2022 population: 133,462
( 14,238 from 2010
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2,061 from 2020)
Land area: 496.9 square miles
Population density: 268.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 112,874 | 84.57% | ![]() |
Black: | 9,282 | 6.95% | ![]() |
Indian: | 271 | 0.20% | ![]() |
Asian: | 2,598 | 1.95% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,364 | 1.77% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 6,073 | 4.55% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 20,588 | 15.43% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,620 | 10.0 |
Deaths: | 3,801 | 14.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 2,818 | 10.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 330 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | 8,916 | 7.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,322 | 4.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 56,713 | |
Median Value | $196,600 | |
Occupied | 50,341 | 88.8% |
Vacant | 6,372 | 11.2% |
Owned | 35,004 | 69.5% |
Rented | 15,337 | 30.5% |
Median Rent | $896 | |
Single-Family Units | 36,564 | 64.5% |
Detached | 35,553 | 62.7% |
Attached | 1,011 | 1.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 6,793 | 12.0% |
Mobile Homes | 10,244 | 18.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,330 | 6.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,650 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,557 | 5.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,638 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,603 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,911 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,430 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,583 | 5.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,890 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,698 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,741 | 9.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 6,565 | 13.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,894 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,836 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,376 | 4.7% |
$200,000 or more | 2,639 | 5.2% |
Median Household Income | 57,628 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,059 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 96 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,285 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 590 | 1.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,568 | 9.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 54,360 | 64.8% |
Unemployed | 2,472 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 62 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 56,894 | 67.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 27,048 | 32.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 22,938 | 17,780 | 56.3% |
Non-Profit | 1,710 | 2,906 | 37.0% |
Self-Employed | 3,634 | 1,670 | 68.5% |
Local Government | 1,172 | 2,379 | 33.0% |
State Government | 2,628 | 2,758 | 48.8% |
Federal Government | 190 | 247 | 43.5% |
Total Private + Self | 26,572 | 19,450 | 57.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,700 | 8,290 | 40.7% |
Total | 32,272 | 27,740 | 53.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 8,302 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 10,949 | 18.2% |
Professional, Technical | 14,696 | 24.5% |
Service Occupations | 11,103 | 18.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 117 | 0.2% |
All others | 15,047 | 25.0% |
White Collar | 56.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 8,599 | 14.3% |
Manufacturing | 8,566 | 14.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 7,547 | 12.6% |
Retail trade | 6,728 | 11.2% |
Construction | 4,841 | 8.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,690 | 7.8% |
Other services | 3,141 | 5.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,480 | 4.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,457 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 1,921 | 3.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,728 | 2.9% |
Finance and insurance | 1,644 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,633 | 2.7% |
Wholesale trade | 1,365 | 2.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,015 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 1,006 | 1.7% |
Information | 543 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 193 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,266 | 1.73% |
Puerto Rican | 1,017 | 0.78% |
Cuban | 502 | 0.38% |
Dominican | 29 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 787 | 0.60% |
Costa Rican | 18 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 254 | 0.19% |
Honduran | 148 | 0.11% |
Nicaraguan | 11 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 356 | 0.27% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 549 | 0.42% |
Argentinean | 106 | 0.08% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 40 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 241 | 0.18% |
Ecuadorian | 84 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 44 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 34 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 301 | 0.23% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 812 | 0.62% |
Indian | 773 | 0.59% |
Filipino | 238 | 0.18% |
Korean | 152 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 90 | 0.07% |
Burmese | 56 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 53 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 41 | 0.03% |
Indonesian | 8 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 118,801 | 95.1% |
Spanish | 2,939 | 2.4% |
Other Indo-European | 1,204 | 1.0% |
Chinese | 767 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 224 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 205 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 204 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 187 | 0.1% |
Korean | 118 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 19,275 | 14.7% |
Irish | 14,910 | 11.4% |
German | 13,250 | 10.1% |
American | 13,214 | 10.1% |
Italian | 3,662 | 2.8% |
Scottish | 3,505 | 2.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,911 | 2.2% |
Polish | 2,326 | 1.8% |
French | 1,954 | 1.5% |
European | 1,914 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 1,072 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 877 | 0.7% |
British | 752 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 697 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 648 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 128,119 | 97.7% |
Not a citizen | 2,987 | 2.3% |
Native | 126,526 | 96.5% |
Foreign-born | 4,580 | 3.5% |
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 | ||||||
2,903 | 3.5% | 7,814 | 9.4% | 25,024 | 30.2% | 24,291 | 29.3% | 12,364 | 14.9% | 10,378 | 12.5% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,903 | 3.5% |
9-12 Years | 7,814 | 9.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 25,024 | 30.2% |
Some College | 24,291 | 29.3% |
Bach. Degree | 12,364 | 14.9% |
Grad Degree | 10,378 | 12.5% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 49,154 | 46,826 | 2,328 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
1991 | 50,359 | 47,620 | 2,739 | 5.4% | 6.1% |
1992 | 51,251 | 48,537 | 2,714 | 5.3% | 6.7% |
1993 | 52,261 | 49,438 | 2,823 | 5.4% | 7.3% |
1994 | 53,201 | 50,756 | 2,445 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
1995 | 54,237 | 52,097 | 2,140 | 3.9% | 5.1% |
1996 | 54,754 | 52,037 | 2,717 | 5.0% | 5.7% |
1997 | 55,214 | 53,503 | 1,711 | 3.1% | 4.5% |
1998 | 56,488 | 55,007 | 1,481 | 2.6% | 3.6% |
1999 | 56,388 | 54,616 | 1,772 | 3.1% | 4.1% |
2000 | 57,389 | 55,617 | 1,772 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
2001 | 56,990 | 54,089 | 2,901 | 5.1% | 5.3% |
2002 | 55,684 | 52,094 | 3,590 | 6.4% | 6.4% |
2003 | 55,993 | 51,938 | 4,055 | 7.2% | 7.2% |
2004 | 57,026 | 52,827 | 4,199 | 7.4% | 7.4% |
2005 | 57,299 | 53,243 | 4,056 | 7.1% | 7.3% |
2006 | 58,867 | 54,963 | 3,904 | 6.6% | 6.9% |
2007 | 58,904 | 55,703 | 3,201 | 5.4% | 6.1% |
2008 | 58,607 | 54,815 | 3,792 | 6.5% | 7.3% |
2009 | 57,350 | 51,237 | 6,113 | 10.7% | 11.4% |
2010 | 54,910 | 48,849 | 6,061 | 11.0% | 11.3% |
2011 | 54,987 | 49,620 | 5,367 | 9.8% | 10.4% |
2012 | 54,840 | 50,028 | 4,812 | 8.8% | 9.0% |
2013 | 54,825 | 50,883 | 3,942 | 7.2% | 7.4% |
2014 | 54,850 | 51,482 | 3,368 | 6.1% | 6.3% |
2015 | 56,030 | 52,833 | 3,197 | 5.7% | 5.9% |
2016 | 56,189 | 53,455 | 2,734 | 4.9% | 4.9% |
2017 | 55,926 | 53,657 | 2,269 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
2018 | 56,507 | 54,645 | 1,862 | 3.3% | 3.4% |
2019 | 57,436 | 55,873 | 1,563 | 2.7% | 2.8% |
2020 | 57,109 | 54,072 | 3,037 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
2021 | 56,738 | 54,779 | 1,959 | 3.5% | 3.9% |
2022 | 57,944 | 56,147 | 1,797 | 3.1% | 3.2% |
2023 | 59,768 | 58,027 | 1,741 | 2.9% | 3.0% |