2022 population: 41,412
( 1,294 from 2010
, 65 from 2020)
Land area: 260.9 square miles
Population density: 158.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 22,284 | 53.81% | 5.4% |
Black: | 12,495 | 30.17% | 8.2% |
Indian: | 80 | 0.19% | 11.1% |
Asian: | 569 | 1.37% | 10.5% |
2+ races: | 559 | 1.35% | 56.6% |
Hispanic: | 5,425 | 13.10% | 34.4% |
Total non-White: | 19,128 | 46.19% | 15.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,200 | 14.5 |
Deaths: | 1,204 | 14.6 |
Net Migration: | 34 | 0.4 |
Net Immigration: | 14 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -1,271 | -3.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,565 | 6.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 17,392 | |
Median Value | $140,700 | |
Occupied | 15,328 | 88.1% |
Vacant | 2,064 | 11.9% |
Owned | 9,452 | 61.7% |
Rented | 5,876 | 38.3% |
Median Rent | $760 | |
Single-Family Units | 10,560 | 60.7% |
Detached | 10,466 | 60.2% |
Attached | 94 | 0.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,279 | 7.4% |
Mobile Homes | 3,762 | 21.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 874 | 5.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 707 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 663 | 4.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,303 | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,123 | 7.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 944 | 6.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 660 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 649 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 595 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,045 | 6.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,698 | 11.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,411 | 9.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,517 | 9.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 574 | 3.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,058 | 6.9% |
$200,000 or more | 507 | 3.3% |
Median Household Income | 52,561 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,987 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 75 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 517 | 3.4% |
Public Assistance | 127 | 0.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,711 | 17.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 14,403 | 63.9% |
Unemployed | 478 | 2.1% |
In Armed Forces | 54 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 14,935 | 66.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 7,616 | 33.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 7,107 | 5,619 | 55.8% |
Non-Profit | 523 | 653 | 44.5% |
Self-Employed | 930 | 533 | 63.6% |
Local Government | 301 | 691 | 30.3% |
State Government | 255 | 584 | 30.4% |
Federal Government | 311 | 253 | 55.1% |
Total Private + Self | 8,037 | 6,152 | 56.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,390 | 2,181 | 38.9% |
Total | 9,427 | 8,333 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,285 | 12.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,733 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 3,683 | 20.7% |
Service Occupations | 2,905 | 16.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 320 | 1.8% |
All others | 5,203 | 29.2% |
White Collar | 54.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,444 | 13.7% |
Retail trade | 2,329 | 13.1% |
Manufacturing | 2,254 | 12.7% |
Educational services | 1,678 | 9.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,367 | 7.7% |
Construction | 1,342 | 7.5% |
Other services | 1,078 | 6.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 943 | 5.3% |
Public administration | 857 | 4.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 730 | 4.1% |
Finance and insurance | 617 | 3.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 599 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 523 | 2.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 314 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 297 | 1.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 188 | 1.1% |
Information | 187 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 62 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 4,465 | 10.83% |
Puerto Rican | 196 | 0.48% |
Cuban | 29 | 0.07% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 116 | 0.28% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 60 | 0.15% |
Nicaraguan | 43 | 0.10% |
Panamanian | 13 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 25 | 0.06% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 25 | 0.06% |
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 | 371 | 0.90% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 164 | 0.40% |
Chinese | 159 | 0.39% |
Indian | 92 | 0.22% |
Filipino | 36 | 0.09% |
Korean | 10 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 33,780 | 87.8% |
Spanish | 4,148 | 10.8% |
Vietnamese | 164 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 126 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 61 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 58 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 40 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 38 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 37 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 13,431 | 32.6% |
English | 2,633 | 6.4% |
Irish | 2,023 | 4.9% |
German | 1,251 | 3.0% |
Scottish | 397 | 1.0% |
Italian | 341 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 293 | 0.7% |
European | 252 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 177 | 0.4% |
French | 174 | 0.4% |
Canadian | 136 | 0.3% |
Haitian | 109 | 0.3% |
Polish | 96 | 0.2% |
British | 87 | 0.2% |
African | 85 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 39,624 | 96.1% |
Not a citizen | 1,623 | 3.9% |
Native | 39,096 | 94.8% |
Foreign-born | 2,151 | 5.2% |
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 | ||||||
1,446 | 5.4% | 2,887 | 10.7% | 8,972 | 33.3% | 8,597 | 31.9% | 2,594 | 9.6% | 2,449 | 9.1% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,446 | 5.4% |
9-12 Years | 2,887 | 10.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,972 | 33.3% |
Some College | 8,597 | 31.9% |
Bach. Degree | 2,594 | 9.6% |
Grad Degree | 2,449 | 9.1% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,637 | 16,373 | 1,264 | 7.2% | 5.4% |
1991 | 17,711 | 16,692 | 1,019 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
1992 | 18,058 | 16,772 | 1,286 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
1993 | 18,928 | 17,554 | 1,374 | 7.3% | 5.7% |
1994 | 18,934 | 17,827 | 1,107 | 5.8% | 5.1% |
1995 | 19,444 | 18,352 | 1,092 | 5.6% | 4.8% |
1996 | 20,424 | 19,303 | 1,121 | 5.5% | 4.6% |
1997 | 21,343 | 20,145 | 1,198 | 5.6% | 4.5% |
1998 | 21,198 | 20,012 | 1,186 | 5.6% | 4.2% |
1999 | 20,859 | 19,865 | 994 | 4.8% | 3.8% |
2000 | 18,813 | 18,042 | 771 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
2001 | 18,631 | 17,772 | 859 | 4.6% | 4.1% |
2002 | 18,799 | 17,905 | 894 | 4.8% | 5.3% |
2003 | 19,138 | 18,243 | 895 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2004 | 19,073 | 18,162 | 911 | 4.8% | 5.1% |
2005 | 19,732 | 18,639 | 1,093 | 5.5% | 5.7% |
2006 | 19,976 | 18,885 | 1,091 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2007 | 19,120 | 18,026 | 1,094 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2008 | 19,028 | 17,564 | 1,464 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
2009 | 18,905 | 16,734 | 2,171 | 11.5% | 10.4% |
2010 | 18,838 | 16,557 | 2,281 | 12.1% | 10.7% |
2011 | 18,901 | 16,635 | 2,266 | 12.0% | 10.1% |
2012 | 19,088 | 17,191 | 1,897 | 9.9% | 9.0% |
2013 | 18,669 | 17,094 | 1,575 | 8.4% | 8.1% |
2014 | 18,223 | 16,890 | 1,333 | 7.3% | 7.1% |
2015 | 18,137 | 17,009 | 1,128 | 6.2% | 6.1% |
2016 | 18,553 | 17,541 | 1,012 | 5.5% | 5.4% |
2017 | 19,310 | 18,399 | 911 | 4.7% | 4.8% |
2018 | 19,384 | 18,597 | 787 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 20,323 | 19,638 | 685 | 3.4% | 3.5% |
2020 | 20,500 | 19,463 | 1,037 | 5.1% | 6.5% |
2021 | 21,106 | 20,379 | 727 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2022 | 21,053 | 20,469 | 584 | 2.8% | 3.0% |
2023 | 20,929 | 20,326 | 603 | 2.9% | 3.2% |