2022 population: 14,553
( 506 from 2010
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67 from 2020)
Land area: 437.4 square miles
Population density: 33.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 13,525 | 92.94% | ![]() |
Black: | 100 | 0.69% | ![]() |
Indian: | 74 | 0.51% | ![]() |
Asian: | 73 | 0.50% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 182 | 1.25% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 599 | 4.12% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,028 | 7.06% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 315 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 355 | 12.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 99 | 3.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 15 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -865 | -5.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 359 | 2.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 6,121 | |
Median Value | $225,500 | |
Occupied | 5,261 | 86.0% |
Vacant | 860 | 14.0% |
Owned | 4,275 | 81.3% |
Rented | 986 | 18.7% |
Median Rent | $843 | |
Single-Family Units | 5,245 | 85.7% |
Detached | 5,151 | 84.2% |
Attached | 94 | 1.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 174 | 2.8% |
Mobile Homes | 196 | 3.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 159 | 3.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 204 | 3.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 158 | 3.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 160 | 3.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 142 | 2.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 85 | 1.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 155 | 2.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 145 | 2.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 188 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 484 | 9.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 510 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 851 | 16.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 612 | 11.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 373 | 7.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 487 | 9.3% |
$200,000 or more | 548 | 10.4% |
Median Household Income | 81,907 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,709 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 102 | |
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 236 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 8 | 0.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 358 | 6.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 6,007 | 71.0% |
Unemployed | 307 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 181 | 2.1% |
Total Labor Force | 6,495 | 76.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 1,960 | 23.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,443 | 1,585 | 60.7% |
Non-Profit | 208 | 553 | 27.3% |
Self-Employed | 475 | 156 | 75.3% |
Local Government | 261 | 430 | 37.8% |
State Government | 160 | 268 | 37.4% |
Federal Government | 95 | 92 | 50.8% |
Total Private + Self | 2,918 | 1,741 | 62.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 724 | 1,343 | 35.0% |
Total | 3,642 | 3,084 | 54.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 983 | 14.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,245 | 18.5% |
Professional, Technical | 1,925 | 28.5% |
Service Occupations | 996 | 14.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 72 | 1.1% |
All others | 1,594 | 23.6% |
White Collar | 61.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,146 | 17.0% |
Retail trade | 755 | 11.2% |
Educational services | 727 | 10.8% |
Construction | 570 | 8.5% |
Manufacturing | 546 | 8.1% |
Public administration | 458 | 6.8% |
Other services | 431 | 6.4% |
Finance and insurance | 352 | 5.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 313 | 4.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 276 | 4.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 247 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 237 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 134 | 2.0% |
Utilities | 127 | 1.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 115 | 1.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 104 | 1.5% |
Information | 91 | 1.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 87 | 1.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 21 | 0.3% |
Management | 6 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 425 | 2.91% |
Puerto Rican | 31 | 0.21% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 24 | 0.16% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 1 | 0.01% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 23 | 0.16% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 65 | 0.45% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 60 | 0.41% |
Vietnamese | 21 | 0.14% |
Korean | 11 | 0.08% |
Thai | 7 | 0.05% |
Chinese | 4 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 13,533 | 97.9% |
Spanish | 142 | 1.0% |
Tagalog | 54 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 38 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 27 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 18 | 0.1% |
Vietnamese | 6 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 4 | 0.0% |
Other Indo-European | 2 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 4,471 | 30.6% |
English | 2,316 | 15.9% |
Irish | 1,789 | 12.2% |
American | 663 | 4.5% |
Italian | 635 | 4.3% |
Dutch | 532 | 3.6% |
Swedish | 498 | 3.4% |
Norwegian | 444 | 3.0% |
European | 436 | 3.0% |
Czech | 394 | 2.7% |
Danish | 391 | 2.7% |
Scottish | 283 | 1.9% |
French | 266 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 185 | 1.3% |
Polish | 153 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 14,476 | 99.1% |
Not a citizen | 129 | 0.9% |
Native | 14,363 | 98.3% |
Foreign-born | 242 | 1.7% |
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 | ||||||
122 | 1.2% | 377 | 3.7% | 2,921 | 29.0% | 3,584 | 35.6% | 2,116 | 21.0% | 961 | 9.5% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 122 | 1.2% |
9-12 Years | 377 | 3.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 2,921 | 29.0% |
Some College | 3,584 | 35.6% |
Bach. Degree | 2,116 | 21.0% |
Grad Degree | 961 | 9.5% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 6,440 | 6,207 | 233 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
1991 | 6,555 | 6,324 | 231 | 3.5% | 4.7% |
1992 | 6,664 | 6,396 | 268 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
1993 | 6,526 | 6,299 | 227 | 3.5% | 4.1% |
1994 | 6,632 | 6,416 | 216 | 3.3% | 3.6% |
1995 | 6,293 | 6,090 | 203 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
1996 | 6,363 | 6,164 | 199 | 3.1% | 3.6% |
1997 | 6,196 | 6,012 | 184 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
1998 | 6,030 | 5,889 | 141 | 2.3% | 2.8% |
1999 | 6,368 | 6,243 | 125 | 2.0% | 2.7% |
2000 | 7,900 | 7,740 | 160 | 2.0% | 2.7% |
2001 | 7,881 | 7,656 | 225 | 2.9% | 3.3% |
2002 | 8,118 | 7,896 | 222 | 2.7% | 4.0% |
2003 | 8,125 | 7,818 | 307 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
2004 | 8,011 | 7,676 | 335 | 4.2% | 4.5% |
2005 | 8,171 | 7,837 | 334 | 4.1% | 4.3% |
2006 | 8,413 | 8,098 | 315 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2007 | 8,093 | 7,793 | 300 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2008 | 8,125 | 7,829 | 296 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2009 | 7,914 | 7,551 | 363 | 4.6% | 6.4% |
2010 | 7,589 | 7,184 | 405 | 5.3% | 6.1% |
2011 | 7,478 | 7,102 | 376 | 5.0% | 5.6% |
2012 | 7,294 | 6,957 | 337 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
2013 | 7,336 | 7,014 | 322 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
2014 | 7,398 | 7,075 | 323 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
2015 | 7,425 | 7,125 | 300 | 4.0% | 3.7% |
2016 | 7,445 | 7,176 | 269 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
2017 | 7,333 | 7,132 | 201 | 2.7% | 3.1% |
2018 | 7,316 | 7,159 | 157 | 2.1% | 2.6% |
2019 | 7,455 | 7,279 | 176 | 2.4% | 2.8% |
2020 | 7,150 | 6,869 | 281 | 3.9% | 5.3% |
2021 | 7,058 | 6,835 | 223 | 3.2% | 3.8% |
2022 | 7,157 | 6,992 | 165 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
2023 | 7,168 | 6,978 | 190 | 2.7% | 2.9% |