2022 population: 143,104
( 5,185 from 2010
, 56 from 2020)
Land area: 778.6 square miles
Population density: 183.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 124,673 | 87.12% | 9.8% |
Black: | 4,334 | 3.03% | 12.8% |
Indian: | 214 | 0.15% | 32.1% |
Asian: | 834 | 0.58% | 14.7% |
2+ races: | 1,916 | 1.34% | 63.6% |
Hispanic: | 11,133 | 7.78% | 172.9% |
Total non-White: | 18,431 | 12.88% | 83.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 2,802 | 9.8 |
Deaths: | 4,960 | 17.3 |
Net Migration: | 2,105 | 7.4 |
Net Immigration: | 92 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | -13,575 | -9.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 8,390 | 5.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 67,328 | |
Median Value | $127,900 | |
Occupied | 56,987 | 84.6% |
Vacant | 10,341 | 15.4% |
Owned | 43,614 | 76.5% |
Rented | 13,373 | 23.5% |
Median Rent | $801 | |
Single-Family Units | 56,691 | 84.2% |
Detached | 38,787 | 57.6% |
Attached | 17,904 | 26.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 3,961 | 5.9% |
Mobile Homes | 2,480 | 3.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,468 | 4.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,617 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,674 | 4.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,885 | 5.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,586 | 4.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,156 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,357 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,626 | 4.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,405 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,368 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,436 | 11.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 7,825 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 5,364 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,080 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,746 | 6.6% |
$200,000 or more | 2,394 | 4.2% |
Median Household Income | 63,574 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,316 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 82 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,388 | 5.9% |
Public Assistance | 2,375 | 4.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 9,683 | 17.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 57,488 | 69.0% |
Unemployed | 3,340 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 127 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 60,955 | 73.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 22,373 | 26.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 26,202 | 19,958 | 56.8% |
Non-Profit | 1,860 | 3,932 | 32.1% |
Self-Employed | 3,063 | 1,616 | 65.5% |
Local Government | 1,453 | 2,882 | 33.5% |
State Government | 1,619 | 989 | 62.1% |
Federal Government | 554 | 339 | 62.0% |
Total Private + Self | 29,265 | 21,574 | 57.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,486 | 8,142 | 40.3% |
Total | 34,751 | 29,716 | 53.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,643 | 11.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 10,825 | 16.8% |
Professional, Technical | 12,312 | 19.1% |
Service Occupations | 10,744 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 206 | 0.3% |
All others | 23,046 | 35.7% |
White Collar | 47.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 12,645 | 19.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 10,752 | 16.7% |
Retail trade | 7,296 | 11.3% |
Construction | 4,619 | 7.2% |
Educational services | 4,541 | 7.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,390 | 6.8% |
Other services | 3,157 | 4.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,005 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 2,864 | 4.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,533 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,047 | 3.2% |
Finance and insurance | 1,559 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 1,275 | 2.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 760 | 1.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 717 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 706 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 660 | 1.0% |
Information | 598 | 0.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 423 | 0.7% |
Management | 23 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,509 | 1.05% |
Puerto Rican | 3,261 | 2.28% |
Cuban | 330 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 1,723 | 1.20% |
Total Central American | 334 | 0.23% |
Costa Rican | 26 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 116 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 57 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 46 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 39 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 50 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 691 | 0.48% |
Argentinean | 267 | 0.19% |
Bolivian | 5 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 129 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 219 | 0.15% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 61 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 10 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 965 | 0.67% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 174 | 0.12% |
Thai | 100 | 0.07% |
Korean | 75 | 0.05% |
Indian | 67 | 0.05% |
Chinese | 63 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 54 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 33 | 0.02% |
Taiwanese | 18 | 0.01% |
Cambodian | 7 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 128,088 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 4,941 | 3.6% |
German, other Germanic | 1,362 | 1.0% |
Other Indo-European | 564 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 392 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 261 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 180 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 175 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 115 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 42,281 | 29.5% |
Irish | 24,735 | 17.3% |
Italian | 13,434 | 9.4% |
Polish | 13,184 | 9.2% |
English | 7,414 | 5.2% |
Lithuanian | 5,906 | 4.1% |
American | 5,597 | 3.9% |
Dutch | 4,863 | 3.4% |
Pennsylvania German | 3,749 | 2.6% |
Slovak | 2,960 | 2.1% |
Welsh | 2,759 | 1.9% |
Ukrainian | 2,434 | 1.7% |
French | 1,661 | 1.2% |
Russian | 1,344 | 0.9% |
Greek | 962 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 141,818 | 99.0% |
Not a citizen | 1,383 | 1.0% |
Native | 140,043 | 97.8% |
Foreign-born | 3,158 | 2.2% |
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 | ||||||
2,798 | 2.7% | 8,002 | 7.7% | 46,921 | 44.9% | 27,461 | 26.3% | 12,953 | 12.4% | 6,341 | 6.1% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,798 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 8,002 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 46,921 | 44.9% |
Some College | 27,461 | 26.3% |
Bach. Degree | 12,953 | 12.4% |
Grad Degree | 6,341 | 6.1% |
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 | 69,580 | 64,096 | 5,484 | 7.9% | 5.5% |
1991 | 69,486 | 62,673 | 6,813 | 9.8% | 6.9% |
1992 | 70,626 | 63,886 | 6,740 | 9.5% | 7.5% |
1993 | 69,638 | 63,622 | 6,016 | 8.6% | 6.9% |
1994 | 69,232 | 63,450 | 5,782 | 8.4% | 6.3% |
1995 | 68,411 | 62,990 | 5,421 | 7.9% | 5.9% |
1996 | 69,059 | 63,158 | 5,901 | 8.5% | 5.5% |
1997 | 68,953 | 63,710 | 5,243 | 7.6% | 5.1% |
1998 | 67,988 | 63,287 | 4,701 | 6.9% | 4.7% |
1999 | 68,735 | 63,958 | 4,777 | 6.9% | 4.5% |
2000 | 70,196 | 66,034 | 4,162 | 5.9% | 4.2% |
2001 | 70,147 | 65,580 | 4,567 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
2002 | 70,012 | 65,196 | 4,816 | 6.9% | 5.6% |
2003 | 69,324 | 64,403 | 4,921 | 7.1% | 5.7% |
2004 | 69,951 | 65,229 | 4,722 | 6.8% | 5.4% |
2005 | 70,641 | 66,474 | 4,167 | 5.9% | 5.0% |
2006 | 71,626 | 67,656 | 3,970 | 5.5% | 4.7% |
2007 | 73,652 | 69,833 | 3,819 | 5.2% | 4.6% |
2008 | 74,363 | 69,719 | 4,644 | 6.2% | 5.3% |
2009 | 73,915 | 66,678 | 7,237 | 9.8% | 8.0% |
2010 | 70,418 | 63,170 | 7,248 | 10.3% | 8.2% |
2011 | 69,888 | 63,197 | 6,691 | 9.6% | 7.8% |
2012 | 70,802 | 64,056 | 6,746 | 9.5% | 7.7% |
2013 | 69,954 | 63,724 | 6,230 | 8.9% | 7.1% |
2014 | 68,912 | 63,979 | 4,933 | 7.2% | 5.9% |
2015 | 68,229 | 63,858 | 4,371 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
2016 | 67,661 | 63,524 | 4,137 | 6.1% | 5.3% |
2017 | 66,241 | 62,311 | 3,930 | 5.9% | 5.0% |
2018 | 66,142 | 62,598 | 3,544 | 5.4% | 4.4% |
2019 | 66,610 | 62,928 | 3,682 | 5.5% | 4.5% |
2020 | 66,129 | 60,022 | 6,107 | 9.2% | 9.1% |
2021 | 65,787 | 61,582 | 4,205 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
2022 | 65,931 | 62,665 | 3,266 | 5.0% | 4.4% |
2023 | 66,134 | 63,477 | 2,657 | 4.0% | 3.4% |