2022 population: 57,015
( 1,529 from 2010
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420 from 2020)
Land area: 345.7 square miles
Population density: 164.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 54,037 | 94.78% | ![]() |
Black: | 724 | 1.27% | ![]() |
Indian: | 121 | 0.21% | ![]() |
Asian: | 543 | 0.95% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 801 | 1.40% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 789 | 1.38% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 2,978 | 5.22% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,141 | 9.9 |
Deaths: | 1,668 | 14.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 6 | 0.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 78 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | 660 | 1.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 869 | 1.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 24,805 | |
Median Value | $202,300 | |
Occupied | 22,402 | 90.3% |
Vacant | 2,403 | 9.7% |
Owned | 18,398 | 82.1% |
Rented | 4,004 | 17.9% |
Median Rent | $1,007 | |
Single-Family Units | 18,791 | 75.8% |
Detached | 18,248 | 73.6% |
Attached | 543 | 2.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,525 | 6.1% |
Mobile Homes | 3,710 | 15.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 776 | 3.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 734 | 3.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 687 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 726 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 785 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,007 | 4.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 953 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 902 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 846 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,579 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,146 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,729 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,912 | 13.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,853 | 8.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,986 | 8.9% |
$200,000 or more | 1,781 | 8.0% |
Median Household Income | 75,725 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,589 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 87 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 638 | 2.8% |
Public Assistance | 640 | 2.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,722 | 12.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 23,856 | 68.1% |
Unemployed | 989 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 403 | 1.2% |
Total Labor Force | 25,248 | 72.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,784 | 27.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 9,925 | 7,726 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 632 | 1,358 | 31.8% |
Self-Employed | 1,180 | 589 | 66.7% |
Local Government | 595 | 1,027 | 36.7% |
State Government | 874 | 892 | 49.5% |
Federal Government | 620 | 276 | 69.2% |
Total Private + Self | 11,105 | 8,315 | 57.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,721 | 3,553 | 43.4% |
Total | 13,826 | 11,868 | 53.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,056 | 15.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 5,968 | 23.2% |
Professional, Technical | 6,362 | 24.7% |
Service Occupations | 3,196 | 12.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 23 | 0.1% |
All others | 6,183 | 24.0% |
White Collar | 63.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 4,205 | 16.3% |
Retail trade | 2,689 | 10.4% |
Educational services | 2,257 | 8.8% |
Manufacturing | 2,166 | 8.4% |
Construction | 1,905 | 7.4% |
Public administration | 1,629 | 6.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,535 | 6.0% |
Finance and insurance | 1,457 | 5.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,326 | 5.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,251 | 4.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,114 | 4.3% |
Other services | 1,106 | 4.3% |
Wholesale trade | 899 | 3.5% |
Utilities | 733 | 2.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 584 | 2.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 350 | 1.4% |
Information | 306 | 1.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 203 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 40 | 0.2% |
Management | 10 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 415 | 0.72% |
Puerto Rican | 156 | 0.27% |
Cuban | 61 | 0.11% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 8 | 0.01% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 8 | 0.01% |
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 | 97 | 0.17% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 151 | 0.26% |
Japanese | 104 | 0.18% |
Indian | 96 | 0.17% |
Korean | 47 | 0.08% |
Indonesian | 11 | 0.02% |
Cambodian | 10 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 53,802 | 98.5% |
Other Indo-European | 252 | 0.5% |
Spanish | 213 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 128 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 88 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 79 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 39 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 20 | 0.0% |
Korean | 18 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 11,206 | 19.5% |
English | 8,290 | 14.5% |
Irish | 6,362 | 11.1% |
German | 6,310 | 11.0% |
Italian | 1,880 | 3.3% |
Scottish | 1,060 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 951 | 1.7% |
European | 708 | 1.2% |
French | 590 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 494 | 0.9% |
Polish | 392 | 0.7% |
Lebanese | 350 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 259 | 0.5% |
Scandinavian | 191 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 180 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 57,041 | 99.5% |
Not a citizen | 306 | 0.5% |
Native | 56,571 | 98.6% |
Foreign-born | 776 | 1.4% |
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 | ||||||
895 | 2.2% | 1,689 | 4.2% | 14,200 | 35.0% | 11,797 | 29.1% | 7,241 | 17.9% | 4,739 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 895 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,689 | 4.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,200 | 35.0% |
Some College | 11,797 | 29.1% |
Bach. Degree | 7,241 | 17.9% |
Grad Degree | 4,739 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 20,262 | 18,812 | 1,450 | 7.2% | 8.6% |
1991 | 21,200 | 19,357 | 1,843 | 8.7% | 10.6% |
1992 | 21,921 | 19,897 | 2,024 | 9.2% | 11.2% |
1993 | 22,774 | 21,037 | 1,737 | 7.6% | 10.3% |
1994 | 23,660 | 22,094 | 1,566 | 6.6% | 8.8% |
1995 | 24,041 | 22,701 | 1,340 | 5.6% | 8.0% |
1996 | 24,661 | 23,320 | 1,341 | 5.4% | 7.7% |
1997 | 25,353 | 24,146 | 1,207 | 4.8% | 7.0% |
1998 | 26,227 | 24,994 | 1,233 | 4.7% | 6.7% |
1999 | 27,223 | 25,980 | 1,243 | 4.6% | 6.5% |
2000 | 25,890 | 24,623 | 1,267 | 4.9% | 5.6% |
2001 | 25,820 | 24,655 | 1,165 | 4.5% | 5.4% |
2002 | 26,046 | 24,633 | 1,413 | 5.4% | 6.5% |
2003 | 25,890 | 24,466 | 1,424 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
2004 | 26,259 | 24,935 | 1,324 | 5.0% | 5.8% |
2005 | 26,577 | 25,282 | 1,295 | 4.9% | 5.5% |
2006 | 27,084 | 25,918 | 1,166 | 4.3% | 5.2% |
2007 | 27,223 | 26,157 | 1,066 | 3.9% | 4.8% |
2008 | 27,723 | 26,737 | 986 | 3.6% | 4.7% |
2009 | 27,789 | 25,974 | 1,815 | 6.5% | 8.3% |
2010 | 26,356 | 24,356 | 2,000 | 7.6% | 8.7% |
2011 | 26,285 | 24,411 | 1,874 | 7.1% | 7.8% |
2012 | 26,387 | 24,751 | 1,636 | 6.2% | 7.2% |
2013 | 25,993 | 24,532 | 1,461 | 5.6% | 6.7% |
2014 | 26,151 | 24,725 | 1,426 | 5.5% | 6.5% |
2015 | 25,842 | 24,430 | 1,412 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
2016 | 25,859 | 24,594 | 1,265 | 4.9% | 6.1% |
2017 | 26,362 | 25,118 | 1,244 | 4.7% | 5.2% |
2018 | 26,629 | 25,331 | 1,298 | 4.9% | 5.2% |
2019 | 26,996 | 25,819 | 1,177 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2020 | 27,080 | 25,075 | 2,005 | 7.4% | 8.3% |
2021 | 26,581 | 25,440 | 1,141 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2022 | 27,011 | 26,119 | 892 | 3.3% | 3.9% |
2023 | 26,893 | 26,010 | 883 | 3.3% | 3.9% |