2022 population: 35,312
( 450 from 2010
, 1,337 from 2020)
Land area: 636.7 square miles
Population density: 55.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 19,218 | 54.42% | 1.7% |
Black: | 4,018 | 11.38% | 7.4% |
Indian: | 108 | 0.31% | 74.2% |
Asian: | 210 | 0.59% | 21.4% |
2+ races: | 406 | 1.15% | 42.0% |
Hispanic: | 11,352 | 32.15% | 8.9% |
Total non-White: | 16,094 | 45.58% | 5.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 839 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 1,052 | 15.5 |
Net Migration: | 1,403 | 20.6 |
Net Immigration: | 120 | 1.8 |
Change in White population: | -331 | -0.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 781 | 2.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,567 | |
Median Value | $139,500 | |
Occupied | 12,340 | 79.3% |
Vacant | 3,227 | 20.7% |
Owned | 8,784 | 71.2% |
Rented | 3,556 | 28.8% |
Median Rent | $861 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,403 | 54.0% |
Detached | 7,971 | 51.2% |
Attached | 432 | 2.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,107 | 7.1% |
Mobile Homes | 4,781 | 30.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 940 | 7.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 689 | 5.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 861 | 7.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 647 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 929 | 7.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 804 | 6.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 680 | 5.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 620 | 5.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 662 | 5.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,173 | 9.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,262 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,455 | 11.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 566 | 4.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 417 | 3.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 452 | 3.7% |
$200,000 or more | 183 | 1.5% |
Median Household Income | 45,000 | |
Per Capita Income | 21,726 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 78 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 743 | 6.0% |
Public Assistance | 222 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,601 | 21.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 6,416 | 48.3% |
Unemployed | 604 | 4.5% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 7,020 | 52.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,256 | 47.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 51.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,667 | 2,563 | 68.9% |
Non-Profit | 453 | 370 | 55.0% |
Self-Employed | 1,046 | 465 | 69.2% |
Local Government | 440 | 875 | 33.5% |
State Government | 134 | 241 | 35.7% |
Federal Government | 13 | 36 | 26.5% |
Total Private + Self | 6,713 | 3,028 | 68.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,040 | 1,522 | 40.6% |
Total | 7,753 | 4,550 | 63.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 942 | 7.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,344 | 18.9% |
Professional, Technical | 1,843 | 14.9% |
Service Occupations | 2,733 | 22.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 777 | 6.3% |
All others | 4,528 | 36.5% |
White Collar | 41.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Construction | 2,413 | 19.5% |
Retail trade | 1,383 | 11.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,301 | 10.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,223 | 9.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,122 | 9.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,065 | 8.6% |
Educational services | 789 | 6.4% |
Public administration | 730 | 5.9% |
Other services | 455 | 3.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 426 | 3.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 404 | 3.3% |
Finance and insurance | 227 | 1.8% |
Wholesale trade | 218 | 1.8% |
Manufacturing | 148 | 1.2% |
Information | 140 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 122 | 1.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 110 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 105 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 9 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 8,787 | 25.65% |
Puerto Rican | 286 | 0.83% |
Cuban | 618 | 1.80% |
Dominican | 167 | 0.49% |
Total Central American | 695 | 2.03% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 264 | 0.77% |
Honduran | 239 | 0.70% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 6 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 186 | 0.54% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 83 | 0.24% |
Argentinean | 35 | 0.10% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 23 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 8 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 17 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 343 | 1.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 25,131 | 77.2% |
Spanish | 7,040 | 21.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 205 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 65 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 53 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 29 | 0.1% |
Other | 21 | 0.1% |
Korean | 16 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 4 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 3,289 | 9.6% |
German | 3,050 | 8.9% |
Irish | 2,940 | 8.6% |
American | 2,352 | 6.9% |
Italian | 875 | 2.6% |
French | 708 | 2.1% |
European | 491 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 432 | 1.3% |
Polish | 420 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 256 | 0.7% |
African | 219 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 198 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 193 | 0.6% |
Haitian | 167 | 0.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 147 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 31,303 | 91.4% |
Not a citizen | 2,955 | 8.6% |
Native | 29,829 | 87.1% |
Foreign-born | 4,429 | 12.9% |
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 | ||||||
3,171 | 12.7% | 3,549 | 14.2% | 9,956 | 39.8% | 5,446 | 21.8% | 1,960 | 7.8% | 940 | 3.8% |
Average years of education: 11.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,171 | 12.7% |
9-12 Years | 3,549 | 14.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 9,956 | 39.8% |
Some College | 5,446 | 21.8% |
Bach. Degree | 1,960 | 7.8% |
Grad Degree | 940 | 3.8% |
Average years of education: 11.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 9,779 | 9,061 | 718 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
1991 | 10,154 | 9,371 | 783 | 7.7% | 7.6% |
1992 | 10,108 | 9,048 | 1,060 | 10.5% | 8.4% |
1993 | 10,195 | 9,123 | 1,072 | 10.5% | 7.4% |
1994 | 10,096 | 9,313 | 783 | 7.8% | 6.5% |
1995 | 10,309 | 9,625 | 684 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
1996 | 10,217 | 9,449 | 768 | 7.5% | 5.3% |
1997 | 10,117 | 9,372 | 745 | 7.4% | 4.9% |
1998 | 9,379 | 8,662 | 717 | 7.6% | 4.4% |
1999 | 9,237 | 8,604 | 633 | 6.9% | 3.9% |
2000 | 13,393 | 12,792 | 601 | 4.5% | 3.8% |
2001 | 13,492 | 12,831 | 661 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
2002 | 13,426 | 12,677 | 749 | 5.6% | 4.9% |
2003 | 13,635 | 12,953 | 682 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2004 | 13,328 | 12,689 | 639 | 4.8% | 3.8% |
2005 | 13,425 | 12,949 | 476 | 3.5% | 2.9% |
2006 | 14,087 | 13,693 | 394 | 2.8% | 2.5% |
2007 | 14,227 | 13,651 | 576 | 4.0% | 3.3% |
2008 | 14,676 | 13,757 | 919 | 6.3% | 5.7% |
2009 | 14,806 | 13,420 | 1,386 | 9.4% | 9.6% |
2010 | 12,965 | 11,425 | 1,540 | 11.9% | 10.8% |
2011 | 13,811 | 12,378 | 1,433 | 10.4% | 10.0% |
2012 | 12,823 | 11,507 | 1,316 | 10.3% | 8.6% |
2013 | 13,106 | 11,984 | 1,122 | 8.6% | 7.5% |
2014 | 13,152 | 12,185 | 967 | 7.4% | 6.4% |
2015 | 13,431 | 12,643 | 788 | 5.9% | 5.5% |
2016 | 13,516 | 12,797 | 719 | 5.3% | 4.9% |
2017 | 14,034 | 13,401 | 633 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
2018 | 13,699 | 13,148 | 551 | 4.0% | 3.6% |
2019 | 14,222 | 13,694 | 528 | 3.7% | 3.3% |
2020 | 14,356 | 13,615 | 741 | 5.2% | 7.7% |
2021 | 13,630 | 13,053 | 577 | 4.2% | 4.6% |
2022 | 13,862 | 13,408 | 454 | 3.3% | 2.9% |
2023 | 13,296 | 12,820 | 476 | 3.6% | 2.9% |