2022 population: 29,512
( 2,068 from 2010
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743 from 2020)
Land area: 455.5 square miles
Population density: 64.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 26,561 | 90.00% | ![]() |
Black: | 476 | 1.61% | ![]() |
Indian: | 412 | 1.40% | ![]() |
Asian: | 198 | 0.67% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 692 | 2.34% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,173 | 3.97% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 2,951 | 10.00% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 542 | 9.4 |
Deaths: | 1,026 | 17.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 1,230 | 21.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 7 | 0.1 |
Change in White population: | 1,220 | 4.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 848 | 3.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 18,006 | |
Median Value | $193,500 | |
Occupied | 12,758 | 70.9% |
Vacant | 5,248 | 29.1% |
Owned | 10,369 | 81.3% |
Rented | 2,389 | 18.7% |
Median Rent | $819 | |
Single-Family Units | 13,776 | 76.5% |
Detached | 13,669 | 75.9% |
Attached | 107 | 0.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 188 | 1.0% |
Mobile Homes | 3,456 | 19.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 557 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 878 | 6.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 769 | 6.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 662 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 797 | 6.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 879 | 6.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 390 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 891 | 7.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 679 | 5.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,162 | 9.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,277 | 10.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,587 | 12.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 905 | 7.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 543 | 4.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 413 | 3.2% |
$200,000 or more | 369 | 2.9% |
Median Household Income | 49,254 | |
Per Capita Income | 28,752 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 724 | 5.7% |
Public Assistance | 103 | 0.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,345 | 10.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 9,957 | 64.7% |
Unemployed | 576 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 10,533 | 68.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,850 | 31.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,248 | 3,589 | 54.2% |
Non-Profit | 332 | 594 | 35.9% |
Self-Employed | 818 | 466 | 63.7% |
Local Government | 289 | 279 | 50.9% |
State Government | 174 | 399 | 30.4% |
Federal Government | 30 | 74 | 28.8% |
Total Private + Self | 5,066 | 4,055 | 55.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 825 | 1,346 | 38.0% |
Total | 5,891 | 5,401 | 52.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,189 | 10.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,071 | 27.0% |
Professional, Technical | 2,180 | 19.1% |
Service Occupations | 2,093 | 18.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 71 | 0.6% |
All others | 2,858 | 25.1% |
White Collar | 56.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 1,979 | 17.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,444 | 12.7% |
Construction | 1,339 | 11.8% |
Manufacturing | 1,112 | 9.8% |
Educational services | 794 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 770 | 6.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 692 | 6.1% |
Other services | 668 | 5.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 527 | 4.6% |
Finance and insurance | 393 | 3.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 370 | 3.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 329 | 2.9% |
Public administration | 283 | 2.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 249 | 2.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 135 | 1.2% |
Information | 133 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 92 | 0.8% |
Wholesale trade | 82 | 0.7% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 671 | 2.32% |
Puerto Rican | 291 | 1.01% |
Cuban | 65 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 7 | 0.02% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 7 | 0.02% |
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 | 37 | 0.13% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 63 | 0.22% |
Hmong | 52 | 0.18% |
Vietnamese | 19 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 8 | 0.03% |
Chinese | 6 | 0.02% |
Burmese | 2 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 27,006 | 97.1% |
Spanish | 601 | 2.2% |
Other Indo-European | 97 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 56 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 17 | 0.1% |
Other | 12 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 11 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 6 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 4,550 | 15.8% |
English | 4,450 | 15.4% |
Irish | 3,087 | 10.7% |
German | 3,051 | 10.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 879 | 3.0% |
Scottish | 822 | 2.8% |
Italian | 745 | 2.6% |
French | 570 | 2.0% |
Dutch | 334 | 1.2% |
Polish | 328 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 205 | 0.7% |
European | 202 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 166 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 150 | 0.5% |
Swiss | 116 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 28,607 | 99.1% |
Not a citizen | 261 | 0.9% |
Native | 28,280 | 98.0% |
Foreign-born | 588 | 2.0% |
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 | ||||||
608 | 2.7% | 1,376 | 6.1% | 7,401 | 33.0% | 7,740 | 34.5% | 3,511 | 15.7% | 1,787 | 8.0% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 608 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 1,376 | 6.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 7,401 | 33.0% |
Some College | 7,740 | 34.5% |
Bach. Degree | 3,511 | 15.7% |
Grad Degree | 1,787 | 8.0% |
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 | 9,508 | 8,641 | 867 | 9.1% | 4.1% |
1991 | 9,270 | 8,276 | 994 | 10.7% | 5.9% |
1992 | 9,221 | 8,142 | 1,079 | 11.7% | 6.3% |
1993 | 9,298 | 8,343 | 955 | 10.3% | 5.1% |
1994 | 9,450 | 8,667 | 783 | 8.3% | 4.4% |
1995 | 9,819 | 9,197 | 622 | 6.3% | 4.4% |
1996 | 10,066 | 9,381 | 685 | 6.8% | 4.4% |
1997 | 10,147 | 9,476 | 671 | 6.6% | 3.8% |
1998 | 11,492 | 10,792 | 700 | 6.1% | 3.5% |
1999 | 11,965 | 11,114 | 851 | 7.1% | 3.3% |
2000 | 11,475 | 10,733 | 742 | 6.5% | 3.7% |
2001 | 10,260 | 9,361 | 899 | 8.8% | 5.6% |
2002 | 10,053 | 8,977 | 1,076 | 10.7% | 6.9% |
2003 | 9,921 | 9,073 | 848 | 8.5% | 6.7% |
2004 | 9,988 | 9,352 | 636 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
2005 | 10,503 | 9,830 | 673 | 6.4% | 5.6% |
2006 | 10,590 | 9,978 | 612 | 5.8% | 5.1% |
2007 | 10,280 | 9,590 | 690 | 6.7% | 5.1% |
2008 | 10,021 | 9,099 | 922 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
2009 | 10,089 | 8,480 | 1,609 | 15.9% | 11.0% |
2010 | 11,694 | 10,200 | 1,494 | 12.8% | 10.7% |
2011 | 11,657 | 10,277 | 1,380 | 11.8% | 10.3% |
2012 | 11,525 | 10,232 | 1,293 | 11.2% | 9.5% |
2013 | 11,281 | 10,269 | 1,012 | 9.0% | 7.8% |
2014 | 11,102 | 10,337 | 765 | 6.9% | 6.1% |
2015 | 11,108 | 10,400 | 708 | 6.4% | 5.7% |
2016 | 11,111 | 10,479 | 632 | 5.7% | 5.1% |
2017 | 11,158 | 10,601 | 557 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 11,271 | 10,759 | 512 | 4.5% | 4.0% |
2019 | 11,295 | 10,805 | 490 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
2020 | 10,952 | 10,084 | 868 | 7.9% | 7.3% |
2021 | 10,586 | 10,045 | 541 | 5.1% | 4.9% |
2022 | 11,127 | 10,680 | 447 | 4.0% | 3.7% |
2023 | 10,968 | 10,544 | 424 | 3.9% | 3.5% |