2022 population: 27,799
( 4,713 from 2010
, 1,750 from 2020)
Land area: 1850.8 square miles
Population density: 15.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 23,860 | 85.83% | 13.6% |
Black: | 340 | 1.22% | 113.8% |
Indian: | 164 | 0.59% | 30.2% |
Asian: | 300 | 1.08% | 60.4% |
2+ races: | 566 | 2.04% | 58.1% |
Hispanic: | 2,569 | 9.24% | 108.2% |
Total non-White: | 3,939 | 14.17% | 89.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 492 | 9.4 |
Deaths: | 439 | 8.4 |
Net Migration: | 1,722 | 33.1 |
Net Immigration: | 13 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | 2,855 | 12.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,858 | 8.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 9,898 | |
Median Value | $623,300 | |
Occupied | 9,514 | 96.1% |
Vacant | 384 | 3.9% |
Owned | 8,881 | 93.3% |
Rented | 633 | 6.7% |
Median Rent | $1,436 | |
Single-Family Units | 9,509 | 96.1% |
Detached | 9,446 | 95.4% |
Attached | 63 | 0.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 27 | 0.3% |
Mobile Homes | 286 | 2.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 207 | 2.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 109 | 1.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 157 | 1.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 131 | 1.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 197 | 2.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 168 | 1.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 189 | 2.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 141 | 1.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 213 | 2.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 447 | 4.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 564 | 5.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,116 | 11.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,151 | 12.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,001 | 10.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,679 | 17.6% |
$200,000 or more | 2,044 | 21.5% |
Median Household Income | 124,360 | |
Per Capita Income | 55,535 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 99 | |
Compared to U.S. | 113 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 217 | 2.3% |
Public Assistance | 101 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 449 | 4.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 12,144 | 76.7% |
Unemployed | 271 | 1.7% |
In Armed Forces | 31 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 12,446 | 78.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,392 | 21.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,215 | 3,944 | 56.9% |
Non-Profit | 290 | 590 | 33.0% |
Self-Employed | 1,352 | 871 | 60.8% |
Local Government | 677 | 580 | 53.9% |
State Government | 114 | 199 | 36.4% |
Federal Government | 233 | 85 | 73.3% |
Total Private + Self | 6,567 | 4,815 | 57.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,314 | 1,454 | 47.5% |
Total | 7,881 | 6,269 | 55.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 3,216 | 22.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,453 | 17.3% |
Professional, Technical | 3,264 | 23.0% |
Service Occupations | 2,289 | 16.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 92 | 0.6% |
All others | 2,955 | 20.8% |
White Collar | 63.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Construction | 1,830 | 12.9% |
Retail trade | 1,411 | 10.0% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,402 | 9.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,395 | 9.8% |
Manufacturing | 1,137 | 8.0% |
Other services | 970 | 6.8% |
Public administration | 940 | 6.6% |
Educational services | 899 | 6.3% |
Finance and insurance | 844 | 6.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 740 | 5.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 458 | 3.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 449 | 3.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 399 | 2.8% |
Information | 395 | 2.8% |
Wholesale trade | 274 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 246 | 1.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 197 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 109 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 82 | 0.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,504 | 5.68% |
Puerto Rican | 32 | 0.12% |
Cuban | 10 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 30 | 0.11% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 3 | 0.01% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 27 | 0.10% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 269 | 1.02% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 222 | 0.84% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 47 | 0.18% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 332 | 1.25% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Japanese | 76 | 0.29% |
Filipino | 73 | 0.28% |
Indian | 26 | 0.10% |
Thai | 9 | 0.03% |
Chinese | 4 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 24,260 | 95.8% |
Spanish | 734 | 2.9% |
Other Indo-European | 118 | 0.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 102 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 86 | 0.3% |
Other | 13 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 10 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 9 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 6,116 | 23.1% |
English | 4,144 | 15.7% |
Irish | 3,335 | 12.6% |
Italian | 1,378 | 5.2% |
Scottish | 1,171 | 4.4% |
American | 1,141 | 4.3% |
Norwegian | 917 | 3.5% |
French | 750 | 2.8% |
European | 670 | 2.5% |
Swedish | 571 | 2.2% |
Dutch | 490 | 1.9% |
Polish | 411 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 277 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 180 | 0.7% |
French Canadian | 176 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 26,127 | 98.8% |
Not a citizen | 330 | 1.2% |
Native | 25,710 | 97.2% |
Foreign-born | 747 | 2.8% |
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 | ||||||
259 | 1.4% | 366 | 1.9% | 4,710 | 24.8% | 6,917 | 36.3% | 4,850 | 25.5% | 1,928 | 10.1% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 259 | 1.4% |
9-12 Years | 366 | 1.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,710 | 24.8% |
Some College | 6,917 | 36.3% |
Bach. Degree | 4,850 | 25.5% |
Grad Degree | 1,928 | 10.1% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 5,533 | 5,313 | 220 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
1991 | 5,852 | 5,561 | 291 | 5.0% | 5.3% |
1992 | 6,246 | 5,891 | 355 | 5.7% | 6.1% |
1993 | 6,975 | 6,626 | 349 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
1994 | 7,457 | 7,131 | 326 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
1995 | 8,943 | 8,585 | 358 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
1996 | 9,482 | 9,118 | 364 | 3.8% | 4.2% |
1997 | 10,132 | 9,791 | 341 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
1998 | 11,139 | 10,769 | 370 | 3.3% | 3.6% |
1999 | 12,441 | 12,084 | 357 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
2000 | 11,599 | 11,340 | 259 | 2.2% | 2.7% |
2001 | 11,977 | 11,592 | 385 | 3.2% | 3.8% |
2002 | 12,359 | 11,719 | 640 | 5.2% | 5.7% |
2003 | 12,591 | 11,895 | 696 | 5.5% | 6.1% |
2004 | 12,761 | 12,136 | 625 | 4.9% | 5.6% |
2005 | 12,938 | 12,345 | 593 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
2006 | 13,214 | 12,696 | 518 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
2007 | 12,909 | 12,438 | 471 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
2008 | 13,105 | 12,475 | 630 | 4.8% | 4.9% |
2009 | 12,967 | 11,986 | 981 | 7.6% | 7.9% |
2010 | 12,712 | 11,635 | 1,077 | 8.5% | 9.2% |
2011 | 12,645 | 11,660 | 985 | 7.8% | 8.7% |
2012 | 12,654 | 11,742 | 912 | 7.2% | 8.0% |
2013 | 12,691 | 11,956 | 735 | 5.8% | 6.7% |
2014 | 12,954 | 12,403 | 551 | 4.3% | 5.0% |
2015 | 13,264 | 12,862 | 402 | 3.0% | 3.7% |
2016 | 13,802 | 13,460 | 342 | 2.5% | 3.1% |
2017 | 14,364 | 14,040 | 324 | 2.3% | 2.6% |
2018 | 14,991 | 14,602 | 389 | 2.6% | 3.0% |
2019 | 15,323 | 15,002 | 321 | 2.1% | 2.7% |
2020 | 14,961 | 14,264 | 697 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
2021 | 15,609 | 15,004 | 605 | 3.9% | 5.4% |
2022 | 16,017 | 15,629 | 388 | 2.4% | 3.0% |
2023 | 16,119 | 15,693 | 426 | 2.6% | 3.2% |