2022 population: 34,172
( 652 from 2010
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42 from 2020)
Land area: 648.8 square miles
Population density: 52.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 32,541 | 95.23% | ![]() |
Black: | 575 | 1.68% | ![]() |
Indian: | 80 | 0.23% | ![]() |
Asian: | 135 | 0.40% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 323 | 0.95% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 518 | 1.52% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,631 | 4.77% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 630 | 9.2 |
Deaths: | 1,042 | 15.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 337 | 4.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 34 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -16 | -0.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 668 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,175 | |
Median Value | $147,400 | |
Occupied | 12,623 | 83.2% |
Vacant | 2,552 | 16.8% |
Owned | 10,190 | 80.7% |
Rented | 2,433 | 19.3% |
Median Rent | $738 | |
Single-Family Units | 11,156 | 73.5% |
Detached | 11,048 | 72.8% |
Attached | 108 | 0.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 743 | 4.9% |
Mobile Homes | 2,753 | 18.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 774 | 6.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 690 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 527 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 507 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 420 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 735 | 5.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 384 | 3.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 563 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 554 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,140 | 9.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,328 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,751 | 13.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,133 | 9.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 887 | 7.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 726 | 5.8% |
$200,000 or more | 504 | 4.0% |
Median Household Income | 60,136 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,848 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 122 | |
Compared to U.S. | 106 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,103 | 8.7% |
Public Assistance | 259 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,227 | 17.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,474 | 58.7% |
Unemployed | 955 | 4.5% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 13,429 | 63.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 7,824 | 36.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 41.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,926 | 4,011 | 55.1% |
Non-Profit | 372 | 478 | 43.8% |
Self-Employed | 552 | 397 | 58.2% |
Local Government | 458 | 641 | 41.7% |
State Government | 440 | 484 | 47.6% |
Federal Government | 378 | 267 | 58.6% |
Total Private + Self | 5,478 | 4,408 | 55.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,648 | 1,870 | 46.8% |
Total | 7,126 | 6,278 | 53.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,168 | 8.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,724 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 2,467 | 18.4% |
Service Occupations | 2,642 | 19.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 167 | 1.2% |
All others | 4,407 | 32.9% |
White Collar | 47.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,347 | 17.5% |
Retail trade | 1,481 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 1,345 | 10.0% |
Manufacturing | 1,200 | 8.9% |
Construction | 1,031 | 7.7% |
Public administration | 949 | 7.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 750 | 5.6% |
Other services | 725 | 5.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 613 | 4.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 591 | 4.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 558 | 4.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 376 | 2.8% |
Utilities | 339 | 2.5% |
Wholesale trade | 266 | 2.0% |
Finance and insurance | 213 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 199 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 184 | 1.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 162 | 1.2% |
Information | 75 | 0.6% |
Management | 4 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 298 | 0.87% |
Puerto Rican | 50 | 0.15% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 9 | 0.03% |
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 | 15 | 0.04% |
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 | 8 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 7 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 425 | 1.24% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 31,969 | 98.0% |
Spanish | 474 | 1.5% |
Other Indo-European | 59 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 52 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 42 | 0.1% |
Other | 17 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 11 | 0.0% |
Tagalog | 5 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 8,711 | 25.5% |
German | 6,645 | 19.4% |
Irish | 4,035 | 11.8% |
English | 2,926 | 8.6% |
Italian | 1,078 | 3.2% |
European | 829 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 788 | 2.3% |
Polish | 675 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 436 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 407 | 1.2% |
French | 361 | 1.1% |
British | 166 | 0.5% |
Hungarian | 133 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 127 | 0.4% |
Scandinavian | 104 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 33,824 | 98.9% |
Not a citizen | 382 | 1.1% |
Native | 33,689 | 98.5% |
Foreign-born | 517 | 1.5% |
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 | ||||||
1,161 | 4.5% | 2,223 | 8.7% | 11,906 | 46.6% | 5,785 | 22.6% | 2,866 | 11.2% | 1,625 | 6.4% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,161 | 4.5% |
9-12 Years | 2,223 | 8.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,906 | 46.6% |
Some College | 5,785 | 22.6% |
Bach. Degree | 2,866 | 11.2% |
Grad Degree | 1,625 | 6.4% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,286 | 11,030 | 1,256 | 10.2% | 8.6% |
1991 | 12,326 | 10,923 | 1,403 | 11.4% | 10.6% |
1992 | 12,701 | 11,118 | 1,583 | 12.5% | 11.2% |
1993 | 12,813 | 11,342 | 1,471 | 11.5% | 10.3% |
1994 | 12,936 | 11,756 | 1,180 | 9.1% | 8.8% |
1995 | 12,672 | 11,594 | 1,078 | 8.5% | 8.0% |
1996 | 12,826 | 11,578 | 1,248 | 9.7% | 7.7% |
1997 | 12,645 | 11,530 | 1,115 | 8.8% | 7.0% |
1998 | 12,474 | 11,600 | 874 | 7.0% | 6.7% |
1999 | 12,682 | 11,906 | 776 | 6.1% | 6.5% |
2000 | 13,228 | 12,480 | 748 | 5.7% | 5.6% |
2001 | 13,335 | 12,615 | 720 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
2002 | 13,633 | 12,711 | 922 | 6.8% | 6.5% |
2003 | 13,879 | 12,933 | 946 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
2004 | 14,039 | 13,227 | 812 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
2005 | 14,354 | 13,621 | 733 | 5.1% | 5.5% |
2006 | 14,881 | 14,173 | 708 | 4.8% | 5.2% |
2007 | 14,732 | 14,062 | 670 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
2008 | 14,992 | 14,354 | 638 | 4.3% | 4.7% |
2009 | 15,360 | 14,196 | 1,164 | 7.6% | 8.3% |
2010 | 14,917 | 13,668 | 1,249 | 8.4% | 8.7% |
2011 | 14,630 | 13,544 | 1,086 | 7.4% | 7.8% |
2012 | 14,784 | 13,776 | 1,008 | 6.8% | 7.2% |
2013 | 14,649 | 13,702 | 947 | 6.5% | 6.7% |
2014 | 14,611 | 13,747 | 864 | 5.9% | 6.5% |
2015 | 14,811 | 13,909 | 902 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
2016 | 14,900 | 14,044 | 856 | 5.7% | 6.1% |
2017 | 15,288 | 14,529 | 759 | 5.0% | 5.2% |
2018 | 15,481 | 14,677 | 804 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
2019 | 15,593 | 14,878 | 715 | 4.6% | 4.9% |
2020 | 15,525 | 14,394 | 1,131 | 7.3% | 8.3% |
2021 | 15,400 | 14,685 | 715 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
2022 | 15,600 | 14,973 | 627 | 4.0% | 3.9% |
2023 | 15,474 | 14,874 | 600 | 3.9% | 3.9% |