2022 population: 18,559
( 2,002 from 2010
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479 from 2020)
Land area: 1257.6 square miles
Population density: 14.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 14,461 | 77.92% | ![]() |
Black: | 70 | 0.38% | ![]() |
Indian: | 2,887 | 15.56% | ![]() |
Asian: | 88 | 0.47% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 512 | 2.76% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 541 | 2.92% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 4,098 | 22.08% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 307 | 8.5 |
Deaths: | 589 | 16.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 751 | 20.8 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 0 | 0.0 |
Change in White population: | 1,457 | 8.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 545 | 3.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 16,045 | |
Median Value | $210,700 | |
Occupied | 8,210 | 51.2% |
Vacant | 7,835 | 48.8% |
Owned | 6,233 | 75.9% |
Rented | 1,977 | 24.1% |
Median Rent | $670 | |
Single-Family Units | 14,308 | 89.2% |
Detached | 13,989 | 87.2% |
Attached | 319 | 2.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 421 | 2.6% |
Mobile Homes | 693 | 4.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 403 | 4.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 490 | 6.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 367 | 4.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 414 | 5.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 404 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 288 | 3.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 533 | 6.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 329 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 280 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 730 | 8.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 653 | 8.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,366 | 16.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 692 | 8.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 375 | 4.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 492 | 6.0% |
$200,000 or more | 394 | 4.8% |
Median Household Income | 57,519 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,167 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 427 | 5.2% |
Public Assistance | 141 | 1.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,125 | 13.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 6,702 | 67.1% |
Unemployed | 500 | 5.0% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 7,202 | 72.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 2,793 | 27.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,330 | 1,924 | 54.8% |
Non-Profit | 242 | 535 | 31.1% |
Self-Employed | 908 | 391 | 69.9% |
Local Government | 359 | 628 | 36.4% |
State Government | 167 | 83 | 66.8% |
Federal Government | 89 | 152 | 36.9% |
Total Private + Self | 3,238 | 2,315 | 58.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 857 | 1,398 | 38.0% |
Total | 4,095 | 3,713 | 52.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,167 | 14.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,650 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 1,427 | 18.3% |
Service Occupations | 1,461 | 18.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 126 | 1.6% |
All others | 2,114 | 27.0% |
White Collar | 54.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,187 | 15.2% |
Retail trade | 1,088 | 13.9% |
Manufacturing | 854 | 10.9% |
Educational services | 624 | 8.0% |
Construction | 595 | 7.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 535 | 6.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 464 | 5.9% |
Public administration | 405 | 5.2% |
Other services | 363 | 4.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 317 | 4.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 240 | 3.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 231 | 3.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 231 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 205 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 196 | 2.5% |
Information | 118 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 103 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 45 | 0.6% |
Management | 12 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 6 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 303 | 1.68% |
Puerto Rican | 57 | 0.32% |
Cuban | 26 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 17 | 0.09% |
Total Central American | 6 | 0.03% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 6 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 12 | 0.07% |
Argentinean | 12 | 0.07% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 85 | 0.47% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 23 | 0.13% |
Indian | 19 | 0.11% |
Laotian | 15 | 0.08% |
Bangladeshi | 14 | 0.08% |
Filipino | 10 | 0.06% |
Burmese | 10 | 0.06% |
Thai | 4 | 0.02% |
Chinese | 2 | 0.01% |
Vietnamese | 1 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 16,538 | 95.7% |
Other | 323 | 1.9% |
Spanish | 249 | 1.4% |
German, other Germanic | 89 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 32 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 21 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 8 | 0.0% |
Tagalog | 7 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 3 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 5,142 | 28.5% |
Norwegian | 1,683 | 9.3% |
Irish | 1,682 | 9.3% |
English | 1,407 | 7.8% |
Polish | 1,085 | 6.0% |
Swedish | 852 | 4.7% |
French | 599 | 3.3% |
American | 581 | 3.2% |
Finnish | 416 | 2.3% |
Italian | 400 | 2.2% |
Czech | 383 | 2.1% |
European | 262 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 246 | 1.4% |
French Canadian | 230 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 195 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 17,928 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 129 | 0.7% |
Native | 17,813 | 98.6% |
Foreign-born | 244 | 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 | ||||||
236 | 1.7% | 750 | 5.5% | 4,468 | 32.6% | 4,553 | 33.3% | 2,348 | 17.1% | 1,338 | 9.8% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 236 | 1.7% |
9-12 Years | 750 | 5.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,468 | 32.6% |
Some College | 4,553 | 33.3% |
Bach. Degree | 2,348 | 17.1% |
Grad Degree | 1,338 | 9.8% |
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 | 6,388 | 5,873 | 515 | 8.1% | 4.4% |
1991 | 6,810 | 6,275 | 535 | 7.9% | 5.4% |
1992 | 7,470 | 6,830 | 640 | 8.6% | 5.1% |
1993 | 7,839 | 7,282 | 557 | 7.1% | 4.3% |
1994 | 8,415 | 7,882 | 533 | 6.3% | 4.2% |
1995 | 8,870 | 8,361 | 509 | 5.7% | 3.7% |
1996 | 9,165 | 8,551 | 614 | 6.7% | 3.6% |
1997 | 9,311 | 8,706 | 605 | 6.5% | 3.5% |
1998 | 9,227 | 8,663 | 564 | 6.1% | 3.3% |
1999 | 9,355 | 8,870 | 485 | 5.2% | 3.1% |
2000 | 8,433 | 7,991 | 442 | 5.2% | 3.4% |
2001 | 8,785 | 8,276 | 509 | 5.8% | 4.4% |
2002 | 9,176 | 8,606 | 570 | 6.2% | 5.3% |
2003 | 9,014 | 8,387 | 627 | 7.0% | 5.6% |
2004 | 9,224 | 8,668 | 556 | 6.0% | 5.0% |
2005 | 9,375 | 8,817 | 558 | 6.0% | 4.8% |
2006 | 9,363 | 8,770 | 593 | 6.3% | 4.7% |
2007 | 9,566 | 8,928 | 638 | 6.7% | 4.8% |
2008 | 9,161 | 8,513 | 648 | 7.1% | 4.9% |
2009 | 9,130 | 8,176 | 954 | 10.4% | 9.0% |
2010 | 8,394 | 7,463 | 931 | 11.1% | 8.5% |
2011 | 8,156 | 7,272 | 884 | 10.8% | 7.6% |
2012 | 8,261 | 7,386 | 875 | 10.6% | 6.9% |
2013 | 8,184 | 7,296 | 888 | 10.9% | 6.7% |
2014 | 7,942 | 7,243 | 699 | 8.8% | 5.3% |
2015 | 7,787 | 7,187 | 600 | 7.7% | 4.4% |
2016 | 7,893 | 7,413 | 480 | 6.1% | 3.9% |
2017 | 7,970 | 7,601 | 369 | 4.6% | 3.3% |
2018 | 7,918 | 7,577 | 341 | 4.3% | 3.0% |
2019 | 7,958 | 7,591 | 367 | 4.6% | 3.3% |
2020 | 7,910 | 7,289 | 621 | 7.9% | 6.3% |
2021 | 8,042 | 7,629 | 413 | 5.1% | 3.8% |
2022 | 7,913 | 7,598 | 315 | 4.0% | 2.9% |
2023 | 8,104 | 7,762 | 342 | 4.2% | 3.0% |