2022 population: 15,414
( 1,175 from 2010
, 48 from 2020)
Land area: 341.1 square miles
Population density: 45.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 14,590 | 94.65% | 8.8% |
Black: | 206 | 1.34% | 71.7% |
Indian: | 119 | 0.77% | 30.8% |
Asian: | 45 | 0.29% | 21.6% |
2+ races: | 260 | 1.69% | 11.1% |
Hispanic: | 194 | 1.26% | 102.1% |
Total non-White: | 824 | 5.35% | 41.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 358 | 11.6 |
Deaths: | 604 | 19.5 |
Net Migration: | 173 | 5.6 |
Net Immigration: | 23 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | -1,415 | -8.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 240 | 1.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 7,164 | |
Median Value | $119,000 | |
Occupied | 5,789 | 80.8% |
Vacant | 1,375 | 19.2% |
Owned | 4,348 | 75.1% |
Rented | 1,441 | 24.9% |
Median Rent | $665 | |
Single-Family Units | 5,573 | 77.8% |
Detached | 5,523 | 77.1% |
Attached | 50 | 0.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 310 | 4.3% |
Mobile Homes | 1,047 | 14.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 460 | 7.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 372 | 6.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 237 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 435 | 7.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 416 | 7.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 266 | 4.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 363 | 6.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 432 | 7.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 312 | 5.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 479 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 600 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 399 | 6.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 463 | 8.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 223 | 3.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 228 | 3.9% |
$200,000 or more | 104 | 1.8% |
Median Household Income | 44,341 | |
Per Capita Income | 24,947 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 111 | |
Compared to U.S. | 96 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 355 | 6.1% |
Public Assistance | 57 | 1.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 924 | 16.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 5,556 | 58.7% |
Unemployed | 632 | 6.7% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 6,188 | 65.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,273 | 34.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 41.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,205 | 1,757 | 55.7% |
Non-Profit | 180 | 255 | 41.4% |
Self-Employed | 140 | 142 | 49.6% |
Local Government | 35 | 190 | 15.6% |
State Government | 345 | 284 | 54.8% |
Federal Government | 121 | 72 | 62.7% |
Total Private + Self | 2,345 | 1,899 | 55.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 681 | 801 | 46.0% |
Total | 3,026 | 2,700 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 379 | 6.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,113 | 19.4% |
Professional, Technical | 1,090 | 19.0% |
Service Occupations | 1,276 | 22.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 19 | 0.3% |
All others | 1,870 | 32.6% |
White Collar | 45.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,035 | 18.1% |
Educational services | 650 | 11.3% |
Retail trade | 616 | 10.8% |
Manufacturing | 570 | 10.0% |
Construction | 560 | 9.8% |
Public administration | 427 | 7.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 396 | 6.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 331 | 5.8% |
Other services | 263 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 223 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 189 | 3.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 142 | 2.5% |
Finance and insurance | 121 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 111 | 1.9% |
Information | 45 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 24 | 0.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 17 | 0.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 93 | 0.60% |
Puerto Rican | 33 | 0.21% |
Cuban | 1 | 0.01% |
Dominican | 15 | 0.10% |
Total Central American | 3 | 0.02% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 3 | 0.02% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 37 | 0.24% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 14,490 | 98.0% |
Spanish | 136 | 0.9% |
Tagalog | 61 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 30 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 28 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 23 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 17 | 0.1% |
Other | 3 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 3,068 | 19.8% |
Irish | 2,287 | 14.7% |
English | 1,202 | 7.7% |
American | 1,199 | 7.7% |
Italian | 849 | 5.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 230 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 219 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 202 | 1.3% |
Welsh | 148 | 1.0% |
Polish | 147 | 0.9% |
European | 114 | 0.7% |
Hungarian | 104 | 0.7% |
French | 90 | 0.6% |
British | 55 | 0.4% |
Finnish | 42 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 15,489 | 99.8% |
Not a citizen | 38 | 0.2% |
Native | 15,461 | 99.6% |
Foreign-born | 66 | 0.4% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
383 | 3.6% | 899 | 8.5% | 5,720 | 54.0% | 2,351 | 22.2% | 729 | 6.9% | 519 | 4.9% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 383 | 3.6% |
9-12 Years | 899 | 8.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 5,720 | 54.0% |
Some College | 2,351 | 22.2% |
Bach. Degree | 729 | 6.9% |
Grad Degree | 519 | 4.9% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 6,084 | 5,303 | 781 | 12.8% | 8.6% |
1991 | 6,292 | 5,175 | 1,117 | 17.8% | 10.6% |
1992 | 6,270 | 5,198 | 1,072 | 17.1% | 11.2% |
1993 | 6,285 | 5,438 | 847 | 13.5% | 10.3% |
1994 | 6,479 | 5,732 | 747 | 11.5% | 8.8% |
1995 | 6,381 | 5,502 | 879 | 13.8% | 8.0% |
1996 | 6,373 | 5,496 | 877 | 13.8% | 7.7% |
1997 | 6,141 | 5,445 | 696 | 11.3% | 7.0% |
1998 | 6,133 | 5,415 | 718 | 11.7% | 6.7% |
1999 | 6,071 | 5,417 | 654 | 10.8% | 6.5% |
2000 | 6,587 | 6,056 | 531 | 8.1% | 5.6% |
2001 | 6,657 | 6,191 | 466 | 7.0% | 5.4% |
2002 | 6,788 | 6,251 | 537 | 7.9% | 6.5% |
2003 | 6,722 | 6,195 | 527 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
2004 | 6,579 | 6,122 | 457 | 6.9% | 5.8% |
2005 | 6,584 | 6,151 | 433 | 6.6% | 5.5% |
2006 | 6,732 | 6,327 | 405 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
2007 | 6,681 | 6,297 | 384 | 5.7% | 4.8% |
2008 | 6,671 | 6,318 | 353 | 5.3% | 4.7% |
2009 | 6,859 | 6,216 | 643 | 9.4% | 8.3% |
2010 | 6,863 | 6,171 | 692 | 10.1% | 8.7% |
2011 | 6,771 | 6,153 | 618 | 9.1% | 7.8% |
2012 | 6,727 | 6,186 | 541 | 8.0% | 7.2% |
2013 | 6,716 | 6,242 | 474 | 7.1% | 6.7% |
2014 | 6,888 | 6,432 | 456 | 6.6% | 6.5% |
2015 | 6,979 | 6,476 | 503 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
2016 | 6,983 | 6,508 | 475 | 6.8% | 6.1% |
2017 | 6,846 | 6,445 | 401 | 5.9% | 5.2% |
2018 | 6,930 | 6,518 | 412 | 5.9% | 5.2% |
2019 | 7,215 | 6,786 | 429 | 5.9% | 4.9% |
2020 | 7,335 | 6,729 | 606 | 8.3% | 8.3% |
2021 | 7,188 | 6,807 | 381 | 5.3% | 5.1% |
2022 | 7,379 | 7,056 | 323 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 7,163 | 6,816 | 347 | 4.8% | 3.9% |