2022 population: 20,875
( 3,794 from 2010
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677 from 2020)
Land area: 353.2 square miles
Population density: 59.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 6,738 | 32.28% | ![]() |
Black: | 12,278 | 58.82% | ![]() |
Indian: | 235 | 1.13% | ![]() |
Asian: | 196 | 0.94% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 403 | 1.93% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,025 | 4.91% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 14,137 | 67.72% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 430 | 10.0 |
Deaths: | 813 | 18.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -333 | -7.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 39 | 0.9 |
Change in White population: | -1,741 | -7.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -2,053 | -8.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 9,864 | |
Median Value | $103,600 | |
Occupied | 8,353 | 84.7% |
Vacant | 1,511 | 15.3% |
Owned | 5,462 | 65.4% |
Rented | 2,891 | 34.6% |
Median Rent | $846 | |
Single-Family Units | 6,720 | 68.1% |
Detached | 6,498 | 65.9% |
Attached | 222 | 2.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 261 | 2.6% |
Mobile Homes | 2,173 | 22.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 646 | 7.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 622 | 7.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 464 | 5.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 645 | 7.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 343 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 477 | 5.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 532 | 6.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 348 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 374 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 696 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 774 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 956 | 11.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 783 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 269 | 3.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 235 | 2.8% |
$200,000 or more | 189 | 2.3% |
Median Household Income | 46,196 | |
Per Capita Income | 25,313 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 78 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 749 | 9.0% |
Public Assistance | 265 | 3.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,277 | 27.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 7,817 | 59.7% |
Unemployed | 647 | 4.9% |
In Armed Forces | 31 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 8,495 | 64.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,600 | 35.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 40.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,826 | 2,378 | 54.3% |
Non-Profit | 303 | 416 | 42.1% |
Self-Employed | 382 | 171 | 69.1% |
Local Government | 283 | 521 | 35.2% |
State Government | 377 | 659 | 36.4% |
Federal Government | 149 | 104 | 58.9% |
Total Private + Self | 3,208 | 2,549 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,112 | 1,700 | 39.5% |
Total | 4,320 | 4,249 | 50.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 24.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 886 | 10.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,534 | 17.7% |
Professional, Technical | 1,662 | 19.2% |
Service Occupations | 1,607 | 18.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 158 | 1.8% |
All others | 2,954 | 34.2% |
White Collar | 47.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 1,403 | 16.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,332 | 15.4% |
Educational services | 1,117 | 12.9% |
Retail trade | 933 | 10.8% |
Public administration | 578 | 6.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 526 | 6.1% |
Construction | 505 | 5.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 468 | 5.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 330 | 3.8% |
Other services | 274 | 3.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 269 | 3.1% |
Finance and insurance | 260 | 3.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 223 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 126 | 1.5% |
Information | 92 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 90 | 1.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 67 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 50 | 0.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 576 | 2.66% |
Puerto Rican | 55 | 0.25% |
Cuban | 51 | 0.24% |
Dominican | 35 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 90 | 0.42% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 52 | 0.24% |
Honduran | 15 | 0.07% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 6 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 17 | 0.08% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 74 | 0.34% |
Argentinean | 41 | 0.19% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 27 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 6 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 123 | 0.57% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 88 | 0.41% |
Filipino | 68 | 0.31% |
Burmese | 39 | 0.18% |
Laotian | 11 | 0.05% |
Korean | 9 | 0.04% |
Chinese | 8 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 5 | 0.02% |
Hmong | 3 | 0.01% |
Vietnamese | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 19,724 | 95.2% |
Spanish | 698 | 3.4% |
Other Indo-European | 77 | 0.4% |
Tagalog | 68 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 58 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 32 | 0.2% |
Other | 15 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 11 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 9 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 1,854 | 8.6% |
English | 1,257 | 5.8% |
Irish | 779 | 3.6% |
German | 641 | 3.0% |
African | 164 | 0.8% |
Italian | 156 | 0.7% |
European | 149 | 0.7% |
Scottish | 143 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 142 | 0.7% |
Jamaican | 141 | 0.7% |
British | 56 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 55 | 0.3% |
Czech | 46 | 0.2% |
French | 46 | 0.2% |
Haitian | 43 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 21,011 | 97.1% |
Not a citizen | 622 | 2.9% |
Native | 20,754 | 95.9% |
Foreign-born | 879 | 4.1% |
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 | ||||||
706 | 4.7% | 1,732 | 11.4% | 5,303 | 35.0% | 4,970 | 32.8% | 1,430 | 9.4% | 995 | 6.6% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 706 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 1,732 | 11.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 5,303 | 35.0% |
Some College | 4,970 | 32.8% |
Bach. Degree | 1,430 | 9.4% |
Grad Degree | 995 | 6.6% |
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 | 10,110 | 9,524 | 586 | 5.8% | 4.1% |
1991 | 10,191 | 9,285 | 906 | 8.9% | 5.9% |
1992 | 10,533 | 9,494 | 1,039 | 9.9% | 6.3% |
1993 | 10,492 | 9,480 | 1,012 | 9.6% | 5.1% |
1994 | 10,117 | 9,406 | 711 | 7.0% | 4.4% |
1995 | 9,976 | 9,405 | 571 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1996 | 10,124 | 9,545 | 579 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1997 | 10,628 | 10,070 | 558 | 5.3% | 3.8% |
1998 | 10,311 | 9,848 | 463 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
1999 | 10,737 | 10,302 | 435 | 4.1% | 3.3% |
2000 | 9,517 | 9,021 | 496 | 5.2% | 3.7% |
2001 | 9,764 | 9,058 | 706 | 7.2% | 5.6% |
2002 | 9,492 | 8,783 | 709 | 7.5% | 6.9% |
2003 | 9,793 | 9,169 | 624 | 6.4% | 6.7% |
2004 | 9,734 | 9,126 | 608 | 6.2% | 5.9% |
2005 | 9,884 | 9,264 | 620 | 6.3% | 5.6% |
2006 | 9,760 | 9,177 | 583 | 6.0% | 5.1% |
2007 | 9,964 | 9,400 | 564 | 5.7% | 5.1% |
2008 | 9,852 | 9,196 | 656 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
2009 | 10,143 | 9,121 | 1,022 | 10.1% | 11.0% |
2010 | 9,865 | 8,830 | 1,035 | 10.5% | 10.7% |
2011 | 9,682 | 8,585 | 1,097 | 11.3% | 10.3% |
2012 | 9,660 | 8,595 | 1,065 | 11.0% | 9.5% |
2013 | 9,515 | 8,646 | 869 | 9.1% | 7.8% |
2014 | 9,380 | 8,706 | 674 | 7.2% | 6.1% |
2015 | 9,211 | 8,568 | 643 | 7.0% | 5.7% |
2016 | 9,287 | 8,676 | 611 | 6.6% | 5.1% |
2017 | 9,173 | 8,644 | 529 | 5.8% | 4.5% |
2018 | 9,129 | 8,661 | 468 | 5.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 9,273 | 8,811 | 462 | 5.0% | 3.8% |
2020 | 9,016 | 8,389 | 627 | 7.0% | 7.3% |
2021 | 8,495 | 7,932 | 563 | 6.6% | 4.9% |
2022 | 8,516 | 8,079 | 437 | 5.1% | 3.7% |
2023 | 8,415 | 8,022 | 393 | 4.7% | 3.5% |