2022 population: 26,973
( 403 from 2010
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315 from 2020)
Land area: 538.1 square miles
Population density: 50.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 21,799 | 80.82% | ![]() |
Black: | 275 | 1.02% | ![]() |
Indian: | 238 | 0.88% | ![]() |
Asian: | 76 | 0.28% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 382 | 1.42% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 4,203 | 15.58% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 5,174 | 19.18% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 614 | 11.5 |
Deaths: | 740 | 13.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 313 | 5.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 135 | 2.5 |
Change in White population: | -428 | -1.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 831 | 3.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,612 | |
Median Value | $151,700 | |
Occupied | 9,936 | 63.6% |
Vacant | 5,676 | 36.4% |
Owned | 8,418 | 84.7% |
Rented | 1,518 | 15.3% |
Median Rent | $796 | |
Single-Family Units | 12,176 | 78.0% |
Detached | 12,091 | 77.4% |
Attached | 85 | 0.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 337 | 2.2% |
Mobile Homes | 2,707 | 17.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 358 | 3.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 485 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 369 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 488 | 4.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 404 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 499 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 532 | 5.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 450 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 498 | 5.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 825 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,221 | 12.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,518 | 15.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,045 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 538 | 5.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 341 | 3.4% |
$200,000 or more | 365 | 3.7% |
Median Household Income | 60,691 | |
Per Capita Income | 28,786 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 648 | 6.5% |
Public Assistance | 223 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,416 | 14.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 8,853 | 66.4% |
Unemployed | 482 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 7 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 9,342 | 70.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,995 | 30.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,604 | 3,077 | 59.9% |
Non-Profit | 290 | 520 | 35.8% |
Self-Employed | 861 | 538 | 61.5% |
Local Government | 270 | 715 | 27.4% |
State Government | 125 | 173 | 41.9% |
Federal Government | 131 | 100 | 56.7% |
Total Private + Self | 5,465 | 3,615 | 60.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 816 | 1,508 | 35.1% |
Total | 6,281 | 5,123 | 55.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,322 | 11.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,954 | 17.1% |
Professional, Technical | 1,756 | 15.4% |
Service Occupations | 1,881 | 16.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 531 | 4.7% |
All others | 4,504 | 39.4% |
White Collar | 44.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,520 | 22.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,233 | 10.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,196 | 10.5% |
Retail trade | 1,106 | 9.7% |
Construction | 833 | 7.3% |
Educational services | 811 | 7.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 561 | 4.9% |
Other services | 546 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 473 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 438 | 3.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 413 | 3.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 261 | 2.3% |
Finance and insurance | 240 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 238 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 193 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 138 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 108 | 0.9% |
Information | 95 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 9 | 0.1% |
Management | 5 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,615 | 13.54% |
Puerto Rican | 35 | 0.13% |
Cuban | 7 | 0.03% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 129 | 0.48% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 115 | 0.43% |
Honduran | 6 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 8 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 15 | 0.06% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 4 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 11 | 0.04% |
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 | 310 | 1.16% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 22,381 | 88.3% |
Spanish | 2,682 | 10.6% |
German, other Germanic | 179 | 0.7% |
Other | 44 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 23 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 18 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 10 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 7 | 0.0% |
Other Asian | 4 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 5,505 | 20.6% |
English | 2,610 | 9.8% |
Irish | 2,484 | 9.3% |
Dutch | 1,988 | 7.4% |
American | 1,333 | 5.0% |
Polish | 1,118 | 4.2% |
French | 630 | 2.4% |
Swedish | 619 | 2.3% |
Italian | 478 | 1.8% |
Norwegian | 423 | 1.6% |
European | 397 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 388 | 1.5% |
French Canadian | 276 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 159 | 0.6% |
Danish | 148 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 25,669 | 96.1% |
Not a citizen | 1,038 | 3.9% |
Native | 25,421 | 95.2% |
Foreign-born | 1,286 | 4.8% |
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 | ||||||
715 | 3.8% | 1,224 | 6.5% | 7,126 | 37.9% | 6,051 | 32.2% | 2,357 | 12.5% | 1,327 | 7.1% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 715 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 1,224 | 6.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 7,126 | 37.9% |
Some College | 6,051 | 32.2% |
Bach. Degree | 2,357 | 12.5% |
Grad Degree | 1,327 | 7.1% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 11,297 | 10,059 | 1,238 | 11.0% | 7.7% |
1991 | 11,137 | 9,782 | 1,355 | 12.2% | 9.3% |
1992 | 11,479 | 9,852 | 1,627 | 14.2% | 9.1% |
1993 | 11,972 | 10,418 | 1,554 | 13.0% | 7.3% |
1994 | 13,300 | 11,554 | 1,746 | 13.1% | 6.1% |
1995 | 13,015 | 11,513 | 1,502 | 11.5% | 5.3% |
1996 | 13,364 | 11,982 | 1,382 | 10.3% | 4.9% |
1997 | 13,901 | 12,833 | 1,068 | 7.7% | 4.3% |
1998 | 13,926 | 12,947 | 979 | 7.0% | 4.0% |
1999 | 14,194 | 13,233 | 961 | 6.8% | 3.8% |
2000 | 13,238 | 12,434 | 804 | 6.1% | 3.6% |
2001 | 13,538 | 12,544 | 994 | 7.3% | 5.2% |
2002 | 13,436 | 12,284 | 1,152 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
2003 | 13,517 | 12,256 | 1,261 | 9.3% | 7.1% |
2004 | 13,901 | 12,755 | 1,146 | 8.2% | 7.0% |
2005 | 14,411 | 13,243 | 1,168 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
2006 | 14,741 | 13,453 | 1,288 | 8.7% | 7.0% |
2007 | 14,389 | 13,169 | 1,220 | 8.5% | 7.1% |
2008 | 14,056 | 12,597 | 1,459 | 10.4% | 8.2% |
2009 | 14,108 | 11,889 | 2,219 | 15.7% | 13.1% |
2010 | 13,232 | 11,155 | 2,077 | 15.7% | 12.2% |
2011 | 12,938 | 11,191 | 1,747 | 13.5% | 10.0% |
2012 | 12,872 | 11,261 | 1,611 | 12.5% | 9.0% |
2013 | 12,765 | 11,200 | 1,565 | 12.3% | 8.7% |
2014 | 12,867 | 11,573 | 1,294 | 10.1% | 7.2% |
2015 | 12,552 | 11,536 | 1,016 | 8.1% | 5.4% |
2016 | 12,360 | 11,446 | 914 | 7.4% | 5.0% |
2017 | 12,223 | 11,362 | 861 | 7.0% | 4.6% |
2018 | 12,052 | 11,298 | 754 | 6.3% | 4.2% |
2019 | 12,067 | 11,362 | 705 | 5.8% | 4.1% |
2020 | 12,024 | 10,783 | 1,241 | 10.3% | 9.9% |
2021 | 11,585 | 10,738 | 847 | 7.3% | 5.8% |
2022 | 11,407 | 10,659 | 748 | 6.6% | 4.2% |
2023 | 11,850 | 11,171 | 679 | 5.7% | 3.9% |