2022 population: 69,041
( 16,791 from 2010
, 4,273 from 2020)
Land area: 478.8 square miles
Population density: 144.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 51,482 | 74.57% | 21.7% |
Black: | 10,484 | 15.19% | 50.2% |
Indian: | 202 | 0.29% | 49.6% |
Asian: | 885 | 1.28% | 100.7% |
2+ races: | 1,523 | 2.21% | 87.1% |
Hispanic: | 4,465 | 6.47% | 197.5% |
Total non-White: | 17,559 | 25.43% | 76.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,847 | 14.3 |
Deaths: | 1,348 | 10.4 |
Net Migration: | 3,716 | 28.7 |
Net Immigration: | 21 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | 9,171 | 17.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 7,620 | 14.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 24,567 | |
Median Value | $219,000 | |
Occupied | 22,820 | 92.9% |
Vacant | 1,747 | 7.1% |
Owned | 17,578 | 77.0% |
Rented | 5,242 | 23.0% |
Median Rent | $1,098 | |
Single-Family Units | 17,986 | 73.2% |
Detached | 17,698 | 72.0% |
Attached | 288 | 1.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,352 | 5.5% |
Mobile Homes | 4,714 | 19.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 858 | 3.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 580 | 2.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 779 | 3.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 385 | 1.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 947 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 760 | 3.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 594 | 2.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 684 | 3.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 867 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,861 | 8.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,376 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,419 | 15.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,709 | 11.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,106 | 9.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,132 | 9.3% |
$200,000 or more | 1,763 | 7.7% |
Median Household Income | 79,474 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,506 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,137 | 5.0% |
Public Assistance | 303 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,871 | 8.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 28,223 | 70.7% |
Unemployed | 1,542 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 288 | 0.7% |
Total Labor Force | 30,053 | 75.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,847 | 24.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 12,391 | 10,543 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 336 | 950 | 26.1% |
Self-Employed | 1,363 | 801 | 63.0% |
Local Government | 925 | 1,258 | 42.4% |
State Government | 589 | 810 | 42.1% |
Federal Government | 679 | 195 | 77.7% |
Total Private + Self | 13,754 | 11,344 | 54.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,529 | 3,213 | 44.0% |
Total | 16,283 | 14,557 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,346 | 14.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,466 | 20.9% |
Professional, Technical | 6,879 | 22.3% |
Service Occupations | 4,286 | 13.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 18 | 0.1% |
All others | 8,911 | 28.8% |
White Collar | 57.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 5,597 | 18.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,693 | 12.0% |
Retail trade | 3,447 | 11.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,616 | 8.5% |
Educational services | 2,558 | 8.3% |
Construction | 2,128 | 6.9% |
Public administration | 1,983 | 6.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,733 | 5.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,510 | 4.9% |
Other services | 1,330 | 4.3% |
Finance and insurance | 1,092 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 979 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 683 | 2.2% |
Information | 352 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 319 | 1.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 307 | 1.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 305 | 1.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 216 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 33 | 0.1% |
Management | 7 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,809 | 2.77% |
Puerto Rican | 677 | 1.04% |
Cuban | 442 | 0.68% |
Dominican | 141 | 0.22% |
Total Central American | 100 | 0.15% |
Costa Rican | 41 | 0.06% |
Guatemalan | 59 | 0.09% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 228 | 0.35% |
Argentinean | 48 | 0.07% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 135 | 0.21% |
Ecuadorian | 9 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 9 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 27 | 0.04% |
Other Hispanic | 200 | 0.31% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 197 | 0.30% |
Vietnamese | 74 | 0.11% |
Korean | 50 | 0.08% |
Filipino | 43 | 0.07% |
Chinese | 24 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 20 | 0.03% |
Thai | 16 | 0.02% |
Indonesian | 6 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 58,801 | 96.2% |
Spanish | 1,535 | 2.5% |
Other Indo-European | 261 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 164 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 93 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 74 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 67 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 33 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 33 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 11,995 | 18.4% |
English | 6,784 | 10.4% |
Irish | 5,858 | 9.0% |
German | 5,764 | 8.8% |
Italian | 1,876 | 2.9% |
Scottish | 1,337 | 2.0% |
European | 1,135 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 805 | 1.2% |
French | 729 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 595 | 0.9% |
Polish | 576 | 0.9% |
African | 500 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 268 | 0.4% |
British | 252 | 0.4% |
Austrian | 251 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 64,525 | 98.8% |
Not a citizen | 789 | 1.2% |
Native | 63,531 | 97.3% |
Foreign-born | 1,783 | 2.7% |
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 | ||||||
942 | 2.2% | 3,267 | 7.7% | 14,343 | 33.6% | 13,386 | 31.4% | 7,658 | 17.9% | 3,095 | 7.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 942 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 3,267 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,343 | 33.6% |
Some College | 13,386 | 31.4% |
Bach. Degree | 7,658 | 17.9% |
Grad Degree | 3,095 | 7.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 12,298 | 11,837 | 461 | 3.7% | 5.4% |
1991 | 12,684 | 12,021 | 663 | 5.2% | 5.3% |
1992 | 13,248 | 12,452 | 796 | 6.0% | 6.6% |
1993 | 13,587 | 12,958 | 629 | 4.6% | 5.7% |
1994 | 14,338 | 13,689 | 649 | 4.5% | 5.1% |
1995 | 14,922 | 14,306 | 616 | 4.1% | 4.8% |
1996 | 15,738 | 15,130 | 608 | 3.9% | 4.6% |
1997 | 16,937 | 16,325 | 612 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
1998 | 17,872 | 17,213 | 659 | 3.7% | 4.2% |
1999 | 18,674 | 18,092 | 582 | 3.1% | 3.8% |
2000 | 18,917 | 18,325 | 592 | 3.1% | 3.5% |
2001 | 19,725 | 19,094 | 631 | 3.2% | 4.1% |
2002 | 21,038 | 20,183 | 855 | 4.1% | 5.3% |
2003 | 22,115 | 21,188 | 927 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
2004 | 23,778 | 22,817 | 961 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2005 | 25,650 | 24,565 | 1,085 | 4.2% | 5.7% |
2006 | 27,072 | 26,082 | 990 | 3.7% | 5.1% |
2007 | 28,436 | 27,414 | 1,022 | 3.6% | 4.9% |
2008 | 28,952 | 27,439 | 1,513 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
2009 | 28,604 | 26,131 | 2,473 | 8.6% | 10.4% |
2010 | 25,849 | 23,339 | 2,510 | 9.7% | 10.7% |
2011 | 25,592 | 23,227 | 2,365 | 9.2% | 10.1% |
2012 | 25,871 | 23,739 | 2,132 | 8.2% | 9.0% |
2013 | 26,146 | 24,286 | 1,860 | 7.1% | 8.1% |
2014 | 26,223 | 24,587 | 1,636 | 6.2% | 7.1% |
2015 | 26,854 | 25,458 | 1,396 | 5.2% | 6.1% |
2016 | 28,415 | 27,025 | 1,390 | 4.9% | 5.4% |
2017 | 29,737 | 28,521 | 1,216 | 4.1% | 4.8% |
2018 | 31,011 | 29,983 | 1,028 | 3.3% | 4.0% |
2019 | 32,248 | 31,311 | 937 | 2.9% | 3.5% |
2020 | 31,400 | 29,827 | 1,573 | 5.0% | 6.5% |
2021 | 33,189 | 32,208 | 981 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
2022 | 33,678 | 32,818 | 860 | 2.6% | 3.0% |
2023 | 34,131 | 33,246 | 885 | 2.6% | 3.2% |