2022 population: 14,307
( 464 from 2010
, 242 from 2020)
Land area: 536.3 square miles
Population density: 26.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 13,336 | 93.21% | 0.6% |
Black: | 144 | 1.01% | 32.1% |
Indian: | 113 | 0.79% | 76.6% |
Asian: | 74 | 0.52% | 105.6% |
2+ races: | 290 | 2.03% | 48.7% |
Hispanic: | 350 | 2.45% | 98.9% |
Total non-White: | 971 | 6.79% | 67.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 460 | 16.4 |
Deaths: | 452 | 16.1 |
Net Migration: | 197 | 7.0 |
Net Immigration: | 29 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | 74 | 0.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 390 | 2.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 6,971 | |
Median Value | $163,400 | |
Occupied | 5,734 | 82.3% |
Vacant | 1,237 | 17.7% |
Owned | 4,144 | 72.3% |
Rented | 1,590 | 27.7% |
Median Rent | $694 | |
Single-Family Units | 5,320 | 76.3% |
Detached | 5,284 | 75.8% |
Attached | 36 | 0.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 899 | 12.9% |
Mobile Homes | 505 | 7.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 208 | 3.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 298 | 5.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 392 | 6.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 401 | 7.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 187 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 312 | 5.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 173 | 3.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 328 | 5.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 248 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 536 | 9.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 532 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 856 | 14.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 542 | 9.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 371 | 6.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 222 | 3.9% |
$200,000 or more | 128 | 2.2% |
Median Household Income | 54,747 | |
Per Capita Income | 28,011 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 76 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 324 | 5.7% |
Public Assistance | 445 | 7.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 997 | 17.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 5,632 | 72.3% |
Unemployed | 376 | 4.8% |
In Armed Forces | 40 | 0.5% |
Total Labor Force | 6,048 | 77.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 1,743 | 22.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,133 | 1,815 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 133 | 493 | 21.2% |
Self-Employed | 515 | 401 | 56.2% |
Local Government | 170 | 262 | 39.4% |
State Government | 79 | 145 | 35.3% |
Federal Government | 41 | 49 | 45.6% |
Total Private + Self | 2,648 | 2,216 | 54.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 423 | 949 | 30.8% |
Total | 3,071 | 3,165 | 49.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 727 | 11.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,122 | 18.0% |
Professional, Technical | 1,057 | 16.9% |
Service Occupations | 1,135 | 18.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 267 | 4.3% |
All others | 2,204 | 35.3% |
White Collar | 46.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,166 | 18.7% |
Manufacturing | 989 | 15.8% |
Retail trade | 686 | 11.0% |
Construction | 541 | 8.7% |
Educational services | 455 | 7.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 449 | 7.2% |
Other services | 351 | 5.6% |
Wholesale trade | 300 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 283 | 4.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 232 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 184 | 2.9% |
Public administration | 159 | 2.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 134 | 2.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 117 | 1.9% |
Utilities | 58 | 0.9% |
Information | 56 | 0.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 41 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 26 | 0.4% |
Management | 10 | 0.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 8 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 254 | 1.80% |
Puerto Rican | 28 | 0.20% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 9 | 0.06% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 9 | 0.06% |
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 | 10 | 0.07% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 10 | 0.07% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 10 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 12,808 | 97.2% |
Other | 196 | 1.5% |
Spanish | 73 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 31 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 30 | 0.2% |
Korean | 16 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 10 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 8 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 5 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 4,815 | 34.1% |
Norwegian | 1,813 | 12.9% |
Finnish | 1,697 | 12.0% |
Irish | 994 | 7.0% |
Swedish | 928 | 6.6% |
English | 731 | 5.2% |
American | 547 | 3.9% |
Polish | 361 | 2.6% |
French Canadian | 235 | 1.7% |
French | 217 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 179 | 1.3% |
Scandinavian | 178 | 1.3% |
Italian | 168 | 1.2% |
Danish | 154 | 1.1% |
African | 139 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 13,941 | 98.8% |
Not a citizen | 167 | 1.2% |
Native | 13,857 | 98.2% |
Foreign-born | 251 | 1.8% |
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 | ||||||
249 | 2.7% | 456 | 4.9% | 3,311 | 35.3% | 3,635 | 38.8% | 1,351 | 14.4% | 370 | 3.9% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 249 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 456 | 4.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 3,311 | 35.3% |
Some College | 3,635 | 38.8% |
Bach. Degree | 1,351 | 14.4% |
Grad Degree | 370 | 3.9% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 5,867 | 5,464 | 403 | 6.9% | 4.7% |
1991 | 5,828 | 5,396 | 432 | 7.4% | 5.1% |
1992 | 5,810 | 5,404 | 406 | 7.0% | 5.0% |
1993 | 5,914 | 5,545 | 369 | 6.2% | 4.8% |
1994 | 6,134 | 5,786 | 348 | 5.7% | 4.0% |
1995 | 6,315 | 5,981 | 334 | 5.3% | 3.7% |
1996 | 6,421 | 6,000 | 421 | 6.6% | 3.8% |
1997 | 6,790 | 6,402 | 388 | 5.7% | 3.2% |
1998 | 7,024 | 6,677 | 347 | 4.9% | 2.7% |
1999 | 7,181 | 6,806 | 375 | 5.2% | 2.7% |
2000 | 6,659 | 6,325 | 334 | 5.0% | 3.0% |
2001 | 6,679 | 6,286 | 393 | 5.9% | 3.8% |
2002 | 6,706 | 6,297 | 409 | 6.1% | 4.5% |
2003 | 6,724 | 6,288 | 436 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
2004 | 6,699 | 6,273 | 426 | 6.4% | 4.6% |
2005 | 6,428 | 5,992 | 436 | 6.8% | 4.1% |
2006 | 6,300 | 5,866 | 434 | 6.9% | 4.1% |
2007 | 6,257 | 5,788 | 469 | 7.5% | 4.6% |
2008 | 6,482 | 5,954 | 528 | 8.1% | 5.4% |
2009 | 6,543 | 5,817 | 726 | 11.1% | 7.9% |
2010 | 6,486 | 5,825 | 661 | 10.2% | 7.4% |
2011 | 6,332 | 5,760 | 572 | 9.0% | 6.5% |
2012 | 6,238 | 5,748 | 490 | 7.9% | 5.6% |
2013 | 6,174 | 5,737 | 437 | 7.1% | 5.0% |
2014 | 6,158 | 5,767 | 391 | 6.3% | 4.3% |
2015 | 6,346 | 5,963 | 383 | 6.0% | 3.8% |
2016 | 6,246 | 5,875 | 371 | 5.9% | 3.9% |
2017 | 5,820 | 5,497 | 323 | 5.5% | 3.4% |
2018 | 5,887 | 5,570 | 317 | 5.4% | 3.0% |
2019 | 5,923 | 5,566 | 357 | 6.0% | 3.2% |
2020 | 6,024 | 5,564 | 460 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
2021 | 6,013 | 5,721 | 292 | 4.9% | 3.8% |
2022 | 6,068 | 5,817 | 251 | 4.1% | 2.7% |
2023 | 6,079 | 5,792 | 287 | 4.7% | 2.8% |