2022 population: 65,476
( 7,610 from 2010
, 2,195 from 2020)
Land area: 255.1 square miles
Population density: 256.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 37,340 | 57.03% | 8.8% |
Black: | 11,931 | 18.22% | 4.9% |
Indian: | 369 | 0.56% | 45.8% |
Asian: | 942 | 1.44% | 93.0% |
2+ races: | 1,460 | 2.23% | 87.4% |
Hispanic: | 13,434 | 20.52% | 27.0% |
Total non-White: | 28,136 | 42.97% | 19.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,774 | 14.0 |
Deaths: | 1,685 | 13.3 |
Net Migration: | 2,011 | 15.9 |
Net Immigration: | 19 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | 3,019 | 5.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,591 | 7.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 26,560 | |
Median Value | $186,000 | |
Occupied | 24,050 | 90.5% |
Vacant | 2,510 | 9.5% |
Owned | 15,706 | 65.3% |
Rented | 8,344 | 34.7% |
Median Rent | $923 | |
Single-Family Units | 18,435 | 69.4% |
Detached | 18,231 | 68.6% |
Attached | 204 | 0.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,314 | 8.7% |
Mobile Homes | 3,775 | 14.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,318 | 5.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,060 | 4.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 968 | 4.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,076 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,334 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 870 | 3.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 797 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 924 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,085 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,369 | 9.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,941 | 12.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,303 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,044 | 8.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,450 | 6.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,385 | 5.8% |
$200,000 or more | 1,126 | 4.7% |
Median Household Income | 60,941 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,083 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 97 | |
Compared to U.S. | 82 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,206 | 5.0% |
Public Assistance | 388 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,889 | 16.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 21,540 | 68.0% |
Unemployed | 968 | 3.1% |
In Armed Forces | 273 | 0.9% |
Total Labor Force | 22,781 | 72.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,879 | 28.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 11,816 | 8,688 | 57.6% |
Non-Profit | 438 | 961 | 31.3% |
Self-Employed | 1,330 | 644 | 67.4% |
Local Government | 536 | 1,425 | 27.3% |
State Government | 758 | 956 | 44.2% |
Federal Government | 450 | 524 | 46.2% |
Total Private + Self | 13,146 | 9,332 | 58.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,182 | 3,866 | 36.1% |
Total | 15,328 | 13,198 | 53.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 3,354 | 11.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 5,475 | 19.2% |
Professional, Technical | 5,479 | 19.2% |
Service Occupations | 4,712 | 16.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 182 | 0.6% |
All others | 9,550 | 33.4% |
White Collar | 50.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 6,205 | 21.7% |
Retail trade | 2,875 | 10.1% |
Construction | 2,832 | 9.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 2,646 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 2,346 | 8.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,155 | 7.5% |
Other services | 1,722 | 6.0% |
Public administration | 1,447 | 5.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,354 | 4.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,327 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,232 | 4.3% |
Finance and insurance | 499 | 1.7% |
Wholesale trade | 457 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 369 | 1.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 349 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 324 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 244 | 0.9% |
Information | 167 | 0.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 20 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 8,023 | 12.62% |
Puerto Rican | 936 | 1.47% |
Cuban | 183 | 0.29% |
Dominican | 162 | 0.25% |
Total Central American | 2,827 | 4.45% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 645 | 1.01% |
Honduran | 464 | 0.73% |
Nicaraguan | 68 | 0.11% |
Panamanian | 188 | 0.30% |
Salvadoran | 1,462 | 2.30% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 261 | 0.41% |
Argentinean | 4 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 39 | 0.06% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 24 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 69 | 0.11% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 38 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 87 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 299 | 0.47% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 315 | 0.50% |
Filipino | 213 | 0.34% |
Korean | 187 | 0.29% |
Indian | 33 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 16 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 16 | 0.03% |
Thai | 14 | 0.02% |
Chinese | 6 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 48,530 | 81.4% |
Spanish | 9,974 | 16.7% |
Vietnamese | 268 | 0.4% |
Other | 198 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 145 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 125 | 0.2% |
Korean | 107 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 100 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 68 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 6,436 | 10.1% |
German | 5,033 | 7.9% |
Irish | 3,785 | 6.0% |
American | 3,302 | 5.2% |
Scottish | 1,858 | 2.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,552 | 2.4% |
Italian | 1,050 | 1.7% |
European | 962 | 1.5% |
French | 919 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 785 | 1.2% |
Welsh | 472 | 0.7% |
Polish | 405 | 0.6% |
British | 304 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 292 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 282 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 58,829 | 92.6% |
Not a citizen | 4,731 | 7.4% |
Native | 57,584 | 90.6% |
Foreign-born | 5,976 | 9.4% |
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 | ||||||
2,696 | 6.2% | 3,724 | 8.6% | 11,615 | 26.9% | 16,105 | 37.3% | 6,339 | 14.7% | 2,743 | 6.3% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,696 | 6.2% |
9-12 Years | 3,724 | 8.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 11,615 | 26.9% |
Some College | 16,105 | 37.3% |
Bach. Degree | 6,339 | 14.7% |
Grad Degree | 2,743 | 6.3% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 21,248 | 20,175 | 1,073 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
1991 | 22,107 | 20,564 | 1,543 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
1992 | 23,557 | 21,924 | 1,633 | 6.9% | 6.3% |
1993 | 24,104 | 22,887 | 1,217 | 5.0% | 5.1% |
1994 | 24,970 | 23,848 | 1,122 | 4.5% | 4.4% |
1995 | 25,919 | 24,695 | 1,224 | 4.7% | 4.4% |
1996 | 26,295 | 25,041 | 1,254 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
1997 | 26,760 | 25,771 | 989 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
1998 | 29,390 | 28,346 | 1,044 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
1999 | 27,080 | 26,165 | 915 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
2000 | 24,634 | 23,643 | 991 | 4.0% | 3.7% |
2001 | 24,883 | 23,353 | 1,530 | 6.1% | 5.6% |
2002 | 25,179 | 23,178 | 2,001 | 7.9% | 6.9% |
2003 | 25,531 | 23,609 | 1,922 | 7.5% | 6.7% |
2004 | 25,814 | 24,217 | 1,597 | 6.2% | 5.9% |
2005 | 26,162 | 24,610 | 1,552 | 5.9% | 5.6% |
2006 | 26,347 | 24,815 | 1,532 | 5.8% | 5.1% |
2007 | 26,583 | 24,959 | 1,624 | 6.1% | 5.1% |
2008 | 25,906 | 23,945 | 1,961 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
2009 | 26,331 | 22,439 | 3,892 | 14.8% | 11.0% |
2010 | 27,188 | 23,749 | 3,439 | 12.6% | 10.7% |
2011 | 27,373 | 24,003 | 3,370 | 12.3% | 10.3% |
2012 | 27,342 | 24,159 | 3,183 | 11.6% | 9.5% |
2013 | 26,107 | 23,532 | 2,575 | 9.9% | 7.8% |
2014 | 25,006 | 23,020 | 1,986 | 7.9% | 6.1% |
2015 | 26,059 | 24,201 | 1,858 | 7.1% | 5.7% |
2016 | 26,150 | 24,611 | 1,539 | 5.9% | 5.1% |
2017 | 26,535 | 25,174 | 1,361 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
2018 | 26,510 | 25,330 | 1,180 | 4.5% | 4.0% |
2019 | 26,341 | 25,195 | 1,146 | 4.4% | 3.8% |
2020 | 25,965 | 23,894 | 2,071 | 8.0% | 7.3% |
2021 | 25,194 | 23,809 | 1,385 | 5.5% | 4.9% |
2022 | 26,093 | 24,996 | 1,097 | 4.2% | 3.7% |
2023 | 25,704 | 24,680 | 1,024 | 4.0% | 3.5% |