2022 population: 42,955
( 2,684 from 2010
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152 from 2020)
Land area: 491.1 square miles
Population density: 87.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 34,499 | 80.31% | ![]() |
Black: | 907 | 2.11% | ![]() |
Indian: | 3,231 | 7.52% | ![]() |
Asian: | 487 | 1.13% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 894 | 2.08% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 2,937 | 6.84% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 8,456 | 19.69% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 712 | 8.3 |
Deaths: | 1,092 | 12.7 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 298 | 3.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 45 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | 1,704 | 4.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 980 | 2.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 26,967 | |
Median Value | $240,500 | |
Occupied | 17,737 | 65.8% |
Vacant | 9,230 | 34.2% |
Owned | 11,006 | 62.1% |
Rented | 6,731 | 37.9% |
Median Rent | $804 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,118 | 70.9% |
Detached | 18,987 | 70.4% |
Attached | 131 | 0.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,025 | 7.5% |
Mobile Homes | 4,407 | 16.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,022 | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,512 | 8.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,035 | 5.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 550 | 3.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 666 | 3.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,076 | 6.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 991 | 5.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,069 | 6.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 711 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,306 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,848 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,254 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,351 | 7.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 897 | 5.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 680 | 3.8% |
$200,000 or more | 769 | 4.3% |
Median Household Income | 51,482 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,384 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 95 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 675 | 3.8% |
Public Assistance | 253 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,888 | 10.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 16,680 | 64.3% |
Unemployed | 1,078 | 4.2% |
In Armed Forces | 56 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 17,814 | 68.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,131 | 31.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 6,267 | 5,266 | 54.3% |
Non-Profit | 242 | 1,009 | 19.3% |
Self-Employed | 1,116 | 814 | 57.8% |
Local Government | 914 | 1,180 | 43.6% |
State Government | 990 | 964 | 50.7% |
Federal Government | 216 | 142 | 60.3% |
Total Private + Self | 7,383 | 6,080 | 54.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,362 | 3,295 | 41.8% |
Total | 9,745 | 9,375 | 51.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 23.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,803 | 9.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,826 | 20.0% |
Professional, Technical | 4,722 | 24.7% |
Service Occupations | 5,361 | 28.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 102 | 0.5% |
All others | 3,423 | 17.9% |
White Collar | 54.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 2,959 | 15.5% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,765 | 14.4% |
Retail trade | 2,647 | 13.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,995 | 10.4% |
Construction | 1,263 | 6.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,195 | 6.2% |
Other services | 1,028 | 5.4% |
Public administration | 1,012 | 5.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 914 | 4.8% |
Manufacturing | 867 | 4.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 515 | 2.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 504 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 436 | 2.3% |
Finance and insurance | 324 | 1.7% |
Information | 201 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 200 | 1.0% |
Wholesale trade | 189 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 99 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 22 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,771 | 4.18% |
Puerto Rican | 167 | 0.39% |
Cuban | 157 | 0.37% |
Dominican | 54 | 0.13% |
Total Central American | 256 | 0.60% |
Costa Rican | 14 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 59 | 0.14% |
Honduran | 161 | 0.38% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 22 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 61 | 0.14% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 1 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 34 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 21 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 5 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 302 | 0.71% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 86 | 0.20% |
Chinese | 49 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 21 | 0.05% |
Filipino | 15 | 0.04% |
Korean | 12 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 3 | 0.01% |
Indian | 2 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 37,480 | 91.9% |
Spanish | 2,028 | 5.0% |
Other | 706 | 1.7% |
Other Indo-European | 203 | 0.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 95 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 71 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 69 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 59 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 37 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 8,328 | 19.6% |
English | 5,987 | 14.1% |
German | 3,958 | 9.3% |
Irish | 3,820 | 9.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,173 | 5.1% |
Italian | 1,213 | 2.9% |
Scottish | 1,146 | 2.7% |
French | 742 | 1.8% |
Polish | 411 | 1.0% |
European | 396 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 309 | 0.7% |
British | 306 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 243 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 164 | 0.4% |
Haitian | 160 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 41,065 | 96.9% |
Not a citizen | 1,323 | 3.1% |
Native | 40,584 | 95.7% |
Foreign-born | 1,804 | 4.3% |
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 | ||||||
1,069 | 3.9% | 1,882 | 6.8% | 7,850 | 28.4% | 8,571 | 31.0% | 4,787 | 17.3% | 3,446 | 12.5% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,069 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 1,882 | 6.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 7,850 | 28.4% |
Some College | 8,571 | 31.0% |
Bach. Degree | 4,787 | 17.3% |
Grad Degree | 3,446 | 12.5% |
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 | 13,603 | 12,847 | 756 | 5.6% | 4.1% |
1991 | 13,696 | 12,742 | 954 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
1992 | 14,278 | 13,225 | 1,053 | 7.4% | 6.3% |
1993 | 14,463 | 13,477 | 986 | 6.8% | 5.1% |
1994 | 14,671 | 13,831 | 840 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1995 | 14,892 | 14,049 | 843 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1996 | 15,536 | 14,658 | 878 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1997 | 16,288 | 15,371 | 917 | 5.6% | 3.8% |
1998 | 16,375 | 15,635 | 740 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
1999 | 16,569 | 15,916 | 653 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
2000 | 17,210 | 16,532 | 678 | 3.9% | 3.7% |
2001 | 19,072 | 18,246 | 826 | 4.3% | 5.6% |
2002 | 19,032 | 18,051 | 981 | 5.2% | 6.9% |
2003 | 19,920 | 18,903 | 1,017 | 5.1% | 6.7% |
2004 | 19,937 | 19,036 | 901 | 4.5% | 5.9% |
2005 | 20,641 | 19,743 | 898 | 4.4% | 5.6% |
2006 | 21,584 | 20,741 | 843 | 3.9% | 5.1% |
2007 | 21,940 | 21,067 | 873 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2008 | 21,044 | 19,978 | 1,066 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
2009 | 20,880 | 18,937 | 1,943 | 9.3% | 11.0% |
2010 | 18,503 | 16,502 | 2,001 | 10.8% | 10.7% |
2011 | 18,176 | 16,147 | 2,029 | 11.2% | 10.3% |
2012 | 18,234 | 16,258 | 1,976 | 10.8% | 9.5% |
2013 | 18,456 | 16,875 | 1,581 | 8.6% | 7.8% |
2014 | 18,364 | 17,172 | 1,192 | 6.5% | 6.1% |
2015 | 18,445 | 17,335 | 1,110 | 6.0% | 5.7% |
2016 | 18,773 | 17,751 | 1,022 | 5.4% | 5.1% |
2017 | 19,037 | 18,125 | 912 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
2018 | 19,556 | 18,722 | 834 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
2019 | 20,085 | 19,273 | 812 | 4.0% | 3.8% |
2020 | 19,785 | 18,286 | 1,499 | 7.6% | 7.3% |
2021 | 19,391 | 18,493 | 898 | 4.6% | 4.9% |
2022 | 19,689 | 18,940 | 749 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
2023 | 20,030 | 19,310 | 720 | 3.6% | 3.5% |