2022 population: 95,634
( 1,631 from 2010
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368 from 2020)
Land area: 251.5 square miles
Population density: 380.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 81,032 | 84.73% | ![]() |
Black: | 3,708 | 3.88% | ![]() |
Indian: | 164 | 0.17% | ![]() |
Asian: | 963 | 1.01% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,575 | 1.65% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 8,192 | 8.57% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 14,602 | 15.27% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,710 | 9.0 |
Deaths: | 3,171 | 16.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 1,806 | 9.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 84 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -3,490 | -3.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,859 | 1.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 99,525 | |
Median Value | $372,300 | |
Occupied | 43,277 | 43.5% |
Vacant | 56,248 | 56.5% |
Owned | 33,950 | 78.4% |
Rented | 9,327 | 21.6% |
Median Rent | $1,285 | |
Single-Family Units | 77,631 | 78.0% |
Detached | 51,488 | 51.7% |
Attached | 26,143 | 26.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 8,856 | 8.9% |
Mobile Homes | 3,139 | 3.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,588 | 3.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,499 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,130 | 2.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,365 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,358 | 3.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,774 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,214 | 2.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,596 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,338 | 3.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,837 | 6.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,958 | 9.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5,917 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,626 | 10.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,912 | 6.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4,599 | 10.6% |
$200,000 or more | 5,566 | 12.9% |
Median Household Income | 83,870 | |
Per Capita Income | 51,344 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 99 | |
Compared to U.S. | 108 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,388 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 709 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,564 | 8.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 34,078 | 68.7% |
Unemployed | 2,192 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 539 | 1.1% |
Total Labor Force | 36,809 | 74.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 12,831 | 25.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 13,535 | 11,364 | 54.4% |
Non-Profit | 946 | 2,477 | 27.6% |
Self-Employed | 3,366 | 1,281 | 72.4% |
Local Government | 2,463 | 3,585 | 40.7% |
State Government | 909 | 972 | 48.3% |
Federal Government | 621 | 498 | 55.5% |
Total Private + Self | 16,901 | 12,645 | 57.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,939 | 7,532 | 39.6% |
Total | 21,840 | 20,177 | 52.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 21.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,101 | 16.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 9,106 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 9,659 | 22.9% |
Service Occupations | 8,831 | 20.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 187 | 0.4% |
All others | 7,517 | 17.8% |
White Collar | 61.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 5,680 | 13.5% |
Educational services | 4,935 | 11.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,584 | 10.9% |
Retail trade | 4,522 | 10.7% |
Construction | 4,147 | 9.8% |
Public administration | 3,193 | 7.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,022 | 4.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,833 | 4.3% |
Finance and insurance | 1,796 | 4.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,606 | 3.8% |
Other services | 1,596 | 3.8% |
Manufacturing | 1,530 | 3.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,255 | 3.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,205 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 991 | 2.3% |
Information | 613 | 1.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 377 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 297 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 17 | 0.0% |
Management | 15 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,576 | 2.70% |
Puerto Rican | 3,319 | 3.48% |
Cuban | 247 | 0.26% |
Dominican | 86 | 0.09% |
Total Central American | 643 | 0.67% |
Costa Rican | 289 | 0.30% |
Guatemalan | 292 | 0.31% |
Honduran | 39 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 19 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 4 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 676 | 0.71% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 224 | 0.23% |
Ecuadorian | 137 | 0.14% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 315 | 0.33% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 413 | 0.43% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 214 | 0.22% |
Chinese | 102 | 0.11% |
Indian | 100 | 0.10% |
Vietnamese | 79 | 0.08% |
Korean | 31 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 28 | 0.03% |
Bangladeshi | 14 | 0.01% |
Thai | 9 | 0.01% |
Taiwanese | 5 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 82,996 | 90.9% |
Spanish | 4,978 | 5.5% |
Other Indo-European | 1,065 | 1.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 819 | 0.9% |
Arabic | 348 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 265 | 0.3% |
Other | 198 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 155 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 154 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 27,346 | 28.6% |
Italian | 17,631 | 18.5% |
German | 16,226 | 17.0% |
English | 11,640 | 12.2% |
Polish | 6,250 | 6.5% |
American | 2,804 | 2.9% |
French | 1,797 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 1,483 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 1,095 | 1.1% |
European | 1,059 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 984 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 936 | 1.0% |
Greek | 905 | 0.9% |
Hungarian | 797 | 0.8% |
Ukrainian | 773 | 0.8% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 93,149 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 2,307 | 2.4% |
Native | 90,922 | 95.3% |
Foreign-born | 4,534 | 4.7% |
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 | ||||||
1,761 | 2.4% | 2,651 | 3.7% | 22,855 | 31.5% | 19,262 | 26.6% | 16,309 | 22.5% | 9,694 | 13.4% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,761 | 2.4% |
9-12 Years | 2,651 | 3.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 22,855 | 31.5% |
Some College | 19,262 | 26.6% |
Bach. Degree | 16,309 | 22.5% |
Grad Degree | 9,694 | 13.4% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 44,476 | 41,048 | 3,428 | 7.7% | 5.1% |
1991 | 45,111 | 40,446 | 4,665 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
1992 | 45,689 | 39,629 | 6,060 | 13.3% | 8.5% |
1993 | 45,438 | 39,290 | 6,148 | 13.5% | 7.8% |
1994 | 45,845 | 40,027 | 5,818 | 12.7% | 6.8% |
1995 | 46,254 | 40,651 | 5,603 | 12.1% | 6.4% |
1996 | 46,864 | 41,368 | 5,496 | 11.7% | 6.1% |
1997 | 47,551 | 42,226 | 5,325 | 11.2% | 5.3% |
1998 | 46,564 | 41,699 | 4,865 | 10.4% | 4.6% |
1999 | 46,350 | 41,844 | 4,506 | 9.7% | 4.4% |
2000 | 55,536 | 51,985 | 3,551 | 6.4% | 3.7% |
2001 | 55,184 | 51,522 | 3,662 | 6.6% | 4.2% |
2002 | 55,319 | 50,933 | 4,386 | 7.9% | 5.8% |
2003 | 55,690 | 51,220 | 4,470 | 8.0% | 5.8% |
2004 | 57,018 | 53,089 | 3,929 | 6.9% | 4.9% |
2005 | 57,631 | 53,860 | 3,771 | 6.5% | 4.4% |
2006 | 57,437 | 53,513 | 3,924 | 6.8% | 4.6% |
2007 | 56,376 | 52,731 | 3,645 | 6.5% | 4.2% |
2008 | 56,464 | 51,937 | 4,527 | 8.0% | 5.4% |
2009 | 57,805 | 51,390 | 6,415 | 11.1% | 9.0% |
2010 | 50,245 | 43,105 | 7,140 | 14.2% | 9.7% |
2011 | 49,513 | 42,155 | 7,358 | 14.9% | 9.4% |
2012 | 49,821 | 42,094 | 7,727 | 15.5% | 9.4% |
2013 | 49,197 | 42,045 | 7,152 | 14.5% | 8.4% |
2014 | 48,530 | 42,606 | 5,924 | 12.2% | 6.7% |
2015 | 48,022 | 42,747 | 5,275 | 11.0% | 5.7% |
2016 | 46,793 | 42,217 | 4,576 | 9.8% | 4.9% |
2017 | 46,216 | 42,042 | 4,174 | 9.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 45,669 | 41,941 | 3,728 | 8.2% | 4.0% |
2019 | 46,054 | 42,868 | 3,186 | 6.9% | 3.4% |
2020 | 45,492 | 39,206 | 6,286 | 13.8% | 9.8% |
2021 | 47,274 | 42,925 | 4,349 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
2022 | 47,294 | 44,225 | 3,069 | 6.5% | 3.7% |
2023 | 48,535 | 44,835 | 3,700 | 7.6% | 4.4% |