---
title: "How North Dakota’s ‘man rush’ compares with past population booms"
description: "The vast amounts of oil extracted from Bakken shale in recent years, much of it in North Dakota, has helped the United States become the world’s top oil producer. The state has added about 100,000 workers since 2009, and the unemployment rate (2.6%) is well below the national average."
date: "2014-07-16"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2014/07/16/how-north-dakotas-man-rush-compares-with-past-population-booms/"
categories:
  - "Economics, Work & Gender"
---

# How North Dakota’s ‘man rush’ compares with past population booms