2022 population: 7,650
( 599 from 2010
, 80 from 2020)
Land area: 246.9 square miles
Population density: 31.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 7,012 | 91.66% | 9.7% |
Black: | 276 | 3.61% | 16.0% |
Indian: | 18 | 0.24% | 63.6% |
Asian: | 37 | 0.48% | 164.3% |
2+ races: | 175 | 2.29% | 30.6% |
Hispanic: | 132 | 1.73% | 46.7% |
Total non-White: | 638 | 8.34% | 31.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 131 | 8.5 |
Deaths: | 260 | 16.8 |
Net Migration: | 46 | 3.0 |
Net Immigration: | -1 | -0.1 |
Change in White population: | -750 | -9.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 151 | 1.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 3,710 | |
Median Value | $102,000 | |
Occupied | 2,959 | 79.8% |
Vacant | 751 | 20.2% |
Owned | 2,379 | 80.4% |
Rented | 580 | 19.6% |
Median Rent | $758 | |
Single-Family Units | 2,600 | 70.1% |
Detached | 2,593 | 69.9% |
Attached | 7 | 0.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 110 | 3.0% |
Mobile Homes | 759 | 20.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 179 | 6.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 133 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 155 | 5.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 141 | 4.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 214 | 7.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 128 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 139 | 4.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 71 | 2.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 163 | 5.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 217 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 307 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 335 | 11.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 226 | 7.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 182 | 6.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 192 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 177 | 6.0% |
Median Household Income | 57,111 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,315 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 75 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 231 | 7.8% |
Public Assistance | 37 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 389 | 13.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 2,956 | 64.2% |
Unemployed | 169 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 5 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 3,130 | 68.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 1,472 | 32.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 1,262 | 892 | 58.6% |
Non-Profit | 140 | 150 | 48.3% |
Self-Employed | 200 | 143 | 58.3% |
Local Government | 63 | 78 | 44.7% |
State Government | 84 | 100 | 45.7% |
Federal Government | 49 | 74 | 39.8% |
Total Private + Self | 1,462 | 1,035 | 58.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 336 | 402 | 45.5% |
Total | 1,798 | 1,437 | 55.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 559 | 17.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 726 | 22.4% |
Professional, Technical | 544 | 16.7% |
Service Occupations | 460 | 14.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 42 | 1.3% |
All others | 959 | 29.5% |
White Collar | 56.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 514 | 15.8% |
Manufacturing | 387 | 11.9% |
Construction | 352 | 10.8% |
Retail trade | 298 | 9.2% |
Educational services | 267 | 8.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 250 | 7.7% |
Other services | 235 | 7.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 203 | 6.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 190 | 5.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 117 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 90 | 2.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 73 | 2.2% |
Public administration | 69 | 2.1% |
Finance and insurance | 56 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 50 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 42 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 31 | 1.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 21 | 0.6% |
Information | 3 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 19 | 0.25% |
Puerto Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Cuban | 22 | 0.28% |
Dominican | 4 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 11 | 0.14% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 11 | 0.14% |
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 | 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 | 69 | 0.89% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 6,988 | 94.4% |
Other Asian | 233 | 3.1% |
Spanish | 82 | 1.1% |
Arabic | 32 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 18 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 17 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 13 | 0.2% |
Other | 12 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 10 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 1,785 | 23.1% |
Irish | 780 | 10.1% |
American | 722 | 9.3% |
German | 590 | 7.6% |
African | 163 | 2.1% |
European | 140 | 1.8% |
French | 140 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 123 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 87 | 1.1% |
Italian | 80 | 1.0% |
Polish | 63 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 47 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 32 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 16 | 0.2% |
Arab | 10 | 0.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 7,708 | 99.6% |
Not a citizen | 34 | 0.4% |
Native | 7,657 | 98.9% |
Foreign-born | 85 | 1.1% |
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 | ||||||
151 | 2.7% | 287 | 5.2% | 2,256 | 40.6% | 1,901 | 34.2% | 653 | 11.7% | 311 | 5.6% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 151 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 287 | 5.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 2,256 | 40.6% |
Some College | 1,901 | 34.2% |
Bach. Degree | 653 | 11.7% |
Grad Degree | 311 | 5.6% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 3,749 | 3,414 | 335 | 8.9% | 6.0% |
1991 | 3,769 | 3,435 | 334 | 8.9% | 7.3% |
1992 | 3,850 | 3,468 | 382 | 9.9% | 6.9% |
1993 | 3,840 | 3,506 | 334 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
1994 | 3,880 | 3,578 | 302 | 7.8% | 5.4% |
1995 | 3,975 | 3,707 | 268 | 6.7% | 5.4% |
1996 | 4,058 | 3,795 | 263 | 6.5% | 5.4% |
1997 | 4,277 | 3,863 | 414 | 9.7% | 5.2% |
1998 | 4,146 | 3,914 | 232 | 5.6% | 4.5% |
1999 | 4,229 | 3,971 | 258 | 6.1% | 4.5% |
2000 | 4,221 | 3,972 | 249 | 5.9% | 4.1% |
2001 | 4,169 | 3,891 | 278 | 6.7% | 5.2% |
2002 | 4,102 | 3,805 | 297 | 7.2% | 5.8% |
2003 | 4,143 | 3,818 | 325 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
2004 | 4,129 | 3,841 | 288 | 7.0% | 5.5% |
2005 | 4,163 | 3,880 | 283 | 6.8% | 5.9% |
2006 | 4,162 | 3,908 | 254 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2007 | 4,236 | 4,003 | 233 | 5.5% | 5.4% |
2008 | 4,150 | 3,889 | 261 | 6.3% | 6.5% |
2009 | 4,106 | 3,680 | 426 | 10.4% | 10.8% |
2010 | 3,860 | 3,460 | 400 | 10.4% | 10.3% |
2011 | 3,894 | 3,507 | 387 | 9.9% | 9.4% |
2012 | 3,883 | 3,527 | 356 | 9.2% | 8.2% |
2013 | 3,825 | 3,477 | 348 | 9.1% | 7.9% |
2014 | 3,676 | 3,383 | 293 | 8.0% | 6.4% |
2015 | 3,600 | 3,355 | 245 | 6.8% | 5.2% |
2016 | 3,641 | 3,320 | 321 | 8.8% | 5.0% |
2017 | 3,628 | 3,357 | 271 | 7.5% | 4.8% |
2018 | 3,527 | 3,288 | 239 | 6.8% | 4.2% |
2019 | 3,478 | 3,286 | 192 | 5.5% | 4.1% |
2020 | 3,356 | 3,134 | 222 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
2021 | 3,426 | 3,261 | 165 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
2022 | 3,489 | 3,320 | 169 | 4.8% | 3.9% |
2023 | 3,459 | 3,290 | 169 | 4.9% | 4.2% |