2022 population: 33,672
( 1,340 from 2010
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1,192 from 2020)
Land area: 900.8 square miles
Population density: 37.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 15,251 | 45.29% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,027 | 6.02% | ![]() |
Indian: | 256 | 0.76% | ![]() |
Asian: | 394 | 1.17% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 413 | 1.23% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 15,331 | 45.53% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 18,421 | 54.71% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 886 | 12.7 |
Deaths: | 1,048 | 15.0 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,166 | -16.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 107 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | -3,550 | -10.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,210 | 6.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 13,974 | |
Median Value | $132,900 | |
Occupied | 12,010 | 85.9% |
Vacant | 1,964 | 14.1% |
Owned | 8,017 | 66.8% |
Rented | 3,993 | 33.2% |
Median Rent | $981 | |
Single-Family Units | 10,810 | 77.4% |
Detached | 10,400 | 74.4% |
Attached | 410 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,570 | 11.2% |
Mobile Homes | 1,023 | 7.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 537 | 4.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 598 | 5.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 344 | 2.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 419 | 3.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 763 | 6.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 504 | 4.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 373 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 488 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 425 | 3.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 723 | 6.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,406 | 11.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,782 | 14.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,262 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 719 | 6.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 883 | 7.4% |
$200,000 or more | 784 | 6.5% |
Median Household Income | 67,243 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,431 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 586 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 349 | 2.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,382 | 11.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 8,070 | 62.9% |
Unemployed | 317 | 2.5% |
In Armed Forces | 36 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 8,423 | 65.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,416 | 34.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 36.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 6,527 | 3,432 | 65.5% |
Non-Profit | 183 | 367 | 33.3% |
Self-Employed | 788 | 370 | 68.0% |
Local Government | 601 | 637 | 48.5% |
State Government | 351 | 440 | 44.4% |
Federal Government | 231 | 304 | 43.2% |
Total Private + Self | 7,315 | 3,802 | 65.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,366 | 1,748 | 43.9% |
Total | 8,681 | 5,550 | 61.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,726 | 12.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,411 | 16.9% |
Professional, Technical | 2,630 | 18.4% |
Service Occupations | 2,824 | 19.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 112 | 0.8% |
All others | 4,680 | 32.8% |
White Collar | 47.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,388 | 16.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,969 | 13.8% |
Retail trade | 1,256 | 8.8% |
Educational services | 1,087 | 7.6% |
Construction | 1,015 | 7.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 987 | 6.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 891 | 6.2% |
Manufacturing | 857 | 6.0% |
Public administration | 762 | 5.3% |
Other services | 646 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 490 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 391 | 2.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 379 | 2.7% |
Utilities | 331 | 2.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 256 | 1.8% |
Finance and insurance | 206 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 150 | 1.1% |
Information | 132 | 0.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 78 | 0.5% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 13,038 | 37.80% |
Puerto Rican | 244 | 0.71% |
Cuban | 47 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 199 | 0.58% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 111 | 0.32% |
Honduran | 30 | 0.09% |
Nicaraguan | 16 | 0.05% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 34 | 0.10% |
Other Central American | 8 | 0.02% |
Total South American | 65 | 0.19% |
Argentinean | 6 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 10 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 35 | 0.10% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 14 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,805 | 5.23% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 175 | 0.51% |
Bangladeshi | 104 | 0.30% |
Thai | 52 | 0.15% |
Korean | 46 | 0.13% |
Chinese | 13 | 0.04% |
Indian | 8 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 23,362 | 72.0% |
Spanish | 8,586 | 26.4% |
German, other Germanic | 103 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 91 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 85 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 78 | 0.2% |
Other | 63 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 53 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 29 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 2,598 | 7.5% |
English | 2,535 | 7.4% |
German | 2,284 | 6.6% |
American | 1,733 | 5.0% |
French | 410 | 1.2% |
Scottish | 371 | 1.1% |
Italian | 337 | 1.0% |
European | 335 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 305 | 0.9% |
Welsh | 213 | 0.6% |
Polish | 147 | 0.4% |
Greek | 125 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 110 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 90 | 0.3% |
British | 89 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 31,845 | 92.3% |
Not a citizen | 2,643 | 7.7% |
Native | 31,086 | 90.1% |
Foreign-born | 3,402 | 9.9% |
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 | ||||||
1,928 | 8.1% | 2,596 | 10.9% | 8,261 | 34.7% | 7,752 | 32.5% | 2,233 | 9.4% | 1,059 | 4.4% |
Average years of education: 12.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,928 | 8.1% |
9-12 Years | 2,596 | 10.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,261 | 34.7% |
Some College | 7,752 | 32.5% |
Bach. Degree | 2,233 | 9.4% |
Grad Degree | 1,059 | 4.4% |
Average years of education: 12.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 14,717 | 13,999 | 718 | 4.9% | 6.4% |
1991 | 13,582 | 12,944 | 638 | 4.7% | 7.0% |
1992 | 14,172 | 13,228 | 944 | 6.7% | 7.7% |
1993 | 14,005 | 13,263 | 742 | 5.3% | 7.2% |
1994 | 13,973 | 13,373 | 600 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
1995 | 13,902 | 13,338 | 564 | 4.1% | 6.1% |
1996 | 13,939 | 13,352 | 587 | 4.2% | 5.8% |
1997 | 13,885 | 13,323 | 562 | 4.0% | 5.4% |
1998 | 14,276 | 13,566 | 710 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
1999 | 13,723 | 12,891 | 832 | 6.1% | 4.7% |
2000 | 13,627 | 12,924 | 703 | 5.2% | 4.4% |
2001 | 13,991 | 13,293 | 698 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
2002 | 14,225 | 13,329 | 896 | 6.3% | 6.3% |
2003 | 14,219 | 13,303 | 916 | 6.4% | 6.7% |
2004 | 13,737 | 12,946 | 791 | 5.8% | 6.0% |
2005 | 13,369 | 12,648 | 721 | 5.4% | 5.5% |
2006 | 13,669 | 12,997 | 672 | 4.9% | 5.0% |
2007 | 13,892 | 13,318 | 574 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2008 | 13,989 | 13,349 | 640 | 4.6% | 4.9% |
2009 | 14,367 | 13,323 | 1,044 | 7.3% | 7.5% |
2010 | 13,244 | 12,287 | 957 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
2011 | 13,245 | 12,351 | 894 | 6.7% | 8.0% |
2012 | 13,370 | 12,625 | 745 | 5.6% | 6.7% |
2013 | 13,543 | 12,807 | 736 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2014 | 13,571 | 12,969 | 602 | 4.4% | 5.2% |
2015 | 13,362 | 12,742 | 620 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
2016 | 13,218 | 12,486 | 732 | 5.5% | 4.6% |
2017 | 13,218 | 12,651 | 567 | 4.3% | 4.3% |
2018 | 13,592 | 13,142 | 450 | 3.3% | 3.9% |
2019 | 14,022 | 13,589 | 433 | 3.1% | 3.5% |
2020 | 13,502 | 12,409 | 1,093 | 8.1% | 7.6% |
2021 | 13,354 | 12,497 | 857 | 6.4% | 5.6% |
2022 | 13,114 | 12,451 | 663 | 5.1% | 3.9% |
2023 | 12,906 | 12,357 | 549 | 4.3% | 3.9% |