2022 population: 21,733
( 2,336 from 2010
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818 from 2020)
Land area: 89.2 square miles
Population density: 243.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 20,667 | 95.10% | ![]() |
Black: | 320 | 1.47% | ![]() |
Indian: | 37 | 0.17% | ![]() |
Asian: | 126 | 0.58% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 326 | 1.50% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 257 | 1.18% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,066 | 4.90% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 362 | 8.0 |
Deaths: | 938 | 20.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -254 | -5.6 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 8 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -2,574 | -10.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 238 | 1.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 10,721 | |
Median Value | $115,000 | |
Occupied | 9,593 | 89.5% |
Vacant | 1,128 | 10.5% |
Owned | 7,165 | 74.7% |
Rented | 2,428 | 25.3% |
Median Rent | $591 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,008 | 74.7% |
Detached | 7,840 | 73.1% |
Attached | 168 | 1.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,036 | 9.7% |
Mobile Homes | 1,054 | 9.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 412 | 4.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 468 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 532 | 5.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 447 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 485 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 607 | 6.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 720 | 7.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 329 | 3.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 685 | 7.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 627 | 6.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 880 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,432 | 14.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 874 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 409 | 4.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 472 | 4.9% |
$200,000 or more | 214 | 2.2% |
Median Household Income | 51,963 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,400 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 78 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 463 | 4.8% |
Public Assistance | 259 | 2.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,665 | 17.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 8,646 | 64.5% |
Unemployed | 538 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 34 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 9,218 | 68.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,187 | 31.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,681 | 2,454 | 60.0% |
Non-Profit | 415 | 638 | 39.4% |
Self-Employed | 349 | 306 | 53.3% |
Local Government | 444 | 595 | 42.7% |
State Government | 103 | 321 | 24.3% |
Federal Government | 115 | 165 | 41.1% |
Total Private + Self | 4,030 | 2,760 | 59.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,077 | 1,719 | 38.5% |
Total | 5,107 | 4,479 | 53.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,069 | 11.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,988 | 20.7% |
Professional, Technical | 1,846 | 19.2% |
Service Occupations | 2,000 | 20.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 11 | 0.1% |
All others | 2,689 | 28.0% |
White Collar | 51.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,737 | 18.1% |
Retail trade | 1,344 | 14.0% |
Educational services | 862 | 9.0% |
Manufacturing | 839 | 8.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 710 | 7.4% |
Public administration | 563 | 5.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 529 | 5.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 490 | 5.1% |
Construction | 470 | 4.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 465 | 4.8% |
Other services | 397 | 4.1% |
Wholesale trade | 253 | 2.6% |
Finance and insurance | 234 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 163 | 1.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 150 | 1.6% |
Information | 137 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 126 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 68 | 0.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 55 | 0.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 131 | 0.59% |
Puerto Rican | 13 | 0.06% |
Cuban | 16 | 0.07% |
Dominican | 1 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 22 | 0.10% |
Costa Rican | 8 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 14 | 0.06% |
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 | 50 | 0.22% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 88 | 0.39% |
Filipino | 16 | 0.07% |
Chinese | 13 | 0.06% |
Taiwanese | 2 | 0.01% |
Japanese | 2 | 0.01% |
Indian | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 20,861 | 97.5% |
Spanish | 164 | 0.8% |
Other Indo-European | 132 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 87 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 80 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 37 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 15 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 9 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 2 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 4,233 | 18.9% |
Irish | 3,502 | 15.7% |
Italian | 3,176 | 14.2% |
English | 2,637 | 11.8% |
Polish | 1,194 | 5.3% |
American | 987 | 4.4% |
Scottish | 483 | 2.2% |
French | 447 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 402 | 1.8% |
Welsh | 399 | 1.8% |
Hungarian | 337 | 1.5% |
Russian | 335 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 266 | 1.2% |
Slovak | 242 | 1.1% |
Greek | 195 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 22,186 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 163 | 0.7% |
Native | 22,063 | 98.7% |
Foreign-born | 286 | 1.3% |
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 | ||||||
316 | 1.9% | 902 | 5.6% | 6,874 | 42.3% | 4,601 | 28.3% | 2,242 | 13.8% | 1,317 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 316 | 1.9% |
9-12 Years | 902 | 5.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,874 | 42.3% |
Some College | 4,601 | 28.3% |
Bach. Degree | 2,242 | 13.8% |
Grad Degree | 1,317 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,084 | 11,308 | 776 | 6.4% | 8.6% |
1991 | 12,044 | 10,913 | 1,131 | 9.4% | 10.6% |
1992 | 12,014 | 10,616 | 1,398 | 11.6% | 11.2% |
1993 | 11,596 | 10,504 | 1,092 | 9.4% | 10.3% |
1994 | 11,596 | 10,610 | 986 | 8.5% | 8.8% |
1995 | 11,357 | 10,654 | 703 | 6.2% | 8.0% |
1996 | 11,234 | 10,546 | 688 | 6.1% | 7.7% |
1997 | 11,131 | 10,222 | 909 | 8.2% | 7.0% |
1998 | 11,388 | 10,729 | 659 | 5.8% | 6.7% |
1999 | 11,315 | 10,624 | 691 | 6.1% | 6.5% |
2000 | 11,662 | 11,116 | 546 | 4.7% | 5.6% |
2001 | 11,533 | 10,928 | 605 | 5.2% | 5.4% |
2002 | 11,475 | 10,734 | 741 | 6.5% | 6.5% |
2003 | 11,396 | 10,614 | 782 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
2004 | 11,266 | 10,368 | 898 | 8.0% | 5.8% |
2005 | 11,162 | 10,295 | 867 | 7.8% | 5.5% |
2006 | 10,970 | 10,121 | 849 | 7.7% | 5.2% |
2007 | 10,864 | 10,185 | 679 | 6.2% | 4.8% |
2008 | 11,065 | 10,380 | 685 | 6.2% | 4.7% |
2009 | 11,124 | 9,811 | 1,313 | 11.8% | 8.3% |
2010 | 10,909 | 9,659 | 1,250 | 11.5% | 8.7% |
2011 | 10,703 | 9,685 | 1,018 | 9.5% | 7.8% |
2012 | 10,646 | 9,747 | 899 | 8.4% | 7.2% |
2013 | 10,383 | 9,591 | 792 | 7.6% | 6.7% |
2014 | 10,199 | 9,473 | 726 | 7.1% | 6.5% |
2015 | 10,204 | 9,475 | 729 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
2016 | 10,012 | 9,306 | 706 | 7.1% | 6.1% |
2017 | 9,822 | 9,222 | 600 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
2018 | 9,952 | 9,351 | 601 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
2019 | 10,007 | 9,486 | 521 | 5.2% | 4.9% |
2020 | 9,901 | 9,012 | 889 | 9.0% | 8.3% |
2021 | 9,822 | 9,223 | 599 | 6.1% | 5.1% |
2022 | 9,877 | 9,428 | 449 | 4.5% | 3.9% |
2023 | 9,665 | 9,180 | 485 | 5.0% | 3.9% |