2022 population: 93,095
( 14,830 from 2010
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6,279 from 2020)
Land area: 295.8 square miles
Population density: 314.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 77,556 | 83.31% | ![]() |
Black: | 5,349 | 5.75% | ![]() |
Indian: | 291 | 0.31% | ![]() |
Asian: | 966 | 1.04% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,399 | 1.50% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 7,534 | 8.09% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 15,539 | 16.69% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,003 | 11.5 |
Deaths: | 2,366 | 13.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 6,446 | 37.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 211 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | 10,417 | 13.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,413 | 5.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 37,715 | |
Median Value | $241,200 | |
Occupied | 34,910 | 92.6% |
Vacant | 2,805 | 7.4% |
Owned | 27,431 | 78.6% |
Rented | 7,479 | 21.4% |
Median Rent | $928 | |
Single-Family Units | 28,621 | 75.9% |
Detached | 27,779 | 73.7% |
Attached | 842 | 2.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,305 | 3.5% |
Mobile Homes | 6,567 | 17.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,122 | 3.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,571 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,223 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,169 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,390 | 4.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,270 | 3.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,083 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,433 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,249 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,905 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,844 | 8.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5,343 | 15.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,808 | 10.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,170 | 6.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,529 | 7.2% |
$200,000 or more | 3,801 | 10.9% |
Median Household Income | 75,672 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,574 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 99 | |
Compared to U.S. | 83 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,448 | 4.1% |
Public Assistance | 485 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,889 | 11.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 37,167 | 72.2% |
Unemployed | 1,886 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 67 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 39,120 | 76.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 12,344 | 24.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 17,130 | 13,362 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 1,065 | 1,600 | 40.0% |
Self-Employed | 2,904 | 1,563 | 65.0% |
Local Government | 1,507 | 1,454 | 50.9% |
State Government | 355 | 1,065 | 25.0% |
Federal Government | 389 | 240 | 61.8% |
Total Private + Self | 20,034 | 14,925 | 57.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 3,316 | 4,359 | 43.2% |
Total | 23,350 | 19,284 | 54.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 7,792 | 18.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 9,403 | 22.0% |
Professional, Technical | 8,336 | 19.5% |
Service Occupations | 5,765 | 13.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 146 | 0.3% |
All others | 11,414 | 26.7% |
White Collar | 59.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 7,558 | 17.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 5,162 | 12.1% |
Retail trade | 4,846 | 11.3% |
Construction | 3,953 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 2,918 | 6.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,572 | 6.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,526 | 5.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,341 | 5.5% |
Other services | 2,006 | 4.7% |
Finance and insurance | 1,728 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,614 | 3.8% |
Public administration | 1,390 | 3.3% |
Wholesale trade | 1,210 | 2.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 726 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 693 | 1.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 595 | 1.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 483 | 1.1% |
Information | 331 | 0.8% |
Management | 32 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 26 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,690 | 4.20% |
Puerto Rican | 388 | 0.44% |
Cuban | 250 | 0.28% |
Dominican | 192 | 0.22% |
Total Central American | 1,655 | 1.88% |
Costa Rican | 1,131 | 1.29% |
Guatemalan | 61 | 0.07% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 11 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 19 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 433 | 0.49% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 196 | 0.22% |
Argentinean | 11 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 94 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 12 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 79 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 271 | 0.31% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 289 | 0.33% |
Chinese | 162 | 0.18% |
Filipino | 115 | 0.13% |
Hmong | 77 | 0.09% |
Laotian | 32 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 21 | 0.02% |
Indian | 14 | 0.02% |
Korean | 9 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 77,072 | 92.2% |
Spanish | 5,058 | 6.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 437 | 0.5% |
Vietnamese | 269 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 204 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 193 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 94 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 64 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 61 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 15,945 | 18.1% |
American | 10,882 | 12.4% |
English | 9,808 | 11.2% |
Irish | 9,080 | 10.3% |
Italian | 2,748 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 2,131 | 2.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,830 | 2.1% |
Polish | 1,720 | 2.0% |
European | 1,556 | 1.8% |
French | 1,520 | 1.7% |
Dutch | 1,060 | 1.2% |
Swedish | 752 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 676 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 667 | 0.8% |
Yugoslavian | 405 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 85,718 | 97.5% |
Not a citizen | 2,215 | 2.5% |
Native | 83,667 | 95.1% |
Foreign-born | 4,266 | 4.9% |
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 | ||||||
2,097 | 3.3% | 4,327 | 6.9% | 19,029 | 30.2% | 21,187 | 33.6% | 11,737 | 18.6% | 4,702 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,097 | 3.3% |
9-12 Years | 4,327 | 6.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 19,029 | 30.2% |
Some College | 21,187 | 33.6% |
Bach. Degree | 11,737 | 18.6% |
Grad Degree | 4,702 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 28,168 | 27,004 | 1,164 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
1991 | 28,366 | 26,547 | 1,819 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
1992 | 28,681 | 27,009 | 1,672 | 5.8% | 6.3% |
1993 | 29,374 | 28,105 | 1,269 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
1994 | 30,349 | 29,207 | 1,142 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
1995 | 30,854 | 29,381 | 1,473 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
1996 | 31,871 | 30,231 | 1,640 | 5.1% | 4.4% |
1997 | 31,992 | 30,828 | 1,164 | 3.6% | 3.8% |
1998 | 31,977 | 30,899 | 1,078 | 3.4% | 3.5% |
1999 | 32,721 | 31,756 | 965 | 2.9% | 3.3% |
2000 | 34,807 | 33,489 | 1,318 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
2001 | 35,577 | 33,180 | 2,397 | 6.7% | 5.6% |
2002 | 35,610 | 32,965 | 2,645 | 7.4% | 6.9% |
2003 | 36,277 | 33,625 | 2,652 | 7.3% | 6.7% |
2004 | 35,929 | 33,629 | 2,300 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
2005 | 36,486 | 34,301 | 2,185 | 6.0% | 5.6% |
2006 | 37,974 | 35,925 | 2,049 | 5.4% | 5.1% |
2007 | 39,920 | 37,796 | 2,124 | 5.3% | 5.1% |
2008 | 39,507 | 36,641 | 2,866 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
2009 | 39,633 | 33,910 | 5,723 | 14.4% | 11.0% |
2010 | 40,121 | 35,064 | 5,057 | 12.6% | 10.7% |
2011 | 40,014 | 35,545 | 4,469 | 11.2% | 10.3% |
2012 | 40,285 | 36,321 | 3,964 | 9.8% | 9.5% |
2013 | 39,944 | 36,739 | 3,205 | 8.0% | 7.8% |
2014 | 39,640 | 37,271 | 2,369 | 6.0% | 6.1% |
2015 | 40,572 | 38,396 | 2,176 | 5.4% | 5.7% |
2016 | 40,966 | 39,033 | 1,933 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2017 | 41,848 | 40,157 | 1,691 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 42,642 | 41,140 | 1,502 | 3.5% | 4.0% |
2019 | 44,300 | 42,781 | 1,519 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2020 | 43,262 | 40,410 | 2,852 | 6.6% | 7.3% |
2021 | 44,077 | 42,258 | 1,819 | 4.1% | 4.9% |
2022 | 46,383 | 44,923 | 1,460 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
2023 | 47,301 | 45,881 | 1,420 | 3.0% | 3.5% |