2022 population: 47,392
( 3,955 from 2010
, 655 from 2020)
Land area: 417.5 square miles
Population density: 113.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 42,595 | 89.88% | 7.8% |
Black: | 2,307 | 4.87% | 6.4% |
Indian: | 73 | 0.15% | 49.0% |
Asian: | 280 | 0.59% | 25.0% |
2+ races: | 903 | 1.91% | 54.1% |
Hispanic: | 1,234 | 2.60% | 39.0% |
Total non-White: | 4,797 | 10.12% | 21.8% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,180 | 12.6 |
Deaths: | 1,268 | 13.6 |
Net Migration: | 699 | 7.5 |
Net Immigration: | 25 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 3,097 | 7.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 858 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 19,799 | |
Median Value | $204,000 | |
Occupied | 18,457 | 93.2% |
Vacant | 1,342 | 6.8% |
Owned | 14,120 | 76.5% |
Rented | 4,337 | 23.5% |
Median Rent | $913 | |
Single-Family Units | 16,681 | 84.3% |
Detached | 16,184 | 81.7% |
Attached | 497 | 2.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 981 | 5.0% |
Mobile Homes | 1,262 | 6.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 495 | 2.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 654 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 712 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 932 | 5.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 856 | 4.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 964 | 5.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 687 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 687 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 868 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,421 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,034 | 11.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,692 | 14.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,933 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,392 | 7.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,247 | 6.8% |
$200,000 or more | 883 | 4.8% |
Median Household Income | 66,212 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,585 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,066 | 5.8% |
Public Assistance | 259 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,852 | 10.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 21,078 | 73.4% |
Unemployed | 610 | 2.1% |
In Armed Forces | 52 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 21,740 | 75.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,993 | 24.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 8,992 | 6,908 | 56.6% |
Non-Profit | 396 | 1,071 | 27.0% |
Self-Employed | 1,293 | 684 | 65.4% |
Local Government | 539 | 789 | 40.6% |
State Government | 424 | 974 | 30.3% |
Federal Government | 170 | 220 | 43.6% |
Total Private + Self | 10,285 | 7,592 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,529 | 3,054 | 33.4% |
Total | 11,814 | 10,646 | 52.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,732 | 12.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,025 | 17.9% |
Professional, Technical | 4,496 | 20.0% |
Service Occupations | 3,228 | 14.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 99 | 0.4% |
All others | 7,986 | 35.5% |
White Collar | 50.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 5,093 | 22.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,321 | 14.8% |
Retail trade | 2,573 | 11.5% |
Educational services | 1,759 | 7.8% |
Construction | 1,609 | 7.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,340 | 6.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,125 | 5.0% |
Public administration | 994 | 4.4% |
Other services | 944 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 685 | 3.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 650 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 640 | 2.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 564 | 2.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 295 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 236 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 232 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 201 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 105 | 0.5% |
Information | 101 | 0.4% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 771 | 1.65% |
Puerto Rican | 141 | 0.30% |
Cuban | 17 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 67 | 0.14% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 46 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 21 | 0.04% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 69 | 0.15% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 59 | 0.13% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 10 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 43 | 0.09% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Japanese | 107 | 0.23% |
Filipino | 54 | 0.12% |
Korean | 30 | 0.06% |
Chinese | 24 | 0.05% |
Indian | 6 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 42,747 | 97.3% |
Spanish | 601 | 1.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 176 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 143 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 79 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 70 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 45 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 43 | 0.1% |
Korean | 31 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 6,665 | 14.2% |
American | 6,101 | 13.0% |
German | 5,825 | 12.5% |
Irish | 5,252 | 11.2% |
Italian | 1,203 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 1,056 | 2.3% |
French | 783 | 1.7% |
European | 776 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 527 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 365 | 0.8% |
Latvian | 280 | 0.6% |
Polish | 263 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 199 | 0.4% |
Russian | 158 | 0.3% |
British | 149 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 46,281 | 98.9% |
Not a citizen | 498 | 1.1% |
Native | 45,892 | 98.1% |
Foreign-born | 887 | 1.9% |
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 | ||||||
725 | 2.2% | 1,781 | 5.5% | 11,807 | 36.6% | 10,656 | 33.1% | 4,407 | 13.7% | 2,855 | 8.9% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 725 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,781 | 5.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,807 | 36.6% |
Some College | 10,656 | 33.1% |
Bach. Degree | 4,407 | 13.7% |
Grad Degree | 2,855 | 8.9% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 14,746 | 13,953 | 793 | 5.4% | 6.0% |
1991 | 15,545 | 14,460 | 1,085 | 7.0% | 7.3% |
1992 | 15,667 | 14,404 | 1,263 | 8.1% | 6.9% |
1993 | 15,777 | 14,774 | 1,003 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
1994 | 16,246 | 15,246 | 1,000 | 6.2% | 5.4% |
1995 | 17,378 | 16,181 | 1,197 | 6.9% | 5.4% |
1996 | 17,850 | 16,568 | 1,282 | 7.2% | 5.4% |
1997 | 18,284 | 17,176 | 1,108 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
1998 | 18,551 | 17,601 | 950 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
1999 | 18,842 | 17,718 | 1,124 | 6.0% | 4.5% |
2000 | 19,647 | 18,834 | 813 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
2001 | 19,515 | 18,504 | 1,011 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
2002 | 19,445 | 18,277 | 1,168 | 6.0% | 5.8% |
2003 | 19,661 | 18,461 | 1,200 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
2004 | 19,956 | 18,912 | 1,044 | 5.2% | 5.5% |
2005 | 20,497 | 19,206 | 1,291 | 6.3% | 5.9% |
2006 | 21,157 | 19,923 | 1,234 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
2007 | 21,328 | 20,102 | 1,226 | 5.7% | 5.4% |
2008 | 21,630 | 20,035 | 1,595 | 7.4% | 6.5% |
2009 | 22,206 | 19,345 | 2,861 | 12.9% | 10.8% |
2010 | 22,087 | 19,595 | 2,492 | 11.3% | 10.3% |
2011 | 21,859 | 19,543 | 2,316 | 10.6% | 9.4% |
2012 | 21,909 | 20,086 | 1,823 | 8.3% | 8.2% |
2013 | 21,688 | 20,066 | 1,622 | 7.5% | 7.9% |
2014 | 21,313 | 20,016 | 1,297 | 6.1% | 6.4% |
2015 | 21,016 | 19,963 | 1,053 | 5.0% | 5.2% |
2016 | 21,706 | 20,731 | 975 | 4.5% | 5.0% |
2017 | 22,248 | 21,291 | 957 | 4.3% | 4.8% |
2018 | 22,670 | 21,720 | 950 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
2019 | 23,254 | 22,232 | 1,022 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2020 | 22,755 | 21,185 | 1,570 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
2021 | 23,070 | 22,114 | 956 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2022 | 23,678 | 22,784 | 894 | 3.8% | 3.9% |
2023 | 23,669 | 22,821 | 848 | 3.6% | 4.2% |