2022 population: 14,467
( 1,190 from 2010
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48 from 2020)
Land area: 752.8 square miles
Population density: 19.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 13,519 | 93.45% | ![]() |
Black: | 84 | 0.58% | ![]() |
Indian: | 155 | 1.07% | ![]() |
Asian: | 124 | 0.86% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 270 | 1.87% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 315 | 2.18% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 948 | 6.55% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 329 | 11.4 |
Deaths: | 604 | 20.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 317 | 11.0 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 4 | 0.1 |
Change in White population: | -1,502 | -9.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 312 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 6,849 | |
Median Value | $123,300 | |
Occupied | 5,825 | 85.0% |
Vacant | 1,024 | 15.0% |
Owned | 4,360 | 74.8% |
Rented | 1,465 | 25.2% |
Median Rent | $648 | |
Single-Family Units | 4,867 | 71.1% |
Detached | 4,794 | 70.0% |
Attached | 73 | 1.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 84 | 1.2% |
Mobile Homes | 1,233 | 18.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 329 | 5.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 442 | 7.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 309 | 5.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 333 | 5.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 402 | 6.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 283 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 313 | 5.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 230 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 188 | 3.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 569 | 9.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 554 | 9.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 685 | 11.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 552 | 9.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 395 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 150 | 2.6% |
$200,000 or more | 91 | 1.6% |
Median Household Income | 51,410 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,342 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 87 | |
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 468 | 8.0% |
Public Assistance | 66 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 933 | 16.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 5,680 | 68.0% |
Unemployed | 288 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 5,968 | 71.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 2,383 | 28.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 1,934 | 1,846 | 51.2% |
Non-Profit | 173 | 307 | 36.0% |
Self-Employed | 408 | 174 | 70.1% |
Local Government | 368 | 358 | 50.7% |
State Government | 114 | 348 | 24.7% |
Federal Government | 88 | 11 | 88.9% |
Total Private + Self | 2,342 | 2,020 | 53.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 743 | 1,024 | 42.0% |
Total | 3,085 | 3,044 | 50.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 21.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 505 | 8.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,222 | 19.9% |
Professional, Technical | 1,397 | 22.7% |
Service Occupations | 1,349 | 21.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 38 | 0.6% |
All others | 1,681 | 27.3% |
White Collar | 50.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,122 | 18.2% |
Educational services | 670 | 10.9% |
Retail trade | 660 | 10.7% |
Manufacturing | 629 | 10.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 430 | 7.0% |
Public administration | 420 | 6.8% |
Wholesale trade | 317 | 5.2% |
Construction | 316 | 5.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 264 | 4.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 234 | 3.8% |
Other services | 210 | 3.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 191 | 3.1% |
Finance and insurance | 146 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 121 | 2.0% |
Information | 106 | 1.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 103 | 1.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 83 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 72 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 60 | 1.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 244 | 1.68% |
Puerto Rican | 40 | 0.28% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 9 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 13,510 | 98.6% |
Spanish | 76 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 46 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 45 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 13 | 0.1% |
Other | 9 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2 | 0.0% |
Tagalog | 2 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 2,061 | 14.2% |
English | 1,694 | 11.7% |
Irish | 1,609 | 11.1% |
American | 1,520 | 10.5% |
Dutch | 449 | 3.1% |
French | 345 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 312 | 2.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 228 | 1.6% |
Russian | 208 | 1.4% |
Polish | 195 | 1.3% |
European | 184 | 1.3% |
Welsh | 160 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 145 | 1.0% |
Italian | 104 | 0.7% |
Scandinavian | 98 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 14,402 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 107 | 0.7% |
Native | 14,233 | 98.1% |
Foreign-born | 276 | 1.9% |
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 | ||||||
395 | 3.9% | 1,076 | 10.5% | 4,014 | 39.3% | 2,965 | 29.0% | 1,110 | 10.9% | 657 | 6.4% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 395 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 1,076 | 10.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,014 | 39.3% |
Some College | 2,965 | 29.0% |
Bach. Degree | 1,110 | 10.9% |
Grad Degree | 657 | 6.4% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 5,546 | 5,137 | 409 | 7.4% | 5.9% |
1991 | 5,706 | 5,186 | 520 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
1992 | 5,976 | 5,432 | 544 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
1993 | 6,184 | 5,632 | 552 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
1994 | 6,351 | 5,867 | 484 | 7.6% | 5.2% |
1995 | 6,399 | 5,983 | 416 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
1996 | 6,622 | 6,209 | 413 | 6.2% | 4.7% |
1997 | 6,865 | 6,487 | 378 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
1998 | 6,910 | 6,505 | 405 | 5.9% | 4.0% |
1999 | 6,582 | 6,190 | 392 | 6.0% | 3.2% |
2000 | 7,085 | 6,751 | 334 | 4.7% | 3.4% |
2001 | 6,881 | 6,421 | 460 | 6.7% | 4.5% |
2002 | 6,682 | 6,270 | 412 | 6.2% | 5.3% |
2003 | 6,522 | 6,105 | 417 | 6.4% | 5.7% |
2004 | 6,502 | 6,068 | 434 | 6.7% | 5.9% |
2005 | 6,550 | 6,138 | 412 | 6.3% | 5.4% |
2006 | 6,676 | 6,282 | 394 | 5.9% | 4.9% |
2007 | 6,705 | 6,256 | 449 | 6.7% | 5.1% |
2008 | 6,904 | 6,371 | 533 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
2009 | 6,857 | 6,222 | 635 | 9.3% | 9.0% |
2010 | 6,483 | 5,817 | 666 | 10.3% | 9.5% |
2011 | 6,389 | 5,757 | 632 | 9.9% | 8.6% |
2012 | 5,971 | 5,468 | 503 | 8.4% | 7.2% |
2013 | 6,237 | 5,762 | 475 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
2014 | 6,247 | 5,823 | 424 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
2015 | 6,262 | 5,890 | 372 | 5.9% | 5.1% |
2016 | 6,195 | 5,862 | 333 | 5.4% | 4.5% |
2017 | 6,176 | 5,917 | 259 | 4.2% | 3.8% |
2018 | 6,209 | 6,004 | 205 | 3.3% | 3.2% |
2019 | 6,268 | 6,045 | 223 | 3.6% | 3.3% |
2020 | 6,351 | 6,045 | 306 | 4.8% | 6.1% |
2021 | 6,240 | 5,987 | 253 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
2022 | 6,095 | 5,905 | 190 | 3.1% | 2.5% |
2023 | 6,232 | 6,013 | 219 | 3.5% | 3.1% |