2022 population: 25,645
( 2,086 from 2010
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319 from 2020)
Land area: 637.6 square miles
Population density: 40.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 11,743 | 45.79% | ![]() |
Black: | 1,816 | 7.08% | ![]() |
Indian: | 95 | 0.37% | ![]() |
Asian: | 269 | 1.05% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 374 | 1.46% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 11,348 | 44.25% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 13,902 | 54.21% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 765 | 15.1 |
Deaths: | 671 | 13.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 153 | 3.0 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 54 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | -1,572 | -5.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -514 | -1.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 9,837 | |
Median Value | $118,700 | |
Occupied | 8,127 | 82.6% |
Vacant | 1,710 | 17.4% |
Owned | 5,413 | 66.6% |
Rented | 2,714 | 33.4% |
Median Rent | $904 | |
Single-Family Units | 6,144 | 62.5% |
Detached | 6,076 | 61.8% |
Attached | 68 | 0.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 830 | 8.4% |
Mobile Homes | 2,377 | 24.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 742 | 9.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 779 | 9.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 453 | 5.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 336 | 4.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 412 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 531 | 6.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 526 | 6.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 305 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 255 | 3.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 602 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 671 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 992 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 459 | 5.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 608 | 7.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 189 | 2.3% |
$200,000 or more | 267 | 3.3% |
Median Household Income | 44,665 | |
Per Capita Income | 23,380 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 84 | |
Compared to U.S. | 81 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 656 | 8.1% |
Public Assistance | 305 | 3.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,341 | 28.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 4,142 | 48.9% |
Unemployed | 450 | 5.3% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 4,592 | 54.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,871 | 45.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 51.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,918 | 2,511 | 60.9% |
Non-Profit | 165 | 337 | 32.9% |
Self-Employed | 669 | 188 | 78.1% |
Local Government | 497 | 397 | 55.6% |
State Government | 140 | 91 | 60.6% |
Federal Government | 7 | 37 | 15.9% |
Total Private + Self | 4,587 | 2,699 | 63.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 809 | 862 | 48.4% |
Total | 5,396 | 3,561 | 60.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,193 | 13.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,884 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 1,024 | 11.4% |
Service Occupations | 1,585 | 17.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 568 | 6.3% |
All others | 3,306 | 36.8% |
White Collar | 45.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 1,378 | 15.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 884 | 9.8% |
Construction | 877 | 9.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 834 | 9.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 591 | 6.6% |
Educational services | 546 | 6.1% |
Finance and insurance | 530 | 5.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 528 | 5.9% |
Manufacturing | 518 | 5.8% |
Public administration | 445 | 4.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 316 | 3.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 315 | 3.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 293 | 3.3% |
Other services | 290 | 3.2% |
Utilities | 269 | 3.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 135 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 130 | 1.4% |
Wholesale trade | 76 | 0.8% |
Information | 37 | 0.4% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 8,733 | 34.21% |
Puerto Rican | 1,271 | 4.98% |
Cuban | 381 | 1.49% |
Dominican | 19 | 0.07% |
Total Central American | 468 | 1.83% |
Costa Rican | 20 | 0.08% |
Guatemalan | 350 | 1.37% |
Honduran | 29 | 0.11% |
Nicaraguan | 19 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 50 | 0.20% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 231 | 0.90% |
Argentinean | 14 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 102 | 0.40% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 28 | 0.11% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 87 | 0.34% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 207 | 0.81% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 137 | 0.54% |
Filipino | 65 | 0.25% |
Bangladeshi | 27 | 0.11% |
Thai | 25 | 0.10% |
Vietnamese | 4 | 0.02% |
Indian | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 15,067 | 63.0% |
Spanish | 8,399 | 35.1% |
Other Asian | 147 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 85 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 67 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 57 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 46 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 20 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 12 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 2,017 | 7.9% |
English | 1,841 | 7.2% |
Irish | 1,322 | 5.2% |
German | 1,026 | 4.0% |
Italian | 423 | 1.7% |
European | 230 | 0.9% |
French | 228 | 0.9% |
African | 165 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 154 | 0.6% |
Scottish | 119 | 0.5% |
Polish | 110 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 76 | 0.3% |
Haitian | 66 | 0.3% |
Russian | 62 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 46 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 23,855 | 93.4% |
Not a citizen | 1,673 | 6.6% |
Native | 22,660 | 88.8% |
Foreign-born | 2,868 | 11.2% |
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 | ||||||
2,030 | 12.2% | 1,628 | 9.8% | 7,800 | 47.0% | 3,405 | 20.5% | 1,169 | 7.1% | 549 | 3.3% |
Average years of education: 11.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,030 | 12.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,628 | 9.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 7,800 | 47.0% |
Some College | 3,405 | 20.5% |
Bach. Degree | 1,169 | 7.1% |
Grad Degree | 549 | 3.3% |
Average years of education: 11.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 9,312 | 8,195 | 1,117 | 12.0% | 6.2% |
1991 | 9,642 | 8,533 | 1,109 | 11.5% | 7.6% |
1992 | 9,769 | 8,256 | 1,513 | 15.5% | 8.4% |
1993 | 10,451 | 8,782 | 1,669 | 16.0% | 7.4% |
1994 | 11,081 | 9,509 | 1,572 | 14.2% | 6.5% |
1995 | 11,439 | 9,940 | 1,499 | 13.1% | 5.6% |
1996 | 11,420 | 9,795 | 1,625 | 14.2% | 5.3% |
1997 | 11,086 | 9,598 | 1,488 | 13.4% | 4.9% |
1998 | 9,873 | 8,629 | 1,244 | 12.6% | 4.4% |
1999 | 9,862 | 8,803 | 1,059 | 10.7% | 3.9% |
2000 | 10,851 | 10,204 | 647 | 6.0% | 3.8% |
2001 | 10,820 | 10,078 | 742 | 6.9% | 4.4% |
2002 | 10,926 | 10,212 | 714 | 6.5% | 4.9% |
2003 | 10,983 | 10,341 | 642 | 5.8% | 4.5% |
2004 | 10,799 | 10,244 | 555 | 5.1% | 3.8% |
2005 | 11,263 | 10,844 | 419 | 3.7% | 2.9% |
2006 | 11,869 | 11,507 | 362 | 3.0% | 2.5% |
2007 | 11,782 | 11,338 | 444 | 3.8% | 3.3% |
2008 | 11,677 | 10,951 | 726 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
2009 | 11,831 | 10,671 | 1,160 | 9.8% | 9.6% |
2010 | 11,664 | 10,359 | 1,305 | 11.2% | 10.8% |
2011 | 11,851 | 10,658 | 1,193 | 10.1% | 10.0% |
2012 | 11,769 | 10,690 | 1,079 | 9.2% | 8.6% |
2013 | 11,028 | 10,080 | 948 | 8.6% | 7.5% |
2014 | 10,332 | 9,516 | 816 | 7.9% | 6.4% |
2015 | 10,131 | 9,416 | 715 | 7.1% | 5.5% |
2016 | 9,287 | 8,664 | 623 | 6.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 8,958 | 8,427 | 531 | 5.9% | 4.2% |
2018 | 8,802 | 8,334 | 468 | 5.3% | 3.6% |
2019 | 8,378 | 7,932 | 446 | 5.3% | 3.3% |
2020 | 8,466 | 7,915 | 551 | 6.5% | 7.7% |
2021 | 8,892 | 8,455 | 437 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
2022 | 8,783 | 8,444 | 339 | 3.9% | 2.9% |
2023 | 9,084 | 8,709 | 375 | 4.1% | 2.9% |