2024 population: 113,239
(
3,670 from 2020)
Land area: 579.9 square miles
Population density: 195.3 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 102,759 | 90.75% | 4.3% |
| Black: | 4,529 | 4.00% | 1.4% |
| Indian: | 238 | 0.21% | 5.8% |
| Asian: | 754 | 0.67% | 24.8% |
| 2+ races: | 2,689 | 2.37% | 18.2% |
| Hispanic: | 2,270 | 2.00% | 21.6% |
| Total non-White: | 10,480 | 9.25% | 9.6% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 4,032 | 8.6 |
| Deaths: | 8,186 | 17.5 |
| Net Migration: | 178 | 0.4 |
| Net Immigration: | 306 | 0.7 |
| Change in White population: | -4,586 | -3.9 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 916 | 0.8 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 56,207 | |
| Median Value | $114,220 | |
| Occupied | 49,551 | 88.2% |
| Vacant | 6,656 | 11.8% |
| Owned | 35,889 | 72.4% |
| Rented | 13,662 | 27.6% |
| Median Rent | $720 | |
| Single-Family Units | 44,273 | 78.8% |
| Detached | 43,384 | 77.2% |
| Attached | 889 | 1.6% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,383 | 7.8% |
| Mobile Homes | 4,023 | 7.2% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 2,885 | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 2,785 | 5.6% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 2,578 | 5.2% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 2,667 | 5.4% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 2,621 | 5.3% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 2,703 | 5.5% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 2,387 | 4.8% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 2,159 | 4.4% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 2,345 | 4.7% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 4,035 | 8.1% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 4,994 | 10.1% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 6,337 | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 4,558 | 9.2% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 2,802 | 5.7% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 2,040 | 4.1% |
| $200,000 or more | 1,655 | 3.3% |
| Median Household Income | 54,049 | |
| Per Capita Income | 31,465 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 85 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 3,170 | 6.4% |
| Public Assistance | 1,105 | 2.2% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 8,166 | 16.5% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 45,680 | 65.7% |
| Unemployed | 3,127 | 4.5% |
| In Armed Forces | 79 | 0.1% |
| Total Labor Force | 48,886 | 70.3% |
| Not in Labor Force | 20,632 | 29.7% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 34.2% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 19,443 | 15,390 | 55.8% |
| Non-Profit | 1,794 | 3,160 | 36.2% |
| Self-Employed | 1,909 | 1,442 | 57.0% |
| Local Government | 1,709 | 2,409 | 41.5% |
| State Government | 663 | 1,175 | 36.1% |
| Federal Government | 595 | 348 | 63.1% |
| Total Private + Self | 21,352 | 16,832 | 55.9% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,761 | 7,092 | 40.2% |
| Total | 26,113 | 23,924 | 52.2% |
| Pct. Govt. | 13.8% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,181 | 10.3% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 10,956 | 21.8% |
| Professional, Technical | 10,611 | 21.2% |
| Service Occupations | 9,519 | 19.0% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 95 | 0.2% |
| All others | 13,883 | 27.7% |
| White Collar | 53.3% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 8,240 | 16.4% |
| Retail trade | 6,598 | 13.2% |
| Manufacturing | 5,330 | 10.6% |
| Educational services | 5,048 | 10.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 3,547 | 7.1% |
| Construction | 3,154 | 6.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,783 | 5.5% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,330 | 4.6% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 2,082 | 4.2% |
| Public administration | 1,978 | 3.9% |
| Other services | 1,956 | 3.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,816 | 3.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 1,097 | 2.2% |
| Utilities | 906 | 1.8% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 896 | 1.8% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 784 | 1.6% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 638 | 1.3% |
| Information | 589 | 1.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 341 | 0.7% |
| Management | 37 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 736 | 0.63% |
| Puerto Rican | 228 | 0.20% |
| Cuban | 166 | 0.14% |
| Dominican | 17 | 0.01% |
| Total Central American | 181 | 0.16% |
| Costa Rican | 11 | 0.01% |
| Guatemalan | 20 | 0.02% |
| Honduran | 19 | 0.02% |
| Nicaraguan | 97 | 0.08% |
| Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Salvadoran | 34 | 0.03% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 129 | 0.11% |
| Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bolivian | 9 | 0.01% |
| Chilean | 20 | 0.02% |
| Colombian | 62 | 0.05% |
| Ecuadorian | 5 | 0.00% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 9 | 0.01% |
| Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other South American | 24 | 0.02% |
| Other Hispanic | 382 | 0.33% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Filipino | 219 | 0.19% |
| Vietnamese | 136 | 0.12% |
| Chinese | 131 | 0.11% |
| Indian | 54 | 0.05% |
| Thai | 32 | 0.03% |
| Korean | 30 | 0.03% |
| Japanese | 12 | 0.01% |
| Taiwanese | 11 | 0.01% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 108,899 | 98.1% |
| Spanish | 763 | 0.7% |
| Other Indo-European | 474 | 0.4% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 181 | 0.2% |
| German, other Germanic | 174 | 0.2% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 146 | 0.1% |
| Vietnamese | 135 | 0.1% |
| Chinese | 90 | 0.1% |
| Tagalog | 82 | 0.1% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 20,471 | 17.6% |
| Irish | 19,145 | 16.4% |
| Italian | 15,412 | 13.2% |
| English | 11,406 | 9.8% |
| Polish | 7,432 | 6.4% |
| American | 4,673 | 4.0% |
| French | 2,260 | 1.9% |
| Scotch-Irish | 2,216 | 1.9% |
| Scottish | 2,126 | 1.8% |
| Slovak | 2,066 | 1.8% |
| Hungarian | 2,031 | 1.7% |
| African | 1,740 | 1.5% |
| Welsh | 1,354 | 1.2% |
| Dutch | 1,175 | 1.0% |
| Serbian | 981 | 0.8% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 116,071 | 99.6% |
| Not a citizen | 465 | 0.4% |
| Native | 115,233 | 98.9% |
| Foreign-born | 1,303 | 1.1% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 1,969 | 2.3% | 4,723 | 5.6% | 35,462 | 42.2% | 25,162 | 30.0% | 10,839 | 12.9% | 5,843 | 7.0% |
| Average years of education: 13.1 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 1,969 | 2.3% |
| 9-12 Years | 4,723 | 5.6% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 35,462 | 42.2% |
| Some College | 25,162 | 30.0% |
| Bach. Degree | 10,839 | 12.9% |
| Grad Degree | 5,843 | 7.0% |
| Average years of education: 13.1 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 121,286 | 113,776 | 7,510 | 6.2% | |
| 1991 | 120,430 | 110,668 | 9,762 | 8.1% | |
| 1992 | 120,572 | 108,344 | 12,228 | 10.1% | |
| 1993 | 117,690 | 106,556 | 11,134 | 9.5% | |
| 1994 | 117,356 | 107,388 | 9,968 | 8.5% | |
| 1995 | 115,010 | 107,066 | 7,944 | 6.9% | |
| 1996 | 116,214 | 106,228 | 9,986 | 8.6% | |
| 1997 | 115,014 | 102,808 | 12,206 | 10.6% | |
| 1998 | 113,838 | 106,698 | 7,140 | 6.3% | |
| 1999 | 112,340 | 104,612 | 7,728 | 6.9% | |
| 2000 | 117,736 | 111,266 | 6,470 | 5.5% | |
| 2001 | 117,060 | 110,592 | 6,468 | 5.5% | |
| 2002 | 117,054 | 109,372 | 7,682 | 6.6% | |
| 2003 | 117,608 | 109,254 | 8,354 | 7.1% | |
| 2004 | 116,272 | 106,680 | 9,592 | 8.2% | |
| 2005 | 115,190 | 106,224 | 8,966 | 7.8% | |
| 2006 | 114,764 | 106,342 | 8,422 | 7.3% | |
| 2007 | 114,832 | 107,618 | 7,214 | 6.3% | |
| 2008 | 117,690 | 109,732 | 7,958 | 6.8% | |
| 2009 | 116,954 | 102,744 | 14,210 | 12.2% | |
| 2010 | 116,908 | 101,298 | 15,610 | 13.4% | |
| 2011 | 112,974 | 100,418 | 12,556 | 11.1% | |
| 2012 | 111,320 | 100,280 | 11,040 | 9.9% | |
| 2013 | 108,738 | 98,358 | 10,380 | 9.5% | |
| 2014 | 106,636 | 98,240 | 8,396 | 7.9% | |
| 2015 | 105,686 | 97,802 | 7,884 | 7.5% | |
| 2016 | 103,870 | 95,768 | 8,102 | 7.8% | |
| 2017 | 101,236 | 94,372 | 6,864 | 6.8% | |
| 2018 | 101,410 | 95,206 | 6,204 | 6.1% | |
| 2019 | 102,196 | 96,512 | 5,684 | 5.6% | |
| 2020 | 101,056 | 91,094 | 9,962 | 9.9% | |
| 2021 | 99,756 | 93,392 | 6,364 | 6.4% | |
| 2022 | 99,832 | 94,718 | 5,114 | 5.1% | |
| 2023 | 98,554 | 93,370 | 5,184 | 5.3% | |
| 2024 | 102,800 | 96,954 | 5,846 | 5.7% | |