2022 population: 36,873
( 1,236 from 2010
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158 from 2020)
Land area: 437.8 square miles
Population density: 84.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 35,148 | 95.32% | ![]() |
Black: | 331 | 0.90% | ![]() |
Indian: | 97 | 0.26% | ![]() |
Asian: | 182 | 0.49% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 466 | 1.26% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 649 | 1.76% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,725 | 4.68% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,167 | 15.9 |
Deaths: | 1,354 | 18.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 304 | 4.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 20 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 627 | 1.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 609 | 1.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,492 | |
Median Value | $114,300 | |
Occupied | 13,076 | 84.4% |
Vacant | 2,416 | 15.6% |
Owned | 8,718 | 66.7% |
Rented | 4,358 | 33.3% |
Median Rent | $692 | |
Single-Family Units | 10,107 | 65.2% |
Detached | 10,015 | 64.6% |
Attached | 92 | 0.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 667 | 4.3% |
Mobile Homes | 3,815 | 24.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,017 | 7.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,426 | 10.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 949 | 7.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 705 | 5.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 624 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 611 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 801 | 6.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 494 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 622 | 4.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 916 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,333 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,428 | 10.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 941 | 7.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 518 | 4.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 337 | 2.6% |
$200,000 or more | 354 | 2.7% |
Median Household Income | 44,332 | |
Per Capita Income | 22,310 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 88 | |
Compared to U.S. | 71 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,630 | 12.5% |
Public Assistance | 419 | 3.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,672 | 20.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,558 | 57.1% |
Unemployed | 884 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 24 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 13,466 | 61.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,523 | 38.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 42.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,594 | 3,461 | 57.0% |
Non-Profit | 354 | 1,349 | 20.8% |
Self-Employed | 818 | 372 | 68.7% |
Local Government | 469 | 763 | 38.1% |
State Government | 198 | 527 | 27.3% |
Federal Government | 166 | 139 | 54.4% |
Total Private + Self | 5,412 | 3,833 | 58.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,187 | 2,778 | 29.9% |
Total | 6,599 | 6,611 | 50.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,310 | 9.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,624 | 19.8% |
Professional, Technical | 3,002 | 22.7% |
Service Occupations | 2,806 | 21.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 45 | 0.3% |
All others | 3,504 | 26.5% |
White Collar | 52.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,113 | 16.0% |
Retail trade | 1,893 | 14.3% |
Educational services | 1,774 | 13.4% |
Manufacturing | 1,611 | 12.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,064 | 8.0% |
Construction | 778 | 5.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 598 | 4.5% |
Public administration | 585 | 4.4% |
Other services | 555 | 4.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 550 | 4.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 403 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 361 | 2.7% |
Wholesale trade | 328 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 240 | 1.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 154 | 1.2% |
Information | 135 | 1.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 62 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 22 | 0.2% |
Utilities | 20 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 297 | 0.81% |
Puerto Rican | 167 | 0.46% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 22 | 0.06% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 7 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 15 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 4 | 0.01% |
Argentinean | 4 | 0.01% |
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 | 73 | 0.20% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 33,709 | 99.0% |
Spanish | 115 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 72 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 54 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 29 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 23 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 21 | 0.1% |
Vietnamese | 19 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 12 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 4,223 | 11.5% |
Irish | 3,865 | 10.5% |
American | 3,669 | 10.0% |
German | 2,752 | 7.5% |
Italian | 648 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 430 | 1.2% |
Scottish | 378 | 1.0% |
European | 347 | 0.9% |
Polish | 264 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 260 | 0.7% |
French | 226 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 220 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 213 | 0.6% |
British | 170 | 0.5% |
Ukrainian | 161 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 36,499 | 99.6% |
Not a citizen | 149 | 0.4% |
Native | 36,415 | 99.4% |
Foreign-born | 233 | 0.6% |
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 | ||||||
1,478 | 6.4% | 2,679 | 11.6% | 9,128 | 39.4% | 5,558 | 24.0% | 2,180 | 9.4% | 2,157 | 9.3% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,478 | 6.4% |
9-12 Years | 2,679 | 11.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 9,128 | 39.4% |
Some College | 5,558 | 24.0% |
Bach. Degree | 2,180 | 9.4% |
Grad Degree | 2,157 | 9.3% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,746 | 11,724 | 1,022 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
1991 | 12,671 | 11,515 | 1,156 | 9.1% | 7.3% |
1992 | 13,058 | 11,823 | 1,235 | 9.5% | 6.9% |
1993 | 13,316 | 12,268 | 1,048 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
1994 | 13,474 | 12,413 | 1,061 | 7.9% | 5.4% |
1995 | 13,633 | 12,754 | 879 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
1996 | 14,039 | 12,820 | 1,219 | 8.7% | 5.4% |
1997 | 13,998 | 13,008 | 990 | 7.1% | 5.2% |
1998 | 13,893 | 13,132 | 761 | 5.5% | 4.5% |
1999 | 14,353 | 13,509 | 844 | 5.9% | 4.5% |
2000 | 14,285 | 13,593 | 692 | 4.8% | 4.1% |
2001 | 14,542 | 13,668 | 874 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
2002 | 14,586 | 13,544 | 1,042 | 7.1% | 5.8% |
2003 | 14,033 | 12,996 | 1,037 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
2004 | 14,905 | 14,035 | 870 | 5.8% | 5.5% |
2005 | 15,296 | 14,385 | 911 | 6.0% | 5.9% |
2006 | 15,377 | 14,437 | 940 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2007 | 15,037 | 14,083 | 954 | 6.3% | 5.4% |
2008 | 15,429 | 14,283 | 1,146 | 7.4% | 6.5% |
2009 | 15,703 | 13,856 | 1,847 | 11.8% | 10.8% |
2010 | 14,200 | 12,397 | 1,803 | 12.7% | 10.3% |
2011 | 13,933 | 12,262 | 1,671 | 12.0% | 9.4% |
2012 | 13,887 | 12,400 | 1,487 | 10.7% | 8.2% |
2013 | 13,848 | 12,395 | 1,453 | 10.5% | 7.9% |
2014 | 13,406 | 12,241 | 1,165 | 8.7% | 6.4% |
2015 | 13,117 | 12,235 | 882 | 6.7% | 5.2% |
2016 | 13,349 | 12,480 | 869 | 6.5% | 5.0% |
2017 | 13,738 | 12,965 | 773 | 5.6% | 4.8% |
2018 | 13,717 | 13,046 | 671 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
2019 | 13,829 | 13,146 | 683 | 4.9% | 4.1% |
2020 | 13,784 | 12,801 | 983 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
2021 | 13,820 | 13,159 | 661 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
2022 | 13,904 | 13,295 | 609 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 13,680 | 13,026 | 654 | 4.8% | 4.2% |