2022 population: 24,936
( 1,079 from 2010
, 33 from 2020)
Land area: 313.3 square miles
Population density: 79.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 20,406 | 81.83% | 5.5% |
Black: | 2,356 | 9.45% | 18.4% |
Indian: | 72 | 0.29% | 50.0% |
Asian: | 148 | 0.59% | 34.5% |
2+ races: | 470 | 1.88% | 49.2% |
Hispanic: | 1,484 | 5.95% | 42.3% |
Total non-White: | 4,530 | 18.17% | 2.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 558 | 11.2 |
Deaths: | 882 | 17.7 |
Net Migration: | 241 | 4.8 |
Net Immigration: | 36 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | -1,183 | -4.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 104 | 0.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 10,864 | |
Median Value | $86,400 | |
Occupied | 9,292 | 85.5% |
Vacant | 1,572 | 14.5% |
Owned | 6,286 | 67.6% |
Rented | 3,006 | 32.4% |
Median Rent | $753 | |
Single-Family Units | 7,528 | 69.3% |
Detached | 7,455 | 68.6% |
Attached | 73 | 0.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 575 | 5.3% |
Mobile Homes | 2,170 | 20.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 613 | 6.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 623 | 6.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 705 | 7.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 646 | 7.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 540 | 5.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 812 | 8.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 358 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 483 | 5.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 614 | 6.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,126 | 12.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 739 | 8.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 735 | 7.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 522 | 5.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 365 | 3.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 296 | 3.2% |
$200,000 or more | 115 | 1.2% |
Median Household Income | 43,556 | |
Per Capita Income | 21,576 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 72 | |
Compared to U.S. | 68 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 879 | 9.5% |
Public Assistance | 860 | 9.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,874 | 20.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,927 | 54.8% |
Unemployed | 418 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 3 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 8,348 | 57.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 6,124 | 42.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 45.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,609 | 3,358 | 51.8% |
Non-Profit | 77 | 138 | 35.8% |
Self-Employed | 518 | 412 | 55.7% |
Local Government | 227 | 370 | 38.0% |
State Government | 138 | 275 | 33.4% |
Federal Government | 13 | 21 | 38.2% |
Total Private + Self | 4,127 | 3,770 | 52.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 455 | 804 | 36.1% |
Total | 4,582 | 4,574 | 50.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 757 | 8.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,699 | 18.6% |
Professional, Technical | 1,254 | 13.7% |
Service Occupations | 1,263 | 13.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 11 | 0.1% |
All others | 4,183 | 45.7% |
White Collar | 40.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,896 | 31.6% |
Retail trade | 1,154 | 12.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,135 | 12.4% |
Construction | 756 | 8.3% |
Educational services | 501 | 5.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 424 | 4.6% |
Public administration | 390 | 4.3% |
Other services | 335 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 323 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 297 | 3.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 191 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 175 | 1.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 170 | 1.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 107 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 92 | 1.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 77 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 66 | 0.7% |
Information | 41 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 26 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 406 | 1.63% |
Puerto Rican | 74 | 0.30% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 928 | 3.73% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 867 | 3.48% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 6 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 55 | 0.22% |
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 | 10 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 22,119 | 94.6% |
Spanish | 1,122 | 4.8% |
Other | 69 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 59 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 8 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 7 | 0.0% |
Korean | 4 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 10,375 | 41.7% |
English | 2,829 | 11.4% |
Irish | 1,399 | 5.6% |
German | 878 | 3.5% |
Scottish | 265 | 1.1% |
European | 154 | 0.6% |
Italian | 111 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 77 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 73 | 0.3% |
French | 64 | 0.3% |
Russian | 59 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 55 | 0.2% |
British | 54 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 35 | 0.1% |
Syrian | 32 | 0.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 24,315 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 587 | 2.4% |
Native | 24,106 | 96.8% |
Foreign-born | 796 | 3.2% |
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 | ||||||
1,702 | 9.9% | 2,930 | 17.0% | 6,632 | 38.4% | 4,378 | 25.3% | 950 | 5.5% | 687 | 4.0% |
Average years of education: 11.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,702 | 9.9% |
9-12 Years | 2,930 | 17.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,632 | 38.4% |
Some College | 4,378 | 25.3% |
Bach. Degree | 950 | 5.5% |
Grad Degree | 687 | 4.0% |
Average years of education: 11.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 10,704 | 9,924 | 780 | 7.3% | 5.4% |
1991 | 10,685 | 9,889 | 796 | 7.4% | 5.3% |
1992 | 11,515 | 10,592 | 923 | 8.0% | 6.6% |
1993 | 11,871 | 11,191 | 680 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
1994 | 11,869 | 11,266 | 603 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
1995 | 11,954 | 11,397 | 557 | 4.7% | 4.8% |
1996 | 12,097 | 11,562 | 535 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
1997 | 11,947 | 11,366 | 581 | 4.9% | 4.5% |
1998 | 11,770 | 11,304 | 466 | 4.0% | 4.2% |
1999 | 12,113 | 11,647 | 466 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
2000 | 11,576 | 11,142 | 434 | 3.7% | 3.5% |
2001 | 11,175 | 10,633 | 542 | 4.9% | 4.1% |
2002 | 11,283 | 10,782 | 501 | 4.4% | 5.3% |
2003 | 11,383 | 10,848 | 535 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2004 | 10,991 | 10,401 | 590 | 5.4% | 5.1% |
2005 | 11,083 | 10,437 | 646 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
2006 | 10,876 | 10,290 | 586 | 5.4% | 5.1% |
2007 | 10,921 | 10,224 | 697 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
2008 | 11,278 | 10,083 | 1,195 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
2009 | 10,805 | 9,298 | 1,507 | 13.9% | 10.4% |
2010 | 10,699 | 9,436 | 1,263 | 11.8% | 10.7% |
2011 | 10,554 | 9,401 | 1,153 | 10.9% | 10.1% |
2012 | 10,602 | 9,533 | 1,069 | 10.1% | 9.0% |
2013 | 10,522 | 9,583 | 939 | 8.9% | 8.1% |
2014 | 10,499 | 9,698 | 801 | 7.6% | 7.1% |
2015 | 10,432 | 9,777 | 655 | 6.3% | 6.1% |
2016 | 10,436 | 9,769 | 667 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
2017 | 10,655 | 10,147 | 508 | 4.8% | 4.8% |
2018 | 10,518 | 10,082 | 436 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 10,389 | 9,857 | 532 | 5.1% | 3.5% |
2020 | 9,767 | 8,947 | 820 | 8.4% | 6.5% |
2021 | 9,478 | 9,027 | 451 | 4.8% | 3.9% |
2022 | 9,240 | 8,852 | 388 | 4.2% | 3.0% |
2023 | 9,382 | 9,036 | 346 | 3.7% | 3.2% |