2022 population: 20,845
( 1,147 from 2010
, 235 from 2020)
Land area: 500.9 square miles
Population density: 41.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 12,108 | 58.09% | 4.0% |
Black: | 7,469 | 35.83% | 13.0% |
Indian: | 84 | 0.40% | 25.4% |
Asian: | 151 | 0.72% | 5.6% |
2+ races: | 376 | 1.80% | 64.9% |
Hispanic: | 657 | 3.15% | 89.3% |
Total non-White: | 8,737 | 41.91% | 6.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 551 | 13.4 |
Deaths: | 869 | 21.1 |
Net Migration: | 552 | 13.4 |
Net Immigration: | 0 | 0.0 |
Change in White population: | -498 | -2.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -649 | -3.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 9,522 | |
Median Value | $147,200 | |
Occupied | 8,106 | 85.1% |
Vacant | 1,416 | 14.9% |
Owned | 5,426 | 66.9% |
Rented | 2,680 | 33.1% |
Median Rent | $864 | |
Single-Family Units | 6,690 | 70.3% |
Detached | 6,634 | 69.7% |
Attached | 56 | 0.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 399 | 4.2% |
Mobile Homes | 2,253 | 23.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 821 | 10.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 529 | 6.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 402 | 5.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 437 | 5.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 223 | 2.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 220 | 2.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 460 | 5.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 419 | 5.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 277 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 853 | 10.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,028 | 12.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,212 | 15.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 582 | 7.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 263 | 3.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 214 | 2.6% |
$200,000 or more | 166 | 2.0% |
Median Household Income | 52,392 | |
Per Capita Income | 25,784 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 84 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 815 | 10.1% |
Public Assistance | 174 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,873 | 23.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,136 | 58.8% |
Unemployed | 608 | 5.0% |
In Armed Forces | 2 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 7,746 | 63.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,396 | 36.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 41.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,210 | 2,598 | 55.3% |
Non-Profit | 128 | 168 | 43.2% |
Self-Employed | 417 | 124 | 77.1% |
Local Government | 385 | 391 | 49.6% |
State Government | 51 | 353 | 12.6% |
Federal Government | 93 | 79 | 54.1% |
Total Private + Self | 3,627 | 2,722 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 657 | 991 | 39.9% |
Total | 4,284 | 3,713 | 53.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,117 | 14.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,236 | 15.5% |
Professional, Technical | 975 | 12.2% |
Service Occupations | 1,463 | 18.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 58 | 0.7% |
All others | 3,206 | 40.1% |
White Collar | 41.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 1,895 | 23.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,020 | 12.8% |
Construction | 720 | 9.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 653 | 8.2% |
Educational services | 645 | 8.1% |
Retail trade | 642 | 8.0% |
Other services | 443 | 5.5% |
Public administration | 395 | 4.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 366 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 321 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 278 | 3.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 137 | 1.7% |
Wholesale trade | 124 | 1.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 109 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 92 | 1.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 80 | 1.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 59 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 15 | 0.2% |
Information | 3 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 459 | 2.22% |
Puerto Rican | 54 | 0.26% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 9 | 0.04% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 9 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 37 | 0.18% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 19,147 | 98.2% |
Spanish | 164 | 0.8% |
Tagalog | 58 | 0.3% |
Korean | 57 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 46 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 18 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 11 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 5 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 2,241 | 10.8% |
English | 1,417 | 6.9% |
Irish | 1,216 | 5.9% |
German | 825 | 4.0% |
European | 692 | 3.3% |
Italian | 476 | 2.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 223 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 218 | 1.1% |
French | 198 | 1.0% |
African | 190 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 182 | 0.9% |
Russian | 144 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 78 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 76 | 0.4% |
Scandinavian | 69 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 20,588 | 99.6% |
Not a citizen | 91 | 0.4% |
Native | 20,469 | 99.0% |
Foreign-born | 210 | 1.0% |
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 | ||||||
624 | 4.2% | 1,895 | 12.8% | 6,266 | 42.5% | 4,032 | 27.3% | 1,186 | 8.0% | 750 | 5.1% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 624 | 4.2% |
9-12 Years | 1,895 | 12.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,266 | 42.5% |
Some College | 4,032 | 27.3% |
Bach. Degree | 1,186 | 8.0% |
Grad Degree | 750 | 5.1% |
Average years of education: 12.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 9,528 | 8,828 | 700 | 7.3% | 5.4% |
1991 | 9,486 | 8,818 | 668 | 7.0% | 5.3% |
1992 | 9,439 | 8,434 | 1,005 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
1993 | 9,308 | 8,497 | 811 | 8.7% | 5.7% |
1994 | 9,201 | 8,514 | 687 | 7.5% | 5.1% |
1995 | 8,898 | 8,324 | 574 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
1996 | 8,978 | 8,401 | 577 | 6.4% | 4.6% |
1997 | 9,186 | 8,682 | 504 | 5.5% | 4.5% |
1998 | 9,179 | 8,707 | 472 | 5.1% | 4.2% |
1999 | 9,189 | 8,685 | 504 | 5.5% | 3.8% |
2000 | 10,082 | 9,628 | 454 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
2001 | 10,022 | 9,483 | 539 | 5.4% | 4.1% |
2002 | 9,970 | 9,332 | 638 | 6.4% | 5.3% |
2003 | 9,777 | 9,106 | 671 | 6.9% | 5.1% |
2004 | 9,720 | 9,036 | 684 | 7.0% | 5.1% |
2005 | 9,853 | 9,093 | 760 | 7.7% | 5.7% |
2006 | 9,665 | 8,997 | 668 | 6.9% | 5.1% |
2007 | 9,572 | 8,964 | 608 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
2008 | 9,649 | 8,767 | 882 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
2009 | 9,477 | 8,112 | 1,365 | 14.4% | 10.4% |
2010 | 9,367 | 8,065 | 1,302 | 13.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 9,221 | 8,001 | 1,220 | 13.2% | 10.1% |
2012 | 8,995 | 7,930 | 1,065 | 11.8% | 9.0% |
2013 | 8,802 | 7,861 | 941 | 10.7% | 8.1% |
2014 | 8,734 | 7,878 | 856 | 9.8% | 7.1% |
2015 | 8,576 | 7,877 | 699 | 8.2% | 6.1% |
2016 | 8,759 | 8,150 | 609 | 7.0% | 5.4% |
2017 | 8,949 | 8,414 | 535 | 6.0% | 4.8% |
2018 | 8,884 | 8,432 | 452 | 5.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 8,895 | 8,481 | 414 | 4.7% | 3.5% |
2020 | 8,816 | 8,061 | 755 | 8.6% | 6.5% |
2021 | 8,900 | 8,442 | 458 | 5.1% | 3.9% |
2022 | 8,991 | 8,649 | 342 | 3.8% | 3.0% |
2023 | 9,088 | 8,736 | 352 | 3.9% | 3.2% |