2022 population: 23,496
( 196 from 2010
, 96 from 2020)
Land area: 608.0 square miles
Population density: 38.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 21,926 | 93.32% | 1.4% |
Black: | 132 | 0.56% | 94.1% |
Indian: | 65 | 0.28% | 97.0% |
Asian: | 120 | 0.51% | 76.5% |
2+ races: | 210 | 0.89% | 70.7% |
Hispanic: | 1,043 | 4.44% | 36.0% |
Total non-White: | 1,570 | 6.68% | 47.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 538 | 11.5 |
Deaths: | 585 | 12.5 |
Net Migration: | 132 | 2.8 |
Net Immigration: | 11 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -307 | -1.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 503 | 2.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 10,618 | |
Median Value | $216,800 | |
Occupied | 8,975 | 84.5% |
Vacant | 1,643 | 15.5% |
Owned | 7,358 | 82.0% |
Rented | 1,617 | 18.0% |
Median Rent | $860 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,975 | 84.5% |
Detached | 8,699 | 81.9% |
Attached | 276 | 2.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 740 | 7.0% |
Mobile Homes | 580 | 5.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 242 | 2.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 214 | 2.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 379 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 448 | 5.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 266 | 3.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 406 | 4.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 306 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 252 | 2.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 424 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 675 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 814 | 9.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,362 | 15.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,204 | 13.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 825 | 9.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 697 | 7.8% |
$200,000 or more | 461 | 5.1% |
Median Household Income | 75,926 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,233 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 80 | |
Compared to U.S. | 84 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 367 | 4.1% |
Public Assistance | 136 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 707 | 7.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 10,492 | 80.3% |
Unemployed | 299 | 2.3% |
In Armed Forces | 12 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 10,803 | 82.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 2,267 | 17.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 19.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,525 | 3,408 | 57.0% |
Non-Profit | 355 | 669 | 34.7% |
Self-Employed | 915 | 506 | 64.4% |
Local Government | 353 | 544 | 39.4% |
State Government | 97 | 201 | 32.6% |
Federal Government | 67 | 71 | 48.6% |
Total Private + Self | 5,440 | 3,914 | 58.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 872 | 1,485 | 37.0% |
Total | 6,312 | 5,399 | 53.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,653 | 14.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,230 | 19.0% |
Professional, Technical | 2,181 | 18.5% |
Service Occupations | 1,688 | 14.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 230 | 2.0% |
All others | 4,012 | 34.1% |
White Collar | 51.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,436 | 20.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,975 | 16.8% |
Retail trade | 1,200 | 10.2% |
Construction | 1,074 | 9.1% |
Educational services | 841 | 7.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 664 | 5.6% |
Other services | 614 | 5.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 534 | 4.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 466 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 361 | 3.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 286 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 275 | 2.3% |
Public administration | 232 | 2.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 221 | 1.9% |
Utilities | 181 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 170 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 105 | 0.9% |
Information | 92 | 0.8% |
Management | 25 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 12 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 738 | 3.16% |
Puerto Rican | 2 | 0.01% |
Cuban | 8 | 0.03% |
Dominican | 9 | 0.04% |
Total Central American | 152 | 0.65% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 24 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 40 | 0.17% |
Nicaraguan | 27 | 0.12% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 61 | 0.26% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 16 | 0.07% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 13 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
Ecuadorian | 3 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 73 | 0.31% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 40 | 0.17% |
Chinese | 5 | 0.02% |
Filipino | 2 | 0.01% |
Burmese | 1 | 0.00% |
Thai | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 21,342 | 97.0% |
Spanish | 512 | 2.3% |
German, other Germanic | 49 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 43 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 13 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 11 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 10 | 0.0% |
Other | 9 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 6 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 10,509 | 45.0% |
Norwegian | 2,748 | 11.8% |
Swedish | 2,744 | 11.8% |
Irish | 1,932 | 8.3% |
English | 1,168 | 5.0% |
Finnish | 1,004 | 4.3% |
Polish | 888 | 3.8% |
American | 659 | 2.8% |
European | 478 | 2.0% |
French | 477 | 2.0% |
Dutch | 411 | 1.8% |
Scandinavian | 375 | 1.6% |
Czech | 363 | 1.6% |
Scottish | 225 | 1.0% |
Danish | 223 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 23,144 | 99.1% |
Not a citizen | 208 | 0.9% |
Native | 23,035 | 98.6% |
Foreign-born | 317 | 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 | ||||||
247 | 1.6% | 695 | 4.4% | 5,639 | 35.4% | 6,154 | 38.6% | 2,195 | 13.8% | 995 | 6.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 247 | 1.6% |
9-12 Years | 695 | 4.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 5,639 | 35.4% |
Some College | 6,154 | 38.6% |
Bach. Degree | 2,195 | 13.8% |
Grad Degree | 995 | 6.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 10,182 | 9,533 | 649 | 6.4% | 4.7% |
1991 | 10,163 | 9,272 | 891 | 8.8% | 5.1% |
1992 | 9,613 | 8,792 | 821 | 8.5% | 5.0% |
1993 | 9,590 | 8,833 | 757 | 7.9% | 4.8% |
1994 | 9,515 | 8,904 | 611 | 6.4% | 4.0% |
1995 | 9,457 | 8,880 | 577 | 6.1% | 3.7% |
1996 | 9,638 | 9,019 | 619 | 6.4% | 3.8% |
1997 | 9,638 | 9,126 | 512 | 5.3% | 3.2% |
1998 | 9,546 | 9,064 | 482 | 5.0% | 2.7% |
1999 | 9,462 | 8,968 | 494 | 5.2% | 2.7% |
2000 | 12,277 | 11,764 | 513 | 4.2% | 3.0% |
2001 | 12,591 | 11,986 | 605 | 4.8% | 3.8% |
2002 | 12,681 | 12,032 | 649 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
2003 | 12,716 | 11,999 | 717 | 5.6% | 4.8% |
2004 | 12,442 | 11,760 | 682 | 5.5% | 4.6% |
2005 | 12,358 | 11,723 | 635 | 5.1% | 4.1% |
2006 | 12,397 | 11,762 | 635 | 5.1% | 4.1% |
2007 | 12,350 | 11,612 | 738 | 6.0% | 4.6% |
2008 | 12,451 | 11,632 | 819 | 6.6% | 5.4% |
2009 | 12,515 | 11,298 | 1,217 | 9.7% | 7.9% |
2010 | 12,821 | 11,690 | 1,131 | 8.8% | 7.4% |
2011 | 12,873 | 11,875 | 998 | 7.8% | 6.5% |
2012 | 12,752 | 11,906 | 846 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
2013 | 12,756 | 12,039 | 717 | 5.6% | 5.0% |
2014 | 12,890 | 12,284 | 606 | 4.7% | 4.3% |
2015 | 13,373 | 12,800 | 573 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
2016 | 13,254 | 12,659 | 595 | 4.5% | 3.9% |
2017 | 13,215 | 12,682 | 533 | 4.0% | 3.4% |
2018 | 13,109 | 12,637 | 472 | 3.6% | 3.0% |
2019 | 13,334 | 12,829 | 505 | 3.8% | 3.2% |
2020 | 13,251 | 12,567 | 684 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
2021 | 13,193 | 12,704 | 489 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
2022 | 13,551 | 13,153 | 398 | 2.9% | 2.7% |
2023 | 13,908 | 13,470 | 438 | 3.1% | 2.8% |