2022 population: 34,453
( 1,858 from 2010
, 94 from 2020)
Land area: 1125.7 square miles
Population density: 30.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 26,836 | 77.89% | 10.0% |
Black: | 964 | 2.80% | 0.7% |
Indian: | 573 | 1.66% | 11.0% |
Asian: | 821 | 2.38% | 38.9% |
2+ races: | 1,055 | 3.06% | 8.9% |
Hispanic: | 4,204 | 12.20% | 27.7% |
Total non-White: | 7,617 | 22.11% | 17.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 897 | 13.0 |
Deaths: | 1,081 | 15.6 |
Net Migration: | 73 | 1.1 |
Net Immigration: | 2 | 0.0 |
Change in White population: | -2,996 | -8.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,138 | 3.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,626 | |
Median Value | $104,000 | |
Occupied | 13,091 | 83.8% |
Vacant | 2,535 | 16.2% |
Owned | 9,274 | 70.8% |
Rented | 3,817 | 29.2% |
Median Rent | $776 | |
Single-Family Units | 12,011 | 76.9% |
Detached | 11,909 | 76.2% |
Attached | 102 | 0.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,108 | 7.1% |
Mobile Homes | 1,483 | 9.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 750 | 5.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 588 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 544 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 815 | 6.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 636 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 654 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 651 | 5.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 614 | 4.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 601 | 4.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,187 | 9.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,320 | 10.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,698 | 13.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,219 | 9.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 900 | 6.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 508 | 3.9% |
$200,000 or more | 406 | 3.1% |
Median Household Income | 55,726 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,977 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 669 | 5.1% |
Public Assistance | 409 | 3.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,559 | 11.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,561 | 67.3% |
Unemployed | 688 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 13,249 | 71.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,405 | 29.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,235 | 3,742 | 58.3% |
Non-Profit | 464 | 1,125 | 29.2% |
Self-Employed | 1,090 | 585 | 65.1% |
Local Government | 910 | 1,052 | 46.4% |
State Government | 340 | 520 | 39.5% |
Federal Government | 78 | 116 | 40.2% |
Total Private + Self | 6,325 | 4,327 | 59.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,792 | 2,813 | 38.9% |
Total | 8,117 | 7,140 | 53.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,078 | 13.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,579 | 16.9% |
Professional, Technical | 2,880 | 18.9% |
Service Occupations | 2,996 | 19.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 130 | 0.9% |
All others | 4,740 | 31.0% |
White Collar | 49.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,794 | 18.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,416 | 15.8% |
Educational services | 2,077 | 13.6% |
Retail trade | 1,474 | 9.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 785 | 5.1% |
Construction | 730 | 4.8% |
Public administration | 707 | 4.6% |
Other services | 687 | 4.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 573 | 3.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 556 | 3.6% |
Finance and insurance | 510 | 3.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 352 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 340 | 2.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 303 | 2.0% |
Utilities | 296 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 211 | 1.4% |
Information | 189 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 179 | 1.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 94 | 0.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,765 | 7.98% |
Puerto Rican | 60 | 0.17% |
Cuban | 7 | 0.02% |
Dominican | 83 | 0.24% |
Total Central American | 653 | 1.88% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 536 | 1.55% |
Honduran | 30 | 0.09% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 87 | 0.25% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 168 | 0.48% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 49 | 0.14% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 93 | 0.27% |
Ecuadorian | 18 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 8 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 284 | 0.82% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Laotian | 296 | 0.85% |
Vietnamese | 181 | 0.52% |
Filipino | 60 | 0.17% |
Chinese | 34 | 0.10% |
Korean | 18 | 0.05% |
Thai | 16 | 0.05% |
Indian | 12 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 2 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 31,148 | 95.2% |
Spanish | 1,159 | 3.5% |
Other Asian | 202 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 148 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 26 | 0.1% |
Other | 20 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 12 | 0.0% |
Arabic | 7 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 6 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 6,365 | 18.4% |
Irish | 4,417 | 12.7% |
English | 3,681 | 10.6% |
American | 3,493 | 10.1% |
Dutch | 664 | 1.9% |
Italian | 653 | 1.9% |
Swedish | 589 | 1.7% |
French | 537 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 529 | 1.5% |
European | 488 | 1.4% |
Polish | 340 | 1.0% |
Czech | 310 | 0.9% |
Danish | 286 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 282 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 236 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 34,022 | 98.2% |
Not a citizen | 639 | 1.8% |
Native | 33,263 | 96.0% |
Foreign-born | 1,398 | 4.0% |
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 | ||||||
511 | 2.2% | 1,388 | 6.1% | 6,737 | 29.4% | 8,677 | 37.8% | 3,620 | 15.8% | 1,992 | 8.7% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 511 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,388 | 6.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,737 | 29.4% |
Some College | 8,677 | 37.8% |
Bach. Degree | 3,620 | 15.8% |
Grad Degree | 1,992 | 8.7% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,933 | 16,820 | 1,113 | 6.2% | 4.2% |
1991 | 17,973 | 17,078 | 895 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
1992 | 18,148 | 17,155 | 993 | 5.5% | 4.6% |
1993 | 18,554 | 17,543 | 1,011 | 5.4% | 4.9% |
1994 | 18,170 | 17,144 | 1,026 | 5.6% | 4.8% |
1995 | 18,453 | 17,471 | 982 | 5.3% | 4.3% |
1996 | 18,543 | 17,701 | 842 | 4.5% | 4.3% |
1997 | 18,782 | 17,878 | 904 | 4.8% | 3.8% |
1998 | 17,736 | 16,732 | 1,004 | 5.7% | 3.7% |
1999 | 17,471 | 16,711 | 760 | 4.4% | 3.5% |
2000 | 17,534 | 16,718 | 816 | 4.7% | 3.8% |
2001 | 17,877 | 17,117 | 760 | 4.3% | 4.3% |
2002 | 18,660 | 17,425 | 1,235 | 6.6% | 5.1% |
2003 | 18,422 | 17,184 | 1,238 | 6.7% | 5.5% |
2004 | 18,166 | 17,056 | 1,110 | 6.1% | 5.5% |
2005 | 17,672 | 16,690 | 982 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
2006 | 18,160 | 17,369 | 791 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2007 | 18,235 | 17,507 | 728 | 4.0% | 4.3% |
2008 | 18,066 | 17,265 | 801 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
2009 | 18,517 | 17,225 | 1,292 | 7.0% | 6.9% |
2010 | 17,254 | 15,919 | 1,335 | 7.7% | 7.0% |
2011 | 17,176 | 15,989 | 1,187 | 6.9% | 6.4% |
2012 | 17,281 | 16,216 | 1,065 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
2013 | 17,204 | 16,204 | 1,000 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
2014 | 17,288 | 16,493 | 795 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
2015 | 17,088 | 16,307 | 781 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
2016 | 16,985 | 16,236 | 749 | 4.4% | 4.0% |
2017 | 16,986 | 16,344 | 642 | 3.8% | 3.6% |
2018 | 16,835 | 16,272 | 563 | 3.3% | 3.3% |
2019 | 16,367 | 15,821 | 546 | 3.3% | 3.2% |
2020 | 16,807 | 15,709 | 1,098 | 6.5% | 5.9% |
2021 | 16,699 | 16,113 | 586 | 3.5% | 3.3% |
2022 | 16,444 | 15,958 | 486 | 3.0% | 2.7% |
2023 | 16,200 | 15,715 | 485 | 3.0% | 2.7% |