2022 population: 54,046
( 5,228 from 2010
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343 from 2020)
Land area: 17173.4 square miles
Population density: 3.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 35,280 | 65.28% | ![]() |
Black: | 517 | 0.96% | ![]() |
Indian: | 2,452 | 4.54% | ![]() |
Asian: | 735 | 1.36% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,116 | 2.06% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 13,946 | 25.80% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 18,766 | 34.72% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,516 | 14.1 |
Deaths: | 1,055 | 9.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -175 | -1.6 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 45 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | 1,550 | 3.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 3,678 | 7.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 21,838 | |
Median Value | $274,200 | |
Occupied | 19,032 | 87.2% |
Vacant | 2,806 | 12.8% |
Owned | 13,012 | 68.4% |
Rented | 6,020 | 31.6% |
Median Rent | $1,077 | |
Single-Family Units | 12,851 | 58.8% |
Detached | 12,582 | 57.6% |
Attached | 269 | 1.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,212 | 10.1% |
Mobile Homes | 4,748 | 21.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 732 | 3.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 667 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 436 | 2.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 489 | 2.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 884 | 4.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 430 | 2.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 464 | 2.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 866 | 4.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 534 | 2.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,121 | 5.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,243 | 6.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,022 | 15.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,452 | 12.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,011 | 10.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,206 | 11.6% |
$200,000 or more | 1,475 | 7.8% |
Median Household Income | 87,755 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,001 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 103 | |
Compared to U.S. | 99 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 472 | 2.5% |
Public Assistance | 249 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,759 | 9.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 18,943 | 72.6% |
Unemployed | 933 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 46 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 19,922 | 76.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,167 | 23.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 12,768 | 6,576 | 66.0% |
Non-Profit | 488 | 633 | 43.5% |
Self-Employed | 973 | 1,016 | 48.9% |
Local Government | 718 | 1,438 | 33.3% |
State Government | 394 | 499 | 44.1% |
Federal Government | 286 | 434 | 39.7% |
Total Private + Self | 13,741 | 7,592 | 64.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,886 | 3,004 | 38.6% |
Total | 15,627 | 10,596 | 59.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,838 | 10.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,707 | 17.9% |
Professional, Technical | 5,173 | 19.7% |
Service Occupations | 4,512 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 144 | 0.5% |
All others | 9,045 | 34.4% |
White Collar | 48.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 5,594 | 21.3% |
Retail trade | 2,276 | 8.7% |
Construction | 2,269 | 8.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,265 | 8.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,175 | 8.3% |
Educational services | 2,027 | 7.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,547 | 5.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,204 | 4.6% |
Other services | 1,160 | 4.4% |
Public administration | 1,058 | 4.0% |
Manufacturing | 932 | 3.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 922 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 643 | 2.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 599 | 2.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 566 | 2.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 453 | 1.7% |
Finance and insurance | 335 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 125 | 0.5% |
Information | 104 | 0.4% |
Management | 21 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 11,814 | 22.04% |
Puerto Rican | 81 | 0.15% |
Cuban | 2 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 53 | 0.10% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 53 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 155 | 0.29% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 16 | 0.03% |
Ecuadorian | 18 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 121 | 0.23% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,319 | 2.46% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 161 | 0.30% |
Filipino | 145 | 0.27% |
Chinese | 80 | 0.15% |
Thai | 77 | 0.14% |
Korean | 35 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 32 | 0.06% |
Indian | 30 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 40,701 | 81.6% |
Spanish | 7,321 | 14.7% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 740 | 1.5% |
Other | 492 | 1.0% |
Chinese | 142 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 140 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 94 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 86 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 78 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 6,689 | 12.5% |
English | 4,974 | 9.3% |
Irish | 4,663 | 8.7% |
European | 2,813 | 5.2% |
American | 2,528 | 4.7% |
Italian | 1,512 | 2.8% |
French | 1,053 | 2.0% |
Norwegian | 896 | 1.7% |
Basque | 852 | 1.6% |
Swedish | 720 | 1.3% |
Scottish | 682 | 1.3% |
Polish | 492 | 0.9% |
Danish | 460 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 313 | 0.6% |
Austrian | 269 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 51,599 | 96.3% |
Not a citizen | 2,001 | 3.7% |
Native | 49,964 | 93.2% |
Foreign-born | 3,636 | 6.8% |
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 | ||||||
1,625 | 4.7% | 2,224 | 6.4% | 11,725 | 33.8% | 13,206 | 38.1% | 3,642 | 10.5% | 2,256 | 6.5% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,625 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 2,224 | 6.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,725 | 33.8% |
Some College | 13,206 | 38.1% |
Bach. Degree | 3,642 | 10.5% |
Grad Degree | 2,256 | 6.5% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,651 | 16,811 | 840 | 4.8% | 4.7% |
1991 | 18,247 | 17,360 | 887 | 4.9% | 5.9% |
1992 | 19,428 | 18,274 | 1,154 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
1993 | 20,269 | 18,952 | 1,317 | 6.5% | 6.9% |
1994 | 20,813 | 19,515 | 1,298 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
1995 | 21,029 | 19,759 | 1,270 | 6.0% | 5.6% |
1996 | 22,141 | 21,035 | 1,106 | 5.0% | 5.1% |
1997 | 22,603 | 21,555 | 1,048 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
1998 | 22,318 | 21,075 | 1,243 | 5.6% | 4.2% |
1999 | 21,825 | 20,791 | 1,034 | 4.7% | 4.0% |
2000 | 24,401 | 23,519 | 882 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2001 | 23,790 | 22,642 | 1,148 | 4.8% | 5.2% |
2002 | 23,467 | 22,383 | 1,084 | 4.6% | 5.7% |
2003 | 22,859 | 21,801 | 1,058 | 4.6% | 5.3% |
2004 | 22,936 | 22,052 | 884 | 3.9% | 4.4% |
2005 | 23,614 | 22,772 | 842 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2006 | 24,805 | 23,956 | 849 | 3.4% | 4.0% |
2007 | 26,685 | 25,793 | 892 | 3.3% | 4.6% |
2008 | 26,911 | 25,738 | 1,173 | 4.4% | 6.9% |
2009 | 27,703 | 25,900 | 1,803 | 6.5% | 11.7% |
2010 | 26,539 | 24,433 | 2,106 | 7.9% | 13.8% |
2011 | 27,895 | 25,833 | 2,062 | 7.4% | 13.3% |
2012 | 28,840 | 26,932 | 1,908 | 6.6% | 11.6% |
2013 | 28,506 | 26,670 | 1,836 | 6.4% | 10.0% |
2014 | 27,626 | 26,024 | 1,602 | 5.8% | 8.2% |
2015 | 26,478 | 25,097 | 1,381 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
2016 | 26,709 | 25,497 | 1,212 | 4.5% | 5.8% |
2017 | 26,727 | 25,740 | 987 | 3.7% | 5.0% |
2018 | 27,493 | 26,645 | 848 | 3.1% | 4.4% |
2019 | 27,691 | 26,871 | 820 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
2020 | 26,791 | 25,264 | 1,527 | 5.7% | 12.8% |
2021 | 25,634 | 24,825 | 809 | 3.2% | 6.9% |
2022 | 25,543 | 24,715 | 828 | 3.2% | 5.4% |
2023 | 25,920 | 24,940 | 980 | 3.8% | 5.1% |