2022 population: 117,621
( 17,663 from 2010
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5,130 from 2020)
Land area: 273.8 square miles
Population density: 429.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 46,696 | 39.70% | ![]() |
Black: | 58,448 | 49.69% | ![]() |
Indian: | 261 | 0.22% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,640 | 1.39% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,517 | 2.14% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 8,059 | 6.85% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 70,925 | 60.30% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,870 | 12.8 |
Deaths: | 2,728 | 12.1 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 4,810 | 21.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 181 | 0.8 |
Change in White population: | -5,299 | -5.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 22,962 | 23.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 42,037 | |
Median Value | $200,300 | |
Occupied | 39,906 | 94.9% |
Vacant | 2,131 | 5.1% |
Owned | 28,958 | 72.6% |
Rented | 10,948 | 27.4% |
Median Rent | $1,264 | |
Single-Family Units | 37,593 | 89.4% |
Detached | 37,062 | 88.2% |
Attached | 531 | 1.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,618 | 3.8% |
Mobile Homes | 1,434 | 3.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,181 | 5.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 904 | 2.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,473 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,552 | 3.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,579 | 4.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,370 | 3.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,419 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,688 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,097 | 5.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,334 | 5.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,720 | 11.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 6,485 | 16.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,234 | 10.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,857 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,927 | 7.3% |
$200,000 or more | 2,086 | 5.2% |
Median Household Income | 70,732 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,101 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 95 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,538 | 6.4% |
Public Assistance | 824 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 5,935 | 14.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 47,074 | 69.1% |
Unemployed | 3,564 | 5.2% |
In Armed Forces | 71 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 50,709 | 74.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 17,437 | 25.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 18,503 | 17,720 | 51.1% |
Non-Profit | 918 | 1,921 | 32.3% |
Self-Employed | 3,233 | 1,595 | 67.0% |
Local Government | 1,631 | 3,245 | 33.4% |
State Government | 720 | 1,646 | 30.4% |
Federal Government | 830 | 727 | 53.3% |
Total Private + Self | 21,736 | 19,315 | 52.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,099 | 7,539 | 35.2% |
Total | 25,835 | 26,854 | 49.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,385 | 14.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 11,335 | 21.5% |
Professional, Technical | 10,639 | 20.2% |
Service Occupations | 8,176 | 15.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 125 | 0.2% |
All others | 15,202 | 28.8% |
White Collar | 55.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 6,957 | 13.2% |
Manufacturing | 6,894 | 13.1% |
Retail trade | 6,137 | 11.6% |
Educational services | 5,158 | 9.8% |
Construction | 3,924 | 7.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,665 | 6.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,128 | 5.9% |
Public administration | 3,103 | 5.9% |
Other services | 2,792 | 5.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,444 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,168 | 4.1% |
Finance and insurance | 1,495 | 2.8% |
Wholesale trade | 1,334 | 2.5% |
Information | 1,137 | 2.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 905 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 760 | 1.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 393 | 0.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 265 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 69 | 0.1% |
Management | 9 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,093 | 2.73% |
Puerto Rican | 870 | 0.77% |
Cuban | 311 | 0.27% |
Dominican | 64 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 2,280 | 2.01% |
Costa Rican | 41 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 1,947 | 1.72% |
Honduran | 13 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 54 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 225 | 0.20% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 456 | 0.40% |
Argentinean | 61 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 5 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 291 | 0.26% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 40 | 0.04% |
Venezuelan | 59 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 71 | 0.06% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 339 | 0.30% |
Chinese | 283 | 0.25% |
Indian | 243 | 0.21% |
Cambodian | 164 | 0.14% |
Filipino | 145 | 0.13% |
Malaysian | 139 | 0.12% |
Korean | 94 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 69 | 0.06% |
Vietnamese | 30 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 99,001 | 93.1% |
Spanish | 4,986 | 4.7% |
Other | 641 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 558 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 489 | 0.5% |
Other Indo-European | 296 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 264 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 56 | 0.1% |
Korean | 48 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 14,610 | 12.9% |
English | 6,584 | 5.8% |
Irish | 5,316 | 4.7% |
German | 4,359 | 3.8% |
Jamaican | 3,416 | 3.0% |
Italian | 1,738 | 1.5% |
French | 1,608 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 1,336 | 1.2% |
European | 1,335 | 1.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 966 | 0.9% |
Haitian | 915 | 0.8% |
African | 850 | 0.8% |
Polish | 707 | 0.6% |
British West Indian | 679 | 0.6% |
West Indian | 513 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 109,572 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 3,726 | 3.3% |
Native | 106,170 | 93.7% |
Foreign-born | 7,128 | 6.3% |
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 | ||||||
2,470 | 3.4% | 5,083 | 7.0% | 24,171 | 33.1% | 24,863 | 34.0% | 9,900 | 13.5% | 6,602 | 9.0% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,470 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 5,083 | 7.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 24,171 | 33.1% |
Some College | 24,863 | 34.0% |
Bach. Degree | 9,900 | 13.5% |
Grad Degree | 6,602 | 9.0% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 20,769 | 19,341 | 1,428 | 6.9% | 5.4% |
1991 | 20,929 | 19,706 | 1,223 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
1992 | 21,642 | 20,093 | 1,549 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
1993 | 22,449 | 21,146 | 1,303 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
1994 | 23,488 | 22,436 | 1,052 | 4.5% | 5.1% |
1995 | 24,463 | 23,414 | 1,049 | 4.3% | 4.8% |
1996 | 26,075 | 24,918 | 1,157 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
1997 | 27,727 | 26,443 | 1,284 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
1998 | 29,228 | 28,081 | 1,147 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
1999 | 30,511 | 29,519 | 992 | 3.3% | 3.8% |
2000 | 32,130 | 31,090 | 1,040 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
2001 | 33,875 | 32,631 | 1,244 | 3.7% | 4.1% |
2002 | 35,790 | 33,886 | 1,904 | 5.3% | 5.3% |
2003 | 37,646 | 35,533 | 2,113 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
2004 | 39,638 | 37,426 | 2,212 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
2005 | 42,495 | 39,785 | 2,710 | 6.4% | 5.7% |
2006 | 44,114 | 41,583 | 2,531 | 5.7% | 5.1% |
2007 | 46,396 | 43,758 | 2,638 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2008 | 47,612 | 43,743 | 3,869 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
2009 | 47,203 | 41,151 | 6,052 | 12.8% | 10.4% |
2010 | 48,138 | 41,951 | 6,187 | 12.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 48,301 | 42,380 | 5,921 | 12.3% | 10.1% |
2012 | 48,130 | 42,907 | 5,223 | 10.9% | 9.0% |
2013 | 48,002 | 43,372 | 4,630 | 9.6% | 8.1% |
2014 | 47,871 | 43,929 | 3,942 | 8.2% | 7.1% |
2015 | 47,891 | 44,597 | 3,294 | 6.9% | 6.1% |
2016 | 50,006 | 46,972 | 3,034 | 6.1% | 5.4% |
2017 | 51,713 | 48,935 | 2,778 | 5.4% | 4.8% |
2018 | 52,056 | 49,687 | 2,369 | 4.6% | 4.0% |
2019 | 52,883 | 50,779 | 2,104 | 4.0% | 3.5% |
2020 | 51,901 | 48,202 | 3,699 | 7.1% | 6.5% |
2021 | 53,489 | 51,158 | 2,331 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2022 | 54,323 | 52,466 | 1,857 | 3.4% | 3.0% |
2023 | 55,216 | 53,114 | 2,102 | 3.8% | 3.2% |