2022 population: 48,301
( 8,251 from 2010
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596 from 2020)
Land area: 505.4 square miles
Population density: 95.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 17,097 | 35.40% | ![]() |
Black: | 27,306 | 56.53% | ![]() |
Indian: | 186 | 0.39% | ![]() |
Asian: | 199 | 0.41% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 666 | 1.38% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 2,847 | 5.89% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 31,204 | 64.60% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,356 | 13.9 |
Deaths: | 1,876 | 19.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -138 | -1.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 63 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | -4,263 | -7.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -3,988 | -7.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 23,229 | |
Median Value | $106,200 | |
Occupied | 19,350 | 83.3% |
Vacant | 3,879 | 16.7% |
Owned | 11,978 | 61.9% |
Rented | 7,372 | 38.1% |
Median Rent | $779 | |
Single-Family Units | 14,798 | 63.7% |
Detached | 14,572 | 62.7% |
Attached | 226 | 1.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 970 | 4.2% |
Mobile Homes | 5,446 | 23.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,792 | 9.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,115 | 5.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,144 | 5.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,043 | 5.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,274 | 6.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,093 | 5.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 729 | 3.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,182 | 6.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,016 | 5.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,476 | 7.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,200 | 6.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,316 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,408 | 7.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,128 | 5.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 915 | 4.7% |
$200,000 or more | 519 | 2.7% |
Median Household Income | 46,370 | |
Per Capita Income | 25,813 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 88 | |
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,777 | 9.2% |
Public Assistance | 205 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,543 | 23.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 17,640 | 63.1% |
Unemployed | 1,886 | 6.7% |
In Armed Forces | 17 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 19,543 | 69.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,401 | 30.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 36.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 6,993 | 7,529 | 48.2% |
Non-Profit | 461 | 521 | 46.9% |
Self-Employed | 767 | 847 | 47.5% |
Local Government | 762 | 952 | 44.5% |
State Government | 261 | 843 | 23.6% |
Federal Government | 193 | 110 | 63.7% |
Total Private + Self | 7,760 | 8,376 | 48.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,677 | 2,426 | 40.9% |
Total | 9,437 | 10,802 | 46.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,098 | 10.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,398 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 3,430 | 16.8% |
Service Occupations | 4,142 | 20.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 133 | 0.7% |
All others | 6,298 | 30.9% |
White Collar | 48.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 3,553 | 17.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,239 | 15.9% |
Retail trade | 2,640 | 13.0% |
Educational services | 1,725 | 8.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,551 | 7.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,173 | 5.8% |
Construction | 1,114 | 5.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,087 | 5.3% |
Public administration | 1,057 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 768 | 3.8% |
Other services | 594 | 2.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 473 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 378 | 1.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 318 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 197 | 1.0% |
Information | 160 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 159 | 0.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 137 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 43 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,004 | 4.08% |
Puerto Rican | 41 | 0.08% |
Cuban | 0 | 0.00% |
Dominican | 134 | 0.27% |
Total Central American | 305 | 0.62% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 240 | 0.49% |
Honduran | 50 | 0.10% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 13 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 2 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 84 | 0.17% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 38 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 46 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 84 | 0.17% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 43 | 0.09% |
Chinese | 21 | 0.04% |
Filipino | 18 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 11 | 0.02% |
Japanese | 3 | 0.01% |
Korean | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 43,487 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 2,455 | 5.3% |
German, other Germanic | 99 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 84 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 67 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 35 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 18 | 0.0% |
Arabic | 12 | 0.0% |
Other | 9 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 5,931 | 12.1% |
English | 3,010 | 6.1% |
Irish | 1,586 | 3.2% |
German | 937 | 1.9% |
French | 351 | 0.7% |
European | 261 | 0.5% |
British | 260 | 0.5% |
African | 242 | 0.5% |
Scottish | 226 | 0.5% |
West Indian | 204 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 198 | 0.4% |
Italian | 172 | 0.4% |
Haitian | 110 | 0.2% |
Jamaican | 76 | 0.2% |
Ghanaian | 67 | 0.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 48,086 | 98.0% |
Not a citizen | 981 | 2.0% |
Native | 47,578 | 97.0% |
Foreign-born | 1,489 | 3.0% |
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 | ||||||
1,673 | 4.9% | 3,244 | 9.5% | 12,963 | 38.0% | 10,176 | 29.8% | 4,421 | 13.0% | 1,633 | 4.8% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,673 | 4.9% |
9-12 Years | 3,244 | 9.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 12,963 | 38.0% |
Some College | 10,176 | 29.8% |
Bach. Degree | 4,421 | 13.0% |
Grad Degree | 1,633 | 4.8% |
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 | 28,270 | 26,861 | 1,409 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
1991 | 28,785 | 26,556 | 2,229 | 7.7% | 5.9% |
1992 | 28,505 | 26,026 | 2,479 | 8.7% | 6.3% |
1993 | 27,697 | 25,686 | 2,011 | 7.3% | 5.1% |
1994 | 27,082 | 25,120 | 1,962 | 7.2% | 4.4% |
1995 | 27,460 | 25,212 | 2,248 | 8.2% | 4.4% |
1996 | 28,790 | 25,337 | 3,453 | 12.0% | 4.4% |
1997 | 27,176 | 24,069 | 3,107 | 11.4% | 3.8% |
1998 | 25,841 | 23,382 | 2,459 | 9.5% | 3.5% |
1999 | 25,196 | 23,045 | 2,151 | 8.5% | 3.3% |
2000 | 25,077 | 23,608 | 1,469 | 5.9% | 3.7% |
2001 | 25,410 | 23,289 | 2,121 | 8.3% | 5.6% |
2002 | 25,338 | 22,460 | 2,878 | 11.4% | 6.9% |
2003 | 25,315 | 22,708 | 2,607 | 10.3% | 6.7% |
2004 | 24,738 | 22,478 | 2,260 | 9.1% | 5.9% |
2005 | 24,456 | 22,260 | 2,196 | 9.0% | 5.6% |
2006 | 24,432 | 22,322 | 2,110 | 8.6% | 5.1% |
2007 | 24,384 | 22,415 | 1,969 | 8.1% | 5.1% |
2008 | 24,605 | 22,101 | 2,504 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
2009 | 24,711 | 20,645 | 4,066 | 16.5% | 11.0% |
2010 | 25,579 | 21,591 | 3,988 | 15.6% | 10.7% |
2011 | 25,056 | 21,171 | 3,885 | 15.5% | 10.3% |
2012 | 24,601 | 20,997 | 3,604 | 14.6% | 9.5% |
2013 | 23,964 | 20,937 | 3,027 | 12.6% | 7.8% |
2014 | 23,213 | 20,885 | 2,328 | 10.0% | 6.1% |
2015 | 22,786 | 20,629 | 2,157 | 9.5% | 5.7% |
2016 | 22,353 | 20,411 | 1,942 | 8.7% | 5.1% |
2017 | 21,912 | 20,221 | 1,691 | 7.7% | 4.5% |
2018 | 21,508 | 20,008 | 1,500 | 7.0% | 4.0% |
2019 | 21,091 | 19,873 | 1,218 | 5.8% | 3.8% |
2020 | 20,702 | 18,511 | 2,191 | 10.6% | 7.3% |
2021 | 20,322 | 18,605 | 1,717 | 8.4% | 4.9% |
2022 | 20,272 | 18,947 | 1,325 | 6.5% | 3.7% |
2023 | 20,046 | 18,897 | 1,149 | 5.7% | 3.5% |