2022 population: 30,455
( 1,044 from 2010
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475 from 2020)
Land area: 467.4 square miles
Population density: 65.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 28,250 | 92.76% | ![]() |
Black: | 1,099 | 3.61% | ![]() |
Indian: | 68 | 0.22% | ![]() |
Asian: | 103 | 0.34% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 371 | 1.22% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 564 | 1.85% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 2,205 | 7.24% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 723 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 1,023 | 16.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -178 | -2.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1 | 0.0 |
Change in White population: | -1,051 | -3.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 7 | 0.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 13,518 | |
Median Value | $115,900 | |
Occupied | 11,847 | 87.6% |
Vacant | 1,671 | 12.4% |
Owned | 9,763 | 82.4% |
Rented | 2,084 | 17.6% |
Median Rent | $658 | |
Single-Family Units | 10,297 | 76.2% |
Detached | 10,275 | 76.0% |
Attached | 22 | 0.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 491 | 3.6% |
Mobile Homes | 2,387 | 17.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 636 | 5.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 996 | 8.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 681 | 5.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 571 | 4.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 688 | 5.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 601 | 5.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 521 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 687 | 5.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 458 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 689 | 5.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,121 | 9.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,440 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 770 | 6.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 616 | 5.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 703 | 5.9% |
$200,000 or more | 669 | 5.6% |
Median Household Income | 50,935 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,621 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 89 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,014 | 8.6% |
Public Assistance | 300 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,610 | 13.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 11,513 | 61.4% |
Unemployed | 620 | 3.3% |
In Armed Forces | 8 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 12,141 | 64.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,595 | 35.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 38.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,912 | 3,495 | 58.4% |
Non-Profit | 278 | 626 | 30.8% |
Self-Employed | 839 | 495 | 62.9% |
Local Government | 442 | 491 | 47.4% |
State Government | 225 | 456 | 33.0% |
Federal Government | 130 | 98 | 57.0% |
Total Private + Self | 5,751 | 3,990 | 59.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,075 | 1,671 | 39.1% |
Total | 6,826 | 5,661 | 54.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 893 | 7.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,524 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 3,029 | 24.2% |
Service Occupations | 2,011 | 16.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 10 | 0.1% |
All others | 4,069 | 32.5% |
White Collar | 51.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,223 | 17.7% |
Manufacturing | 1,976 | 15.8% |
Retail trade | 1,487 | 11.9% |
Educational services | 936 | 7.5% |
Construction | 756 | 6.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 710 | 5.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 652 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 632 | 5.0% |
Public administration | 587 | 4.7% |
Other services | 567 | 4.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 538 | 4.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 330 | 2.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 294 | 2.3% |
Utilities | 202 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 149 | 1.2% |
Information | 139 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 138 | 1.1% |
Wholesale trade | 109 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 101 | 0.8% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 345 | 1.12% |
Puerto Rican | 41 | 0.13% |
Cuban | 38 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 16 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 50 | 0.16% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 41 | 0.13% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 9 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 21 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 28,472 | 98.2% |
Spanish | 294 | 1.0% |
German, other Germanic | 52 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 46 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 40 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 27 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 25 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 24 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 12 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 4,453 | 14.5% |
English | 3,802 | 12.4% |
Irish | 2,617 | 8.5% |
German | 2,133 | 6.9% |
Scottish | 648 | 2.1% |
European | 464 | 1.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 343 | 1.1% |
Italian | 284 | 0.9% |
French | 266 | 0.9% |
Polish | 219 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 188 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 184 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 95 | 0.3% |
British | 90 | 0.3% |
Greek | 88 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 30,445 | 99.1% |
Not a citizen | 290 | 0.9% |
Native | 30,078 | 97.9% |
Foreign-born | 657 | 2.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,106 | 5.0% | 2,364 | 10.8% | 9,192 | 41.9% | 6,363 | 29.0% | 1,649 | 7.5% | 1,272 | 5.8% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,106 | 5.0% |
9-12 Years | 2,364 | 10.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 9,192 | 41.9% |
Some College | 6,363 | 29.0% |
Bach. Degree | 1,649 | 7.5% |
Grad Degree | 1,272 | 5.8% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,783 | 11,649 | 1,134 | 8.9% | 6.0% |
1991 | 12,438 | 10,906 | 1,532 | 12.3% | 7.3% |
1992 | 11,867 | 10,395 | 1,472 | 12.4% | 6.9% |
1993 | 11,697 | 10,416 | 1,281 | 11.0% | 6.2% |
1994 | 11,855 | 10,731 | 1,124 | 9.5% | 5.4% |
1995 | 12,264 | 11,208 | 1,056 | 8.6% | 5.4% |
1996 | 12,037 | 11,042 | 995 | 8.3% | 5.4% |
1997 | 12,337 | 11,287 | 1,050 | 8.5% | 5.2% |
1998 | 12,384 | 11,494 | 890 | 7.2% | 4.5% |
1999 | 12,585 | 11,528 | 1,057 | 8.4% | 4.5% |
2000 | 13,095 | 12,336 | 759 | 5.8% | 4.1% |
2001 | 13,000 | 11,924 | 1,076 | 8.3% | 5.2% |
2002 | 13,196 | 12,129 | 1,067 | 8.1% | 5.8% |
2003 | 13,220 | 12,150 | 1,070 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
2004 | 12,985 | 11,995 | 990 | 7.6% | 5.5% |
2005 | 12,774 | 11,683 | 1,091 | 8.5% | 5.9% |
2006 | 12,992 | 11,809 | 1,183 | 9.1% | 5.7% |
2007 | 13,570 | 12,494 | 1,076 | 7.9% | 5.4% |
2008 | 13,148 | 12,014 | 1,134 | 8.6% | 6.5% |
2009 | 13,877 | 12,317 | 1,560 | 11.2% | 10.8% |
2010 | 13,112 | 11,663 | 1,449 | 11.1% | 10.3% |
2011 | 12,979 | 11,647 | 1,332 | 10.3% | 9.4% |
2012 | 12,421 | 11,197 | 1,224 | 9.9% | 8.2% |
2013 | 12,966 | 11,760 | 1,206 | 9.3% | 7.9% |
2014 | 12,369 | 11,429 | 940 | 7.6% | 6.4% |
2015 | 11,503 | 10,677 | 826 | 7.2% | 5.2% |
2016 | 11,361 | 10,540 | 821 | 7.2% | 5.0% |
2017 | 11,225 | 10,465 | 760 | 6.8% | 4.8% |
2018 | 10,524 | 9,838 | 686 | 6.5% | 4.2% |
2019 | 10,508 | 9,886 | 622 | 5.9% | 4.1% |
2020 | 10,004 | 9,138 | 866 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
2021 | 9,796 | 9,189 | 607 | 6.2% | 4.4% |
2022 | 9,853 | 9,293 | 560 | 5.7% | 3.9% |
2023 | 9,886 | 9,283 | 603 | 6.1% | 4.2% |