2022 population: 37,035
( 407 from 2010
, 325 from 2020)
Land area: 1009.1 square miles
Population density: 36.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 34,203 | 92.35% | 0.3% |
Black: | 397 | 1.07% | 105.7% |
Indian: | 270 | 0.73% | 48.4% |
Asian: | 911 | 2.46% | 14.5% |
2+ races: | 553 | 1.49% | 22.1% |
Hispanic: | 701 | 1.89% | 68.9% |
Total non-White: | 2,832 | 7.65% | 21.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 797 | 10.7 |
Deaths: | 924 | 12.4 |
Net Migration: | -357 | -4.8 |
Net Immigration: | 131 | 1.8 |
Change in White population: | -96 | -0.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 503 | 1.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 18,687 | |
Median Value | $129,200 | |
Occupied | 14,173 | 75.8% |
Vacant | 4,514 | 24.2% |
Owned | 9,778 | 69.0% |
Rented | 4,395 | 31.0% |
Median Rent | $743 | |
Single-Family Units | 14,515 | 77.7% |
Detached | 14,158 | 75.8% |
Attached | 357 | 1.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,095 | 11.2% |
Mobile Homes | 844 | 4.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 988 | 7.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 812 | 5.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,002 | 7.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 729 | 5.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 708 | 5.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 792 | 5.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 508 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 702 | 5.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 565 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,038 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,292 | 9.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,947 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 873 | 6.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 694 | 4.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 847 | 6.0% |
$200,000 or more | 676 | 4.8% |
Median Household Income | 52,736 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,173 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 94 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 526 | 3.7% |
Public Assistance | 353 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,517 | 10.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 15,479 | 64.8% |
Unemployed | 1,026 | 4.3% |
In Armed Forces | 36 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 16,541 | 69.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 7,364 | 30.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,456 | 4,049 | 57.4% |
Non-Profit | 925 | 1,302 | 41.5% |
Self-Employed | 927 | 482 | 65.8% |
Local Government | 598 | 498 | 54.6% |
State Government | 1,376 | 937 | 59.5% |
Federal Government | 89 | 132 | 40.3% |
Total Private + Self | 6,383 | 4,531 | 58.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,988 | 2,869 | 51.0% |
Total | 9,371 | 7,400 | 55.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 21.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,677 | 10.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,330 | 19.8% |
Professional, Technical | 4,941 | 29.4% |
Service Occupations | 3,344 | 19.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 97 | 0.6% |
All others | 3,501 | 20.8% |
White Collar | 59.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 3,773 | 22.5% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,246 | 13.4% |
Retail trade | 2,100 | 12.5% |
Manufacturing | 1,548 | 9.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,412 | 8.4% |
Construction | 1,198 | 7.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 786 | 4.7% |
Other services | 747 | 4.4% |
Public administration | 503 | 3.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 457 | 2.7% |
Finance and insurance | 409 | 2.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 404 | 2.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 249 | 1.5% |
Wholesale trade | 204 | 1.2% |
Information | 195 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 193 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 178 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 156 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 34 | 0.2% |
Management | 1 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 386 | 1.03% |
Puerto Rican | 60 | 0.16% |
Cuban | 47 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 10 | 0.03% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 7 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 3 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 74 | 0.20% |
Argentinean | 17 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 25 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 15 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 17 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 93 | 0.25% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 329 | 0.88% |
Chinese | 321 | 0.86% |
Korean | 94 | 0.25% |
Bangladeshi | 62 | 0.17% |
Filipino | 55 | 0.15% |
Japanese | 22 | 0.06% |
Vietnamese | 18 | 0.05% |
Cambodian | 10 | 0.03% |
Thai | 3 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 32,973 | 92.6% |
Other Indo-European | 769 | 2.2% |
Other | 397 | 1.1% |
Spanish | 326 | 0.9% |
Chinese | 322 | 0.9% |
Other Asian | 282 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 140 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 119 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 112 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Finnish | 9,359 | 25.0% |
German | 6,814 | 18.2% |
English | 3,420 | 9.1% |
Irish | 2,856 | 7.6% |
French | 2,441 | 6.5% |
Italian | 2,212 | 5.9% |
Polish | 1,733 | 4.6% |
Swedish | 1,701 | 4.5% |
American | 1,696 | 4.5% |
Dutch | 974 | 2.6% |
European | 886 | 2.4% |
Norwegian | 851 | 2.3% |
French Canadian | 803 | 2.1% |
Scottish | 550 | 1.5% |
Croatian | 454 | 1.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 35,835 | 95.8% |
Not a citizen | 1,579 | 4.2% |
Native | 35,259 | 94.2% |
Foreign-born | 2,155 | 5.8% |
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 | ||||||
387 | 1.8% | 866 | 4.0% | 6,514 | 30.0% | 6,158 | 28.4% | 4,125 | 19.0% | 3,631 | 16.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 387 | 1.8% |
9-12 Years | 866 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,514 | 30.0% |
Some College | 6,158 | 28.4% |
Bach. Degree | 4,125 | 19.0% |
Grad Degree | 3,631 | 16.7% |
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 | 14,600 | 13,512 | 1,088 | 7.5% | 7.7% |
1991 | 14,593 | 13,354 | 1,239 | 8.5% | 9.3% |
1992 | 15,115 | 13,643 | 1,472 | 9.7% | 9.1% |
1993 | 15,754 | 14,400 | 1,354 | 8.6% | 7.3% |
1994 | 16,434 | 15,116 | 1,318 | 8.0% | 6.1% |
1995 | 16,367 | 15,084 | 1,283 | 7.8% | 5.3% |
1996 | 16,550 | 15,468 | 1,082 | 6.5% | 4.9% |
1997 | 17,052 | 16,101 | 951 | 5.6% | 4.3% |
1998 | 17,309 | 16,426 | 883 | 5.1% | 4.0% |
1999 | 17,287 | 16,544 | 743 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
2000 | 17,140 | 16,272 | 868 | 5.1% | 3.6% |
2001 | 17,135 | 16,072 | 1,063 | 6.2% | 5.2% |
2002 | 16,894 | 15,737 | 1,157 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
2003 | 17,060 | 15,875 | 1,185 | 6.9% | 7.1% |
2004 | 17,235 | 16,154 | 1,081 | 6.3% | 7.0% |
2005 | 17,596 | 16,452 | 1,144 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
2006 | 17,798 | 16,535 | 1,263 | 7.1% | 7.0% |
2007 | 17,641 | 16,358 | 1,283 | 7.3% | 7.1% |
2008 | 17,383 | 16,027 | 1,356 | 7.8% | 8.2% |
2009 | 17,586 | 15,733 | 1,853 | 10.5% | 13.1% |
2010 | 17,777 | 15,920 | 1,857 | 10.4% | 12.2% |
2011 | 17,286 | 15,697 | 1,589 | 9.2% | 10.0% |
2012 | 16,969 | 15,469 | 1,500 | 8.8% | 9.0% |
2013 | 16,888 | 15,408 | 1,480 | 8.8% | 8.7% |
2014 | 16,978 | 15,674 | 1,304 | 7.7% | 7.2% |
2015 | 16,648 | 15,577 | 1,071 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
2016 | 16,612 | 15,585 | 1,027 | 6.2% | 5.0% |
2017 | 16,467 | 15,495 | 972 | 5.9% | 4.6% |
2018 | 16,185 | 15,356 | 829 | 5.1% | 4.2% |
2019 | 16,248 | 15,480 | 768 | 4.7% | 4.1% |
2020 | 15,945 | 14,789 | 1,156 | 7.2% | 9.9% |
2021 | 15,801 | 15,008 | 793 | 5.0% | 5.8% |
2022 | 16,218 | 15,433 | 785 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
2023 | 17,134 | 16,341 | 793 | 4.6% | 3.9% |