And there is barely any urban population. Everyone lives 20 miles apart and they still have been among the worst hit. The only explanation is totally incompetence, which I understand having grown up in Winnipeg on local North Dakota TV. Even as a small child, I could always tell something was different about those people.
It's largest city is Fargo, with about 20,000 fewer people than Abbotsford or the city of Kelowna
Spent a short time in Grand Forks back in the seventies. Wasn't much to it.