2022 population: 54,738
( 10,792 from 2010
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3,148 from 2020)
Land area: 18181.8 square miles
Population density: 3.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 39,365 | 71.92% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,008 | 3.67% | ![]() |
Indian: | 679 | 1.24% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,423 | 2.60% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,756 | 3.21% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 9,507 | 17.37% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 15,373 | 28.08% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 818 | 7.9 |
Deaths: | 2,336 | 22.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 4,768 | 46.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | -21 | -0.2 |
Change in White population: | 4,702 | 10.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,090 | 13.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 25,017 | |
Median Value | $235,500 | |
Occupied | 21,847 | 87.3% |
Vacant | 3,170 | 12.7% |
Owned | 16,407 | 75.1% |
Rented | 5,440 | 24.9% |
Median Rent | $1,004 | |
Single-Family Units | 14,733 | 58.9% |
Detached | 14,214 | 56.8% |
Attached | 519 | 2.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 614 | 2.5% |
Mobile Homes | 7,937 | 31.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,443 | 6.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 895 | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,059 | 4.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,197 | 5.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,082 | 5.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,162 | 5.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,401 | 6.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,008 | 4.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,089 | 5.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,798 | 8.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,036 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,504 | 11.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,913 | 8.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,083 | 5.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,339 | 6.1% |
$200,000 or more | 838 | 3.8% |
Median Household Income | 53,602 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,751 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 84 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,693 | 7.7% |
Public Assistance | 668 | 3.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,316 | 15.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,408 | 53.1% |
Unemployed | 1,465 | 6.3% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 13,873 | 59.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,509 | 40.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 46.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 7,474 | 4,333 | 63.3% |
Non-Profit | 207 | 337 | 38.1% |
Self-Employed | 1,016 | 749 | 57.6% |
Local Government | 580 | 965 | 37.5% |
State Government | 198 | 218 | 47.6% |
Federal Government | 417 | 214 | 66.1% |
Total Private + Self | 8,490 | 5,082 | 62.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,402 | 1,734 | 44.7% |
Total | 9,892 | 6,816 | 59.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,745 | 10.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,770 | 22.5% |
Professional, Technical | 2,562 | 15.3% |
Service Occupations | 3,608 | 21.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 148 | 0.9% |
All others | 5,090 | 30.3% |
White Collar | 48.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 2,156 | 12.9% |
Construction | 1,622 | 9.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,365 | 8.1% |
Educational services | 1,361 | 8.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,298 | 7.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,165 | 6.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,121 | 6.7% |
Manufacturing | 1,036 | 6.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,025 | 6.1% |
Public administration | 995 | 5.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 856 | 5.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 794 | 4.7% |
Other services | 436 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 400 | 2.4% |
Finance and insurance | 252 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 240 | 1.4% |
Information | 231 | 1.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 218 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 204 | 1.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 6,545 | 12.66% |
Puerto Rican | 158 | 0.31% |
Cuban | 175 | 0.34% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 565 | 1.09% |
Costa Rican | 31 | 0.06% |
Guatemalan | 176 | 0.34% |
Honduran | 14 | 0.03% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 344 | 0.67% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 181 | 0.35% |
Argentinean | 60 | 0.12% |
Bolivian | 65 | 0.13% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
Ecuadorian | 14 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 42 | 0.08% |
Other Hispanic | 736 | 1.42% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 314 | 0.61% |
Cambodian | 286 | 0.55% |
Korean | 136 | 0.26% |
Chinese | 78 | 0.15% |
Indian | 51 | 0.10% |
Taiwanese | 28 | 0.05% |
Thai | 22 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 22 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 43,687 | 88.1% |
Spanish | 4,341 | 8.8% |
Other Asian | 441 | 0.9% |
Other Indo-European | 238 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 197 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 189 | 0.4% |
Tagalog | 179 | 0.4% |
Korean | 83 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 58 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 8,734 | 16.9% |
Irish | 6,431 | 12.4% |
English | 6,046 | 11.7% |
Italian | 2,836 | 5.5% |
American | 2,210 | 4.3% |
French | 1,598 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 1,592 | 3.1% |
European | 871 | 1.7% |
Norwegian | 856 | 1.7% |
Swedish | 750 | 1.5% |
Polish | 738 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 712 | 1.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 685 | 1.3% |
Scandinavian | 441 | 0.9% |
Russian | 328 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 49,972 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 1,726 | 3.3% |
Native | 47,696 | 92.3% |
Foreign-born | 4,002 | 7.7% |
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 | ||||||
1,918 | 4.7% | 3,458 | 8.6% | 14,409 | 35.7% | 15,532 | 38.5% | 3,372 | 8.4% | 1,691 | 4.2% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,918 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 3,458 | 8.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,409 | 35.7% |
Some College | 15,532 | 38.5% |
Bach. Degree | 3,372 | 8.4% |
Grad Degree | 1,691 | 4.2% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 9,103 | 8,795 | 308 | 3.4% | 4.7% |
1991 | 9,340 | 8,949 | 391 | 4.2% | 5.9% |
1992 | 9,781 | 9,204 | 577 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
1993 | 10,519 | 9,777 | 742 | 7.1% | 6.9% |
1994 | 11,877 | 11,197 | 680 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
1995 | 12,575 | 12,002 | 573 | 4.6% | 5.6% |
1996 | 13,216 | 12,566 | 650 | 4.9% | 5.1% |
1997 | 14,474 | 13,863 | 611 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
1998 | 15,206 | 14,602 | 604 | 4.0% | 4.2% |
1999 | 16,110 | 15,387 | 723 | 4.5% | 4.0% |
2000 | 14,139 | 13,251 | 888 | 6.3% | 4.1% |
2001 | 14,547 | 13,421 | 1,126 | 7.7% | 5.2% |
2002 | 15,064 | 13,950 | 1,114 | 7.4% | 5.7% |
2003 | 15,023 | 13,893 | 1,130 | 7.5% | 5.3% |
2004 | 15,436 | 14,506 | 930 | 6.0% | 4.4% |
2005 | 16,377 | 15,467 | 910 | 5.6% | 4.1% |
2006 | 17,259 | 16,307 | 952 | 5.5% | 4.0% |
2007 | 18,006 | 16,810 | 1,196 | 6.6% | 4.6% |
2008 | 17,760 | 15,990 | 1,770 | 10.0% | 6.9% |
2009 | 18,042 | 15,452 | 2,590 | 14.4% | 11.7% |
2010 | 16,746 | 13,805 | 2,941 | 17.6% | 13.8% |
2011 | 16,781 | 13,915 | 2,866 | 17.1% | 13.3% |
2012 | 16,611 | 14,128 | 2,483 | 14.9% | 11.6% |
2013 | 16,244 | 14,199 | 2,045 | 12.6% | 10.0% |
2014 | 16,035 | 14,434 | 1,601 | 10.0% | 8.2% |
2015 | 15,802 | 14,399 | 1,403 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
2016 | 15,905 | 14,721 | 1,184 | 7.4% | 5.8% |
2017 | 16,086 | 15,051 | 1,035 | 6.4% | 5.0% |
2018 | 16,723 | 15,793 | 930 | 5.6% | 4.4% |
2019 | 17,518 | 16,617 | 901 | 5.1% | 3.9% |
2020 | 17,596 | 15,889 | 1,707 | 9.7% | 12.8% |
2021 | 17,116 | 16,108 | 1,008 | 5.9% | 6.9% |
2022 | 17,427 | 16,431 | 996 | 5.7% | 5.4% |
2023 | 18,281 | 17,109 | 1,172 | 6.4% | 5.1% |