2022 population: 20,455
( 3,501 from 2010
, 496 from 2020)
Land area: 686.3 square miles
Population density: 29.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 8,107 | 39.63% | 10.9% |
Black: | 11,135 | 54.44% | 21.1% |
Indian: | 86 | 0.42% | 83.0% |
Asian: | 169 | 0.83% | 213.0% |
2+ races: | 345 | 1.69% | 43.2% |
Hispanic: | 613 | 3.00% | 63.9% |
Total non-White: | 12,348 | 60.37% | 16.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 437 | 10.4 |
Deaths: | 878 | 21.0 |
Net Migration: | -56 | -1.3 |
Net Immigration: | -1 | -0.0 |
Change in White population: | -991 | -4.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -2,510 | -10.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 10,943 | |
Median Value | $123,200 | |
Occupied | 8,795 | 80.4% |
Vacant | 2,148 | 19.6% |
Owned | 6,609 | 75.1% |
Rented | 2,186 | 24.9% |
Median Rent | $830 | |
Single-Family Units | 7,550 | 69.0% |
Detached | 7,498 | 68.5% |
Attached | 52 | 0.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 347 | 3.2% |
Mobile Homes | 2,625 | 24.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 683 | 7.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 604 | 6.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 692 | 7.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 443 | 5.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 359 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 835 | 9.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 417 | 4.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 398 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 354 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 698 | 7.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 524 | 6.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 762 | 8.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 568 | 6.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 567 | 6.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 507 | 5.8% |
$200,000 or more | 384 | 4.4% |
Median Household Income | 44,521 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,269 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 77 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 489 | 5.6% |
Public Assistance | 313 | 3.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 1,674 | 19.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 8,055 | 64.6% |
Unemployed | 670 | 5.4% |
In Armed Forces | 26 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 8,751 | 70.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,715 | 29.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,915 | 2,897 | 50.2% |
Non-Profit | 176 | 314 | 35.9% |
Self-Employed | 463 | 260 | 64.0% |
Local Government | 207 | 485 | 29.9% |
State Government | 574 | 632 | 47.6% |
Federal Government | 101 | 152 | 39.9% |
Total Private + Self | 3,378 | 3,157 | 51.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,058 | 1,583 | 40.1% |
Total | 4,436 | 4,740 | 48.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 23.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,234 | 13.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,875 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 1,521 | 16.5% |
Service Occupations | 1,601 | 17.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 19 | 0.2% |
All others | 3,001 | 32.5% |
White Collar | 50.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 2,065 | 22.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,164 | 12.6% |
Retail trade | 904 | 9.8% |
Public administration | 767 | 8.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 767 | 8.3% |
Educational services | 580 | 6.3% |
Construction | 533 | 5.8% |
Other services | 450 | 4.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 404 | 4.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 337 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 243 | 2.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 240 | 2.6% |
Utilities | 220 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 193 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 144 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 127 | 1.4% |
Information | 36 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 31 | 0.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 27 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 9 | 0.04% |
Puerto Rican | 11 | 0.05% |
Cuban | 159 | 0.76% |
Dominican | 46 | 0.22% |
Total Central American | 192 | 0.92% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 192 | 0.92% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 0 | 0.00% |
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 | 134 | 0.64% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 19,427 | 97.2% |
Spanish | 479 | 2.4% |
Other Asian | 26 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 21 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 14 | 0.1% |
Korean | 12 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 3 | 0.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 3 | 0.0% |
Other | 3 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 1,508 | 7.2% |
English | 1,072 | 5.1% |
Irish | 845 | 4.0% |
German | 703 | 3.4% |
Scottish | 424 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 372 | 1.8% |
French | 316 | 1.5% |
African | 206 | 1.0% |
Italian | 106 | 0.5% |
European | 81 | 0.4% |
Moroccan | 65 | 0.3% |
Polish | 60 | 0.3% |
British | 50 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 45 | 0.2% |
Lithuanian | 42 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 20,909 | 99.8% |
Not a citizen | 33 | 0.2% |
Native | 20,735 | 99.0% |
Foreign-born | 207 | 1.0% |
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 | ||||||
562 | 3.7% | 1,872 | 12.2% | 6,054 | 39.6% | 4,563 | 29.8% | 1,386 | 9.1% | 866 | 5.7% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 562 | 3.7% |
9-12 Years | 1,872 | 12.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,054 | 39.6% |
Some College | 4,563 | 29.8% |
Bach. Degree | 1,386 | 9.1% |
Grad Degree | 866 | 5.7% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 10,955 | 9,851 | 1,104 | 10.1% | 4.9% |
1991 | 10,767 | 9,487 | 1,280 | 11.9% | 6.1% |
1992 | 10,920 | 9,806 | 1,114 | 10.2% | 6.7% |
1993 | 11,051 | 9,855 | 1,196 | 10.8% | 7.3% |
1994 | 11,199 | 10,075 | 1,124 | 10.0% | 6.2% |
1995 | 11,055 | 10,159 | 896 | 8.1% | 5.1% |
1996 | 10,586 | 9,643 | 943 | 8.9% | 5.7% |
1997 | 10,887 | 10,063 | 824 | 7.6% | 4.5% |
1998 | 10,927 | 10,072 | 855 | 7.8% | 3.6% |
1999 | 10,786 | 9,841 | 945 | 8.8% | 4.1% |
2000 | 11,026 | 10,471 | 555 | 5.0% | 3.7% |
2001 | 11,129 | 10,179 | 950 | 8.5% | 5.3% |
2002 | 11,183 | 10,153 | 1,030 | 9.2% | 6.4% |
2003 | 11,437 | 10,151 | 1,286 | 11.2% | 7.2% |
2004 | 11,371 | 10,385 | 986 | 8.7% | 7.4% |
2005 | 11,342 | 10,381 | 961 | 8.5% | 7.3% |
2006 | 11,645 | 10,530 | 1,115 | 9.6% | 6.9% |
2007 | 11,295 | 10,269 | 1,026 | 9.1% | 6.1% |
2008 | 11,320 | 10,036 | 1,284 | 11.3% | 7.3% |
2009 | 10,889 | 9,435 | 1,454 | 13.4% | 11.4% |
2010 | 10,773 | 9,177 | 1,596 | 14.8% | 11.3% |
2011 | 10,588 | 9,070 | 1,518 | 14.3% | 10.4% |
2012 | 10,399 | 9,072 | 1,327 | 12.8% | 9.0% |
2013 | 10,120 | 9,059 | 1,061 | 10.5% | 7.4% |
2014 | 10,023 | 9,176 | 847 | 8.5% | 6.3% |
2015 | 10,014 | 9,215 | 799 | 8.0% | 5.9% |
2016 | 9,962 | 9,258 | 704 | 7.1% | 4.9% |
2017 | 9,864 | 9,150 | 714 | 7.2% | 4.2% |
2018 | 9,560 | 8,972 | 588 | 6.2% | 3.4% |
2019 | 9,472 | 9,064 | 408 | 4.3% | 2.8% |
2020 | 9,637 | 8,877 | 760 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
2021 | 9,196 | 8,673 | 523 | 5.7% | 3.9% |
2022 | 9,204 | 8,771 | 433 | 4.7% | 3.2% |
2023 | 9,453 | 9,076 | 377 | 4.0% | 3.0% |