2022 population: 19,949
( 2,622 from 2010
, 354 from 2020)
Land area: 234.2 square miles
Population density: 85.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 16,890 | 84.67% | 13.0% |
Black: | 1,799 | 9.02% | 11.4% |
Indian: | 59 | 0.30% | 63.9% |
Asian: | 182 | 0.91% | 58.3% |
2+ races: | 405 | 2.03% | 40.6% |
Hispanic: | 614 | 3.08% | 88.9% |
Total non-White: | 3,059 | 15.33% | 28.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 512 | 13.1 |
Deaths: | 600 | 15.3 |
Net Migration: | 420 | 10.7 |
Net Immigration: | 1 | 0.0 |
Change in White population: | 1,949 | 11.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 673 | 3.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 8,302 | |
Median Value | $178,600 | |
Occupied | 7,530 | 90.7% |
Vacant | 772 | 9.3% |
Owned | 4,946 | 65.7% |
Rented | 2,584 | 34.3% |
Median Rent | $968 | |
Single-Family Units | 6,441 | 77.6% |
Detached | 6,378 | 76.8% |
Attached | 63 | 0.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 659 | 7.9% |
Mobile Homes | 680 | 8.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 703 | 9.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 390 | 5.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 224 | 3.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 257 | 3.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 443 | 5.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 125 | 1.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 463 | 6.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 180 | 2.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 483 | 6.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 777 | 10.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 947 | 12.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 734 | 9.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 865 | 11.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 320 | 4.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 419 | 5.6% |
$200,000 or more | 200 | 2.7% |
Median Household Income | 55,907 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,951 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 94 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 433 | 5.8% |
Public Assistance | 209 | 2.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,043 | 13.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,951 | 65.7% |
Unemployed | 254 | 2.1% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 8,205 | 67.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,889 | 32.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,641 | 3,052 | 54.4% |
Non-Profit | 128 | 186 | 40.8% |
Self-Employed | 668 | 338 | 66.4% |
Local Government | 168 | 359 | 31.9% |
State Government | 57 | 183 | 23.8% |
Federal Government | 131 | 15 | 89.7% |
Total Private + Self | 4,309 | 3,390 | 56.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 484 | 743 | 39.4% |
Total | 4,793 | 4,133 | 53.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 869 | 9.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,829 | 20.5% |
Professional, Technical | 1,407 | 15.8% |
Service Occupations | 1,376 | 15.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 20 | 0.2% |
All others | 3,445 | 38.6% |
White Collar | 46.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,290 | 25.7% |
Retail trade | 1,200 | 13.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 768 | 8.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 612 | 6.9% |
Educational services | 603 | 6.8% |
Construction | 589 | 6.6% |
Other services | 522 | 5.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 425 | 4.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 396 | 4.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 317 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 297 | 3.3% |
Public administration | 223 | 2.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 173 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 163 | 1.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 100 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 93 | 1.0% |
Finance and insurance | 89 | 1.0% |
Information | 58 | 0.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 8 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 303 | 1.55% |
Puerto Rican | 48 | 0.25% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 144 | 0.74% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 6 | 0.03% |
Honduran | 132 | 0.67% |
Nicaraguan | 6 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 44 | 0.22% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 18,152 | 98.4% |
Spanish | 116 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 90 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 23 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 20 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 17 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 13 | 0.1% |
Korean | 10 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 5 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 2,941 | 15.0% |
American | 2,162 | 11.0% |
German | 1,952 | 10.0% |
Irish | 1,696 | 8.7% |
Scottish | 512 | 2.6% |
Italian | 340 | 1.7% |
French | 308 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 215 | 1.1% |
European | 207 | 1.1% |
Scandinavian | 181 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 164 | 0.8% |
Polish | 125 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 91 | 0.5% |
Portuguese | 90 | 0.5% |
French Canadian | 88 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 19,505 | 99.6% |
Not a citizen | 69 | 0.4% |
Native | 19,403 | 99.1% |
Foreign-born | 171 | 0.9% |
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 | ||||||
309 | 2.3% | 985 | 7.4% | 5,812 | 43.9% | 4,204 | 31.8% | 1,111 | 8.4% | 815 | 6.2% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 309 | 2.3% |
9-12 Years | 985 | 7.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 5,812 | 43.9% |
Some College | 4,204 | 31.8% |
Bach. Degree | 1,111 | 8.4% |
Grad Degree | 815 | 6.2% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 7,962 | 7,453 | 509 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
1991 | 7,718 | 7,150 | 568 | 7.4% | 7.3% |
1992 | 7,914 | 7,359 | 555 | 7.0% | 6.9% |
1993 | 8,158 | 7,567 | 591 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
1994 | 8,093 | 7,557 | 536 | 6.6% | 5.4% |
1995 | 8,206 | 7,800 | 406 | 4.9% | 5.4% |
1996 | 7,528 | 7,082 | 446 | 5.9% | 5.4% |
1997 | 7,621 | 7,294 | 327 | 4.3% | 5.2% |
1998 | 7,855 | 7,601 | 254 | 3.2% | 4.5% |
1999 | 8,251 | 7,985 | 266 | 3.2% | 4.5% |
2000 | 8,475 | 8,187 | 288 | 3.4% | 4.1% |
2001 | 8,549 | 8,083 | 466 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
2002 | 8,324 | 7,833 | 491 | 5.9% | 5.8% |
2003 | 8,615 | 8,130 | 485 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
2004 | 8,635 | 8,214 | 421 | 4.9% | 5.5% |
2005 | 8,776 | 8,288 | 488 | 5.6% | 5.9% |
2006 | 8,985 | 8,469 | 516 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
2007 | 9,361 | 8,889 | 472 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
2008 | 9,399 | 8,790 | 609 | 6.5% | 6.5% |
2009 | 9,268 | 8,021 | 1,247 | 13.5% | 10.8% |
2010 | 8,689 | 7,552 | 1,137 | 13.1% | 10.3% |
2011 | 8,632 | 7,683 | 949 | 11.0% | 9.4% |
2012 | 8,968 | 8,199 | 769 | 8.6% | 8.2% |
2013 | 8,856 | 8,197 | 659 | 7.4% | 7.9% |
2014 | 8,493 | 7,994 | 499 | 5.9% | 6.4% |
2015 | 8,322 | 7,928 | 394 | 4.7% | 5.2% |
2016 | 8,391 | 8,021 | 370 | 4.4% | 5.0% |
2017 | 8,718 | 8,330 | 388 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
2018 | 8,842 | 8,503 | 339 | 3.8% | 4.2% |
2019 | 8,919 | 8,531 | 388 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2020 | 8,596 | 7,979 | 617 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
2021 | 8,774 | 8,424 | 350 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
2022 | 8,799 | 8,498 | 301 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 8,963 | 8,626 | 337 | 3.8% | 4.2% |