2022 population: 46,843
( 973 from 2010
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134 from 2020)
Land area: 863.0 square miles
Population density: 54.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 43,077 | 91.96% | ![]() |
Black: | 813 | 1.74% | ![]() |
Indian: | 477 | 1.02% | ![]() |
Asian: | 325 | 0.69% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 635 | 1.36% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,516 | 3.24% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 3,766 | 8.04% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,017 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 1,290 | 13.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 284 | 3.0 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 112 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | -490 | -1.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,463 | 3.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 23,846 | |
Median Value | $182,600 | |
Occupied | 19,197 | 80.5% |
Vacant | 4,649 | 19.5% |
Owned | 14,455 | 75.3% |
Rented | 4,742 | 24.7% |
Median Rent | $814 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,265 | 80.8% |
Detached | 18,650 | 78.2% |
Attached | 615 | 2.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,623 | 6.8% |
Mobile Homes | 1,310 | 5.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 639 | 3.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 948 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 705 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 775 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,212 | 6.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 854 | 4.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,072 | 5.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 928 | 4.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 823 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,726 | 9.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,944 | 10.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,748 | 14.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,880 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,011 | 5.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 999 | 5.2% |
$200,000 or more | 933 | 4.9% |
Median Household Income | 59,379 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,146 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 89 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,128 | 5.9% |
Public Assistance | 464 | 2.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,637 | 13.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 20,294 | 76.8% |
Unemployed | 695 | 2.6% |
In Armed Forces | 23 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 21,012 | 79.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,418 | 20.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 8,231 | 7,098 | 53.7% |
Non-Profit | 564 | 1,165 | 32.6% |
Self-Employed | 1,862 | 970 | 65.7% |
Local Government | 749 | 1,027 | 42.2% |
State Government | 273 | 359 | 43.2% |
Federal Government | 97 | 92 | 51.3% |
Total Private + Self | 10,093 | 8,068 | 55.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,683 | 2,643 | 38.9% |
Total | 11,776 | 10,711 | 52.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,697 | 11.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,529 | 20.0% |
Professional, Technical | 4,131 | 18.3% |
Service Occupations | 3,557 | 15.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 437 | 1.9% |
All others | 7,679 | 34.0% |
White Collar | 50.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 4,713 | 20.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,224 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 2,997 | 13.3% |
Educational services | 1,607 | 7.1% |
Construction | 1,516 | 6.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,334 | 5.9% |
Other services | 1,038 | 4.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 942 | 4.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 899 | 4.0% |
Public administration | 771 | 3.4% |
Finance and insurance | 603 | 2.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 573 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 540 | 2.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 526 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 454 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 374 | 1.7% |
Information | 153 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 146 | 0.6% |
Utilities | 111 | 0.5% |
Management | 72 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 966 | 2.07% |
Puerto Rican | 109 | 0.23% |
Cuban | 2 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 33 | 0.07% |
Total Central American | 45 | 0.10% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 23 | 0.05% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 8 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 14 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 38 | 0.08% |
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 | 38 | 0.08% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 187 | 0.40% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Korean | 95 | 0.20% |
Thai | 66 | 0.14% |
Filipino | 61 | 0.13% |
Hmong | 25 | 0.05% |
Chinese | 18 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 3 | 0.01% |
Japanese | 1 | 0.00% |
Indian | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 42,257 | 95.5% |
Spanish | 1,013 | 2.3% |
German, other Germanic | 332 | 0.8% |
Other | 314 | 0.7% |
Korean | 77 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 62 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 61 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 44 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 44 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 17,095 | 36.6% |
Norwegian | 8,367 | 17.9% |
Irish | 4,037 | 8.6% |
English | 2,933 | 6.3% |
Swedish | 2,446 | 5.2% |
Polish | 1,726 | 3.7% |
French | 1,564 | 3.4% |
Italian | 1,441 | 3.1% |
American | 1,377 | 2.9% |
Czech | 1,360 | 2.9% |
French Canadian | 719 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 612 | 1.3% |
European | 590 | 1.3% |
Somalian | 574 | 1.2% |
Scandinavian | 523 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 45,877 | 98.3% |
Not a citizen | 806 | 1.7% |
Native | 45,243 | 96.9% |
Foreign-born | 1,440 | 3.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,172 | 3.5% | 1,952 | 5.9% | 11,812 | 35.5% | 11,414 | 34.3% | 4,654 | 14.0% | 2,238 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,172 | 3.5% |
9-12 Years | 1,952 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,812 | 35.5% |
Some College | 11,414 | 34.3% |
Bach. Degree | 4,654 | 14.0% |
Grad Degree | 2,238 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 20,862 | 19,601 | 1,261 | 6.0% | 4.4% |
1991 | 21,611 | 20,162 | 1,449 | 6.7% | 5.4% |
1992 | 21,954 | 20,505 | 1,449 | 6.6% | 5.1% |
1993 | 23,160 | 21,659 | 1,501 | 6.5% | 4.3% |
1994 | 23,362 | 22,025 | 1,337 | 5.7% | 4.2% |
1995 | 23,584 | 22,447 | 1,137 | 4.8% | 3.7% |
1996 | 24,199 | 23,081 | 1,118 | 4.6% | 3.6% |
1997 | 24,546 | 23,430 | 1,116 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
1998 | 24,526 | 23,499 | 1,027 | 4.2% | 3.3% |
1999 | 23,815 | 22,882 | 933 | 3.9% | 3.1% |
2000 | 24,959 | 23,987 | 972 | 3.9% | 3.4% |
2001 | 25,291 | 24,093 | 1,198 | 4.7% | 4.4% |
2002 | 25,401 | 24,035 | 1,366 | 5.4% | 5.3% |
2003 | 25,895 | 24,339 | 1,556 | 6.0% | 5.6% |
2004 | 25,622 | 24,209 | 1,413 | 5.5% | 5.0% |
2005 | 25,511 | 24,177 | 1,334 | 5.2% | 4.8% |
2006 | 25,608 | 24,217 | 1,391 | 5.4% | 4.7% |
2007 | 25,028 | 23,575 | 1,453 | 5.8% | 4.8% |
2008 | 25,144 | 23,690 | 1,454 | 5.8% | 4.9% |
2009 | 25,250 | 22,872 | 2,378 | 9.4% | 9.0% |
2010 | 23,801 | 21,635 | 2,166 | 9.1% | 8.5% |
2011 | 23,690 | 21,730 | 1,960 | 8.3% | 7.6% |
2012 | 23,679 | 21,838 | 1,841 | 7.8% | 6.9% |
2013 | 23,633 | 21,874 | 1,759 | 7.4% | 6.7% |
2014 | 24,043 | 22,676 | 1,367 | 5.7% | 5.3% |
2015 | 24,396 | 23,207 | 1,189 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
2016 | 24,277 | 23,203 | 1,074 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2017 | 24,621 | 23,765 | 856 | 3.5% | 3.3% |
2018 | 24,809 | 23,971 | 838 | 3.4% | 3.0% |
2019 | 24,276 | 23,332 | 944 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
2020 | 23,873 | 22,413 | 1,460 | 6.1% | 6.3% |
2021 | 24,121 | 23,171 | 950 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
2022 | 23,673 | 22,881 | 792 | 3.3% | 2.9% |
2023 | 23,848 | 22,997 | 851 | 3.6% | 3.0% |