2022 population: 82,899
( 7,225 from 2010
, 1,192 from 2020)
Land area: 578.5 square miles
Population density: 143.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 70,152 | 84.62% | 5.4% |
Black: | 6,602 | 7.96% | 24.8% |
Indian: | 219 | 0.26% | 28.1% |
Asian: | 1,587 | 1.91% | 75.2% |
2+ races: | 1,999 | 2.41% | 61.5% |
Hispanic: | 2,340 | 2.82% | 58.5% |
Total non-White: | 12,747 | 15.38% | 39.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 2,009 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 2,269 | 13.9 |
Net Migration: | 1,219 | 7.5 |
Net Immigration: | 188 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | 3,620 | 4.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 3,605 | 4.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 35,506 | |
Median Value | $194,200 | |
Occupied | 31,578 | 88.9% |
Vacant | 3,928 | 11.1% |
Owned | 21,205 | 67.2% |
Rented | 10,373 | 32.8% |
Median Rent | $854 | |
Single-Family Units | 26,052 | 73.4% |
Detached | 25,010 | 70.4% |
Attached | 1,042 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,506 | 12.7% |
Mobile Homes | 1,787 | 5.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,763 | 5.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,369 | 4.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,321 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,262 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,686 | 5.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,367 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,266 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,350 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 978 | 3.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,532 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,128 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,692 | 14.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,176 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,183 | 6.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,797 | 5.7% |
$200,000 or more | 1,708 | 5.4% |
Median Household Income | 65,070 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,619 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 97 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,452 | 4.6% |
Public Assistance | 395 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,296 | 10.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 37,785 | 74.3% |
Unemployed | 1,283 | 2.5% |
In Armed Forces | 40 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 39,108 | 76.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 11,754 | 23.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 14,156 | 12,311 | 53.5% |
Non-Profit | 1,645 | 3,531 | 31.8% |
Self-Employed | 2,187 | 1,187 | 64.8% |
Local Government | 1,068 | 1,481 | 41.9% |
State Government | 1,289 | 1,936 | 40.0% |
Federal Government | 171 | 322 | 34.7% |
Total Private + Self | 16,343 | 13,498 | 54.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,173 | 7,270 | 36.5% |
Total | 20,516 | 20,768 | 49.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,722 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 9,562 | 23.1% |
Professional, Technical | 10,262 | 24.8% |
Service Occupations | 7,284 | 17.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 165 | 0.4% |
All others | 8,523 | 20.6% |
White Collar | 61.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 7,337 | 17.7% |
Retail trade | 5,140 | 12.4% |
Educational services | 4,847 | 11.7% |
Manufacturing | 3,910 | 9.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,647 | 8.8% |
Other services | 2,510 | 6.1% |
Construction | 2,173 | 5.3% |
Finance and insurance | 1,870 | 4.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,854 | 4.5% |
Public administration | 1,647 | 4.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,525 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 1,254 | 3.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,125 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 601 | 1.5% |
Information | 564 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 520 | 1.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 453 | 1.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 180 | 0.4% |
Utilities | 174 | 0.4% |
Management | 22 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,457 | 1.78% |
Puerto Rican | 183 | 0.22% |
Cuban | 49 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 37 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 160 | 0.20% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 71 | 0.09% |
Honduran | 36 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 16 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 37 | 0.05% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 108 | 0.13% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 65 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 21 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 22 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 115 | 0.14% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 479 | 0.59% |
Japanese | 284 | 0.35% |
Indian | 266 | 0.33% |
Vietnamese | 81 | 0.10% |
Filipino | 74 | 0.09% |
Laotian | 33 | 0.04% |
Burmese | 20 | 0.02% |
Thai | 8 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 74,132 | 96.2% |
Spanish | 1,380 | 1.8% |
Chinese | 373 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 320 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 212 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 143 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 138 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 114 | 0.1% |
Korean | 67 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 21,229 | 26.0% |
American | 8,092 | 9.9% |
English | 7,358 | 9.0% |
Irish | 6,569 | 8.0% |
European | 2,004 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 1,639 | 2.0% |
Italian | 1,357 | 1.7% |
Dutch | 1,312 | 1.6% |
French | 1,214 | 1.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,027 | 1.3% |
Polish | 768 | 0.9% |
African | 689 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 528 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 378 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 322 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 80,539 | 98.6% |
Not a citizen | 1,164 | 1.4% |
Native | 79,683 | 97.5% |
Foreign-born | 2,020 | 2.5% |
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 | ||||||
1,415 | 2.7% | 2,892 | 5.5% | 16,570 | 31.4% | 14,154 | 26.8% | 11,341 | 21.5% | 6,412 | 12.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,415 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 2,892 | 5.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 16,570 | 31.4% |
Some College | 14,154 | 26.8% |
Bach. Degree | 11,341 | 21.5% |
Grad Degree | 6,412 | 12.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 32,670 | 30,892 | 1,778 | 5.4% | 5.9% |
1991 | 32,601 | 30,769 | 1,832 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
1992 | 33,165 | 31,299 | 1,866 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
1993 | 33,790 | 31,798 | 1,992 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
1994 | 34,366 | 32,893 | 1,473 | 4.3% | 5.2% |
1995 | 35,420 | 34,153 | 1,267 | 3.6% | 4.8% |
1996 | 36,472 | 34,779 | 1,693 | 4.6% | 4.7% |
1997 | 37,893 | 36,360 | 1,533 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
1998 | 37,770 | 36,475 | 1,295 | 3.4% | 4.0% |
1999 | 38,652 | 37,659 | 993 | 2.6% | 3.2% |
2000 | 40,258 | 39,073 | 1,185 | 2.9% | 3.4% |
2001 | 39,760 | 38,246 | 1,514 | 3.8% | 4.5% |
2002 | 39,526 | 37,885 | 1,641 | 4.2% | 5.3% |
2003 | 39,683 | 37,999 | 1,684 | 4.2% | 5.7% |
2004 | 39,551 | 37,733 | 1,818 | 4.6% | 5.9% |
2005 | 38,053 | 36,340 | 1,713 | 4.5% | 5.4% |
2006 | 38,713 | 37,110 | 1,603 | 4.1% | 4.9% |
2007 | 39,294 | 37,613 | 1,681 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2008 | 38,914 | 36,889 | 2,025 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
2009 | 38,898 | 36,141 | 2,757 | 7.1% | 9.0% |
2010 | 40,861 | 37,890 | 2,971 | 7.3% | 9.5% |
2011 | 40,474 | 37,691 | 2,783 | 6.9% | 8.6% |
2012 | 40,512 | 38,199 | 2,313 | 5.7% | 7.2% |
2013 | 40,786 | 38,417 | 2,369 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
2014 | 40,517 | 38,296 | 2,221 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
2015 | 40,612 | 38,827 | 1,785 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2016 | 40,711 | 38,952 | 1,759 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
2017 | 39,828 | 38,443 | 1,385 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2018 | 40,247 | 39,134 | 1,113 | 2.8% | 3.2% |
2019 | 40,703 | 39,512 | 1,191 | 2.9% | 3.3% |
2020 | 40,333 | 38,254 | 2,079 | 5.2% | 6.1% |
2021 | 40,150 | 38,791 | 1,359 | 3.4% | 4.1% |
2022 | 40,390 | 39,491 | 899 | 2.2% | 2.5% |
2023 | 40,650 | 39,535 | 1,115 | 2.7% | 3.1% |