2022 population: 118,106
( 11,366 from 2010
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1,827 from 2020)
Land area: 372.9 square miles
Population density: 316.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 97,294 | 82.38% | ![]() |
Black: | 3,629 | 3.07% | ![]() |
Indian: | 401 | 0.34% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,775 | 1.50% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,135 | 1.81% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 12,872 | 10.90% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 20,812 | 17.62% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,268 | 9.8 |
Deaths: | 3,816 | 16.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 3,285 | 14.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 74 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 7,189 | 6.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,177 | 3.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 56,744 | |
Median Value | $291,500 | |
Occupied | 49,494 | 87.2% |
Vacant | 7,250 | 12.8% |
Owned | 36,832 | 74.4% |
Rented | 12,662 | 25.6% |
Median Rent | $1,032 | |
Single-Family Units | 41,634 | 73.4% |
Detached | 39,357 | 69.4% |
Attached | 2,277 | 4.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 3,635 | 6.4% |
Mobile Homes | 8,485 | 15.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,497 | 5.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,696 | 3.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,762 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,936 | 3.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,844 | 5.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,981 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,270 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,000 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,959 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,974 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 5,061 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 7,121 | 14.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,530 | 9.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 3,573 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,188 | 6.4% |
$200,000 or more | 3,102 | 6.3% |
Median Household Income | 65,508 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,457 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 112 | |
Compared to U.S. | 94 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,832 | 3.7% |
Public Assistance | 1,096 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,378 | 8.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 44,363 | 74.5% |
Unemployed | 1,517 | 2.5% |
In Armed Forces | 29 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 45,909 | 77.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 13,644 | 22.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 19,901 | 16,553 | 54.6% |
Non-Profit | 1,639 | 3,425 | 32.4% |
Self-Employed | 4,369 | 3,037 | 59.0% |
Local Government | 1,441 | 1,740 | 45.3% |
State Government | 620 | 913 | 40.4% |
Federal Government | 301 | 507 | 37.3% |
Total Private + Self | 24,270 | 19,590 | 55.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,001 | 6,585 | 37.8% |
Total | 28,271 | 26,175 | 51.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,234 | 13.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 11,494 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 11,916 | 21.8% |
Service Occupations | 10,632 | 19.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 483 | 0.9% |
All others | 13,278 | 24.3% |
White Collar | 56.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 8,467 | 15.5% |
Retail trade | 7,834 | 14.4% |
Manufacturing | 6,830 | 12.5% |
Construction | 4,817 | 8.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,687 | 8.6% |
Other services | 3,515 | 6.4% |
Educational services | 3,380 | 6.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,815 | 5.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,205 | 4.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,897 | 3.5% |
Finance and insurance | 1,708 | 3.1% |
Public administration | 1,389 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,158 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 1,138 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,129 | 2.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 627 | 1.1% |
Information | 617 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 276 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 37 | 0.1% |
Management | 28 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,967 | 6.84% |
Puerto Rican | 1,341 | 1.15% |
Cuban | 159 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 145 | 0.12% |
Total Central American | 1,371 | 1.18% |
Costa Rican | 127 | 0.11% |
Guatemalan | 265 | 0.23% |
Honduran | 223 | 0.19% |
Nicaraguan | 39 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 30 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 687 | 0.59% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 822 | 0.71% |
Argentinean | 202 | 0.17% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 191 | 0.16% |
Colombian | 344 | 0.30% |
Ecuadorian | 27 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 6 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 22 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 27 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 508 | 0.44% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Cambodian | 415 | 0.36% |
Korean | 259 | 0.22% |
Chinese | 247 | 0.21% |
Filipino | 197 | 0.17% |
Vietnamese | 165 | 0.14% |
Indian | 91 | 0.08% |
Thai | 75 | 0.06% |
Indonesian | 26 | 0.02% |
Japanese | 5 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 99,749 | 89.7% |
Spanish | 8,895 | 8.0% |
Other Asian | 526 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 500 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 373 | 0.3% |
Other | 304 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 225 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 156 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 139 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 19,626 | 16.9% |
Irish | 15,738 | 13.5% |
German | 15,694 | 13.5% |
American | 10,691 | 9.2% |
Scottish | 4,353 | 3.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 4,234 | 3.6% |
Italian | 3,738 | 3.2% |
French | 2,436 | 2.1% |
Polish | 2,080 | 1.8% |
European | 1,615 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 1,584 | 1.4% |
Welsh | 1,141 | 1.0% |
Swedish | 1,054 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 862 | 0.7% |
British | 802 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 112,157 | 96.3% |
Not a citizen | 4,312 | 3.7% |
Native | 108,570 | 93.2% |
Foreign-born | 7,899 | 6.8% |
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 | ||||||
2,962 | 3.4% | 4,388 | 5.0% | 21,950 | 25.2% | 28,276 | 32.4% | 18,490 | 21.2% | 11,113 | 12.7% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,962 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 4,388 | 5.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 21,950 | 25.2% |
Some College | 28,276 | 32.4% |
Bach. Degree | 18,490 | 21.2% |
Grad Degree | 11,113 | 12.7% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 32,437 | 31,599 | 838 | 2.6% | 4.1% |
1991 | 32,771 | 31,317 | 1,454 | 4.4% | 5.9% |
1992 | 33,111 | 31,419 | 1,692 | 5.1% | 6.3% |
1993 | 33,324 | 31,918 | 1,406 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
1994 | 35,022 | 33,852 | 1,170 | 3.3% | 4.4% |
1995 | 35,819 | 34,664 | 1,155 | 3.2% | 4.4% |
1996 | 36,426 | 35,333 | 1,093 | 3.0% | 4.4% |
1997 | 36,903 | 36,053 | 850 | 2.3% | 3.8% |
1998 | 37,373 | 36,396 | 977 | 2.6% | 3.5% |
1999 | 38,986 | 38,042 | 944 | 2.4% | 3.3% |
2000 | 42,232 | 40,954 | 1,278 | 3.0% | 3.7% |
2001 | 43,306 | 41,427 | 1,879 | 4.3% | 5.6% |
2002 | 44,227 | 41,822 | 2,405 | 5.4% | 6.9% |
2003 | 45,648 | 43,313 | 2,335 | 5.1% | 6.7% |
2004 | 45,773 | 43,731 | 2,042 | 4.5% | 5.9% |
2005 | 46,566 | 44,478 | 2,088 | 4.5% | 5.6% |
2006 | 48,027 | 46,177 | 1,850 | 3.9% | 5.1% |
2007 | 48,538 | 46,696 | 1,842 | 3.8% | 5.1% |
2008 | 49,735 | 47,385 | 2,350 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
2009 | 50,191 | 45,569 | 4,622 | 9.2% | 11.0% |
2010 | 48,487 | 44,115 | 4,372 | 9.0% | 10.7% |
2011 | 48,668 | 44,531 | 4,137 | 8.5% | 10.3% |
2012 | 48,982 | 45,221 | 3,761 | 7.7% | 9.5% |
2013 | 49,173 | 46,201 | 2,972 | 6.0% | 7.8% |
2014 | 49,445 | 47,025 | 2,420 | 4.9% | 6.1% |
2015 | 50,614 | 48,238 | 2,376 | 4.7% | 5.7% |
2016 | 52,134 | 49,909 | 2,225 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2017 | 53,417 | 51,377 | 2,040 | 3.8% | 4.5% |
2018 | 54,528 | 52,717 | 1,811 | 3.3% | 4.0% |
2019 | 55,467 | 53,682 | 1,785 | 3.2% | 3.8% |
2020 | 52,454 | 48,836 | 3,618 | 6.9% | 7.3% |
2021 | 53,222 | 51,013 | 2,209 | 4.2% | 4.9% |
2022 | 55,509 | 53,751 | 1,758 | 3.2% | 3.7% |
2023 | 56,343 | 54,705 | 1,638 | 2.9% | 3.5% |