2022 population: 33,191
( 27 from 2010
, 226 from 2020)
Land area: 449.3 square miles
Population density: 73.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 19,936 | 60.06% | 1.6% |
Black: | 9,094 | 27.40% | 1.7% |
Indian: | 99 | 0.30% | 2.1% |
Asian: | 303 | 0.91% | 43.6% |
2+ races: | 550 | 1.66% | 24.2% |
Hispanic: | 3,209 | 9.67% | 12.6% |
Total non-White: | 13,255 | 39.94% | 2.8% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 756 | 11.3 |
Deaths: | 1,191 | 17.8 |
Net Migration: | 38 | 0.6 |
Net Immigration: | 175 | 2.6 |
Change in White population: | -330 | -1.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 357 | 1.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 21,769 | |
Median Value | $184,500 | |
Occupied | 14,252 | 65.5% |
Vacant | 7,517 | 34.5% |
Owned | 9,530 | 66.9% |
Rented | 4,722 | 33.1% |
Median Rent | $974 | |
Single-Family Units | 17,057 | 78.4% |
Detached | 16,313 | 74.9% |
Attached | 744 | 3.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 669 | 3.1% |
Mobile Homes | 3,750 | 17.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 742 | 5.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 781 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 669 | 4.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 545 | 3.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 979 | 6.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 902 | 6.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 678 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 779 | 5.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 656 | 4.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 867 | 6.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,793 | 12.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,923 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 890 | 6.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 615 | 4.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 770 | 5.4% |
$200,000 or more | 663 | 4.7% |
Median Household Income | 52,694 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,570 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 71 | |
Compared to U.S. | 71 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 842 | 5.9% |
Public Assistance | 218 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,838 | 12.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 11,628 | 67.5% |
Unemployed | 474 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 177 | 1.0% |
Total Labor Force | 12,279 | 71.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,942 | 28.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,101 | 4,411 | 53.6% |
Non-Profit | 331 | 989 | 25.1% |
Self-Employed | 879 | 366 | 70.6% |
Local Government | 434 | 762 | 36.3% |
State Government | 323 | 297 | 52.1% |
Federal Government | 245 | 234 | 51.1% |
Total Private + Self | 5,980 | 4,777 | 55.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,333 | 2,282 | 36.9% |
Total | 7,313 | 7,059 | 50.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,638 | 11.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,822 | 19.6% |
Professional, Technical | 1,914 | 13.3% |
Service Occupations | 2,813 | 19.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 630 | 4.4% |
All others | 5,221 | 36.2% |
White Collar | 44.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,741 | 19.0% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,656 | 11.5% |
Retail trade | 1,584 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 1,104 | 7.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,040 | 7.2% |
Construction | 949 | 6.6% |
Public administration | 880 | 6.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 818 | 5.7% |
Other services | 653 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 589 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 556 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 492 | 3.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 413 | 2.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 264 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 236 | 1.6% |
Finance and insurance | 223 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 111 | 0.8% |
Information | 56 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 41 | 0.3% |
Management | 2 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,524 | 4.57% |
Puerto Rican | 342 | 1.02% |
Cuban | 43 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 9 | 0.03% |
Total Central American | 1,018 | 3.05% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 894 | 2.68% |
Honduran | 17 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 107 | 0.32% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 13 | 0.04% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 13 | 0.04% |
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 | 135 | 0.40% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Taiwanese | 62 | 0.19% |
Chinese | 59 | 0.18% |
Filipino | 57 | 0.17% |
Indonesian | 48 | 0.14% |
Thai | 18 | 0.05% |
Vietnamese | 9 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 8 | 0.02% |
Korean | 5 | 0.01% |
Indian | 2 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 27,615 | 87.4% |
Spanish | 2,583 | 8.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 919 | 2.9% |
Chinese | 132 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 105 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 74 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 57 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 54 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 38 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 15,456 | 46.3% |
English | 2,823 | 8.5% |
Irish | 2,114 | 6.3% |
German | 1,776 | 5.3% |
Italian | 617 | 1.8% |
Haitian | 536 | 1.6% |
Polish | 434 | 1.3% |
European | 374 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 346 | 1.0% |
French | 204 | 0.6% |
African | 201 | 0.6% |
British | 195 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 168 | 0.5% |
Northern European | 129 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 113 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 31,590 | 94.7% |
Not a citizen | 1,777 | 5.3% |
Native | 30,891 | 92.6% |
Foreign-born | 2,476 | 7.4% |
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 | ||||||
1,593 | 6.5% | 2,904 | 11.9% | 8,062 | 33.0% | 6,629 | 27.2% | 2,970 | 12.2% | 2,238 | 9.2% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,593 | 6.5% |
9-12 Years | 2,904 | 11.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 8,062 | 33.0% |
Some College | 6,629 | 27.2% |
Bach. Degree | 2,970 | 12.2% |
Grad Degree | 2,238 | 9.2% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 15,025 | 14,206 | 819 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
1991 | 15,395 | 14,323 | 1,072 | 7.0% | 5.8% |
1992 | 15,604 | 14,173 | 1,431 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
1993 | 15,590 | 14,219 | 1,371 | 8.8% | 5.2% |
1994 | 15,318 | 14,095 | 1,223 | 8.0% | 4.8% |
1995 | 15,351 | 14,104 | 1,247 | 8.1% | 4.4% |
1996 | 15,094 | 13,742 | 1,352 | 9.0% | 4.3% |
1997 | 14,776 | 13,462 | 1,314 | 8.9% | 3.7% |
1998 | 14,474 | 13,564 | 910 | 6.3% | 2.8% |
1999 | 14,819 | 13,889 | 930 | 6.3% | 2.7% |
2000 | 18,130 | 17,592 | 538 | 3.0% | 2.3% |
2001 | 18,404 | 17,770 | 634 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
2002 | 19,082 | 18,258 | 824 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
2003 | 19,326 | 18,437 | 889 | 4.6% | 4.3% |
2004 | 19,173 | 18,201 | 972 | 5.1% | 4.1% |
2005 | 18,847 | 17,896 | 951 | 5.0% | 3.8% |
2006 | 18,578 | 17,722 | 856 | 4.6% | 3.3% |
2007 | 18,810 | 17,974 | 836 | 4.4% | 3.3% |
2008 | 18,986 | 17,964 | 1,022 | 5.4% | 4.3% |
2009 | 19,790 | 18,478 | 1,312 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
2010 | 16,831 | 15,471 | 1,360 | 8.1% | 7.3% |
2011 | 16,564 | 15,177 | 1,387 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
2012 | 16,388 | 15,123 | 1,265 | 7.7% | 5.9% |
2013 | 16,226 | 15,083 | 1,143 | 7.0% | 5.6% |
2014 | 16,112 | 15,056 | 1,056 | 6.6% | 5.1% |
2015 | 15,938 | 15,082 | 856 | 5.4% | 4.4% |
2016 | 15,820 | 15,060 | 760 | 4.8% | 4.0% |
2017 | 16,714 | 15,963 | 751 | 4.5% | 3.7% |
2018 | 16,821 | 16,187 | 634 | 3.8% | 2.9% |
2019 | 16,686 | 16,116 | 570 | 3.4% | 2.7% |
2020 | 16,052 | 15,011 | 1,041 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
2021 | 15,396 | 14,729 | 667 | 4.3% | 3.9% |
2022 | 15,741 | 15,226 | 515 | 3.3% | 2.9% |
2023 | 16,202 | 15,631 | 571 | 3.5% | 2.9% |