2022 population: 106,869
( 10,680 from 2010
, 1,047 from 2020)
Land area: 360.1 square miles
Population density: 296.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 93,727 | 87.70% | 8.6% |
Black: | 3,855 | 3.61% | 12.2% |
Indian: | 149 | 0.14% | 12.9% |
Asian: | 3,913 | 3.66% | 31.7% |
2+ races: | 2,588 | 2.42% | 65.2% |
Hispanic: | 2,637 | 2.47% | 55.9% |
Total non-White: | 13,142 | 12.30% | 32.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 2,135 | 10.1 |
Deaths: | 1,959 | 9.3 |
Net Migration: | -118 | -0.6 |
Net Immigration: | 933 | 4.4 |
Change in White population: | 7,429 | 7.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 3,251 | 3.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 49,565 | |
Median Value | $242,100 | |
Occupied | 44,206 | 89.2% |
Vacant | 5,359 | 10.8% |
Owned | 25,199 | 57.0% |
Rented | 19,007 | 43.0% |
Median Rent | $929 | |
Single-Family Units | 28,616 | 57.7% |
Detached | 25,233 | 50.9% |
Attached | 3,383 | 6.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 12,125 | 24.5% |
Mobile Homes | 4,028 | 8.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 4,036 | 9.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,092 | 4.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,877 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,059 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,450 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,797 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,610 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,556 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,269 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,083 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,734 | 8.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,450 | 10.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,474 | 7.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,868 | 6.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,900 | 8.8% |
$200,000 or more | 3,951 | 8.9% |
Median Household Income | 60,893 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,757 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 118 | |
Compared to U.S. | 102 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,538 | 3.5% |
Public Assistance | 1,183 | 2.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,071 | 9.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 50,710 | 67.1% |
Unemployed | 3,124 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 187 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 54,021 | 71.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 21,536 | 28.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 17,943 | 13,983 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 2,330 | 3,564 | 39.5% |
Self-Employed | 1,903 | 1,479 | 56.3% |
Local Government | 1,160 | 2,052 | 36.1% |
State Government | 4,208 | 3,889 | 52.0% |
Federal Government | 1,030 | 722 | 58.8% |
Total Private + Self | 19,846 | 15,462 | 56.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 8,728 | 10,227 | 46.0% |
Total | 28,574 | 25,689 | 52.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 24.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,636 | 14.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 10,003 | 18.4% |
Professional, Technical | 19,948 | 36.7% |
Service Occupations | 9,768 | 18.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 22 | 0.0% |
All others | 7,031 | 12.9% |
White Collar | 69.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 11,078 | 20.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 10,038 | 18.5% |
Retail trade | 5,325 | 9.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,264 | 9.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 4,274 | 7.9% |
Public administration | 2,656 | 4.9% |
Manufacturing | 2,585 | 4.8% |
Other services | 2,201 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,822 | 3.4% |
Construction | 1,763 | 3.2% |
Finance and insurance | 1,328 | 2.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,269 | 2.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,137 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 873 | 1.6% |
Information | 818 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 741 | 1.4% |
Wholesale trade | 575 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 546 | 1.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 93 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 959 | 0.90% |
Puerto Rican | 257 | 0.24% |
Cuban | 114 | 0.11% |
Dominican | 59 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 400 | 0.38% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 47 | 0.04% |
Honduran | 165 | 0.16% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 55 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 133 | 0.13% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 300 | 0.28% |
Argentinean | 122 | 0.12% |
Bolivian | 19 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 58 | 0.05% |
Ecuadorian | 9 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 57 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 12 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 23 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 324 | 0.31% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 1,227 | 1.16% |
Indian | 783 | 0.74% |
Filipino | 520 | 0.49% |
Vietnamese | 456 | 0.43% |
Korean | 116 | 0.11% |
Japanese | 55 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 34 | 0.03% |
Indonesian | 28 | 0.03% |
Thai | 10 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 93,963 | 92.9% |
Arabic | 1,756 | 1.7% |
Other Indo-European | 1,457 | 1.4% |
Spanish | 1,437 | 1.4% |
Chinese | 963 | 1.0% |
Other | 441 | 0.4% |
Vietnamese | 249 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 249 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 235 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 20,600 | 19.4% |
Irish | 14,748 | 13.9% |
English | 14,106 | 13.3% |
Italian | 9,867 | 9.3% |
American | 6,651 | 6.3% |
Polish | 4,248 | 4.0% |
Scottish | 3,153 | 3.0% |
European | 2,700 | 2.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,877 | 1.8% |
French | 1,516 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 1,504 | 1.4% |
Welsh | 1,244 | 1.2% |
Hungarian | 1,095 | 1.0% |
Slovak | 892 | 0.8% |
British | 787 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 102,687 | 96.9% |
Not a citizen | 3,301 | 3.1% |
Native | 100,818 | 95.1% |
Foreign-born | 5,170 | 4.9% |
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 | ||||||
1,138 | 1.8% | 2,827 | 4.3% | 16,123 | 24.8% | 13,548 | 20.8% | 14,220 | 21.9% | 17,171 | 26.4% |
Average years of education: 14.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,138 | 1.8% |
9-12 Years | 2,827 | 4.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 16,123 | 24.8% |
Some College | 13,548 | 20.8% |
Bach. Degree | 14,220 | 21.9% |
Grad Degree | 17,171 | 26.4% |
Average years of education: 14.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 37,046 | 34,593 | 2,453 | 6.6% | 8.6% |
1991 | 37,155 | 34,514 | 2,641 | 7.1% | 10.6% |
1992 | 38,264 | 35,233 | 3,031 | 7.9% | 11.2% |
1993 | 38,991 | 35,855 | 3,136 | 8.0% | 10.3% |
1994 | 38,982 | 37,067 | 1,915 | 4.9% | 8.8% |
1995 | 38,159 | 36,487 | 1,672 | 4.4% | 8.0% |
1996 | 38,559 | 36,536 | 2,023 | 5.2% | 7.7% |
1997 | 38,000 | 36,217 | 1,783 | 4.7% | 7.0% |
1998 | 37,716 | 36,375 | 1,341 | 3.6% | 6.7% |
1999 | 38,376 | 37,103 | 1,273 | 3.3% | 6.5% |
2000 | 40,732 | 38,932 | 1,800 | 4.4% | 5.6% |
2001 | 41,244 | 39,572 | 1,672 | 4.1% | 5.4% |
2002 | 41,599 | 39,609 | 1,990 | 4.8% | 6.5% |
2003 | 42,719 | 40,702 | 2,017 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
2004 | 43,431 | 41,640 | 1,791 | 4.1% | 5.8% |
2005 | 44,368 | 42,626 | 1,742 | 3.9% | 5.5% |
2006 | 45,814 | 44,151 | 1,663 | 3.6% | 5.2% |
2007 | 46,983 | 45,430 | 1,553 | 3.3% | 4.8% |
2008 | 48,154 | 46,702 | 1,452 | 3.0% | 4.7% |
2009 | 49,568 | 47,214 | 2,354 | 4.7% | 8.3% |
2010 | 48,286 | 45,590 | 2,696 | 5.6% | 8.7% |
2011 | 48,559 | 45,935 | 2,624 | 5.4% | 7.8% |
2012 | 49,746 | 47,253 | 2,493 | 5.0% | 7.2% |
2013 | 50,098 | 47,855 | 2,243 | 4.5% | 6.7% |
2014 | 50,802 | 48,594 | 2,208 | 4.3% | 6.5% |
2015 | 51,084 | 48,736 | 2,348 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
2016 | 51,452 | 49,222 | 2,230 | 4.3% | 6.1% |
2017 | 53,102 | 51,119 | 1,983 | 3.7% | 5.2% |
2018 | 54,206 | 52,005 | 2,201 | 4.1% | 5.2% |
2019 | 54,894 | 52,896 | 1,998 | 3.6% | 4.9% |
2020 | 54,613 | 51,146 | 3,467 | 6.3% | 8.3% |
2021 | 54,912 | 52,687 | 2,225 | 4.1% | 5.1% |
2022 | 55,550 | 53,656 | 1,894 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 55,589 | 53,863 | 1,726 | 3.1% | 3.9% |