2022 population: 80,492
( 2,537 from 2010
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172 from 2020)
Land area: 471.9 square miles
Population density: 170.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 68,955 | 85.67% | ![]() |
Black: | 4,009 | 4.98% | ![]() |
Indian: | 196 | 0.24% | ![]() |
Asian: | 653 | 0.81% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,421 | 1.77% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 5,258 | 6.53% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 11,537 | 14.33% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,648 | 10.2 |
Deaths: | 2,719 | 16.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 837 | 5.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 25 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -4,610 | -5.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,073 | 2.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 37,125 | |
Median Value | $158,300 | |
Occupied | 32,120 | 86.5% |
Vacant | 5,005 | 13.5% |
Owned | 23,947 | 74.6% |
Rented | 8,173 | 25.4% |
Median Rent | $717 | |
Single-Family Units | 26,895 | 72.4% |
Detached | 26,569 | 71.6% |
Attached | 326 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,949 | 5.2% |
Mobile Homes | 6,349 | 17.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,281 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,772 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,158 | 6.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,955 | 6.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,846 | 5.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,912 | 6.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,546 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,539 | 4.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,180 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,917 | 9.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,919 | 9.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,915 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,630 | 8.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,193 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,446 | 4.5% |
$200,000 or more | 911 | 2.8% |
Median Household Income | 52,362 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,125 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 85 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,013 | 6.3% |
Public Assistance | 264 | 0.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,993 | 12.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 31,889 | 67.9% |
Unemployed | 1,936 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 28 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 33,853 | 72.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 13,144 | 28.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 14,134 | 11,366 | 55.4% |
Non-Profit | 551 | 1,459 | 27.4% |
Self-Employed | 2,667 | 1,241 | 68.2% |
Local Government | 837 | 1,445 | 36.7% |
State Government | 735 | 1,407 | 34.3% |
Federal Government | 129 | 151 | 46.1% |
Total Private + Self | 16,801 | 12,607 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,252 | 4,462 | 33.5% |
Total | 19,053 | 17,069 | 52.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,097 | 11.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 7,764 | 21.3% |
Professional, Technical | 6,307 | 17.3% |
Service Occupations | 5,756 | 15.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 67 | 0.2% |
All others | 12,511 | 34.3% |
White Collar | 49.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 8,607 | 23.6% |
Retail trade | 4,265 | 11.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 4,253 | 11.7% |
Educational services | 2,703 | 7.4% |
Construction | 2,656 | 7.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,248 | 6.2% |
Wholesale trade | 1,889 | 5.2% |
Other services | 1,857 | 5.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,670 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,291 | 3.5% |
Public administration | 1,268 | 3.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,015 | 2.8% |
Finance and insurance | 712 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 641 | 1.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 575 | 1.6% |
Information | 393 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 193 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 173 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 15 | 0.0% |
Management | 11 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,357 | 2.92% |
Puerto Rican | 663 | 0.82% |
Cuban | 35 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 11 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 1,247 | 1.54% |
Costa Rican | 6 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 140 | 0.17% |
Honduran | 485 | 0.60% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 616 | 0.76% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 307 | 0.38% |
Argentinean | 20 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 190 | 0.24% |
Ecuadorian | 48 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 22 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 27 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 347 | 0.43% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 141 | 0.17% |
Chinese | 87 | 0.11% |
Korean | 64 | 0.08% |
Indian | 51 | 0.06% |
Japanese | 51 | 0.06% |
Thai | 20 | 0.02% |
Indonesian | 20 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 72,361 | 94.3% |
Spanish | 3,471 | 4.5% |
Other Indo-European | 267 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 132 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 123 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 100 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 86 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 53 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 51 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 21,358 | 26.5% |
German | 9,563 | 11.8% |
English | 9,426 | 11.7% |
Irish | 7,884 | 9.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,184 | 2.7% |
Scottish | 1,971 | 2.4% |
European | 1,552 | 1.9% |
Italian | 1,283 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 1,253 | 1.6% |
French | 744 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 633 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 453 | 0.6% |
Polish | 386 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 376 | 0.5% |
British | 328 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 79,142 | 98.0% |
Not a citizen | 1,574 | 2.0% |
Native | 78,312 | 97.0% |
Foreign-born | 2,404 | 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 | ||||||
3,500 | 6.0% | 7,069 | 12.1% | 18,541 | 31.8% | 19,112 | 32.8% | 7,183 | 12.3% | 2,864 | 4.9% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,500 | 6.0% |
9-12 Years | 7,069 | 12.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 18,541 | 31.8% |
Some College | 19,112 | 32.8% |
Bach. Degree | 7,183 | 12.3% |
Grad Degree | 2,864 | 4.9% |
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 | 40,337 | 38,728 | 1,609 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
1991 | 40,942 | 38,077 | 2,865 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
1992 | 41,031 | 38,899 | 2,132 | 5.2% | 6.3% |
1993 | 40,931 | 39,282 | 1,649 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
1994 | 40,897 | 39,743 | 1,154 | 2.8% | 4.4% |
1995 | 41,412 | 39,823 | 1,589 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
1996 | 42,012 | 40,352 | 1,660 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
1997 | 42,750 | 40,672 | 2,078 | 4.9% | 3.8% |
1998 | 41,086 | 40,060 | 1,026 | 2.5% | 3.5% |
1999 | 41,250 | 40,468 | 782 | 1.9% | 3.3% |
2000 | 42,442 | 41,201 | 1,241 | 2.9% | 3.7% |
2001 | 42,234 | 39,452 | 2,782 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
2002 | 41,126 | 37,710 | 3,416 | 8.3% | 6.9% |
2003 | 40,931 | 37,301 | 3,630 | 8.9% | 6.7% |
2004 | 40,222 | 37,042 | 3,180 | 7.9% | 5.9% |
2005 | 40,060 | 36,579 | 3,481 | 8.7% | 5.6% |
2006 | 40,054 | 36,838 | 3,216 | 8.0% | 5.1% |
2007 | 38,639 | 35,691 | 2,948 | 7.6% | 5.1% |
2008 | 38,311 | 35,332 | 2,979 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
2009 | 38,395 | 32,391 | 6,004 | 15.6% | 11.0% |
2010 | 38,334 | 32,701 | 5,633 | 14.7% | 10.7% |
2011 | 37,542 | 32,571 | 4,971 | 13.2% | 10.3% |
2012 | 37,235 | 32,811 | 4,424 | 11.9% | 9.5% |
2013 | 36,422 | 33,027 | 3,395 | 9.3% | 7.8% |
2014 | 35,487 | 32,983 | 2,504 | 7.1% | 6.1% |
2015 | 35,421 | 33,234 | 2,187 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
2016 | 35,786 | 33,928 | 1,858 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
2017 | 36,458 | 34,829 | 1,629 | 4.5% | 4.5% |
2018 | 36,397 | 34,969 | 1,428 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
2019 | 36,641 | 35,199 | 1,442 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
2020 | 35,754 | 32,931 | 2,823 | 7.9% | 7.3% |
2021 | 35,257 | 33,497 | 1,760 | 5.0% | 4.9% |
2022 | 36,492 | 35,189 | 1,303 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
2023 | 36,321 | 35,092 | 1,229 | 3.4% | 3.5% |