2022 population: 130,458
( 23,243 from 2010
, 3,960 from 2020)
Land area: 290.0 square miles
Population density: 449.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 85,701 | 65.69% | 12.8% |
Black: | 32,292 | 24.75% | 36.1% |
Indian: | 419 | 0.32% | 41.1% |
Asian: | 1,841 | 1.41% | 74.3% |
2+ races: | 1,737 | 1.33% | 68.8% |
Hispanic: | 8,468 | 6.49% | 68.6% |
Total non-White: | 44,757 | 34.31% | 43.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 3,691 | 14.6 |
Deaths: | 2,251 | 8.9 |
Net Migration: | 2,355 | 9.3 |
Net Immigration: | 100 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | 9,752 | 9.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 13,491 | 12.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 49,998 | |
Median Value | $255,600 | |
Occupied | 46,040 | 92.1% |
Vacant | 3,958 | 7.9% |
Owned | 38,337 | 83.3% |
Rented | 7,703 | 16.7% |
Median Rent | $1,230 | |
Single-Family Units | 38,250 | 76.5% |
Detached | 37,537 | 75.1% |
Attached | 713 | 1.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,592 | 5.2% |
Mobile Homes | 7,777 | 15.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,544 | 3.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,087 | 2.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,140 | 2.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,649 | 3.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,655 | 3.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,150 | 2.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,620 | 3.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,548 | 3.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,033 | 2.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,042 | 6.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,330 | 7.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5,549 | 12.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 5,810 | 12.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,045 | 8.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5,490 | 11.9% |
$200,000 or more | 6,348 | 13.8% |
Median Household Income | 93,800 | |
Per Capita Income | 41,355 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 105 | |
Compared to U.S. | 90 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,007 | 4.4% |
Public Assistance | 882 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,936 | 10.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 57,021 | 74.9% |
Unemployed | 2,538 | 3.3% |
In Armed Forces | 125 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 59,684 | 78.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 16,459 | 21.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 24.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 25,189 | 19,061 | 56.9% |
Non-Profit | 850 | 2,379 | 26.3% |
Self-Employed | 4,155 | 1,935 | 68.2% |
Local Government | 1,799 | 2,694 | 40.0% |
State Government | 1,228 | 2,342 | 34.4% |
Federal Government | 586 | 287 | 67.1% |
Total Private + Self | 29,344 | 20,996 | 58.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,463 | 7,702 | 36.7% |
Total | 33,807 | 28,698 | 54.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 9,946 | 15.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 13,721 | 21.9% |
Professional, Technical | 14,768 | 23.6% |
Service Occupations | 7,878 | 12.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 80 | 0.1% |
All others | 16,266 | 26.0% |
White Collar | 61.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 9,511 | 15.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 7,597 | 12.1% |
Retail trade | 6,141 | 9.8% |
Construction | 5,467 | 8.7% |
Educational services | 5,225 | 8.3% |
Public administration | 3,900 | 6.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,825 | 6.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 3,742 | 6.0% |
Other services | 3,148 | 5.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,116 | 5.0% |
Finance and insurance | 2,428 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 2,123 | 3.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,571 | 2.5% |
Information | 1,495 | 2.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,316 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 756 | 1.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 590 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 528 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 53 | 0.1% |
Management | 47 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 4,104 | 3.23% |
Puerto Rican | 151 | 0.12% |
Cuban | 309 | 0.24% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 1,573 | 1.24% |
Costa Rican | 21 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 125 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 902 | 0.71% |
Nicaraguan | 14 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 9 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 502 | 0.40% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 241 | 0.19% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 139 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 32 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 60 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 10 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,451 | 1.14% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 638 | 0.50% |
Indian | 291 | 0.23% |
Chinese | 129 | 0.10% |
Filipino | 104 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 89 | 0.07% |
Thai | 48 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 23 | 0.02% |
Laotian | 19 | 0.01% |
Cambodian | 18 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 110,433 | 93.3% |
Spanish | 5,439 | 4.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 911 | 0.8% |
Vietnamese | 527 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 452 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 251 | 0.2% |
Other | 110 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 102 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 52 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 19,359 | 15.2% |
American | 11,534 | 9.1% |
German | 10,727 | 8.4% |
English | 9,238 | 7.3% |
Italian | 8,113 | 6.4% |
Irish | 8,093 | 6.4% |
French Canadian | 3,682 | 2.9% |
Cajun | 1,768 | 1.4% |
European | 1,260 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,184 | 0.9% |
African | 1,184 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 775 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 590 | 0.5% |
Polish | 510 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 474 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 124,086 | 97.7% |
Not a citizen | 2,887 | 2.3% |
Native | 122,250 | 96.3% |
Foreign-born | 4,723 | 3.7% |
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 | ||||||
3,041 | 3.7% | 6,288 | 7.5% | 24,518 | 29.4% | 25,268 | 30.3% | 16,316 | 19.6% | 7,869 | 9.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,041 | 3.7% |
9-12 Years | 6,288 | 7.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 24,518 | 29.4% |
Some College | 25,268 | 30.3% |
Bach. Degree | 16,316 | 19.6% |
Grad Degree | 7,869 | 9.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 27,154 | 25,391 | 1,763 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
1991 | 27,695 | 25,766 | 1,929 | 7.0% | 7.2% |
1992 | 28,490 | 26,658 | 1,832 | 6.4% | 7.8% |
1993 | 28,304 | 26,300 | 2,004 | 7.1% | 7.4% |
1994 | 29,402 | 27,162 | 2,240 | 7.6% | 7.7% |
1995 | 30,131 | 28,218 | 1,913 | 6.3% | 6.9% |
1996 | 31,366 | 29,490 | 1,876 | 6.0% | 6.5% |
1997 | 31,988 | 30,357 | 1,631 | 5.1% | 5.9% |
1998 | 33,307 | 31,746 | 1,561 | 4.7% | 5.5% |
1999 | 35,006 | 33,514 | 1,492 | 4.3% | 5.0% |
2000 | 38,264 | 36,297 | 1,967 | 5.1% | 5.2% |
2001 | 38,733 | 36,626 | 2,107 | 5.4% | 5.6% |
2002 | 39,575 | 37,077 | 2,498 | 6.3% | 6.0% |
2003 | 41,022 | 38,289 | 2,733 | 6.7% | 6.3% |
2004 | 42,554 | 39,875 | 2,679 | 6.3% | 5.7% |
2005 | 46,027 | 43,030 | 2,997 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
2006 | 47,708 | 45,910 | 1,798 | 3.8% | 4.0% |
2007 | 48,869 | 47,001 | 1,868 | 3.8% | 4.1% |
2008 | 50,461 | 48,367 | 2,094 | 4.1% | 4.7% |
2009 | 51,599 | 48,546 | 3,053 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
2010 | 53,365 | 49,616 | 3,749 | 7.0% | 7.5% |
2011 | 54,154 | 50,536 | 3,618 | 6.7% | 7.4% |
2012 | 55,119 | 51,915 | 3,204 | 5.8% | 6.7% |
2013 | 56,822 | 53,778 | 3,044 | 5.4% | 6.4% |
2014 | 59,431 | 56,324 | 3,107 | 5.2% | 6.3% |
2015 | 61,401 | 58,319 | 3,082 | 5.0% | 6.3% |
2016 | 62,060 | 59,019 | 3,041 | 4.9% | 6.1% |
2017 | 62,884 | 60,199 | 2,685 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2018 | 64,513 | 61,895 | 2,618 | 4.1% | 4.8% |
2019 | 65,554 | 62,953 | 2,601 | 4.0% | 4.7% |
2020 | 64,136 | 59,807 | 4,329 | 6.7% | 8.3% |
2021 | 65,611 | 62,804 | 2,807 | 4.3% | 5.6% |
2022 | 67,286 | 65,300 | 1,986 | 3.0% | 3.7% |
2023 | 66,938 | 64,952 | 1,986 | 3.0% | 3.7% |