2022 population: 42,348
( 1,534 from 2010
, 180 from 2020)
Land area: 462.4 square miles
Population density: 91.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 40,047 | 94.57% | 1.5% |
Black: | 206 | 0.49% | 126.4% |
Indian: | 110 | 0.26% | 32.5% |
Asian: | 648 | 1.53% | 161.3% |
2+ races: | 512 | 1.21% | 66.8% |
Hispanic: | 825 | 1.95% | 34.4% |
Total non-White: | 2,301 | 5.43% | 69.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,420 | 16.7 |
Deaths: | 1,155 | 13.6 |
Net Migration: | -472 | -5.5 |
Net Immigration: | 27 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 594 | 1.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 940 | 2.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 17,898 | |
Median Value | $192,800 | |
Occupied | 16,022 | 89.5% |
Vacant | 1,876 | 10.5% |
Owned | 12,623 | 78.8% |
Rented | 3,399 | 21.2% |
Median Rent | $749 | |
Single-Family Units | 14,882 | 83.1% |
Detached | 14,606 | 81.6% |
Attached | 276 | 1.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 860 | 4.8% |
Mobile Homes | 1,024 | 5.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 374 | 2.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 339 | 2.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 597 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 745 | 4.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 532 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 792 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 535 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 415 | 2.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 792 | 4.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,372 | 8.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,735 | 10.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,175 | 13.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,297 | 14.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,669 | 10.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,063 | 6.6% |
$200,000 or more | 590 | 3.7% |
Median Household Income | 73,278 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,892 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 87 | |
Compared to U.S. | 77 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 554 | 3.5% |
Public Assistance | 234 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 901 | 5.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 19,952 | 82.1% |
Unemployed | 406 | 1.7% |
In Armed Forces | 23 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 20,381 | 83.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,911 | 16.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 17.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 9,083 | 6,753 | 57.4% |
Non-Profit | 463 | 864 | 34.9% |
Self-Employed | 1,215 | 923 | 56.8% |
Local Government | 583 | 1,327 | 30.5% |
State Government | 208 | 97 | 68.2% |
Federal Government | 53 | 199 | 21.0% |
Total Private + Self | 10,298 | 7,676 | 57.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,307 | 2,487 | 34.4% |
Total | 11,605 | 10,163 | 53.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,758 | 12.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,065 | 18.6% |
Professional, Technical | 4,024 | 18.4% |
Service Occupations | 2,754 | 12.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 366 | 1.7% |
All others | 8,225 | 37.7% |
White Collar | 49.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 6,921 | 31.7% |
Retail trade | 2,542 | 11.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,472 | 11.3% |
Educational services | 1,489 | 6.8% |
Construction | 1,295 | 5.9% |
Other services | 1,293 | 5.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 929 | 4.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 870 | 4.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 782 | 3.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 594 | 2.7% |
Finance and insurance | 574 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 543 | 2.5% |
Public administration | 417 | 1.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 397 | 1.8% |
Information | 264 | 1.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 249 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 124 | 0.6% |
Utilities | 50 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 16 | 0.1% |
Management | 5 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 594 | 1.40% |
Puerto Rican | 41 | 0.10% |
Cuban | 27 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 119 | 0.28% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 119 | 0.28% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 6 | 0.01% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 6 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 47 | 0.11% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 38,335 | 97.9% |
Spanish | 266 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 239 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 191 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 46 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 29 | 0.1% |
Other | 13 | 0.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 8 | 0.0% |
Arabic | 8 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 22,743 | 53.7% |
American | 3,823 | 9.0% |
Irish | 3,276 | 7.7% |
English | 1,714 | 4.0% |
French | 1,134 | 2.7% |
Scottish | 505 | 1.2% |
Italian | 459 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 431 | 1.0% |
Polish | 368 | 0.9% |
European | 234 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 190 | 0.4% |
British | 185 | 0.4% |
Swiss | 171 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 151 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 99 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 41,865 | 98.9% |
Not a citizen | 456 | 1.1% |
Native | 41,726 | 98.6% |
Foreign-born | 595 | 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 | ||||||
322 | 1.1% | 1,636 | 5.8% | 12,350 | 44.1% | 8,013 | 28.6% | 3,839 | 13.7% | 1,869 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 322 | 1.1% |
9-12 Years | 1,636 | 5.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 12,350 | 44.1% |
Some College | 8,013 | 28.6% |
Bach. Degree | 3,839 | 13.7% |
Grad Degree | 1,869 | 6.7% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 20,039 | 18,904 | 1,135 | 5.7% | 5.8% |
1991 | 19,985 | 18,837 | 1,148 | 5.7% | 6.5% |
1992 | 20,240 | 18,503 | 1,737 | 8.6% | 7.4% |
1993 | 20,184 | 18,650 | 1,534 | 7.6% | 6.7% |
1994 | 20,646 | 19,042 | 1,604 | 7.8% | 5.7% |
1995 | 21,006 | 19,036 | 1,970 | 9.4% | 4.9% |
1996 | 20,470 | 18,774 | 1,696 | 8.3% | 5.0% |
1997 | 19,993 | 18,869 | 1,124 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
1998 | 20,210 | 18,619 | 1,591 | 7.9% | 4.3% |
1999 | 19,930 | 18,202 | 1,728 | 8.7% | 4.3% |
2000 | 21,673 | 20,729 | 944 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2001 | 21,786 | 20,779 | 1,007 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2002 | 21,938 | 20,768 | 1,170 | 5.3% | 5.8% |
2003 | 22,134 | 21,087 | 1,047 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
2004 | 22,892 | 21,818 | 1,074 | 4.7% | 6.3% |
2005 | 23,731 | 22,752 | 979 | 4.1% | 5.9% |
2006 | 24,279 | 23,372 | 907 | 3.7% | 5.4% |
2007 | 24,772 | 23,818 | 954 | 3.9% | 5.6% |
2008 | 24,930 | 23,686 | 1,244 | 5.0% | 6.6% |
2009 | 24,293 | 22,119 | 2,174 | 8.9% | 10.2% |
2010 | 22,358 | 20,460 | 1,898 | 8.5% | 10.3% |
2011 | 22,122 | 20,628 | 1,494 | 6.8% | 8.8% |
2012 | 22,144 | 21,013 | 1,131 | 5.1% | 7.4% |
2013 | 22,380 | 21,238 | 1,142 | 5.1% | 7.5% |
2014 | 22,717 | 21,852 | 865 | 3.8% | 5.8% |
2015 | 23,077 | 22,312 | 765 | 3.3% | 5.0% |
2016 | 23,516 | 22,743 | 773 | 3.3% | 5.0% |
2017 | 23,585 | 22,863 | 722 | 3.1% | 5.0% |
2018 | 23,686 | 23,036 | 650 | 2.7% | 4.5% |
2019 | 23,556 | 22,937 | 619 | 2.6% | 4.2% |
2020 | 23,515 | 22,250 | 1,265 | 5.4% | 8.1% |
2021 | 22,855 | 22,132 | 723 | 3.2% | 5.1% |
2022 | 22,779 | 22,165 | 614 | 2.7% | 4.0% |
2023 | 23,062 | 22,543 | 519 | 2.3% | 3.5% |