2022 population: 47,789
( 6,861 from 2010
, 1,616 from 2020)
Land area: 555.8 square miles
Population density: 86.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 26,785 | 56.05% | 14.3% |
Black: | 14,749 | 30.86% | 16.4% |
Indian: | 864 | 1.81% | 7.4% |
Asian: | 673 | 1.41% | 28.9% |
2+ races: | 1,007 | 2.11% | 18.1% |
Hispanic: | 3,711 | 7.77% | 27.1% |
Total non-White: | 21,004 | 43.95% | 10.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,353 | 13.7 |
Deaths: | 1,558 | 15.8 |
Net Migration: | -1,548 | -15.7 |
Net Immigration: | 172 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | -4,482 | -8.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -2,379 | -4.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 22,516 | |
Median Value | $128,000 | |
Occupied | 18,628 | 82.7% |
Vacant | 3,888 | 17.3% |
Owned | 12,946 | 69.5% |
Rented | 5,682 | 30.5% |
Median Rent | $829 | |
Single-Family Units | 15,594 | 69.3% |
Detached | 15,510 | 68.9% |
Attached | 84 | 0.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,071 | 4.8% |
Mobile Homes | 4,143 | 18.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,846 | 9.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,612 | 8.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 935 | 5.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,038 | 5.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 953 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 620 | 3.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 773 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 625 | 3.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,315 | 7.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,303 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,537 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,907 | 10.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,747 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 924 | 5.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 901 | 4.8% |
$200,000 or more | 592 | 3.2% |
Median Household Income | 47,322 | |
Per Capita Income | 26,949 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 87 | |
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,175 | 11.7% |
Public Assistance | 237 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,378 | 23.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 16,096 | 57.6% |
Unemployed | 962 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 58 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 17,116 | 61.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 10,843 | 38.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 42.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 7,563 | 5,902 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 297 | 703 | 29.7% |
Self-Employed | 1,255 | 729 | 63.3% |
Local Government | 663 | 1,239 | 34.9% |
State Government | 192 | 640 | 23.1% |
Federal Government | 74 | 90 | 45.1% |
Total Private + Self | 8,818 | 6,631 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,226 | 2,672 | 31.5% |
Total | 10,044 | 9,303 | 51.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,353 | 12.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,875 | 25.2% |
Professional, Technical | 2,701 | 14.0% |
Service Occupations | 3,338 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 192 | 1.0% |
All others | 6,092 | 31.5% |
White Collar | 51.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 2,579 | 13.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,280 | 11.8% |
Construction | 1,925 | 9.9% |
Educational services | 1,879 | 9.7% |
Manufacturing | 1,858 | 9.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,283 | 6.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,012 | 5.2% |
Other services | 971 | 5.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 910 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 748 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 710 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 611 | 3.2% |
Finance and insurance | 592 | 3.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 520 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 430 | 2.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 397 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 241 | 1.2% |
Information | 227 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 186 | 1.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,994 | 4.06% |
Puerto Rican | 78 | 0.16% |
Cuban | 76 | 0.15% |
Dominican | 128 | 0.26% |
Total Central American | 805 | 1.64% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 173 | 0.35% |
Honduran | 585 | 1.19% |
Nicaraguan | 35 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 12 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 76 | 0.15% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 70 | 0.14% |
Colombian | 6 | 0.01% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 409 | 0.83% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 41,909 | 91.3% |
Spanish | 2,444 | 5.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 697 | 1.5% |
Vietnamese | 548 | 1.2% |
Other Indo-European | 110 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 69 | 0.2% |
Other | 43 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 36 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 29 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 5,191 | 10.6% |
American | 2,807 | 5.7% |
Irish | 2,034 | 4.1% |
Italian | 1,957 | 4.0% |
German | 1,860 | 3.8% |
English | 1,832 | 3.7% |
French Canadian | 1,142 | 2.3% |
Cajun | 629 | 1.3% |
African | 275 | 0.6% |
European | 228 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 150 | 0.3% |
Scottish | 127 | 0.3% |
British | 115 | 0.2% |
Greek | 102 | 0.2% |
Czech | 98 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 47,773 | 97.3% |
Not a citizen | 1,341 | 2.7% |
Native | 46,910 | 95.5% |
Foreign-born | 2,204 | 4.5% |
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 | ||||||
2,186 | 6.5% | 4,538 | 13.4% | 15,345 | 45.5% | 7,523 | 22.3% | 2,823 | 8.4% | 1,336 | 4.0% |
Average years of education: 12.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,186 | 6.5% |
9-12 Years | 4,538 | 13.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 15,345 | 45.5% |
Some College | 7,523 | 22.3% |
Bach. Degree | 2,823 | 8.4% |
Grad Degree | 1,336 | 4.0% |
Average years of education: 12.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 24,652 | 23,092 | 1,560 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
1991 | 25,394 | 23,433 | 1,961 | 7.7% | 7.2% |
1992 | 24,760 | 21,679 | 3,081 | 12.4% | 7.8% |
1993 | 23,753 | 21,639 | 2,114 | 8.9% | 7.4% |
1994 | 24,184 | 21,976 | 2,208 | 9.1% | 7.7% |
1995 | 24,128 | 22,073 | 2,055 | 8.5% | 6.9% |
1996 | 24,088 | 22,408 | 1,680 | 7.0% | 6.5% |
1997 | 25,428 | 23,979 | 1,449 | 5.7% | 5.9% |
1998 | 25,617 | 23,746 | 1,871 | 7.3% | 5.5% |
1999 | 23,613 | 21,119 | 2,494 | 10.6% | 5.0% |
2000 | 22,398 | 20,789 | 1,609 | 7.2% | 5.2% |
2001 | 22,610 | 21,050 | 1,560 | 6.9% | 5.6% |
2002 | 22,089 | 20,438 | 1,651 | 7.5% | 6.0% |
2003 | 22,234 | 20,606 | 1,628 | 7.3% | 6.3% |
2004 | 21,702 | 19,883 | 1,819 | 8.4% | 5.7% |
2005 | 22,513 | 20,545 | 1,968 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
2006 | 23,299 | 22,296 | 1,003 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
2007 | 23,316 | 22,355 | 961 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
2008 | 23,505 | 22,417 | 1,088 | 4.6% | 4.7% |
2009 | 23,102 | 21,362 | 1,740 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
2010 | 25,141 | 22,908 | 2,233 | 8.9% | 7.5% |
2011 | 25,206 | 23,077 | 2,129 | 8.4% | 7.4% |
2012 | 25,521 | 23,697 | 1,824 | 7.1% | 6.7% |
2013 | 24,991 | 23,417 | 1,574 | 6.3% | 6.4% |
2014 | 25,224 | 23,671 | 1,553 | 6.2% | 6.3% |
2015 | 24,165 | 22,338 | 1,827 | 7.6% | 6.3% |
2016 | 21,967 | 19,903 | 2,064 | 9.4% | 6.1% |
2017 | 20,396 | 18,792 | 1,604 | 7.9% | 5.1% |
2018 | 20,150 | 18,848 | 1,302 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
2019 | 19,962 | 18,829 | 1,133 | 5.7% | 4.7% |
2020 | 19,516 | 17,722 | 1,794 | 9.2% | 8.3% |
2021 | 19,215 | 17,904 | 1,311 | 6.8% | 5.6% |
2022 | 19,306 | 18,485 | 821 | 4.3% | 3.7% |
2023 | 19,061 | 18,261 | 800 | 4.2% | 3.7% |