2022 population: 39,487
( 6,552 from 2010
, 998 from 2020)
Land area: 661.6 square miles
Population density: 59.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 36,432 | 92.26% | 14.8% |
Black: | 1,581 | 4.00% | 24.6% |
Indian: | 105 | 0.27% | 15.4% |
Asian: | 135 | 0.34% | 43.6% |
2+ races: | 695 | 1.76% | 21.3% |
Hispanic: | 539 | 1.37% | 34.1% |
Total non-White: | 3,055 | 7.74% | 6.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 907 | 11.2 |
Deaths: | 1,648 | 20.4 |
Net Migration: | -289 | -3.6 |
Net Immigration: | 7 | 0.1 |
Change in White population: | -6,331 | -13.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -221 | -0.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 19,227 | |
Median Value | $103,200 | |
Occupied | 15,938 | 82.9% |
Vacant | 3,289 | 17.1% |
Owned | 12,063 | 75.7% |
Rented | 3,875 | 24.3% |
Median Rent | $734 | |
Single-Family Units | 15,085 | 78.5% |
Detached | 14,896 | 77.5% |
Attached | 189 | 1.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 935 | 4.9% |
Mobile Homes | 2,700 | 14.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,143 | 7.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,551 | 9.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 741 | 4.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 905 | 5.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 969 | 6.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 678 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 726 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 722 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 519 | 3.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,483 | 9.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,725 | 10.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,906 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,575 | 9.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 541 | 3.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 404 | 2.5% |
$200,000 or more | 350 | 2.2% |
Median Household Income | 50,090 | |
Per Capita Income | 24,818 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 99 | |
Compared to U.S. | 86 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,378 | 8.6% |
Public Assistance | 915 | 5.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,030 | 25.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 13,152 | 54.8% |
Unemployed | 1,066 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 24 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 14,242 | 59.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,775 | 40.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 45.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,720 | 4,204 | 57.6% |
Non-Profit | 415 | 400 | 50.9% |
Self-Employed | 660 | 308 | 68.2% |
Local Government | 390 | 542 | 41.8% |
State Government | 523 | 656 | 44.4% |
Federal Government | 161 | 195 | 45.2% |
Total Private + Self | 6,380 | 4,512 | 58.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,489 | 1,793 | 45.4% |
Total | 7,869 | 6,305 | 55.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,209 | 8.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 3,482 | 24.6% |
Professional, Technical | 2,678 | 18.9% |
Service Occupations | 3,279 | 23.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 6 | 0.0% |
All others | 3,534 | 24.9% |
White Collar | 52.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,445 | 17.2% |
Retail trade | 2,322 | 16.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,236 | 8.7% |
Construction | 1,141 | 8.0% |
Public administration | 1,054 | 7.4% |
Other services | 1,017 | 7.2% |
Educational services | 1,005 | 7.1% |
Manufacturing | 786 | 5.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 469 | 3.3% |
Wholesale trade | 404 | 2.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 378 | 2.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 349 | 2.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 315 | 2.2% |
Information | 300 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 300 | 2.1% |
Finance and insurance | 272 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 169 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 166 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 54 | 0.4% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 101 | 0.25% |
Puerto Rican | 27 | 0.07% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 10 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 10 | 0.02% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 10 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 102 | 0.25% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 102 | 0.25% |
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 | 279 | 0.69% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 38,156 | 98.9% |
Spanish | 220 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 65 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 56 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 26 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 23 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 15 | 0.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 6,359 | 15.7% |
Irish | 4,859 | 12.0% |
German | 4,322 | 10.7% |
American | 3,295 | 8.1% |
Scottish | 1,254 | 3.1% |
Italian | 1,011 | 2.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 671 | 1.7% |
European | 540 | 1.3% |
French | 433 | 1.1% |
Polish | 389 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 322 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 256 | 0.6% |
Northern European | 142 | 0.4% |
British | 137 | 0.3% |
Welsh | 106 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 40,453 | 99.8% |
Not a citizen | 92 | 0.2% |
Native | 40,408 | 99.7% |
Foreign-born | 137 | 0.3% |
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 | ||||||
1,398 | 4.7% | 3,031 | 10.3% | 13,127 | 44.6% | 7,244 | 24.6% | 3,175 | 10.8% | 1,477 | 5.0% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,398 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 3,031 | 10.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 13,127 | 44.6% |
Some College | 7,244 | 24.6% |
Bach. Degree | 3,175 | 10.8% |
Grad Degree | 1,477 | 5.0% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,028 | 15,085 | 1,943 | 11.4% | 8.6% |
1991 | 17,326 | 14,946 | 2,380 | 13.7% | 10.6% |
1992 | 17,456 | 14,916 | 2,540 | 14.6% | 11.2% |
1993 | 17,663 | 15,252 | 2,411 | 13.7% | 10.3% |
1994 | 17,870 | 15,613 | 2,257 | 12.6% | 8.8% |
1995 | 17,917 | 15,965 | 1,952 | 10.9% | 8.0% |
1996 | 18,142 | 16,362 | 1,780 | 9.8% | 7.7% |
1997 | 17,915 | 16,236 | 1,679 | 9.4% | 7.0% |
1998 | 17,757 | 16,107 | 1,650 | 9.3% | 6.7% |
1999 | 17,302 | 15,562 | 1,740 | 10.1% | 6.5% |
2000 | 18,284 | 16,957 | 1,327 | 7.3% | 5.6% |
2001 | 18,187 | 16,991 | 1,196 | 6.6% | 5.4% |
2002 | 18,448 | 16,978 | 1,470 | 8.0% | 6.5% |
2003 | 17,962 | 16,529 | 1,433 | 8.0% | 6.6% |
2004 | 17,814 | 16,629 | 1,185 | 6.7% | 5.8% |
2005 | 17,838 | 16,731 | 1,107 | 6.2% | 5.5% |
2006 | 18,014 | 16,948 | 1,066 | 5.9% | 5.2% |
2007 | 17,996 | 16,966 | 1,030 | 5.7% | 4.8% |
2008 | 17,978 | 17,078 | 900 | 5.0% | 4.7% |
2009 | 18,066 | 16,429 | 1,637 | 9.1% | 8.3% |
2010 | 17,545 | 15,795 | 1,750 | 10.0% | 8.7% |
2011 | 17,719 | 16,176 | 1,543 | 8.7% | 7.8% |
2012 | 17,570 | 16,101 | 1,469 | 8.4% | 7.2% |
2013 | 17,000 | 15,551 | 1,449 | 8.5% | 6.7% |
2014 | 16,756 | 15,380 | 1,376 | 8.2% | 6.5% |
2015 | 16,464 | 15,083 | 1,381 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
2016 | 16,024 | 14,752 | 1,272 | 7.9% | 6.1% |
2017 | 15,814 | 14,798 | 1,016 | 6.4% | 5.2% |
2018 | 16,039 | 15,028 | 1,011 | 6.3% | 5.2% |
2019 | 16,277 | 15,352 | 925 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2020 | 16,264 | 14,642 | 1,622 | 10.0% | 8.3% |
2021 | 15,663 | 14,676 | 987 | 6.3% | 5.1% |
2022 | 15,725 | 14,991 | 734 | 4.7% | 3.9% |
2023 | 15,925 | 15,223 | 702 | 4.4% | 3.9% |