2022 population: 16,205
( 1,210 from 2010
, 11 from 2020)
Land area: 587.5 square miles
Population density: 27.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 15,285 | 94.32% | 9.3% |
Black: | 192 | 1.18% | 43.3% |
Indian: | 97 | 0.60% | 59.0% |
Asian: | 76 | 0.47% | 192.3% |
2+ races: | 267 | 1.65% | 42.8% |
Hispanic: | 288 | 1.78% | 82.3% |
Total non-White: | 920 | 5.68% | 62.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 418 | 12.9 |
Deaths: | 618 | 19.1 |
Net Migration: | 187 | 5.8 |
Net Immigration: | 9 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | -1,563 | -9.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 353 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 7,556 | |
Median Value | $84,300 | |
Occupied | 6,359 | 84.2% |
Vacant | 1,197 | 15.8% |
Owned | 4,274 | 67.2% |
Rented | 2,085 | 32.8% |
Median Rent | $690 | |
Single-Family Units | 5,930 | 78.5% |
Detached | 5,860 | 77.6% |
Attached | 70 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 211 | 2.8% |
Mobile Homes | 884 | 11.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 346 | 5.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 485 | 7.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 370 | 5.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 454 | 7.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 480 | 7.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 420 | 6.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 364 | 5.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 343 | 5.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 270 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 440 | 6.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 549 | 8.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 851 | 13.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 425 | 6.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 199 | 3.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 156 | 2.5% |
$200,000 or more | 207 | 3.3% |
Median Household Income | 43,606 | |
Per Capita Income | 25,301 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 94 | |
Compared to U.S. | 71 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 617 | 9.7% |
Public Assistance | 127 | 2.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,045 | 16.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 5,995 | 60.8% |
Unemployed | 437 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 6,432 | 65.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,426 | 34.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 39.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,320 | 1,681 | 58.0% |
Non-Profit | 238 | 276 | 46.3% |
Self-Employed | 626 | 186 | 77.1% |
Local Government | 100 | 310 | 24.4% |
State Government | 171 | 386 | 30.7% |
Federal Government | 149 | 34 | 81.4% |
Total Private + Self | 2,946 | 1,867 | 61.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 658 | 1,006 | 39.5% |
Total | 3,604 | 2,873 | 55.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 519 | 8.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,316 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 1,129 | 17.4% |
Service Occupations | 1,044 | 16.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 193 | 3.0% |
All others | 2,484 | 38.3% |
White Collar | 45.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 1,038 | 16.0% |
Health care and social assistance | 913 | 14.1% |
Retail trade | 738 | 11.4% |
Educational services | 708 | 10.9% |
Construction | 521 | 8.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 406 | 6.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 399 | 6.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 396 | 6.1% |
Other services | 332 | 5.1% |
Public administration | 269 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 192 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 189 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 130 | 2.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 89 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 85 | 1.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 38 | 0.6% |
Information | 20 | 0.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 20 | 0.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 9 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 183 | 1.13% |
Puerto Rican | 58 | 0.36% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 18 | 0.11% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 1 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 17 | 0.10% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 26 | 0.16% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 4 | 0.02% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 22 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 15,007 | 98.1% |
Spanish | 189 | 1.2% |
Other Indo-European | 52 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 31 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 10 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 7 | 0.0% |
Tagalog | 5 | 0.0% |
Arabic | 2 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 2,681 | 16.5% |
English | 2,386 | 14.7% |
German | 1,676 | 10.3% |
Irish | 1,638 | 10.1% |
Scottish | 303 | 1.9% |
Italian | 217 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 161 | 1.0% |
Polish | 127 | 0.8% |
French | 109 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 100 | 0.6% |
European | 97 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 75 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 59 | 0.4% |
Northern European | 43 | 0.3% |
African | 41 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 16,097 | 99.0% |
Not a citizen | 161 | 1.0% |
Native | 16,068 | 98.8% |
Foreign-born | 190 | 1.2% |
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 | ||||||
652 | 6.0% | 1,289 | 11.8% | 4,111 | 37.5% | 3,480 | 31.8% | 957 | 8.7% | 461 | 4.2% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 652 | 6.0% |
9-12 Years | 1,289 | 11.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,111 | 37.5% |
Some College | 3,480 | 31.8% |
Bach. Degree | 957 | 8.7% |
Grad Degree | 461 | 4.2% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 7,774 | 6,941 | 833 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
1991 | 7,559 | 6,835 | 724 | 9.6% | 7.3% |
1992 | 7,692 | 7,047 | 645 | 8.4% | 7.0% |
1993 | 7,917 | 7,349 | 568 | 7.2% | 6.1% |
1994 | 7,904 | 7,398 | 506 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
1995 | 7,752 | 7,301 | 451 | 5.8% | 4.9% |
1996 | 7,953 | 7,330 | 623 | 7.8% | 5.2% |
1997 | 7,845 | 7,322 | 523 | 6.7% | 5.1% |
1998 | 7,690 | 7,095 | 595 | 7.7% | 5.1% |
1999 | 7,436 | 6,952 | 484 | 6.5% | 4.5% |
2000 | 7,870 | 7,457 | 413 | 5.2% | 4.2% |
2001 | 7,816 | 7,314 | 502 | 6.4% | 4.8% |
2002 | 7,902 | 7,360 | 542 | 6.9% | 5.3% |
2003 | 7,781 | 7,133 | 648 | 8.3% | 5.8% |
2004 | 7,558 | 6,961 | 597 | 7.9% | 5.6% |
2005 | 7,451 | 6,892 | 559 | 7.5% | 5.3% |
2006 | 7,379 | 6,873 | 506 | 6.9% | 5.2% |
2007 | 7,303 | 6,795 | 508 | 7.0% | 5.4% |
2008 | 7,213 | 6,704 | 509 | 7.1% | 5.4% |
2009 | 7,289 | 6,628 | 661 | 9.1% | 7.7% |
2010 | 7,433 | 6,752 | 681 | 9.2% | 7.9% |
2011 | 7,474 | 6,772 | 702 | 9.4% | 7.9% |
2012 | 7,300 | 6,664 | 636 | 8.7% | 7.3% |
2013 | 7,188 | 6,567 | 621 | 8.6% | 7.1% |
2014 | 7,129 | 6,625 | 504 | 7.1% | 5.9% |
2015 | 7,075 | 6,655 | 420 | 5.9% | 5.0% |
2016 | 6,929 | 6,628 | 301 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
2017 | 6,867 | 6,605 | 262 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
2018 | 6,825 | 6,559 | 266 | 3.9% | 3.7% |
2019 | 6,841 | 6,560 | 281 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
2020 | 6,786 | 6,369 | 417 | 6.1% | 6.1% |
2021 | 6,709 | 6,419 | 290 | 4.3% | 4.1% |
2022 | 6,841 | 6,597 | 244 | 3.6% | 3.3% |
2023 | 6,764 | 6,537 | 227 | 3.4% | 3.3% |