2022 population: 36,125
( 577 from 2010
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124 from 2020)
Land area: 1092.9 square miles
Population density: 33.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 14,969 | 41.44% | ![]() |
Black: | 3,541 | 9.80% | ![]() |
Indian: | 127 | 0.35% | ![]() |
Asian: | 634 | 1.76% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 429 | 1.19% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 16,425 | 45.47% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 21,156 | 58.56% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,154 | 15.9 |
Deaths: | 1,060 | 14.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -468 | -6.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 213 | 2.9 |
Change in White population: | -2,431 | -6.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,854 | 5.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 18,674 | |
Median Value | $155,200 | |
Occupied | 14,073 | 75.4% |
Vacant | 4,601 | 24.6% |
Owned | 9,766 | 69.4% |
Rented | 4,307 | 30.6% |
Median Rent | $960 | |
Single-Family Units | 13,563 | 72.6% |
Detached | 13,176 | 70.6% |
Attached | 387 | 2.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,723 | 9.2% |
Mobile Homes | 2,242 | 12.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,552 | 11.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 941 | 6.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 816 | 5.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 284 | 2.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 587 | 4.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 542 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 515 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 468 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 606 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,191 | 8.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,143 | 8.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,864 | 13.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,458 | 10.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 631 | 4.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 845 | 6.0% |
$200,000 or more | 630 | 4.5% |
Median Household Income | 56,412 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,001 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 986 | 7.0% |
Public Assistance | 313 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,764 | 19.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,603 | 64.6% |
Unemployed | 583 | 5.0% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 8,186 | 69.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,575 | 30.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 6,762 | 3,811 | 64.0% |
Non-Profit | 495 | 715 | 40.9% |
Self-Employed | 869 | 342 | 71.8% |
Local Government | 378 | 799 | 32.1% |
State Government | 148 | 326 | 31.2% |
Federal Government | 42 | 70 | 37.5% |
Total Private + Self | 7,631 | 4,153 | 64.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,063 | 1,910 | 35.8% |
Total | 8,694 | 6,063 | 58.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,195 | 8.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,222 | 15.0% |
Professional, Technical | 2,894 | 19.5% |
Service Occupations | 2,539 | 17.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 441 | 3.0% |
All others | 5,995 | 40.4% |
White Collar | 42.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,473 | 16.7% |
Construction | 2,066 | 13.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,684 | 11.3% |
Retail trade | 1,501 | 10.1% |
Educational services | 1,177 | 7.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 759 | 5.1% |
Other services | 750 | 5.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 634 | 4.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 576 | 3.9% |
Public administration | 533 | 3.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 485 | 3.3% |
Utilities | 448 | 3.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 397 | 2.7% |
Finance and insurance | 272 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 235 | 1.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 230 | 1.5% |
Information | 224 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 209 | 1.4% |
Wholesale trade | 192 | 1.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 13,589 | 37.49% |
Puerto Rican | 373 | 1.03% |
Cuban | 15 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 157 | 0.43% |
Costa Rican | 13 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 17 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 30 | 0.08% |
Salvadoran | 97 | 0.27% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 64 | 0.18% |
Argentinean | 48 | 0.13% |
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 | 16 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,827 | 5.04% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 357 | 0.98% |
Filipino | 85 | 0.23% |
Taiwanese | 55 | 0.15% |
Indian | 10 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 8 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 23,901 | 71.2% |
Spanish | 8,933 | 26.6% |
Vietnamese | 365 | 1.1% |
Other Indo-European | 102 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 81 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 66 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 55 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 32 | 0.1% |
Other | 25 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 3,595 | 9.9% |
English | 2,324 | 6.4% |
Irish | 2,185 | 6.0% |
Czech | 1,518 | 4.2% |
American | 1,260 | 3.5% |
French | 848 | 2.3% |
Italian | 527 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 494 | 1.4% |
European | 385 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 359 | 1.0% |
Swedish | 216 | 0.6% |
Polish | 170 | 0.5% |
Danish | 130 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 122 | 0.3% |
Latvian | 103 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 33,750 | 93.1% |
Not a citizen | 2,501 | 6.9% |
Native | 32,282 | 89.1% |
Foreign-born | 3,969 | 10.9% |
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 | ||||||
2,366 | 9.9% | 2,040 | 8.6% | 6,760 | 28.4% | 7,662 | 32.2% | 3,322 | 14.0% | 1,638 | 6.9% |
Average years of education: 12.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,366 | 9.9% |
9-12 Years | 2,040 | 8.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,760 | 28.4% |
Some College | 7,662 | 32.2% |
Bach. Degree | 3,322 | 14.0% |
Grad Degree | 1,638 | 6.9% |
Average years of education: 12.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,380 | 15,577 | 1,803 | 10.4% | 6.4% |
1991 | 17,624 | 15,639 | 1,985 | 11.3% | 7.0% |
1992 | 18,066 | 15,285 | 2,781 | 15.4% | 7.7% |
1993 | 17,879 | 15,206 | 2,673 | 15.0% | 7.2% |
1994 | 17,883 | 15,233 | 2,650 | 14.8% | 6.6% |
1995 | 17,434 | 14,929 | 2,505 | 14.4% | 6.1% |
1996 | 16,312 | 14,074 | 2,238 | 13.7% | 5.8% |
1997 | 16,731 | 14,464 | 2,267 | 13.5% | 5.4% |
1998 | 16,983 | 14,975 | 2,008 | 11.8% | 5.0% |
1999 | 16,374 | 14,658 | 1,716 | 10.5% | 4.7% |
2000 | 17,345 | 16,180 | 1,165 | 6.7% | 4.4% |
2001 | 17,454 | 16,113 | 1,341 | 7.7% | 5.0% |
2002 | 17,106 | 15,538 | 1,568 | 9.2% | 6.3% |
2003 | 17,367 | 15,602 | 1,765 | 10.2% | 6.7% |
2004 | 17,016 | 15,412 | 1,604 | 9.4% | 6.0% |
2005 | 16,402 | 15,053 | 1,349 | 8.2% | 5.5% |
2006 | 15,982 | 14,842 | 1,140 | 7.1% | 5.0% |
2007 | 16,498 | 15,506 | 992 | 6.0% | 4.4% |
2008 | 17,058 | 15,908 | 1,150 | 6.7% | 4.9% |
2009 | 17,885 | 16,109 | 1,776 | 9.9% | 7.5% |
2010 | 18,186 | 16,091 | 2,095 | 11.5% | 8.2% |
2011 | 17,813 | 15,683 | 2,130 | 12.0% | 8.0% |
2012 | 17,062 | 15,343 | 1,719 | 10.1% | 6.7% |
2013 | 16,822 | 15,177 | 1,645 | 9.8% | 6.3% |
2014 | 16,663 | 15,338 | 1,325 | 8.0% | 5.2% |
2015 | 17,187 | 16,020 | 1,167 | 6.8% | 4.5% |
2016 | 16,890 | 15,653 | 1,237 | 7.3% | 4.6% |
2017 | 16,904 | 15,664 | 1,240 | 7.3% | 4.3% |
2018 | 16,802 | 15,768 | 1,034 | 6.2% | 3.9% |
2019 | 16,707 | 15,761 | 946 | 5.7% | 3.5% |
2020 | 16,529 | 14,792 | 1,737 | 10.5% | 7.6% |
2021 | 16,600 | 15,248 | 1,352 | 8.1% | 5.6% |
2022 | 17,150 | 16,138 | 1,012 | 5.9% | 3.9% |
2023 | 17,135 | 16,206 | 929 | 5.4% | 3.9% |