2022 population: 41,164
( 1,428 from 2010
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556 from 2020)
Land area: 365.1 square miles
Population density: 112.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 38,940 | 94.60% | ![]() |
Black: | 318 | 0.77% | ![]() |
Indian: | 184 | 0.45% | ![]() |
Asian: | 278 | 0.68% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 665 | 1.62% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 779 | 1.89% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 2,224 | 5.40% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 622 | 7.7 |
Deaths: | 1,159 | 14.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 1,089 | 13.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 29 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | 603 | 1.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 825 | 2.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 24,331 | |
Median Value | $260,800 | |
Occupied | 17,780 | 73.1% |
Vacant | 6,551 | 26.9% |
Owned | 14,084 | 79.2% |
Rented | 3,696 | 20.8% |
Median Rent | $1,027 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,597 | 80.5% |
Detached | 19,021 | 78.2% |
Attached | 576 | 2.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,100 | 4.5% |
Mobile Homes | 1,603 | 6.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 892 | 5.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 806 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 520 | 2.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 675 | 3.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 534 | 3.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 631 | 3.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 750 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 625 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 754 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,424 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,860 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,893 | 16.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,744 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,000 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,459 | 8.2% |
$200,000 or more | 1,213 | 6.8% |
Median Household Income | 68,904 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,379 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 91 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 740 | 4.2% |
Public Assistance | 398 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,768 | 9.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 16,515 | 70.2% |
Unemployed | 659 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 47 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 17,221 | 73.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,321 | 26.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,570 | 5,193 | 51.8% |
Non-Profit | 738 | 1,704 | 30.2% |
Self-Employed | 2,729 | 1,317 | 67.4% |
Local Government | 589 | 736 | 44.5% |
State Government | 291 | 286 | 50.4% |
Federal Government | 112 | 138 | 44.8% |
Total Private + Self | 8,299 | 6,510 | 56.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,730 | 2,864 | 37.7% |
Total | 10,029 | 9,374 | 51.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,850 | 14.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,559 | 18.3% |
Professional, Technical | 4,475 | 23.0% |
Service Occupations | 3,215 | 16.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 902 | 4.6% |
All others | 5,328 | 27.4% |
White Collar | 56.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,679 | 13.8% |
Retail trade | 2,421 | 12.5% |
Construction | 1,661 | 8.5% |
Educational services | 1,614 | 8.3% |
Manufacturing | 1,570 | 8.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,381 | 7.1% |
Other services | 1,296 | 6.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,085 | 5.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,070 | 5.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 740 | 3.8% |
Public administration | 723 | 3.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 709 | 3.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 570 | 2.9% |
Finance and insurance | 555 | 2.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 508 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 396 | 2.0% |
Information | 278 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 142 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 29 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 188 | 0.46% |
Puerto Rican | 68 | 0.17% |
Cuban | 50 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 19 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 54 | 0.13% |
Costa Rican | 4 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 20 | 0.05% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 4 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 26 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 239 | 0.59% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 18 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 213 | 0.52% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 8 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 62 | 0.15% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Japanese | 51 | 0.13% |
Thai | 37 | 0.09% |
Vietnamese | 14 | 0.03% |
Chinese | 10 | 0.02% |
Indian | 10 | 0.02% |
Filipino | 7 | 0.02% |
Taiwanese | 7 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 37,394 | 95.5% |
Spanish | 680 | 1.7% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 359 | 0.9% |
Other Indo-European | 268 | 0.7% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 119 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 113 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 100 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 85 | 0.2% |
Other | 25 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 8,854 | 21.7% |
Irish | 5,459 | 13.4% |
German | 3,458 | 8.5% |
American | 3,245 | 8.0% |
French | 2,569 | 6.3% |
Italian | 2,153 | 5.3% |
Scottish | 1,902 | 4.7% |
French Canadian | 1,287 | 3.2% |
European | 992 | 2.4% |
Swedish | 970 | 2.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 913 | 2.2% |
Finnish | 894 | 2.2% |
Norwegian | 696 | 1.7% |
Polish | 614 | 1.5% |
British | 513 | 1.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 40,132 | 98.5% |
Not a citizen | 597 | 1.5% |
Native | 39,497 | 97.0% |
Foreign-born | 1,232 | 3.0% |
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 | ||||||
446 | 1.4% | 1,518 | 4.9% | 9,495 | 30.5% | 7,873 | 25.3% | 7,362 | 23.7% | 4,412 | 14.2% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 446 | 1.4% |
9-12 Years | 1,518 | 4.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 9,495 | 30.5% |
Some College | 7,873 | 25.3% |
Bach. Degree | 7,362 | 23.7% |
Grad Degree | 4,412 | 14.2% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 18,097 | 17,155 | 942 | 5.2% | 5.3% |
1991 | 18,539 | 17,285 | 1,254 | 6.8% | 7.8% |
1992 | 18,527 | 17,345 | 1,182 | 6.4% | 7.4% |
1993 | 18,719 | 17,739 | 980 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
1994 | 19,259 | 18,334 | 925 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
1995 | 20,298 | 19,466 | 832 | 4.1% | 5.9% |
1996 | 20,716 | 19,946 | 770 | 3.7% | 5.3% |
1997 | 20,110 | 19,290 | 820 | 4.1% | 5.2% |
1998 | 19,904 | 19,233 | 671 | 3.4% | 4.5% |
1999 | 19,903 | 19,321 | 582 | 2.9% | 4.0% |
2000 | 21,005 | 20,429 | 576 | 2.7% | 3.3% |
2001 | 20,977 | 20,342 | 635 | 3.0% | 3.8% |
2002 | 21,172 | 20,454 | 718 | 3.4% | 4.5% |
2003 | 21,273 | 20,345 | 928 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2004 | 21,390 | 20,614 | 776 | 3.6% | 4.6% |
2005 | 21,316 | 20,414 | 902 | 4.2% | 4.9% |
2006 | 21,394 | 20,468 | 926 | 4.3% | 4.7% |
2007 | 21,069 | 20,152 | 917 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
2008 | 20,936 | 19,860 | 1,076 | 5.1% | 5.3% |
2009 | 20,599 | 18,911 | 1,688 | 8.2% | 8.4% |
2010 | 20,464 | 18,894 | 1,570 | 7.7% | 8.4% |
2011 | 20,443 | 18,973 | 1,470 | 7.2% | 7.7% |
2012 | 20,561 | 19,195 | 1,366 | 6.6% | 7.2% |
2013 | 20,745 | 19,509 | 1,236 | 6.0% | 6.7% |
2014 | 20,694 | 19,638 | 1,056 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
2015 | 20,607 | 19,760 | 847 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2016 | 20,762 | 20,034 | 728 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2017 | 20,761 | 20,094 | 667 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2018 | 20,650 | 20,043 | 607 | 2.9% | 3.1% |
2019 | 20,417 | 19,884 | 533 | 2.6% | 2.7% |
2020 | 19,535 | 18,481 | 1,054 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
2021 | 20,028 | 19,147 | 881 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
2022 | 19,738 | 19,147 | 591 | 3.0% | 2.9% |
2023 | 19,993 | 19,419 | 574 | 2.9% | 2.9% |