2022 population: 63,894
( 1,751 from 2010
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1,264 from 2020)
Land area: 6067.1 square miles
Population density: 10.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 22,386 | 35.04% | ![]() |
Black: | 1,024 | 1.60% | ![]() |
Indian: | 556 | 0.87% | ![]() |
Asian: | 715 | 1.12% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 646 | 1.01% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 38,567 | 60.36% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 41,508 | 64.96% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,726 | 13.2 |
Deaths: | 1,952 | 15.0 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,309 | -10.0 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 229 | 1.8 |
Change in White population: | -6,415 | -9.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,664 | 7.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 26,727 | |
Median Value | $133,200 | |
Occupied | 23,280 | 87.1% |
Vacant | 3,447 | 12.9% |
Owned | 15,688 | 67.4% |
Rented | 7,592 | 32.6% |
Median Rent | $850 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,700 | 73.7% |
Detached | 19,198 | 71.8% |
Attached | 502 | 1.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,616 | 6.0% |
Mobile Homes | 3,612 | 13.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,637 | 7.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,659 | 7.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,689 | 7.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,213 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,151 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,125 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,040 | 4.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 926 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,297 | 5.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,453 | 6.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,426 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,545 | 10.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,533 | 6.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,151 | 4.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,419 | 6.1% |
$200,000 or more | 1,016 | 4.4% |
Median Household Income | 49,673 | |
Per Capita Income | 26,568 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 96 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,885 | 8.1% |
Public Assistance | 1,195 | 5.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,231 | 26.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 9,997 | 62.3% |
Unemployed | 505 | 3.1% |
In Armed Forces | 22 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 10,524 | 65.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,511 | 34.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 37.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 9,217 | 8,112 | 53.2% |
Non-Profit | 752 | 908 | 45.3% |
Self-Employed | 1,295 | 970 | 57.2% |
Local Government | 1,070 | 1,414 | 43.1% |
State Government | 845 | 966 | 46.7% |
Federal Government | 609 | 260 | 70.1% |
Total Private + Self | 10,512 | 9,082 | 53.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 3,276 | 3,548 | 48.0% |
Total | 13,788 | 12,630 | 52.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,738 | 10.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 5,366 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 5,166 | 19.4% |
Service Occupations | 5,399 | 20.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 935 | 3.5% |
All others | 7,943 | 29.8% |
White Collar | 49.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 4,033 | 15.2% |
Retail trade | 3,296 | 12.4% |
Educational services | 2,921 | 11.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,192 | 8.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,665 | 6.3% |
Construction | 1,648 | 6.2% |
Manufacturing | 1,602 | 6.0% |
Public administration | 1,583 | 5.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,486 | 5.6% |
Other services | 1,394 | 5.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 921 | 3.5% |
Finance and insurance | 782 | 2.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 684 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 517 | 1.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 511 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 426 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 394 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 320 | 1.2% |
Information | 222 | 0.8% |
Management | 15 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 32,625 | 50.42% |
Puerto Rican | 210 | 0.32% |
Cuban | 28 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 83 | 0.13% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 10 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 34 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 30 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 9 | 0.01% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 90 | 0.14% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 20 | 0.03% |
Ecuadorian | 6 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 64 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 5,170 | 7.99% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 314 | 0.49% |
Vietnamese | 132 | 0.20% |
Indian | 86 | 0.13% |
Japanese | 44 | 0.07% |
Chinese | 43 | 0.07% |
Korean | 43 | 0.07% |
Thai | 32 | 0.05% |
Indonesian | 8 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 40,508 | 66.8% |
Spanish | 19,021 | 31.4% |
Other | 226 | 0.4% |
Tagalog | 222 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 206 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 141 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 101 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 85 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 65 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 4,563 | 7.1% |
German | 3,847 | 5.9% |
Irish | 3,039 | 4.7% |
English | 2,981 | 4.6% |
Swedish | 563 | 0.9% |
European | 558 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 558 | 0.9% |
French | 547 | 0.8% |
Italian | 544 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 506 | 0.8% |
Polish | 270 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 260 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 248 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 244 | 0.4% |
Danish | 220 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 61,232 | 94.6% |
Not a citizen | 3,469 | 5.4% |
Native | 57,781 | 89.3% |
Foreign-born | 6,920 | 10.7% |
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 | ||||||
3,716 | 8.9% | 4,116 | 9.9% | 11,300 | 27.1% | 15,297 | 36.6% | 4,537 | 10.9% | 2,783 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,716 | 8.9% |
9-12 Years | 4,116 | 9.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,300 | 27.1% |
Some College | 15,297 | 36.6% |
Bach. Degree | 4,537 | 10.9% |
Grad Degree | 2,783 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 25,699 | 24,248 | 1,451 | 5.6% | 6.7% |
1991 | 25,333 | 22,676 | 2,657 | 10.5% | 7.2% |
1992 | 25,052 | 22,096 | 2,956 | 11.8% | 7.3% |
1993 | 24,564 | 22,745 | 1,819 | 7.4% | 7.3% |
1994 | 25,756 | 23,867 | 1,889 | 7.3% | 6.5% |
1995 | 25,537 | 23,360 | 2,177 | 8.5% | 6.7% |
1996 | 25,997 | 23,666 | 2,331 | 9.0% | 7.5% |
1997 | 25,782 | 23,989 | 1,793 | 7.0% | 6.4% |
1998 | 26,774 | 24,124 | 2,650 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
1999 | 25,804 | 23,664 | 2,140 | 8.3% | 5.6% |
2000 | 25,634 | 24,179 | 1,455 | 5.7% | 5.0% |
2001 | 25,658 | 24,208 | 1,450 | 5.7% | 5.0% |
2002 | 25,509 | 23,864 | 1,645 | 6.4% | 5.5% |
2003 | 25,586 | 23,701 | 1,885 | 7.4% | 5.9% |
2004 | 25,358 | 23,662 | 1,696 | 6.7% | 5.6% |
2005 | 25,773 | 24,258 | 1,515 | 5.9% | 5.2% |
2006 | 26,250 | 25,086 | 1,164 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
2007 | 26,424 | 25,436 | 988 | 3.7% | 3.6% |
2008 | 26,526 | 25,420 | 1,106 | 4.2% | 4.3% |
2009 | 26,971 | 25,203 | 1,768 | 6.6% | 7.1% |
2010 | 27,829 | 25,820 | 2,009 | 7.2% | 7.8% |
2011 | 27,447 | 25,668 | 1,779 | 6.5% | 7.2% |
2012 | 27,003 | 25,287 | 1,716 | 6.4% | 7.0% |
2013 | 26,792 | 25,117 | 1,675 | 6.3% | 6.9% |
2014 | 27,248 | 25,604 | 1,644 | 6.0% | 6.6% |
2015 | 27,901 | 26,121 | 1,780 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
2016 | 28,257 | 26,338 | 1,919 | 6.8% | 6.7% |
2017 | 27,699 | 25,937 | 1,762 | 6.4% | 6.1% |
2018 | 27,327 | 26,000 | 1,327 | 4.9% | 4.9% |
2019 | 27,495 | 26,114 | 1,381 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
2020 | 28,106 | 25,832 | 2,274 | 8.1% | 8.4% |
2021 | 27,887 | 25,847 | 2,040 | 7.3% | 7.1% |
2022 | 27,668 | 26,493 | 1,175 | 4.2% | 4.0% |
2023 | 27,309 | 26,268 | 1,041 | 3.8% | 3.8% |