2022 population: 38,065
( 4,143 from 2010
, 1,049 from 2020)
Land area: 515.6 square miles
Population density: 73.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 33,241 | 87.33% | 8.6% |
Black: | 488 | 1.28% | 16.5% |
Indian: | 208 | 0.55% | 45.5% |
Asian: | 372 | 0.98% | 82.4% |
2+ races: | 550 | 1.44% | 83.9% |
Hispanic: | 3,206 | 8.42% | 43.8% |
Total non-White: | 4,824 | 12.67% | 45.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 718 | 9.7 |
Deaths: | 1,270 | 17.2 |
Net Migration: | 1,569 | 21.2 |
Net Immigration: | 36 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | 2,642 | 7.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,501 | 4.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 26,929 | |
Median Value | $210,900 | |
Occupied | 17,386 | 64.6% |
Vacant | 9,543 | 35.4% |
Owned | 12,835 | 73.8% |
Rented | 4,551 | 26.2% |
Median Rent | $818 | |
Single-Family Units | 20,797 | 77.2% |
Detached | 20,510 | 76.2% |
Attached | 287 | 1.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 974 | 3.6% |
Mobile Homes | 4,148 | 15.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,040 | 6.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,234 | 7.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,005 | 5.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,076 | 6.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 883 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 919 | 5.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 731 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 941 | 5.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 731 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,040 | 6.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,088 | 12.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,134 | 12.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,350 | 7.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 655 | 3.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 794 | 4.6% |
$200,000 or more | 765 | 4.4% |
Median Household Income | 51,042 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,623 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 94 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 933 | 5.4% |
Public Assistance | 250 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,805 | 10.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,917 | 67.7% |
Unemployed | 402 | 2.1% |
In Armed Forces | 11 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 13,330 | 69.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,737 | 30.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,455 | 4,469 | 55.0% |
Non-Profit | 459 | 581 | 44.1% |
Self-Employed | 1,447 | 757 | 65.7% |
Local Government | 758 | 686 | 52.5% |
State Government | 292 | 590 | 33.1% |
Federal Government | 108 | 111 | 49.3% |
Total Private + Self | 6,902 | 5,226 | 56.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,617 | 1,968 | 45.1% |
Total | 8,519 | 7,194 | 54.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,092 | 13.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,315 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 2,942 | 18.7% |
Service Occupations | 3,532 | 22.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 132 | 0.8% |
All others | 3,835 | 24.4% |
White Collar | 53.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Construction | 1,901 | 12.1% |
Retail trade | 1,894 | 12.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,693 | 10.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,597 | 10.2% |
Educational services | 1,587 | 10.1% |
Other services | 1,043 | 6.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 975 | 6.2% |
Manufacturing | 796 | 5.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 723 | 4.6% |
Public administration | 695 | 4.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 553 | 3.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 535 | 3.4% |
Finance and insurance | 421 | 2.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 349 | 2.2% |
Information | 331 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 326 | 2.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 198 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 62 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 37 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,231 | 6.02% |
Puerto Rican | 216 | 0.58% |
Cuban | 87 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 96 | 0.26% |
Total Central American | 50 | 0.13% |
Costa Rican | 44 | 0.12% |
Guatemalan | 6 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 137 | 0.37% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 134 | 0.36% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 3 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 101 | 0.27% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 32,956 | 92.9% |
Spanish | 2,166 | 6.1% |
Chinese | 119 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 82 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 80 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 24 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 20 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 20 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 5,660 | 15.3% |
American | 4,630 | 12.5% |
Irish | 4,085 | 11.0% |
German | 3,552 | 9.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,022 | 5.5% |
Italian | 1,421 | 3.8% |
Scottish | 1,376 | 3.7% |
European | 1,094 | 2.9% |
French | 1,003 | 2.7% |
Polish | 474 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 402 | 1.1% |
British | 245 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 221 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 162 | 0.4% |
French Canadian | 157 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 35,935 | 96.9% |
Not a citizen | 1,153 | 3.1% |
Native | 35,180 | 94.9% |
Foreign-born | 1,908 | 5.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,148 | 4.1% | 1,790 | 6.4% | 8,910 | 31.9% | 9,250 | 33.1% | 4,474 | 16.0% | 2,357 | 8.4% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,148 | 4.1% |
9-12 Years | 1,790 | 6.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,910 | 31.9% |
Some College | 9,250 | 33.1% |
Bach. Degree | 4,474 | 16.0% |
Grad Degree | 2,357 | 8.4% |
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 | 11,124 | 10,731 | 393 | 3.5% | 4.1% |
1991 | 11,603 | 10,955 | 648 | 5.6% | 5.9% |
1992 | 11,922 | 11,099 | 823 | 6.9% | 6.3% |
1993 | 12,150 | 11,323 | 827 | 6.8% | 5.1% |
1994 | 12,236 | 11,630 | 606 | 5.0% | 4.4% |
1995 | 12,646 | 12,141 | 505 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
1996 | 13,292 | 12,716 | 576 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
1997 | 14,033 | 13,459 | 574 | 4.1% | 3.8% |
1998 | 14,079 | 13,367 | 712 | 5.1% | 3.5% |
1999 | 14,268 | 13,731 | 537 | 3.8% | 3.3% |
2000 | 14,124 | 13,574 | 550 | 3.9% | 3.7% |
2001 | 14,503 | 13,832 | 671 | 4.6% | 5.6% |
2002 | 15,075 | 14,231 | 844 | 5.6% | 6.9% |
2003 | 15,501 | 14,700 | 801 | 5.2% | 6.7% |
2004 | 15,509 | 14,739 | 770 | 5.0% | 5.9% |
2005 | 15,729 | 14,939 | 790 | 5.0% | 5.6% |
2006 | 16,173 | 15,407 | 766 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2007 | 16,692 | 15,954 | 738 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2008 | 16,353 | 15,378 | 975 | 6.0% | 6.2% |
2009 | 16,077 | 14,228 | 1,849 | 11.5% | 11.0% |
2010 | 15,514 | 13,745 | 1,769 | 11.4% | 10.7% |
2011 | 15,566 | 13,804 | 1,762 | 11.3% | 10.3% |
2012 | 15,623 | 13,924 | 1,699 | 10.9% | 9.5% |
2013 | 15,229 | 13,871 | 1,358 | 8.9% | 7.8% |
2014 | 15,035 | 14,071 | 964 | 6.4% | 6.1% |
2015 | 15,104 | 14,183 | 921 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2016 | 15,171 | 14,353 | 818 | 5.4% | 5.1% |
2017 | 15,207 | 14,499 | 708 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
2018 | 15,358 | 14,743 | 615 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
2019 | 15,755 | 15,158 | 597 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
2020 | 15,449 | 14,416 | 1,033 | 6.7% | 7.3% |
2021 | 15,300 | 14,640 | 660 | 4.3% | 4.9% |
2022 | 16,018 | 15,461 | 557 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
2023 | 16,490 | 15,968 | 522 | 3.2% | 3.5% |