2022 population: 68,870
( 7,195 from 2010
, 1,063 from 2020)
Land area: 2013.0 square miles
Population density: 34.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 56,027 | 81.35% | 2.4% |
Black: | 3,053 | 4.43% | 107.8% |
Indian: | 1,655 | 2.40% | 8.0% |
Asian: | 1,249 | 1.81% | 99.5% |
2+ races: | 2,044 | 2.97% | 43.2% |
Hispanic: | 4,842 | 7.03% | 159.1% |
Total non-White: | 12,843 | 18.65% | 84.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 2,371 | 17.0 |
Deaths: | 1,403 | 10.0 |
Net Migration: | -2,165 | -15.5 |
Net Immigration: | 103 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | 1,310 | 2.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,885 | 9.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 32,297 | |
Median Value | $249,800 | |
Occupied | 28,351 | 87.8% |
Vacant | 3,946 | 12.2% |
Owned | 17,350 | 61.2% |
Rented | 11,001 | 38.8% |
Median Rent | $1,005 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,782 | 61.3% |
Detached | 17,060 | 52.8% |
Attached | 2,722 | 8.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 7,261 | 22.5% |
Mobile Homes | 2,591 | 8.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,255 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,175 | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 873 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 797 | 2.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 939 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 754 | 2.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 645 | 2.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,004 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,081 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,394 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,422 | 8.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,677 | 16.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,291 | 11.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,186 | 7.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,371 | 8.4% |
$200,000 or more | 2,487 | 8.8% |
Median Household Income | 78,143 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,896 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 103 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 887 | 3.1% |
Public Assistance | 512 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,836 | 6.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 30,375 | 72.0% |
Unemployed | 1,168 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 3,494 | 8.3% |
Total Labor Force | 35,037 | 83.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 7,161 | 17.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 19.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 12,112 | 8,753 | 58.0% |
Non-Profit | 1,174 | 2,466 | 32.3% |
Self-Employed | 2,158 | 1,210 | 64.1% |
Local Government | 1,270 | 2,039 | 38.4% |
State Government | 527 | 983 | 34.9% |
Federal Government | 1,025 | 392 | 72.3% |
Total Private + Self | 14,270 | 9,963 | 58.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 3,996 | 5,880 | 40.5% |
Total | 18,266 | 15,843 | 53.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,495 | 16.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,562 | 19.2% |
Professional, Technical | 6,984 | 20.4% |
Service Occupations | 5,647 | 16.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 397 | 1.2% |
All others | 9,482 | 27.7% |
White Collar | 55.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 5,145 | 15.1% |
Retail trade | 4,493 | 13.1% |
Educational services | 3,627 | 10.6% |
Construction | 2,597 | 7.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,913 | 5.6% |
Public administration | 1,910 | 5.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,767 | 5.2% |
Manufacturing | 1,681 | 4.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,524 | 4.5% |
Other services | 1,520 | 4.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,451 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 1,242 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 1,179 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,152 | 3.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,118 | 3.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 599 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 460 | 1.3% |
Information | 432 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 330 | 1.0% |
Management | 30 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,506 | 3.60% |
Puerto Rican | 833 | 1.20% |
Cuban | 53 | 0.08% |
Dominican | 81 | 0.12% |
Total Central American | 529 | 0.76% |
Costa Rican | 22 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 40 | 0.06% |
Honduran | 9 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 159 | 0.23% |
Panamanian | 171 | 0.25% |
Salvadoran | 128 | 0.18% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 95 | 0.14% |
Argentinean | 32 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 16 | 0.02% |
Ecuadorian | 47 | 0.07% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 594 | 0.85% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 314 | 0.45% |
Indonesian | 123 | 0.18% |
Japanese | 114 | 0.16% |
Chinese | 92 | 0.13% |
Indian | 67 | 0.10% |
Korean | 64 | 0.09% |
Thai | 58 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 23 | 0.03% |
Taiwanese | 3 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 60,613 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 1,450 | 2.2% |
Other Indo-European | 512 | 0.8% |
Other | 500 | 0.8% |
Tagalog | 357 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 244 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 232 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 150 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 147 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 21,553 | 31.0% |
Norwegian | 15,778 | 22.7% |
Irish | 5,790 | 8.3% |
English | 4,058 | 5.8% |
Swedish | 1,765 | 2.5% |
French | 1,677 | 2.4% |
American | 1,461 | 2.1% |
Russian | 1,420 | 2.0% |
Scandinavian | 1,338 | 1.9% |
Italian | 1,265 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 1,047 | 1.5% |
Ukrainian | 872 | 1.3% |
Polish | 791 | 1.1% |
European | 690 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 685 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 67,709 | 97.4% |
Not a citizen | 1,823 | 2.6% |
Native | 66,690 | 95.9% |
Foreign-born | 2,842 | 4.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,272 | 2.9% | 1,367 | 3.1% | 12,796 | 28.8% | 15,919 | 35.8% | 9,023 | 20.3% | 4,034 | 9.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,272 | 2.9% |
9-12 Years | 1,367 | 3.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 12,796 | 28.8% |
Some College | 15,919 | 35.8% |
Bach. Degree | 9,023 | 20.3% |
Grad Degree | 4,034 | 9.1% |
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 | 26,321 | 25,139 | 1,182 | 4.5% | 4.1% |
1991 | 25,961 | 24,823 | 1,138 | 4.4% | 4.3% |
1992 | 26,596 | 25,346 | 1,250 | 4.7% | 4.6% |
1993 | 27,019 | 25,745 | 1,274 | 4.7% | 4.3% |
1994 | 28,744 | 27,706 | 1,038 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
1995 | 29,065 | 28,130 | 935 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
1996 | 29,693 | 28,799 | 894 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
1997 | 29,901 | 29,100 | 801 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
1998 | 29,483 | 28,596 | 887 | 3.0% | 3.0% |
1999 | 28,918 | 28,007 | 911 | 3.2% | 3.1% |
2000 | 27,985 | 27,090 | 895 | 3.2% | 3.0% |
2001 | 27,978 | 27,104 | 874 | 3.1% | 2.8% |
2002 | 27,728 | 26,748 | 980 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
2003 | 27,921 | 26,891 | 1,030 | 3.7% | 3.5% |
2004 | 28,292 | 27,309 | 983 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
2005 | 28,337 | 27,376 | 961 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
2006 | 28,790 | 27,920 | 870 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
2007 | 29,368 | 28,515 | 853 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
2008 | 29,785 | 28,931 | 854 | 2.9% | 3.1% |
2009 | 29,975 | 28,917 | 1,058 | 3.5% | 3.9% |
2010 | 31,588 | 30,518 | 1,070 | 3.4% | 3.7% |
2011 | 32,390 | 31,394 | 996 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
2012 | 33,758 | 32,902 | 856 | 2.5% | 2.9% |
2013 | 34,096 | 33,178 | 918 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
2014 | 34,144 | 33,265 | 879 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
2015 | 34,012 | 32,926 | 1,086 | 3.2% | 2.8% |
2016 | 33,466 | 32,086 | 1,380 | 4.1% | 3.1% |
2017 | 32,560 | 31,488 | 1,072 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
2018 | 32,040 | 31,172 | 868 | 2.7% | 2.5% |
2019 | 31,929 | 31,155 | 774 | 2.4% | 2.3% |
2020 | 31,847 | 29,948 | 1,899 | 6.0% | 5.1% |
2021 | 32,114 | 30,970 | 1,144 | 3.6% | 3.1% |
2022 | 32,400 | 31,669 | 731 | 2.3% | 2.1% |
2023 | 32,207 | 31,534 | 673 | 2.1% | 1.9% |