2022 population: 46,126
( 3,210 from 2010
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688 from 2020)
Land area: 498.8 square miles
Population density: 92.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 42,176 | 91.44% | ![]() |
Black: | 937 | 2.03% | ![]() |
Indian: | 141 | 0.31% | ![]() |
Asian: | 544 | 1.18% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 835 | 1.81% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,493 | 3.24% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 3,950 | 8.56% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,035 | 11.1 |
Deaths: | 1,136 | 12.1 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -646 | -6.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 33 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -4,076 | -8.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 866 | 1.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 20,803 | |
Median Value | $148,200 | |
Occupied | 18,514 | 89.0% |
Vacant | 2,289 | 11.0% |
Owned | 12,213 | 66.0% |
Rented | 6,301 | 34.0% |
Median Rent | $884 | |
Single-Family Units | 13,880 | 66.7% |
Detached | 13,401 | 64.4% |
Attached | 479 | 2.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,275 | 10.9% |
Mobile Homes | 1,558 | 7.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 687 | 3.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 954 | 5.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 857 | 4.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 603 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 687 | 3.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 874 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 740 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 677 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 932 | 5.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,358 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,453 | 13.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,424 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,865 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,186 | 6.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,399 | 7.6% |
$200,000 or more | 818 | 4.4% |
Median Household Income | 65,029 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,594 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 64 | |
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,110 | 6.0% |
Public Assistance | 456 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,691 | 14.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 20,910 | 68.6% |
Unemployed | 1,256 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 36 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 22,202 | 72.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,273 | 27.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 7,635 | 6,306 | 54.8% |
Non-Profit | 955 | 1,821 | 34.4% |
Self-Employed | 1,350 | 544 | 71.3% |
Local Government | 1,128 | 1,496 | 43.0% |
State Government | 791 | 1,063 | 42.7% |
Federal Government | 107 | 78 | 57.8% |
Total Private + Self | 8,985 | 6,850 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,981 | 4,458 | 40.1% |
Total | 11,966 | 11,308 | 51.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 20.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,893 | 12.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,142 | 17.8% |
Professional, Technical | 5,950 | 25.6% |
Service Occupations | 5,236 | 22.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 99 | 0.4% |
All others | 5,064 | 21.7% |
White Collar | 55.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 3,934 | 16.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,424 | 14.7% |
Retail trade | 2,697 | 11.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,317 | 10.0% |
Manufacturing | 2,171 | 9.3% |
Construction | 1,532 | 6.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,289 | 5.5% |
Public administration | 1,101 | 4.7% |
Other services | 965 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 633 | 2.7% |
Finance and insurance | 605 | 2.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 573 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 481 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 418 | 1.8% |
Wholesale trade | 407 | 1.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 318 | 1.4% |
Information | 249 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 115 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 56 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 165 | 0.35% |
Puerto Rican | 545 | 1.17% |
Cuban | 17 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 72 | 0.15% |
Total Central American | 42 | 0.09% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 14 | 0.03% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 7 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 14 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 7 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 187 | 0.40% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 4 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 53 | 0.11% |
Colombian | 103 | 0.22% |
Ecuadorian | 4 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 23 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 380 | 0.81% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 341 | 0.73% |
Japanese | 86 | 0.18% |
Indian | 58 | 0.12% |
Filipino | 40 | 0.09% |
Korean | 16 | 0.03% |
Vietnamese | 15 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 15 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 42,219 | 94.8% |
Spanish | 523 | 1.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 473 | 1.1% |
Other Indo-European | 360 | 0.8% |
Chinese | 263 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 206 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 170 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 104 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 97 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 7,545 | 16.1% |
English | 7,426 | 15.9% |
German | 6,475 | 13.8% |
Italian | 4,452 | 9.5% |
American | 3,758 | 8.0% |
Polish | 1,374 | 2.9% |
French | 897 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 843 | 1.8% |
Dutch | 837 | 1.8% |
European | 794 | 1.7% |
Welsh | 526 | 1.1% |
French Canadian | 442 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 393 | 0.8% |
British | 345 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 341 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 46,445 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 310 | 0.7% |
Native | 45,614 | 97.6% |
Foreign-born | 1,141 | 2.4% |
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 | ||||||
1,003 | 3.4% | 1,739 | 5.9% | 8,983 | 30.7% | 9,399 | 32.1% | 4,387 | 15.0% | 3,763 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,003 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 1,739 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,983 | 30.7% |
Some College | 9,399 | 32.1% |
Bach. Degree | 4,387 | 15.0% |
Grad Degree | 3,763 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 24,693 | 23,126 | 1,567 | 6.3% | 5.3% |
1991 | 24,875 | 23,015 | 1,860 | 7.5% | 7.3% |
1992 | 24,941 | 22,880 | 2,061 | 8.3% | 8.7% |
1993 | 24,691 | 22,706 | 1,985 | 8.0% | 7.9% |
1994 | 24,337 | 22,465 | 1,872 | 7.7% | 6.9% |
1995 | 23,890 | 22,238 | 1,652 | 6.9% | 6.3% |
1996 | 23,684 | 22,217 | 1,467 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
1997 | 24,292 | 22,657 | 1,635 | 6.7% | 6.4% |
1998 | 23,908 | 22,102 | 1,806 | 7.6% | 5.6% |
1999 | 22,975 | 21,417 | 1,558 | 6.8% | 5.2% |
2000 | 24,094 | 23,051 | 1,043 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
2001 | 24,672 | 23,505 | 1,167 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2002 | 24,634 | 23,156 | 1,478 | 6.0% | 6.2% |
2003 | 24,363 | 22,915 | 1,448 | 5.9% | 6.4% |
2004 | 24,019 | 22,513 | 1,506 | 6.3% | 5.8% |
2005 | 23,924 | 22,625 | 1,299 | 5.4% | 5.0% |
2006 | 23,785 | 22,527 | 1,258 | 5.3% | 4.5% |
2007 | 23,688 | 22,482 | 1,206 | 5.1% | 4.4% |
2008 | 23,979 | 22,464 | 1,515 | 6.3% | 5.4% |
2009 | 24,318 | 22,065 | 2,253 | 9.3% | 8.4% |
2010 | 24,504 | 22,286 | 2,218 | 9.1% | 8.7% |
2011 | 24,380 | 22,301 | 2,079 | 8.5% | 8.3% |
2012 | 24,444 | 22,305 | 2,139 | 8.8% | 8.6% |
2013 | 24,285 | 22,356 | 1,929 | 7.9% | 7.8% |
2014 | 23,633 | 22,082 | 1,551 | 6.6% | 6.3% |
2015 | 23,233 | 21,855 | 1,378 | 5.9% | 5.2% |
2016 | 22,999 | 21,667 | 1,332 | 5.8% | 4.9% |
2017 | 22,930 | 21,609 | 1,321 | 5.8% | 4.6% |
2018 | 22,826 | 21,665 | 1,161 | 5.1% | 4.1% |
2019 | 22,836 | 21,766 | 1,070 | 4.7% | 3.8% |
2020 | 22,453 | 20,668 | 1,785 | 7.9% | 10.0% |
2021 | 22,562 | 21,418 | 1,144 | 5.1% | 7.0% |
2022 | 22,719 | 21,863 | 856 | 3.8% | 4.3% |
2023 | 22,426 | 21,473 | 953 | 4.2% | 4.2% |