2022 population: 100,232
( 4,928 from 2010
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183 from 2020)
Land area: 631.3 square miles
Population density: 158.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 73,422 | 73.25% | ![]() |
Black: | 8,770 | 8.75% | ![]() |
Indian: | 172 | 0.17% | ![]() |
Asian: | 2,667 | 2.66% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,975 | 1.97% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 13,226 | 13.20% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 26,810 | 26.75% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,348 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 1,965 | 9.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,025 | -5.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 413 | 2.1 |
Change in White population: | -10,403 | -9.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,475 | 5.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 41,399 | |
Median Value | $218,600 | |
Occupied | 39,139 | 94.5% |
Vacant | 2,260 | 5.5% |
Owned | 23,489 | 60.0% |
Rented | 15,650 | 40.0% |
Median Rent | $1,024 | |
Single-Family Units | 27,720 | 67.0% |
Detached | 23,894 | 57.7% |
Attached | 3,826 | 9.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 9,432 | 22.8% |
Mobile Homes | 857 | 2.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,782 | 7.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,512 | 3.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,567 | 4.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,563 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,375 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,637 | 4.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,314 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,317 | 3.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,434 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,832 | 7.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,886 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5,191 | 13.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,742 | 9.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 3,136 | 8.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,334 | 8.5% |
$200,000 or more | 2,517 | 6.4% |
Median Household Income | 68,617 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,196 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 103 | |
Compared to U.S. | 101 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,288 | 3.3% |
Public Assistance | 978 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 5,298 | 13.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 42,920 | 71.8% |
Unemployed | 3,420 | 5.7% |
In Armed Forces | 50 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 46,390 | 77.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 13,373 | 22.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 18,625 | 15,725 | 54.2% |
Non-Profit | 1,252 | 2,720 | 31.5% |
Self-Employed | 2,909 | 1,359 | 68.2% |
Local Government | 2,071 | 2,290 | 47.5% |
State Government | 1,747 | 2,261 | 43.6% |
Federal Government | 355 | 235 | 60.2% |
Total Private + Self | 21,534 | 17,084 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,425 | 7,506 | 42.0% |
Total | 26,959 | 24,590 | 52.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 6,207 | 12.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 10,292 | 19.9% |
Professional, Technical | 12,074 | 23.4% |
Service Occupations | 10,096 | 19.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 303 | 0.6% |
All others | 12,959 | 25.1% |
White Collar | 55.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 7,497 | 14.5% |
Health care and social assistance | 6,900 | 13.4% |
Retail trade | 6,202 | 12.0% |
Manufacturing | 6,116 | 11.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,886 | 7.5% |
Construction | 3,489 | 6.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,801 | 5.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,688 | 5.2% |
Other services | 2,053 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,779 | 3.4% |
Finance and insurance | 1,583 | 3.1% |
Public administration | 1,430 | 2.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,122 | 2.2% |
Wholesale trade | 1,072 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 810 | 1.6% |
Information | 803 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 715 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 505 | 1.0% |
Management | 111 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 66 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 8,932 | 8.87% |
Puerto Rican | 1,406 | 1.40% |
Cuban | 341 | 0.34% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 127 | 0.13% |
Costa Rican | 20 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 57 | 0.06% |
Honduran | 19 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 2 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 29 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 914 | 0.91% |
Argentinean | 3 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 172 | 0.17% |
Colombian | 681 | 0.68% |
Ecuadorian | 36 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 22 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 636 | 0.63% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 758 | 0.75% |
Indian | 549 | 0.55% |
Filipino | 453 | 0.45% |
Korean | 111 | 0.11% |
Laotian | 60 | 0.06% |
Malaysian | 57 | 0.06% |
Indonesian | 41 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 33 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 32 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 83,886 | 88.2% |
Spanish | 7,058 | 7.4% |
Other Indo-European | 791 | 0.8% |
Chinese | 767 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 710 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 621 | 0.7% |
Other | 367 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 335 | 0.4% |
Tagalog | 231 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 25,193 | 25.0% |
Irish | 15,451 | 15.3% |
English | 8,783 | 8.7% |
Italian | 6,995 | 6.9% |
Polish | 5,827 | 5.8% |
Swedish | 4,917 | 4.9% |
Norwegian | 4,256 | 4.2% |
American | 3,274 | 3.3% |
French | 2,495 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 2,008 | 2.0% |
European | 1,369 | 1.4% |
Czech | 1,111 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 991 | 1.0% |
Greek | 628 | 0.6% |
Yugoslavian | 611 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 97,005 | 96.3% |
Not a citizen | 3,681 | 3.7% |
Native | 94,157 | 93.5% |
Foreign-born | 6,529 | 6.5% |
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 | ||||||
1,865 | 3.1% | 2,302 | 3.8% | 14,908 | 24.9% | 20,373 | 34.1% | 12,450 | 20.8% | 7,931 | 13.3% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,865 | 3.1% |
9-12 Years | 2,302 | 3.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,908 | 24.9% |
Some College | 20,373 | 34.1% |
Bach. Degree | 12,450 | 20.8% |
Grad Degree | 7,931 | 13.3% |
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 | 42,473 | 40,390 | 2,083 | 4.9% | 6.3% |
1991 | 42,754 | 39,952 | 2,802 | 6.6% | 7.3% |
1992 | 43,326 | 40,445 | 2,881 | 6.6% | 7.9% |
1993 | 43,864 | 41,208 | 2,656 | 6.1% | 7.5% |
1994 | 44,051 | 42,123 | 1,928 | 4.4% | 5.8% |
1995 | 45,579 | 43,884 | 1,695 | 3.7% | 5.2% |
1996 | 46,946 | 44,920 | 2,026 | 4.3% | 5.3% |
1997 | 46,480 | 44,880 | 1,600 | 3.4% | 4.8% |
1998 | 47,942 | 46,385 | 1,557 | 3.2% | 4.5% |
1999 | 49,436 | 47,727 | 1,709 | 3.5% | 4.4% |
2000 | 51,431 | 49,672 | 1,759 | 3.4% | 4.4% |
2001 | 51,352 | 49,074 | 2,278 | 4.4% | 5.4% |
2002 | 50,823 | 48,183 | 2,640 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
2003 | 51,490 | 48,555 | 2,935 | 5.7% | 6.7% |
2004 | 52,533 | 49,823 | 2,710 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
2005 | 53,781 | 51,079 | 2,702 | 5.0% | 5.7% |
2006 | 55,673 | 53,624 | 2,049 | 3.7% | 4.6% |
2007 | 58,939 | 56,361 | 2,578 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2008 | 60,238 | 56,676 | 3,562 | 5.9% | 6.5% |
2009 | 59,996 | 53,939 | 6,057 | 10.1% | 10.2% |
2010 | 56,305 | 50,323 | 5,982 | 10.6% | 10.5% |
2011 | 55,778 | 50,556 | 5,222 | 9.4% | 9.8% |
2012 | 55,461 | 50,748 | 4,713 | 8.5% | 9.0% |
2013 | 54,877 | 50,409 | 4,468 | 8.1% | 9.1% |
2014 | 55,090 | 51,463 | 3,627 | 6.6% | 7.2% |
2015 | 54,841 | 51,776 | 3,065 | 5.6% | 6.0% |
2016 | 55,418 | 52,454 | 2,964 | 5.3% | 5.9% |
2017 | 54,909 | 52,363 | 2,546 | 4.6% | 5.0% |
2018 | 55,377 | 52,961 | 2,416 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2019 | 55,723 | 53,536 | 2,187 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
2020 | 53,031 | 48,678 | 4,353 | 8.2% | 9.5% |
2021 | 53,335 | 50,267 | 3,068 | 5.8% | 6.1% |
2022 | 53,959 | 51,668 | 2,291 | 4.2% | 4.6% |
2023 | 54,336 | 51,794 | 2,542 | 4.7% | 4.5% |