2022 population: 139,958
( 16,948 from 2010
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4,675 from 2020)
Land area: 558.8 square miles
Population density: 250.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 125,772 | 89.86% | ![]() |
Black: | 4,017 | 2.87% | ![]() |
Indian: | 402 | 0.29% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,377 | 0.98% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,392 | 1.71% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 5,998 | 4.29% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 14,186 | 10.14% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,930 | 10.8 |
Deaths: | 4,161 | 15.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 5,789 | 21.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 115 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | 12,532 | 10.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,416 | 3.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 60,058 | |
Median Value | $247,600 | |
Occupied | 53,456 | 89.0% |
Vacant | 6,602 | 11.0% |
Owned | 40,762 | 76.3% |
Rented | 12,694 | 23.7% |
Median Rent | $957 | |
Single-Family Units | 47,090 | 78.4% |
Detached | 46,096 | 76.8% |
Attached | 994 | 1.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,127 | 6.9% |
Mobile Homes | 6,743 | 11.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,980 | 3.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,811 | 3.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,368 | 2.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,971 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,214 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,026 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,125 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,882 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,421 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,632 | 8.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 5,780 | 10.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 7,870 | 14.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 6,781 | 12.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 3,727 | 7.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,693 | 6.9% |
$200,000 or more | 3,175 | 5.9% |
Median Household Income | 70,935 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,376 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 104 | |
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,446 | 4.6% |
Public Assistance | 748 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,885 | 7.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 58,802 | 72.4% |
Unemployed | 2,511 | 3.1% |
In Armed Forces | 200 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 61,513 | 75.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 19,665 | 24.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 25,188 | 20,386 | 55.3% |
Non-Profit | 1,955 | 3,923 | 33.3% |
Self-Employed | 3,657 | 2,030 | 64.3% |
Local Government | 2,368 | 2,944 | 44.6% |
State Government | 691 | 863 | 44.5% |
Federal Government | 646 | 364 | 64.0% |
Total Private + Self | 28,845 | 22,416 | 56.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,660 | 8,094 | 41.2% |
Total | 34,505 | 30,510 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 8,961 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 14,309 | 22.0% |
Professional, Technical | 12,571 | 19.3% |
Service Occupations | 11,165 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 326 | 0.5% |
All others | 18,075 | 27.8% |
White Collar | 55.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 9,584 | 14.7% |
Manufacturing | 9,346 | 14.4% |
Retail trade | 8,230 | 12.6% |
Educational services | 5,198 | 8.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,088 | 7.8% |
Construction | 4,725 | 7.3% |
Finance and insurance | 3,519 | 5.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,293 | 5.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,922 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,855 | 4.4% |
Other services | 2,690 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 2,303 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 1,496 | 2.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,096 | 1.7% |
Information | 715 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 662 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 555 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 389 | 0.6% |
Management | 301 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 114 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,441 | 2.53% |
Puerto Rican | 390 | 0.29% |
Cuban | 145 | 0.11% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 701 | 0.52% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 108 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 40 | 0.03% |
Nicaraguan | 40 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 513 | 0.38% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 117 | 0.09% |
Argentinean | 8 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 15 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 30 | 0.02% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 64 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 440 | 0.32% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Laotian | 241 | 0.18% |
Indian | 196 | 0.14% |
Filipino | 143 | 0.11% |
Korean | 142 | 0.10% |
Chinese | 132 | 0.10% |
Cambodian | 65 | 0.05% |
Thai | 47 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 18 | 0.01% |
Okinawan | 13 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 124,750 | 96.4% |
Spanish | 3,146 | 2.4% |
Other Asian | 323 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 287 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 275 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 155 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 104 | 0.1% |
Korean | 86 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 82 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 16,018 | 11.8% |
German | 15,661 | 11.5% |
Irish | 14,427 | 10.6% |
American | 12,972 | 9.5% |
Scottish | 4,012 | 3.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,912 | 2.9% |
Italian | 2,926 | 2.2% |
French | 2,529 | 1.9% |
European | 2,321 | 1.7% |
Polish | 1,840 | 1.4% |
British | 1,119 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 1,093 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 925 | 0.7% |
Norwegian | 881 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 731 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 133,851 | 98.5% |
Not a citizen | 2,100 | 1.5% |
Native | 131,892 | 97.0% |
Foreign-born | 4,059 | 3.0% |
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 | ||||||
3,182 | 3.2% | 6,212 | 6.3% | 34,840 | 35.5% | 28,387 | 28.9% | 16,230 | 16.5% | 9,314 | 9.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,182 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 6,212 | 6.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 34,840 | 35.5% |
Some College | 28,387 | 28.9% |
Bach. Degree | 16,230 | 16.5% |
Grad Degree | 9,314 | 9.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 41,753 | 39,572 | 2,181 | 5.2% | 5.3% |
1991 | 43,010 | 40,445 | 2,565 | 6.0% | 6.6% |
1992 | 45,056 | 42,413 | 2,643 | 5.9% | 6.5% |
1993 | 47,046 | 44,314 | 2,732 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
1994 | 48,251 | 45,890 | 2,361 | 4.9% | 4.8% |
1995 | 50,042 | 47,419 | 2,623 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
1996 | 50,198 | 47,962 | 2,236 | 4.5% | 5.2% |
1997 | 50,442 | 48,287 | 2,155 | 4.3% | 5.3% |
1998 | 50,851 | 49,156 | 1,695 | 3.3% | 4.3% |
1999 | 52,071 | 50,159 | 1,912 | 3.7% | 4.0% |
2000 | 53,929 | 52,049 | 1,880 | 3.5% | 3.9% |
2001 | 55,761 | 53,463 | 2,298 | 4.1% | 4.5% |
2002 | 57,585 | 55,178 | 2,407 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
2003 | 57,810 | 55,249 | 2,561 | 4.4% | 5.5% |
2004 | 58,452 | 55,991 | 2,461 | 4.2% | 5.3% |
2005 | 58,884 | 56,136 | 2,748 | 4.7% | 5.5% |
2006 | 61,725 | 59,011 | 2,714 | 4.4% | 5.3% |
2007 | 62,491 | 60,050 | 2,441 | 3.9% | 4.6% |
2008 | 63,545 | 59,681 | 3,864 | 6.1% | 6.5% |
2009 | 63,323 | 57,272 | 6,051 | 9.6% | 10.1% |
2010 | 61,439 | 55,766 | 5,673 | 9.2% | 9.8% |
2011 | 61,583 | 56,476 | 5,107 | 8.3% | 9.1% |
2012 | 60,341 | 56,001 | 4,340 | 7.2% | 8.0% |
2013 | 59,469 | 55,351 | 4,118 | 6.9% | 7.8% |
2014 | 58,993 | 55,444 | 3,549 | 6.0% | 6.6% |
2015 | 59,654 | 56,591 | 3,063 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
2016 | 60,872 | 58,202 | 2,670 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
2017 | 61,508 | 59,346 | 2,162 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
2018 | 62,563 | 60,553 | 2,010 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
2019 | 64,072 | 62,043 | 2,029 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2020 | 63,505 | 59,440 | 4,065 | 6.4% | 7.5% |
2021 | 64,485 | 62,134 | 2,351 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
2022 | 65,542 | 63,500 | 2,042 | 3.1% | 3.4% |
2023 | 66,080 | 64,092 | 1,988 | 3.0% | 3.3% |