2022 population: 31,060
( 1,287 from 2010
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345 from 2020)
Land area: 791.6 square miles
Population density: 39.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 29,781 | 95.88% | ![]() |
Black: | 132 | 0.42% | ![]() |
Indian: | 88 | 0.28% | ![]() |
Asian: | 171 | 0.55% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 319 | 1.03% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 569 | 1.83% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,279 | 4.12% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 910 | 14.8 |
Deaths: | 814 | 13.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 231 | 3.8 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 13 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | 908 | 3.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 379 | 1.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 13,874 | |
Median Value | $192,800 | |
Occupied | 11,991 | 86.4% |
Vacant | 1,883 | 13.6% |
Owned | 9,562 | 79.7% |
Rented | 2,429 | 20.3% |
Median Rent | $785 | |
Single-Family Units | 11,394 | 82.1% |
Detached | 11,273 | 81.3% |
Attached | 121 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 703 | 5.1% |
Mobile Homes | 1,271 | 9.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 527 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 648 | 5.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 387 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 482 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 483 | 4.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 522 | 4.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 470 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 419 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 567 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,051 | 8.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,263 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,600 | 13.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,354 | 11.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 958 | 8.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 770 | 6.4% |
$200,000 or more | 490 | 4.1% |
Median Household Income | 65,177 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,297 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 101 | |
Compared to U.S. | 93 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 365 | 3.0% |
Public Assistance | 229 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,019 | 8.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,453 | 72.5% |
Unemployed | 298 | 1.7% |
In Armed Forces | 13 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 12,764 | 74.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,407 | 25.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,690 | 3,652 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 572 | 1,426 | 28.6% |
Self-Employed | 1,185 | 413 | 74.2% |
Local Government | 480 | 568 | 45.8% |
State Government | 174 | 364 | 32.3% |
Federal Government | 103 | 168 | 38.0% |
Total Private + Self | 5,875 | 4,065 | 59.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,329 | 2,526 | 34.5% |
Total | 7,204 | 6,591 | 52.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,029 | 14.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,557 | 18.5% |
Professional, Technical | 2,664 | 19.2% |
Service Occupations | 2,167 | 15.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 288 | 2.1% |
All others | 4,426 | 32.0% |
White Collar | 52.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,792 | 20.2% |
Manufacturing | 1,985 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 1,508 | 10.9% |
Construction | 1,139 | 8.2% |
Educational services | 1,037 | 7.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 751 | 5.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 618 | 4.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 586 | 4.2% |
Public administration | 545 | 3.9% |
Other services | 535 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 445 | 3.2% |
Finance and insurance | 441 | 3.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 414 | 3.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 325 | 2.3% |
Information | 282 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 177 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 161 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 93 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 7 | 0.1% |
Management | 2 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 227 | 0.74% |
Puerto Rican | 83 | 0.27% |
Cuban | 89 | 0.29% |
Dominican | 2 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 56 | 0.18% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 56 | 0.18% |
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 | 13 | 0.04% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 6 | 0.02% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 6 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 57 | 0.18% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 50 | 0.16% |
Cambodian | 7 | 0.02% |
Chinese | 5 | 0.02% |
Indian | 3 | 0.01% |
Korean | 2 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 25,694 | 89.5% |
German, other Germanic | 2,488 | 8.7% |
Spanish | 299 | 1.0% |
Other Indo-European | 108 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 33 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 21 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 20 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 19 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 16 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 10,888 | 35.3% |
Norwegian | 8,057 | 26.1% |
Irish | 3,086 | 10.0% |
English | 2,260 | 7.3% |
Pennsylvania German | 1,850 | 6.0% |
American | 893 | 2.9% |
Italian | 876 | 2.8% |
Polish | 838 | 2.7% |
Czech | 811 | 2.6% |
French | 706 | 2.3% |
Swedish | 494 | 1.6% |
European | 384 | 1.2% |
Swiss | 366 | 1.2% |
Scottish | 332 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 312 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 30,601 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 210 | 0.7% |
Native | 30,499 | 99.0% |
Foreign-born | 312 | 1.0% |
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 | ||||||
1,172 | 5.7% | 831 | 4.0% | 7,244 | 35.1% | 6,389 | 30.9% | 3,309 | 16.0% | 1,715 | 8.3% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,172 | 5.7% |
9-12 Years | 831 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 7,244 | 35.1% |
Some College | 6,389 | 30.9% |
Bach. Degree | 3,309 | 16.0% |
Grad Degree | 1,715 | 8.3% |
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 | 12,630 | 12,048 | 582 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
1991 | 12,453 | 11,656 | 797 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
1992 | 12,628 | 11,851 | 777 | 6.2% | 5.1% |
1993 | 13,005 | 12,311 | 694 | 5.3% | 4.3% |
1994 | 13,416 | 12,747 | 669 | 5.0% | 4.2% |
1995 | 13,650 | 12,992 | 658 | 4.8% | 3.7% |
1996 | 13,613 | 12,985 | 628 | 4.6% | 3.6% |
1997 | 13,864 | 13,253 | 611 | 4.4% | 3.5% |
1998 | 14,064 | 13,479 | 585 | 4.2% | 3.3% |
1999 | 13,732 | 13,186 | 546 | 4.0% | 3.1% |
2000 | 14,365 | 13,835 | 530 | 3.7% | 3.4% |
2001 | 14,643 | 13,970 | 673 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2002 | 14,822 | 14,035 | 787 | 5.3% | 5.3% |
2003 | 15,283 | 14,484 | 799 | 5.2% | 5.6% |
2004 | 14,762 | 14,069 | 693 | 4.7% | 5.0% |
2005 | 14,277 | 13,628 | 649 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
2006 | 14,433 | 13,748 | 685 | 4.7% | 4.7% |
2007 | 14,215 | 13,488 | 727 | 5.1% | 4.8% |
2008 | 14,695 | 13,969 | 726 | 4.9% | 4.9% |
2009 | 15,303 | 14,055 | 1,248 | 8.2% | 9.0% |
2010 | 15,173 | 13,997 | 1,176 | 7.8% | 8.5% |
2011 | 15,146 | 14,117 | 1,029 | 6.8% | 7.6% |
2012 | 15,026 | 14,083 | 943 | 6.3% | 6.9% |
2013 | 15,131 | 14,235 | 896 | 5.9% | 6.7% |
2014 | 15,026 | 14,310 | 716 | 4.8% | 5.3% |
2015 | 15,456 | 14,836 | 620 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
2016 | 15,716 | 15,158 | 558 | 3.6% | 3.9% |
2017 | 15,680 | 15,198 | 482 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
2018 | 15,401 | 14,956 | 445 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
2019 | 15,325 | 14,834 | 491 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
2020 | 14,896 | 14,119 | 777 | 5.2% | 6.3% |
2021 | 15,392 | 14,886 | 506 | 3.3% | 3.8% |
2022 | 15,166 | 14,758 | 408 | 2.7% | 2.9% |
2023 | 15,253 | 14,823 | 430 | 2.8% | 3.0% |