2022 population: 30,001
( 1,399 from 2010
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10 from 2020)
Land area: 305.4 square miles
Population density: 98.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 26,509 | 88.36% | ![]() |
Black: | 1,159 | 3.86% | ![]() |
Indian: | 146 | 0.49% | ![]() |
Asian: | 300 | 1.00% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 629 | 2.10% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,258 | 4.19% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 3,492 | 11.64% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 583 | 9.7 |
Deaths: | 745 | 12.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 136 | 2.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 7 | 0.1 |
Change in White population: | 604 | 2.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 795 | 2.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 12,043 | |
Median Value | $187,400 | |
Occupied | 10,554 | 87.6% |
Vacant | 1,489 | 12.4% |
Owned | 7,828 | 74.2% |
Rented | 2,726 | 25.8% |
Median Rent | $929 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,621 | 71.6% |
Detached | 8,041 | 66.8% |
Attached | 580 | 4.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 451 | 3.7% |
Mobile Homes | 2,342 | 19.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 324 | 3.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 566 | 5.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 299 | 2.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 324 | 3.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 394 | 3.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 396 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 521 | 4.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 427 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 316 | 3.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,065 | 10.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,230 | 11.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,248 | 11.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,019 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 760 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 924 | 8.8% |
$200,000 or more | 741 | 7.0% |
Median Household Income | 68,518 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,781 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 97 | |
Compared to U.S. | 78 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 654 | 6.2% |
Public Assistance | 139 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,193 | 11.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,186 | 64.3% |
Unemployed | 551 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 595 | 3.1% |
Total Labor Force | 13,332 | 70.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,610 | 29.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,794 | 3,856 | 55.4% |
Non-Profit | 217 | 502 | 30.2% |
Self-Employed | 748 | 696 | 51.8% |
Local Government | 459 | 425 | 51.9% |
State Government | 74 | 287 | 20.5% |
Federal Government | 836 | 470 | 64.0% |
Total Private + Self | 5,542 | 4,552 | 54.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,586 | 1,684 | 48.5% |
Total | 7,128 | 6,236 | 53.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,056 | 15.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,426 | 18.1% |
Professional, Technical | 2,203 | 16.5% |
Service Occupations | 1,991 | 14.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 103 | 0.8% |
All others | 4,699 | 35.1% |
White Collar | 50.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,692 | 12.7% |
Retail trade | 1,458 | 10.9% |
Construction | 1,397 | 10.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,287 | 9.6% |
Manufacturing | 1,186 | 8.9% |
Public administration | 1,118 | 8.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,080 | 8.1% |
Educational services | 896 | 6.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 615 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 524 | 3.9% |
Other services | 516 | 3.9% |
Utilities | 368 | 2.8% |
Finance and insurance | 334 | 2.5% |
Information | 186 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 176 | 1.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 175 | 1.3% |
Wholesale trade | 161 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 118 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 88 | 0.7% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 495 | 1.65% |
Puerto Rican | 270 | 0.90% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 20 | 0.07% |
Total Central American | 95 | 0.32% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 36 | 0.12% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 53 | 0.18% |
Salvadoran | 6 | 0.02% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 37 | 0.12% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 37 | 0.12% |
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 | 280 | 0.93% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 93 | 0.31% |
Filipino | 83 | 0.28% |
Chinese | 41 | 0.14% |
Thai | 21 | 0.07% |
Korean | 18 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 27,684 | 97.5% |
Spanish | 314 | 1.1% |
German, other Germanic | 175 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 81 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 52 | 0.2% |
Korean | 43 | 0.2% |
Other | 24 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 11 | 0.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 9 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 4,724 | 15.8% |
German | 4,218 | 14.1% |
American | 3,314 | 11.1% |
English | 3,271 | 10.9% |
Italian | 524 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 372 | 1.2% |
French | 346 | 1.2% |
European | 319 | 1.1% |
British | 249 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 238 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 168 | 0.6% |
Swiss | 145 | 0.5% |
Polish | 138 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 138 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 134 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 29,748 | 99.3% |
Not a citizen | 216 | 0.7% |
Native | 29,478 | 98.4% |
Foreign-born | 486 | 1.6% |
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 | ||||||
671 | 3.2% | 1,488 | 7.2% | 8,239 | 39.6% | 6,700 | 32.2% | 2,143 | 10.3% | 1,565 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 671 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,488 | 7.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,239 | 39.6% |
Some College | 6,700 | 32.2% |
Bach. Degree | 2,143 | 10.3% |
Grad Degree | 1,565 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 8,914 | 8,340 | 574 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
1991 | 8,987 | 8,320 | 667 | 7.4% | 7.3% |
1992 | 9,222 | 8,623 | 599 | 6.5% | 6.9% |
1993 | 9,281 | 8,746 | 535 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
1994 | 9,416 | 8,924 | 492 | 5.2% | 5.4% |
1995 | 9,787 | 9,280 | 507 | 5.2% | 5.4% |
1996 | 10,303 | 9,816 | 487 | 4.7% | 5.4% |
1997 | 10,512 | 10,040 | 472 | 4.5% | 5.2% |
1998 | 10,735 | 10,314 | 421 | 3.9% | 4.5% |
1999 | 10,884 | 10,405 | 479 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
2000 | 11,731 | 11,261 | 470 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
2001 | 11,628 | 11,028 | 600 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
2002 | 11,599 | 10,912 | 687 | 5.9% | 5.8% |
2003 | 11,624 | 10,889 | 735 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
2004 | 11,950 | 11,228 | 722 | 6.0% | 5.5% |
2005 | 12,129 | 11,281 | 848 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
2006 | 12,001 | 11,238 | 763 | 6.4% | 5.7% |
2007 | 11,636 | 10,938 | 698 | 6.0% | 5.4% |
2008 | 11,563 | 10,661 | 902 | 7.8% | 6.5% |
2009 | 11,533 | 9,987 | 1,546 | 13.4% | 10.8% |
2010 | 12,403 | 10,927 | 1,476 | 11.9% | 10.3% |
2011 | 12,845 | 11,402 | 1,443 | 11.2% | 9.4% |
2012 | 12,639 | 11,398 | 1,241 | 9.8% | 8.2% |
2013 | 12,535 | 11,420 | 1,115 | 8.9% | 7.9% |
2014 | 12,126 | 11,274 | 852 | 7.0% | 6.4% |
2015 | 11,785 | 11,136 | 649 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
2016 | 12,092 | 11,477 | 615 | 5.1% | 5.0% |
2017 | 12,215 | 11,600 | 615 | 5.0% | 4.8% |
2018 | 12,230 | 11,675 | 555 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
2019 | 12,201 | 11,653 | 548 | 4.5% | 4.1% |
2020 | 11,749 | 10,913 | 836 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
2021 | 11,629 | 11,046 | 583 | 5.0% | 4.4% |
2022 | 11,648 | 11,133 | 515 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 11,706 | 11,170 | 536 | 4.6% | 4.2% |