2022 population: 29,153
( 1,450 from 2010
, 481 from 2020)
Land area: 448.7 square miles
Population density: 65.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 26,230 | 89.97% | 2.1% |
Black: | 255 | 0.87% | 189.8% |
Indian: | 115 | 0.39% | 59.7% |
Asian: | 216 | 0.74% | 31.7% |
2+ races: | 351 | 1.20% | 54.6% |
Hispanic: | 1,986 | 6.81% | 37.5% |
Total non-White: | 2,923 | 10.03% | 45.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 655 | 11.4 |
Deaths: | 583 | 10.2 |
Net Migration: | 372 | 6.5 |
Net Immigration: | 35 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | 539 | 1.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 911 | 3.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 12,889 | |
Median Value | $271,900 | |
Occupied | 11,340 | 88.0% |
Vacant | 1,549 | 12.0% |
Owned | 9,228 | 81.4% |
Rented | 2,112 | 18.6% |
Median Rent | $878 | |
Single-Family Units | 11,231 | 87.1% |
Detached | 10,670 | 82.8% |
Attached | 561 | 4.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 907 | 7.0% |
Mobile Homes | 249 | 1.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 284 | 2.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 201 | 1.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 314 | 2.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 392 | 3.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 292 | 2.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 368 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 372 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 311 | 2.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 427 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 885 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 994 | 8.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,736 | 15.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,619 | 14.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,031 | 9.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,122 | 9.9% |
$200,000 or more | 992 | 8.7% |
Median Household Income | 87,180 | |
Per Capita Income | 41,400 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 98 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 267 | 2.4% |
Public Assistance | 205 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 796 | 7.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 13,528 | 81.6% |
Unemployed | 552 | 3.3% |
In Armed Forces | 21 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 14,101 | 85.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 2,484 | 15.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 18.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,804 | 4,459 | 56.6% |
Non-Profit | 270 | 919 | 22.7% |
Self-Employed | 1,398 | 546 | 71.9% |
Local Government | 444 | 964 | 31.5% |
State Government | 198 | 245 | 44.7% |
Federal Government | 61 | 78 | 43.9% |
Total Private + Self | 7,202 | 5,005 | 59.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 973 | 2,206 | 30.6% |
Total | 8,175 | 7,211 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,618 | 17.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,743 | 17.8% |
Professional, Technical | 2,837 | 18.4% |
Service Occupations | 2,417 | 15.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 131 | 0.8% |
All others | 4,810 | 31.2% |
White Collar | 53.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 3,147 | 20.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,237 | 14.5% |
Construction | 1,486 | 9.6% |
Retail trade | 1,381 | 9.0% |
Educational services | 1,247 | 8.1% |
Public administration | 728 | 4.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 682 | 4.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 679 | 4.4% |
Other services | 626 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 571 | 3.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 535 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 522 | 3.4% |
Finance and insurance | 476 | 3.1% |
Wholesale trade | 411 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 338 | 2.2% |
Information | 126 | 0.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 111 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 60 | 0.4% |
Utilities | 52 | 0.3% |
Management | 10 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,355 | 4.71% |
Puerto Rican | 48 | 0.17% |
Cuban | 6 | 0.02% |
Dominican | 59 | 0.20% |
Total Central American | 276 | 0.96% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 2 | 0.01% |
Honduran | 10 | 0.03% |
Nicaraguan | 5 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 259 | 0.90% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 153 | 0.53% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 45 | 0.16% |
Ecuadorian | 108 | 0.38% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 19 | 0.07% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 37 | 0.13% |
Korean | 34 | 0.12% |
Filipino | 28 | 0.10% |
Hmong | 6 | 0.02% |
Chinese | 5 | 0.02% |
Vietnamese | 5 | 0.02% |
Japanese | 4 | 0.01% |
Laotian | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 25,427 | 93.8% |
Spanish | 1,310 | 4.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 100 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 78 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 65 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 44 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 29 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 15 | 0.1% |
Other | 14 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 12,008 | 41.7% |
Irish | 3,606 | 12.5% |
Czech | 2,444 | 8.5% |
Norwegian | 2,224 | 7.7% |
English | 1,347 | 4.7% |
Swedish | 1,275 | 4.4% |
American | 924 | 3.2% |
Polish | 812 | 2.8% |
French | 651 | 2.3% |
European | 411 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 380 | 1.3% |
Danish | 369 | 1.3% |
Italian | 264 | 0.9% |
Czechoslovakian | 240 | 0.8% |
Scandinavian | 228 | 0.8% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 28,250 | 98.1% |
Not a citizen | 545 | 1.9% |
Native | 27,981 | 97.2% |
Foreign-born | 814 | 2.8% |
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 | ||||||
289 | 1.4% | 736 | 3.7% | 6,711 | 33.7% | 7,282 | 36.5% | 3,466 | 17.4% | 1,450 | 7.3% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 289 | 1.4% |
9-12 Years | 736 | 3.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,711 | 33.7% |
Some College | 7,282 | 36.5% |
Bach. Degree | 3,466 | 17.4% |
Grad Degree | 1,450 | 7.3% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,029 | 11,339 | 690 | 5.7% | 4.7% |
1991 | 12,378 | 11,565 | 813 | 6.6% | 5.1% |
1992 | 12,664 | 11,898 | 766 | 6.0% | 5.0% |
1993 | 12,987 | 12,245 | 742 | 5.7% | 4.8% |
1994 | 13,619 | 12,988 | 631 | 4.6% | 4.0% |
1995 | 13,764 | 13,156 | 608 | 4.4% | 3.7% |
1996 | 13,953 | 13,293 | 660 | 4.7% | 3.8% |
1997 | 14,099 | 13,533 | 566 | 4.0% | 3.2% |
1998 | 14,706 | 14,220 | 486 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
1999 | 14,742 | 14,259 | 483 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
2000 | 14,881 | 14,326 | 555 | 3.7% | 3.0% |
2001 | 15,027 | 14,282 | 745 | 5.0% | 3.8% |
2002 | 15,106 | 14,217 | 889 | 5.9% | 4.5% |
2003 | 14,881 | 13,954 | 927 | 6.2% | 4.8% |
2004 | 14,552 | 13,731 | 821 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
2005 | 14,194 | 13,414 | 780 | 5.5% | 4.1% |
2006 | 14,175 | 13,403 | 772 | 5.4% | 4.1% |
2007 | 14,149 | 13,272 | 877 | 6.2% | 4.6% |
2008 | 14,309 | 13,259 | 1,050 | 7.3% | 5.4% |
2009 | 14,389 | 12,836 | 1,553 | 10.8% | 7.9% |
2010 | 15,722 | 14,331 | 1,391 | 8.8% | 7.4% |
2011 | 15,713 | 14,521 | 1,192 | 7.6% | 6.5% |
2012 | 15,506 | 14,492 | 1,014 | 6.5% | 5.6% |
2013 | 15,517 | 14,557 | 960 | 6.2% | 5.0% |
2014 | 15,522 | 14,667 | 855 | 5.5% | 4.3% |
2015 | 15,577 | 14,811 | 766 | 4.9% | 3.8% |
2016 | 15,550 | 14,790 | 760 | 4.9% | 3.9% |
2017 | 15,822 | 15,086 | 736 | 4.7% | 3.4% |
2018 | 16,015 | 15,331 | 684 | 4.3% | 3.0% |
2019 | 16,331 | 15,615 | 716 | 4.4% | 3.2% |
2020 | 16,186 | 15,092 | 1,094 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
2021 | 15,651 | 14,935 | 716 | 4.6% | 3.8% |
2022 | 15,898 | 15,329 | 569 | 3.6% | 2.7% |
2023 | 16,059 | 15,428 | 631 | 3.9% | 2.8% |