2022 population: 133,289
( 2,857 from 2010
, 1,004 from 2020)
Land area: 706.3 square miles
Population density: 188.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 101,576 | 76.21% | 6.5% |
Black: | 14,334 | 10.75% | 2.0% |
Indian: | 758 | 0.57% | 6.2% |
Asian: | 3,816 | 2.86% | 73.5% |
2+ races: | 4,812 | 3.61% | 32.9% |
Hispanic: | 7,993 | 6.00% | 29.4% |
Total non-White: | 31,713 | 23.79% | 15.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 3,327 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 4,286 | 16.0 |
Net Migration: | -230 | -0.9 |
Net Immigration: | 133 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -7,088 | -5.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,231 | 3.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 59,634 | |
Median Value | $138,700 | |
Occupied | 53,050 | 89.0% |
Vacant | 6,584 | 11.0% |
Owned | 38,018 | 71.7% |
Rented | 15,032 | 28.3% |
Median Rent | $897 | |
Single-Family Units | 44,163 | 74.1% |
Detached | 43,621 | 73.1% |
Attached | 542 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 8,697 | 14.6% |
Mobile Homes | 3,467 | 5.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,221 | 4.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,592 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,347 | 4.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,617 | 4.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,744 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,933 | 5.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,613 | 4.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,275 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,491 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,490 | 8.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 5,701 | 10.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 7,161 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,072 | 7.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,666 | 5.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,449 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 2,678 | 5.0% |
Median Household Income | 58,191 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,047 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 84 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,855 | 5.4% |
Public Assistance | 1,011 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,904 | 13.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 53,207 | 68.0% |
Unemployed | 3,995 | 5.1% |
In Armed Forces | 147 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 57,349 | 73.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 20,939 | 26.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 23,415 | 19,083 | 55.1% |
Non-Profit | 1,672 | 4,191 | 28.5% |
Self-Employed | 2,160 | 1,421 | 60.3% |
Local Government | 1,793 | 2,924 | 38.0% |
State Government | 470 | 536 | 46.7% |
Federal Government | 991 | 849 | 53.9% |
Total Private + Self | 25,575 | 20,504 | 55.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,926 | 8,500 | 36.7% |
Total | 30,501 | 29,004 | 51.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,991 | 13.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 11,137 | 18.7% |
Professional, Technical | 10,991 | 18.5% |
Service Occupations | 10,828 | 18.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 352 | 0.6% |
All others | 18,601 | 31.2% |
White Collar | 50.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 12,614 | 21.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 9,239 | 15.5% |
Retail trade | 6,804 | 11.4% |
Educational services | 4,846 | 8.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,429 | 7.4% |
Construction | 3,148 | 5.3% |
Other services | 2,638 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,436 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 2,424 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,116 | 3.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,886 | 3.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,760 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 1,430 | 2.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,068 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 872 | 1.5% |
Wholesale trade | 768 | 1.3% |
Information | 635 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 342 | 0.6% |
Management | 52 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 41 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 5,652 | 4.22% |
Puerto Rican | 566 | 0.42% |
Cuban | 83 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 256 | 0.19% |
Total Central American | 168 | 0.13% |
Costa Rican | 65 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 77 | 0.06% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 1 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 25 | 0.02% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 322 | 0.24% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 22 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 214 | 0.16% |
Ecuadorian | 33 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 38 | 0.03% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 5 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 10 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 610 | 0.46% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Burmese | 1,752 | 1.31% |
Indian | 546 | 0.41% |
Filipino | 363 | 0.27% |
Korean | 290 | 0.22% |
Japanese | 163 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 147 | 0.11% |
Bangladeshi | 121 | 0.09% |
Chinese | 101 | 0.08% |
Indonesian | 49 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 117,520 | 93.1% |
Spanish | 3,802 | 3.0% |
Other Asian | 1,967 | 1.6% |
Other Indo-European | 695 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 546 | 0.4% |
Other | 384 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 306 | 0.2% |
Korean | 235 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 186 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 22,427 | 16.7% |
English | 14,872 | 11.1% |
Irish | 13,018 | 9.7% |
American | 6,175 | 4.6% |
Polish | 4,571 | 3.4% |
Dutch | 4,440 | 3.3% |
French | 2,956 | 2.2% |
Italian | 2,673 | 2.0% |
Scottish | 2,479 | 1.8% |
European | 1,479 | 1.1% |
French Canadian | 1,250 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 1,083 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 891 | 0.7% |
Finnish | 695 | 0.5% |
Hungarian | 668 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 131,020 | 97.8% |
Not a citizen | 2,991 | 2.2% |
Native | 128,483 | 95.9% |
Foreign-born | 5,528 | 4.1% |
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 | ||||||
2,294 | 2.5% | 5,810 | 6.4% | 32,182 | 35.2% | 31,007 | 33.9% | 13,238 | 14.5% | 6,923 | 7.6% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,294 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 5,810 | 6.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 32,182 | 35.2% |
Some College | 31,007 | 33.9% |
Bach. Degree | 13,238 | 14.5% |
Grad Degree | 6,923 | 7.6% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 129,872 | 120,412 | 9,460 | 7.3% | |
1991 | 127,592 | 117,940 | 9,652 | 7.6% | |
1992 | 128,196 | 118,768 | 9,428 | 7.4% | |
1993 | 131,126 | 122,584 | 8,542 | 6.5% | |
1994 | 134,632 | 126,866 | 7,766 | 5.8% | |
1995 | 134,126 | 126,798 | 7,328 | 5.5% | |
1996 | 132,992 | 126,856 | 6,136 | 4.6% | |
1997 | 134,604 | 128,984 | 5,620 | 4.2% | |
1998 | 136,912 | 131,762 | 5,150 | 3.8% | |
1999 | 138,860 | 133,508 | 5,352 | 3.9% | |
2000 | 140,880 | 134,830 | 6,050 | 4.3% | |
2001 | 142,126 | 134,432 | 7,694 | 5.4% | |
2002 | 140,238 | 131,782 | 8,456 | 6.0% | |
2003 | 142,754 | 132,704 | 10,050 | 7.0% | |
2004 | 143,606 | 133,916 | 9,690 | 6.7% | |
2005 | 143,648 | 134,086 | 9,562 | 6.7% | |
2006 | 141,374 | 131,198 | 10,176 | 7.2% | |
2007 | 139,412 | 129,644 | 9,768 | 7.0% | |
2008 | 137,518 | 127,252 | 10,266 | 7.5% | |
2009 | 136,306 | 120,684 | 15,622 | 11.5% | |
2010 | 128,796 | 114,136 | 14,660 | 11.4% | |
2011 | 126,164 | 114,300 | 11,864 | 9.4% | |
2012 | 124,920 | 114,616 | 10,304 | 8.2% | |
2013 | 126,006 | 116,172 | 9,834 | 7.8% | |
2014 | 128,422 | 120,280 | 8,142 | 6.3% | |
2015 | 128,922 | 122,274 | 6,648 | 5.2% | |
2016 | 129,170 | 122,906 | 6,264 | 4.8% | |
2017 | 127,928 | 121,718 | 6,210 | 4.9% | |
2018 | 126,330 | 120,992 | 5,338 | 4.2% | |
2019 | 125,048 | 120,036 | 5,012 | 4.0% | |
2020 | 123,676 | 111,688 | 11,988 | 9.7% | |
2021 | 118,706 | 111,024 | 7,682 | 6.5% | |
2022 | 119,578 | 113,808 | 5,770 | 4.8% | |
2023 | 123,688 | 118,318 | 5,370 | 4.3% |