2022 population: 28,982
( 1,140 from 2010
, 387 from 2020)
Land area: 597.2 square miles
Population density: 48.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 14,169 | 48.89% | 3.1% |
Black: | 12,095 | 41.73% | 6.4% |
Indian: | 80 | 0.28% | 40.4% |
Asian: | 185 | 0.64% | 31.2% |
2+ races: | 376 | 1.30% | 66.4% |
Hispanic: | 2,077 | 7.17% | 47.9% |
Total non-White: | 14,813 | 51.11% | 12.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 761 | 13.0 |
Deaths: | 965 | 16.4 |
Net Migration: | -193 | -3.3 |
Net Immigration: | 11 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -446 | -1.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,586 | 5.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 13,018 | |
Median Value | $140,800 | |
Occupied | 10,295 | 79.1% |
Vacant | 2,723 | 20.9% |
Owned | 6,243 | 60.6% |
Rented | 4,052 | 39.4% |
Median Rent | $796 | |
Single-Family Units | 8,934 | 68.6% |
Detached | 8,896 | 68.3% |
Attached | 38 | 0.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 564 | 4.3% |
Mobile Homes | 2,591 | 19.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,166 | 11.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 474 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 731 | 7.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 676 | 6.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 343 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 495 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 564 | 5.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 525 | 5.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 369 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 773 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 804 | 7.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,231 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 919 | 8.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 578 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 441 | 4.3% |
$200,000 or more | 206 | 2.0% |
Median Household Income | 47,383 | |
Per Capita Income | 24,974 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 73 | |
Compared to U.S. | 70 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 633 | 6.1% |
Public Assistance | 156 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,309 | 22.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 9,638 | 58.5% |
Unemployed | 724 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 150 | 0.9% |
Total Labor Force | 10,512 | 63.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 5,977 | 36.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 40.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 3,660 | 3,810 | 49.0% |
Non-Profit | 380 | 259 | 59.5% |
Self-Employed | 681 | 351 | 66.0% |
Local Government | 490 | 401 | 55.0% |
State Government | 343 | 500 | 40.7% |
Federal Government | 77 | 68 | 53.1% |
Total Private + Self | 4,341 | 4,161 | 51.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,290 | 1,228 | 51.2% |
Total | 5,631 | 5,389 | 51.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,196 | 10.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,136 | 19.3% |
Professional, Technical | 1,811 | 16.4% |
Service Occupations | 2,471 | 22.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 142 | 1.3% |
All others | 3,429 | 31.1% |
White Collar | 46.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,829 | 16.6% |
Manufacturing | 1,504 | 13.6% |
Retail trade | 1,210 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 920 | 8.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 797 | 7.2% |
Other services | 706 | 6.4% |
Construction | 654 | 5.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 549 | 5.0% |
Public administration | 526 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 457 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 408 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 392 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 336 | 3.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 300 | 2.7% |
Information | 180 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 85 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 58 | 0.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 49 | 0.4% |
Utilities | 48 | 0.4% |
Management | 35 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,627 | 5.60% |
Puerto Rican | 76 | 0.26% |
Cuban | 13 | 0.04% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 62 | 0.21% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 62 | 0.21% |
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 | 47 | 0.16% |
Argentinean | 25 | 0.09% |
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 | 22 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 115 | 0.40% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 25,710 | 94.8% |
Spanish | 1,245 | 4.6% |
Other Indo-European | 69 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 50 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 38 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 13 | 0.0% |
German, other Germanic | 4 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 2,323 | 8.0% |
American | 2,065 | 7.1% |
Irish | 1,148 | 4.0% |
German | 644 | 2.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 500 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 232 | 0.8% |
Italian | 161 | 0.6% |
European | 142 | 0.5% |
French | 132 | 0.5% |
Celtic | 122 | 0.4% |
Polish | 114 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 113 | 0.4% |
African | 100 | 0.3% |
Scandinavian | 50 | 0.2% |
Romanian | 30 | 0.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 28,527 | 98.2% |
Not a citizen | 536 | 1.8% |
Native | 28,159 | 96.9% |
Foreign-born | 904 | 3.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,390 | 7.2% | 2,018 | 10.5% | 6,676 | 34.6% | 6,298 | 32.7% | 1,893 | 9.8% | 995 | 5.2% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,390 | 7.2% |
9-12 Years | 2,018 | 10.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 6,676 | 34.6% |
Some College | 6,298 | 32.7% |
Bach. Degree | 1,893 | 9.8% |
Grad Degree | 995 | 5.2% |
Average years of education: 12.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 11,020 | 10,547 | 473 | 4.3% | 5.4% |
1991 | 11,165 | 10,397 | 768 | 6.9% | 5.3% |
1992 | 11,179 | 10,079 | 1,100 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
1993 | 10,972 | 10,070 | 902 | 8.2% | 5.7% |
1994 | 11,423 | 10,417 | 1,006 | 8.8% | 5.1% |
1995 | 11,661 | 10,906 | 755 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
1996 | 11,773 | 11,193 | 580 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
1997 | 12,303 | 11,707 | 596 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
1998 | 12,452 | 11,822 | 630 | 5.1% | 4.2% |
1999 | 12,022 | 11,378 | 644 | 5.4% | 3.8% |
2000 | 12,239 | 11,691 | 548 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
2001 | 11,941 | 11,287 | 654 | 5.5% | 4.1% |
2002 | 11,909 | 11,149 | 760 | 6.4% | 5.3% |
2003 | 12,223 | 11,483 | 740 | 6.1% | 5.1% |
2004 | 11,687 | 10,856 | 831 | 7.1% | 5.1% |
2005 | 12,175 | 11,376 | 799 | 6.6% | 5.7% |
2006 | 12,037 | 11,294 | 743 | 6.2% | 5.1% |
2007 | 11,774 | 11,004 | 770 | 6.5% | 4.9% |
2008 | 12,090 | 11,092 | 998 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
2009 | 11,940 | 10,358 | 1,582 | 13.2% | 10.4% |
2010 | 12,482 | 10,910 | 1,572 | 12.6% | 10.7% |
2011 | 12,039 | 10,608 | 1,431 | 11.9% | 10.1% |
2012 | 12,201 | 10,984 | 1,217 | 10.0% | 9.0% |
2013 | 11,560 | 10,469 | 1,091 | 9.4% | 8.1% |
2014 | 11,359 | 10,430 | 929 | 8.2% | 7.1% |
2015 | 11,265 | 10,486 | 779 | 6.9% | 6.1% |
2016 | 11,476 | 10,703 | 773 | 6.7% | 5.4% |
2017 | 11,770 | 11,110 | 660 | 5.6% | 4.8% |
2018 | 11,520 | 10,974 | 546 | 4.7% | 4.0% |
2019 | 11,673 | 11,224 | 449 | 3.8% | 3.5% |
2020 | 11,304 | 10,763 | 541 | 4.8% | 6.5% |
2021 | 11,445 | 11,028 | 417 | 3.6% | 3.9% |
2022 | 11,823 | 11,440 | 383 | 3.2% | 3.0% |
2023 | 11,465 | 11,071 | 394 | 3.4% | 3.2% |