2022 population: 70,718
( 699 from 2010
, 342 from 2020)
Land area: 800.9 square miles
Population density: 88.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 63,758 | 90.16% | 1.8% |
Black: | 655 | 0.93% | 80.9% |
Indian: | 247 | 0.35% | 11.3% |
Asian: | 2,272 | 3.21% | 15.5% |
2+ races: | 1,007 | 1.42% | 47.4% |
Hispanic: | 2,779 | 3.93% | 50.0% |
Total non-White: | 6,960 | 9.84% | 35.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,301 | 9.2 |
Deaths: | 1,381 | 9.8 |
Net Migration: | 234 | 1.7 |
Net Immigration: | 144 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | -1,139 | -1.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,838 | 2.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 31,265 | |
Median Value | $214,700 | |
Occupied | 29,311 | 93.8% |
Vacant | 1,954 | 6.2% |
Owned | 20,442 | 69.7% |
Rented | 8,869 | 30.3% |
Median Rent | $876 | |
Single-Family Units | 22,658 | 72.5% |
Detached | 21,636 | 69.2% |
Attached | 1,022 | 3.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,373 | 14.0% |
Mobile Homes | 1,256 | 4.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,035 | 3.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 853 | 2.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 900 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,302 | 4.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,022 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,209 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,229 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,253 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,267 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,210 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,077 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,440 | 15.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,395 | 11.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,899 | 6.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,399 | 8.2% |
$200,000 or more | 1,821 | 6.2% |
Median Household Income | 71,301 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,990 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 86 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 898 | 3.1% |
Public Assistance | 1,046 | 3.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,441 | 8.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 34,764 | 77.9% |
Unemployed | 1,111 | 2.5% |
In Armed Forces | 13 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 35,888 | 80.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,729 | 19.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 22.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 14,881 | 11,554 | 56.3% |
Non-Profit | 824 | 1,894 | 30.3% |
Self-Employed | 2,099 | 1,071 | 66.2% |
Local Government | 1,169 | 1,937 | 37.6% |
State Government | 815 | 915 | 47.1% |
Federal Government | 234 | 235 | 49.9% |
Total Private + Self | 16,980 | 12,625 | 57.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 3,042 | 4,981 | 37.9% |
Total | 20,022 | 17,606 | 53.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,782 | 15.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 7,236 | 19.2% |
Professional, Technical | 8,294 | 22.0% |
Service Occupations | 6,235 | 16.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 557 | 1.5% |
All others | 10,133 | 26.9% |
White Collar | 56.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 5,776 | 15.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 4,934 | 13.1% |
Retail trade | 4,161 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 3,721 | 9.9% |
Finance and insurance | 3,089 | 8.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,658 | 7.1% |
Construction | 2,122 | 5.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,785 | 4.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,769 | 4.7% |
Other services | 1,368 | 3.6% |
Public administration | 1,295 | 3.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,191 | 3.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,170 | 3.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 803 | 2.1% |
Information | 568 | 1.5% |
Wholesale trade | 561 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 450 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 232 | 0.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 22 | 0.1% |
Management | 5 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,689 | 2.40% |
Puerto Rican | 108 | 0.15% |
Cuban | 89 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 7 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 240 | 0.34% |
Costa Rican | 128 | 0.18% |
Guatemalan | 12 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 58 | 0.08% |
Nicaraguan | 42 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 59 | 0.08% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 10 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
Ecuadorian | 32 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 11 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 6 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 356 | 0.51% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 921 | 1.31% |
Indian | 443 | 0.63% |
Chinese | 218 | 0.31% |
Vietnamese | 92 | 0.13% |
Filipino | 61 | 0.09% |
Korean | 58 | 0.08% |
Thai | 38 | 0.05% |
Japanese | 12 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 63,627 | 94.9% |
Spanish | 1,294 | 1.9% |
Other Asian | 912 | 1.4% |
Other Indo-European | 369 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 252 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 137 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 123 | 0.2% |
Other | 119 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 100 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 27,499 | 39.1% |
Polish | 20,498 | 29.2% |
Irish | 7,022 | 10.0% |
English | 4,875 | 6.9% |
Norwegian | 4,806 | 6.8% |
American | 3,921 | 5.6% |
Italian | 1,807 | 2.6% |
French | 1,805 | 2.6% |
Swedish | 1,347 | 1.9% |
Dutch | 1,132 | 1.6% |
European | 969 | 1.4% |
Czech | 936 | 1.3% |
French Canadian | 783 | 1.1% |
Danish | 522 | 0.7% |
Finnish | 497 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 69,042 | 98.2% |
Not a citizen | 1,239 | 1.8% |
Native | 67,677 | 96.3% |
Foreign-born | 2,604 | 3.7% |
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 | ||||||
784 | 1.7% | 1,663 | 3.6% | 14,133 | 30.8% | 13,838 | 30.2% | 10,749 | 23.5% | 4,647 | 10.1% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 784 | 1.7% |
9-12 Years | 1,663 | 3.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,133 | 30.8% |
Some College | 13,838 | 30.2% |
Bach. Degree | 10,749 | 23.5% |
Grad Degree | 4,647 | 10.1% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 32,557 | 31,354 | 1,203 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
1991 | 34,885 | 33,466 | 1,419 | 4.1% | 5.4% |
1992 | 36,597 | 34,909 | 1,688 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
1993 | 36,982 | 35,249 | 1,733 | 4.7% | 4.3% |
1994 | 36,390 | 34,674 | 1,716 | 4.7% | 4.2% |
1995 | 36,832 | 35,143 | 1,689 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
1996 | 37,712 | 36,131 | 1,581 | 4.2% | 3.6% |
1997 | 38,189 | 36,628 | 1,561 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
1998 | 37,658 | 36,204 | 1,454 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
1999 | 37,086 | 35,862 | 1,224 | 3.3% | 3.1% |
2000 | 38,696 | 37,367 | 1,329 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
2001 | 39,032 | 37,394 | 1,638 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
2002 | 39,544 | 37,598 | 1,946 | 4.9% | 5.3% |
2003 | 40,403 | 38,359 | 2,044 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
2004 | 40,533 | 38,558 | 1,975 | 4.9% | 5.0% |
2005 | 39,946 | 38,105 | 1,841 | 4.6% | 4.8% |
2006 | 40,982 | 39,166 | 1,816 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
2007 | 41,954 | 40,106 | 1,848 | 4.4% | 4.8% |
2008 | 42,312 | 40,377 | 1,935 | 4.6% | 4.9% |
2009 | 43,289 | 40,057 | 3,232 | 7.5% | 9.0% |
2010 | 39,885 | 36,752 | 3,133 | 7.9% | 8.5% |
2011 | 38,920 | 36,062 | 2,858 | 7.3% | 7.6% |
2012 | 38,872 | 36,071 | 2,801 | 7.2% | 6.9% |
2013 | 38,939 | 36,266 | 2,673 | 6.9% | 6.7% |
2014 | 39,247 | 37,092 | 2,155 | 5.5% | 5.3% |
2015 | 39,484 | 37,715 | 1,769 | 4.5% | 4.4% |
2016 | 39,386 | 37,920 | 1,466 | 3.7% | 3.9% |
2017 | 39,492 | 38,284 | 1,208 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
2018 | 38,922 | 37,748 | 1,174 | 3.0% | 3.0% |
2019 | 38,352 | 37,127 | 1,225 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
2020 | 37,491 | 35,475 | 2,016 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2021 | 37,857 | 36,501 | 1,356 | 3.6% | 3.8% |
2022 | 37,544 | 36,446 | 1,098 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
2023 | 37,818 | 36,695 | 1,123 | 3.0% | 3.0% |