2022 population: 19,651
( 1,508 from 2010
, 59 from 2020)
Land area: 826.4 square miles
Population density: 23.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 18,261 | 92.93% | 9.6% |
Black: | 170 | 0.87% | 70.0% |
Indian: | 138 | 0.70% | 2.1% |
Asian: | 128 | 0.65% | 15.3% |
2+ races: | 380 | 1.93% | 40.7% |
Hispanic: | 574 | 2.92% | 70.8% |
Total non-White: | 1,390 | 7.07% | 44.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 580 | 14.7 |
Deaths: | 681 | 17.3 |
Net Migration: | 31 | 0.8 |
Net Immigration: | 16 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -1,936 | -9.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 428 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 8,965 | |
Median Value | $127,800 | |
Occupied | 7,776 | 86.7% |
Vacant | 1,189 | 13.3% |
Owned | 5,526 | 71.1% |
Rented | 2,250 | 28.9% |
Median Rent | $706 | |
Single-Family Units | 7,193 | 80.2% |
Detached | 7,120 | 79.4% |
Attached | 73 | 0.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 166 | 1.9% |
Mobile Homes | 943 | 10.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 427 | 5.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 216 | 2.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 490 | 6.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 379 | 4.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 402 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 352 | 4.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 405 | 5.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 545 | 7.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 429 | 5.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 762 | 9.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 883 | 11.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,026 | 13.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 676 | 8.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 415 | 5.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 257 | 3.3% |
$200,000 or more | 112 | 1.4% |
Median Household Income | 53,318 | |
Per Capita Income | 26,515 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 528 | 6.8% |
Public Assistance | 174 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 939 | 12.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,478 | 65.8% |
Unemployed | 331 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 15 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 7,824 | 68.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,535 | 31.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,778 | 2,106 | 56.9% |
Non-Profit | 241 | 777 | 23.7% |
Self-Employed | 1,045 | 236 | 81.6% |
Local Government | 142 | 361 | 28.2% |
State Government | 210 | 405 | 34.1% |
Federal Government | 19 | 155 | 10.9% |
Total Private + Self | 3,823 | 2,342 | 62.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 612 | 1,698 | 26.5% |
Total | 4,435 | 4,040 | 52.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,407 | 16.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,673 | 19.7% |
Professional, Technical | 1,798 | 21.2% |
Service Occupations | 1,362 | 16.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 201 | 2.4% |
All others | 2,252 | 26.5% |
White Collar | 57.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,491 | 17.6% |
Retail trade | 997 | 11.7% |
Manufacturing | 991 | 11.7% |
Educational services | 884 | 10.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 753 | 8.9% |
Construction | 635 | 7.5% |
Finance and insurance | 470 | 5.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 365 | 4.3% |
Public administration | 343 | 4.0% |
Other services | 309 | 3.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 284 | 3.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 255 | 3.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 238 | 2.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 162 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 128 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 92 | 1.1% |
Information | 46 | 0.5% |
Utilities | 36 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 12 | 0.1% |
Management | 1 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 394 | 1.99% |
Puerto Rican | 34 | 0.17% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 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 | 65 | 0.33% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 92 | 0.47% |
Japanese | 30 | 0.15% |
Chinese | 6 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 1 | 0.01% |
Mongolian | 1 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 17,468 | 93.9% |
German, other Germanic | 872 | 4.7% |
Spanish | 131 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 63 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 34 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 15 | 0.1% |
Other | 9 | 0.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 7 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 6 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 4,329 | 21.9% |
Irish | 2,532 | 12.8% |
English | 2,531 | 12.8% |
American | 1,721 | 8.7% |
Italian | 683 | 3.5% |
Polish | 521 | 2.6% |
Swiss | 379 | 1.9% |
Welsh | 378 | 1.9% |
Swedish | 295 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 289 | 1.5% |
European | 288 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 278 | 1.4% |
French | 276 | 1.4% |
Norwegian | 231 | 1.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 116 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 19,574 | 99.0% |
Not a citizen | 203 | 1.0% |
Native | 19,459 | 98.4% |
Foreign-born | 318 | 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 | ||||||
525 | 3.9% | 1,029 | 7.7% | 5,284 | 39.6% | 4,146 | 31.0% | 1,454 | 10.9% | 918 | 6.9% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 525 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 1,029 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 5,284 | 39.6% |
Some College | 4,146 | 31.0% |
Bach. Degree | 1,454 | 10.9% |
Grad Degree | 918 | 6.9% |
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 | 8,718 | 8,274 | 444 | 5.1% | 5.9% |
1991 | 8,710 | 8,240 | 470 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
1992 | 8,337 | 7,874 | 463 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
1993 | 8,449 | 7,999 | 450 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
1994 | 8,503 | 8,147 | 356 | 4.2% | 5.2% |
1995 | 9,021 | 8,621 | 400 | 4.4% | 4.8% |
1996 | 9,248 | 8,812 | 436 | 4.7% | 4.7% |
1997 | 9,458 | 9,011 | 447 | 4.7% | 4.4% |
1998 | 9,323 | 8,966 | 357 | 3.8% | 4.0% |
1999 | 9,233 | 8,978 | 255 | 2.8% | 3.2% |
2000 | 10,588 | 10,289 | 299 | 2.8% | 3.4% |
2001 | 10,738 | 10,345 | 393 | 3.7% | 4.5% |
2002 | 10,447 | 9,928 | 519 | 5.0% | 5.3% |
2003 | 10,374 | 9,864 | 510 | 4.9% | 5.7% |
2004 | 10,315 | 9,761 | 554 | 5.4% | 5.9% |
2005 | 10,149 | 9,657 | 492 | 4.8% | 5.4% |
2006 | 10,199 | 9,750 | 449 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2007 | 10,154 | 9,659 | 495 | 4.9% | 5.1% |
2008 | 10,120 | 9,547 | 573 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
2009 | 9,398 | 8,682 | 716 | 7.6% | 9.0% |
2010 | 9,532 | 8,750 | 782 | 8.2% | 9.5% |
2011 | 9,548 | 8,844 | 704 | 7.4% | 8.6% |
2012 | 9,551 | 8,974 | 577 | 6.0% | 7.2% |
2013 | 9,750 | 9,168 | 582 | 6.0% | 6.8% |
2014 | 9,799 | 9,245 | 554 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
2015 | 9,761 | 9,255 | 506 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
2016 | 9,598 | 9,133 | 465 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
2017 | 9,654 | 9,287 | 367 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
2018 | 9,568 | 9,265 | 303 | 3.2% | 3.2% |
2019 | 9,420 | 9,089 | 331 | 3.5% | 3.3% |
2020 | 9,436 | 9,025 | 411 | 4.4% | 6.1% |
2021 | 9,316 | 9,015 | 301 | 3.2% | 4.1% |
2022 | 9,066 | 8,839 | 227 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
2023 | 8,963 | 8,653 | 310 | 3.5% | 3.1% |