2022 population: 67,965
( 1,428 from 2010
, 432 from 2020)
Land area: 712.9 square miles
Population density: 95.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 45,752 | 67.32% | 0.3% |
Black: | 16,305 | 23.99% | 3.0% |
Indian: | 206 | 0.30% | 50.4% |
Asian: | 451 | 0.66% | 125.5% |
2+ races: | 1,130 | 1.66% | 58.5% |
Hispanic: | 4,121 | 6.06% | 51.0% |
Total non-White: | 22,213 | 32.68% | 7.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,608 | 11.9 |
Deaths: | 2,473 | 18.3 |
Net Migration: | 1,153 | 8.5 |
Net Immigration: | 132 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | -148 | -0.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,576 | 2.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 31,421 | |
Median Value | $138,600 | |
Occupied | 25,757 | 82.0% |
Vacant | 5,664 | 18.0% |
Owned | 18,366 | 71.3% |
Rented | 7,391 | 28.7% |
Median Rent | $826 | |
Single-Family Units | 19,731 | 62.8% |
Detached | 19,429 | 61.8% |
Attached | 302 | 1.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,133 | 3.6% |
Mobile Homes | 9,477 | 30.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,896 | 7.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,533 | 6.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,224 | 4.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,483 | 5.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,068 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,464 | 5.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,173 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,135 | 4.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,164 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,175 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,646 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,103 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,393 | 9.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,234 | 4.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,185 | 4.6% |
$200,000 or more | 881 | 3.4% |
Median Household Income | 52,077 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,221 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 86 | |
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,758 | 6.8% |
Public Assistance | 369 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,318 | 16.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 25,851 | 65.5% |
Unemployed | 1,566 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 43 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 27,460 | 69.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 11,982 | 30.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 10,989 | 9,557 | 53.5% |
Non-Profit | 653 | 1,415 | 31.6% |
Self-Employed | 1,636 | 887 | 64.8% |
Local Government | 983 | 1,031 | 48.8% |
State Government | 518 | 903 | 36.5% |
Federal Government | 189 | 460 | 29.1% |
Total Private + Self | 12,625 | 10,444 | 54.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,343 | 3,809 | 38.1% |
Total | 14,968 | 14,253 | 51.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,940 | 10.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 5,705 | 19.5% |
Professional, Technical | 5,039 | 17.2% |
Service Occupations | 5,818 | 19.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 152 | 0.5% |
All others | 9,762 | 33.4% |
White Collar | 46.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 6,333 | 21.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,839 | 13.1% |
Retail trade | 2,909 | 9.9% |
Educational services | 2,458 | 8.4% |
Construction | 2,117 | 7.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,836 | 6.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,702 | 5.8% |
Other services | 1,332 | 4.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,284 | 4.4% |
Public administration | 1,063 | 3.6% |
Finance and insurance | 853 | 2.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 771 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 638 | 2.2% |
Information | 549 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 493 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 492 | 1.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 314 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 245 | 0.8% |
Management | 27 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 9 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,018 | 2.99% |
Puerto Rican | 675 | 1.00% |
Cuban | 142 | 0.21% |
Dominican | 89 | 0.13% |
Total Central American | 427 | 0.63% |
Costa Rican | 7 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 189 | 0.28% |
Honduran | 53 | 0.08% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 178 | 0.26% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 208 | 0.31% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 167 | 0.25% |
Ecuadorian | 9 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 32 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 217 | 0.32% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 103 | 0.15% |
Indian | 72 | 0.11% |
Filipino | 56 | 0.08% |
Korean | 41 | 0.06% |
Thai | 30 | 0.04% |
Hmong | 24 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 16 | 0.02% |
Laotian | 14 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 60,373 | 94.9% |
Spanish | 2,627 | 4.1% |
Other Asian | 146 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 133 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 94 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 74 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 45 | 0.1% |
Korean | 41 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 34 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 6,243 | 9.3% |
English | 6,198 | 9.2% |
Irish | 5,123 | 7.6% |
German | 5,066 | 7.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,675 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 1,452 | 2.2% |
Italian | 958 | 1.4% |
French | 699 | 1.0% |
Polish | 671 | 1.0% |
European | 585 | 0.9% |
Czech | 412 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 375 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 323 | 0.5% |
Austrian | 310 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 288 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 65,828 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 1,628 | 2.4% |
Native | 65,175 | 96.6% |
Foreign-born | 2,281 | 3.4% |
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 | ||||||
2,762 | 5.9% | 5,353 | 11.4% | 16,940 | 36.1% | 13,433 | 28.6% | 5,563 | 11.9% | 2,838 | 6.1% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,762 | 5.9% |
9-12 Years | 5,353 | 11.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 16,940 | 36.1% |
Some College | 13,433 | 28.6% |
Bach. Degree | 5,563 | 11.9% |
Grad Degree | 2,838 | 6.1% |
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 | 29,256 | 27,672 | 1,584 | 5.4% | 4.9% |
1991 | 29,375 | 27,674 | 1,701 | 5.8% | 6.1% |
1992 | 30,090 | 28,268 | 1,822 | 6.1% | 6.7% |
1993 | 30,772 | 28,848 | 1,924 | 6.3% | 7.3% |
1994 | 30,539 | 29,000 | 1,539 | 5.0% | 6.2% |
1995 | 31,308 | 30,099 | 1,209 | 3.9% | 5.1% |
1996 | 31,485 | 29,619 | 1,866 | 5.9% | 5.7% |
1997 | 30,044 | 28,888 | 1,156 | 3.8% | 4.5% |
1998 | 28,949 | 28,073 | 876 | 3.0% | 3.6% |
1999 | 27,706 | 26,709 | 997 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2000 | 33,788 | 32,661 | 1,127 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
2001 | 34,033 | 31,788 | 2,245 | 6.6% | 5.3% |
2002 | 33,401 | 30,645 | 2,756 | 8.3% | 6.4% |
2003 | 33,125 | 30,463 | 2,662 | 8.0% | 7.2% |
2004 | 33,287 | 30,709 | 2,578 | 7.7% | 7.4% |
2005 | 33,239 | 30,828 | 2,411 | 7.3% | 7.3% |
2006 | 34,134 | 31,619 | 2,515 | 7.4% | 6.9% |
2007 | 33,854 | 31,258 | 2,596 | 7.7% | 6.1% |
2008 | 33,187 | 30,564 | 2,623 | 7.9% | 7.3% |
2009 | 32,261 | 28,419 | 3,842 | 11.9% | 11.4% |
2010 | 30,465 | 26,667 | 3,798 | 12.5% | 11.3% |
2011 | 30,490 | 26,983 | 3,507 | 11.5% | 10.4% |
2012 | 30,071 | 27,038 | 3,033 | 10.1% | 9.0% |
2013 | 29,977 | 27,475 | 2,502 | 8.3% | 7.4% |
2014 | 29,878 | 27,818 | 2,060 | 6.9% | 6.3% |
2015 | 30,269 | 28,302 | 1,967 | 6.5% | 5.9% |
2016 | 29,943 | 28,417 | 1,526 | 5.1% | 4.9% |
2017 | 29,685 | 28,405 | 1,280 | 4.3% | 4.2% |
2018 | 29,703 | 28,656 | 1,047 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
2019 | 29,938 | 29,078 | 860 | 2.9% | 2.8% |
2020 | 30,197 | 28,122 | 2,075 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
2021 | 29,640 | 28,382 | 1,258 | 4.2% | 3.9% |
2022 | 30,069 | 29,056 | 1,013 | 3.4% | 3.2% |
2023 | 30,993 | 30,015 | 978 | 3.2% | 3.0% |