Journal June 5, 2009 - Amy Merrick's article in the Wall Street Journal is titled, "In North Dakota, the Good Times are Still Rolling". The article appeared on page A4 – as well as bouncing around as the lead story on the WSJ.com home, Economy, and U.S. pages - and highlights the strong economic outlook in the state and the impact of the state's $1.2 billion surplus!  The article starts off highlighting monuments in states from California to New York and stating that North Dakota's defining monument may just be its budget surplus - the envy of the nation. Raymond Scheppech, director of the National Association of Governor's says it best: "Maybe we should all move to North Dakota!"  Read the Wall Street Journal article here.

 

The New York Times June 4, 2009 – This NYT article, “State Revenues Buffeted by Downturn,” highlights North Dakota's solid state budget and state tax revenues.  Read the New York Times article here. 

 

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 Bismarck ranks high

Outdoor Life Magazine ranked Bismarck as No. 6 on its 200 Best Places to Live list that came out in its June-July 2009 issue.  Cities were ranked on population growth, median home value and cost of living factors, among others.  Because it's an outdoors magazine, it also ranked Bismarck for its fishable species, hunting, public-land access, trophy potential and gun laws.

 

CBS’s MoneyWatch.com puts Bismarck in the #4 spot of “Best Places to Retire.”  MoneyWatch.com made its selections after analyzing five leading raters who together looked at 454 places.  Each rater of communities to retire in looked at different things, with some considering a wide variety of reasonable criteria to get a rounded picture of livability while others focused on one or two key factors.  Bismarck’s ‘pros’ included low cost of living and good senior job opportunities, while it’s ‘cons’ included frigid winters and being less than cosmopolitan.  The top retirement cities as selected by MoneyWatch.com are Austin TX, Portland OR, Beaufort SC, Bismarck ND, Burlington VT, Cincinnati OH, and San Diego CA.

 

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