2022 population: 35,643
( 5,564 from 2010
, 1,320 from 2020)
Land area: 593.3 square miles
Population density: 60.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 21,944 | 61.57% | 15.8% |
Black: | 11,841 | 33.22% | 13.9% |
Indian: | 182 | 0.51% | 31.9% |
Asian: | 199 | 0.56% | 60.5% |
2+ races: | 575 | 1.61% | 33.1% |
Hispanic: | 902 | 2.53% | 34.6% |
Total non-White: | 13,699 | 38.43% | 9.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 906 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 1,519 | 20.5 |
Net Migration: | -722 | -9.8 |
Net Immigration: | 44 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | -4,123 | -10.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -1,441 | -3.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 18,325 | |
Median Value | $100,100 | |
Occupied | 14,801 | 80.8% |
Vacant | 3,524 | 19.2% |
Owned | 9,926 | 67.1% |
Rented | 4,875 | 32.9% |
Median Rent | $735 | |
Single-Family Units | 12,919 | 70.5% |
Detached | 12,723 | 69.4% |
Attached | 196 | 1.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 772 | 4.2% |
Mobile Homes | 3,778 | 20.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,262 | 8.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,569 | 10.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,191 | 8.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,664 | 11.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 834 | 5.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,047 | 7.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 826 | 5.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 707 | 4.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 425 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 973 | 6.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 1,116 | 7.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,166 | 7.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 741 | 5.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 479 | 3.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 436 | 2.9% |
$200,000 or more | 365 | 2.5% |
Median Household Income | 34,263 | |
Per Capita Income | 22,706 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 85 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,941 | 19.9% |
Public Assistance | 1,247 | 8.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,628 | 24.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 11,709 | 54.0% |
Unemployed | 617 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 56 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 12,382 | 57.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,291 | 42.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 45.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 4,699 | 4,175 | 53.0% |
Non-Profit | 129 | 266 | 32.7% |
Self-Employed | 1,054 | 510 | 67.4% |
Local Government | 404 | 472 | 46.1% |
State Government | 313 | 709 | 30.6% |
Federal Government | 170 | 93 | 64.6% |
Total Private + Self | 5,753 | 4,685 | 55.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,016 | 1,540 | 39.7% |
Total | 6,769 | 6,225 | 52.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,439 | 11.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,833 | 21.8% |
Professional, Technical | 2,568 | 19.8% |
Service Occupations | 2,181 | 16.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 39 | 0.3% |
All others | 3,973 | 30.6% |
White Collar | 52.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 2,154 | 16.6% |
Retail trade | 1,969 | 15.2% |
Educational services | 1,207 | 9.3% |
Construction | 1,176 | 9.1% |
Manufacturing | 866 | 6.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 759 | 5.8% |
Other services | 755 | 5.8% |
Public administration | 743 | 5.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 582 | 4.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 534 | 4.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 499 | 3.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 497 | 3.8% |
Wholesale trade | 318 | 2.4% |
Finance and insurance | 279 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 180 | 1.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 146 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 127 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 124 | 1.0% |
Information | 79 | 0.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 625 | 1.70% |
Puerto Rican | 69 | 0.19% |
Cuban | 9 | 0.02% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 52 | 0.14% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 13 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 39 | 0.11% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 10 | 0.03% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 10 | 0.03% |
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 | 63 | 0.17% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 38 | 0.10% |
Thai | 23 | 0.06% |
Laotian | 15 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 9 | 0.02% |
Indian | 8 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 34,018 | 98.3% |
Spanish | 308 | 0.9% |
Other Indo-European | 117 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 111 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 23 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 18 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 11 | 0.0% |
Vietnamese | 8 | 0.0% |
Other | 6 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 10,278 | 28.0% |
English | 2,555 | 7.0% |
Irish | 2,469 | 6.7% |
German | 1,845 | 5.0% |
Scottish | 458 | 1.2% |
French | 450 | 1.2% |
African | 438 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 328 | 0.9% |
British | 320 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 286 | 0.8% |
Italian | 237 | 0.6% |
European | 190 | 0.5% |
French Canadian | 109 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 94 | 0.3% |
Lebanese | 86 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 36,548 | 99.4% |
Not a citizen | 213 | 0.6% |
Native | 36,395 | 99.0% |
Foreign-born | 366 | 1.0% |
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 | ||||||
1,120 | 4.4% | 2,270 | 8.9% | 10,969 | 43.1% | 7,422 | 29.2% | 2,582 | 10.1% | 1,084 | 4.3% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,120 | 4.4% |
9-12 Years | 2,270 | 8.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 10,969 | 43.1% |
Some College | 7,422 | 29.2% |
Bach. Degree | 2,582 | 10.1% |
Grad Degree | 1,084 | 4.3% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 17,772 | 16,229 | 1,543 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
1991 | 17,740 | 16,089 | 1,651 | 9.3% | 7.2% |
1992 | 18,079 | 16,314 | 1,765 | 9.8% | 7.8% |
1993 | 17,730 | 16,118 | 1,612 | 9.1% | 7.4% |
1994 | 18,662 | 16,535 | 2,127 | 11.4% | 7.7% |
1995 | 18,647 | 16,746 | 1,901 | 10.2% | 6.9% |
1996 | 18,782 | 17,096 | 1,686 | 9.0% | 6.5% |
1997 | 18,833 | 17,253 | 1,580 | 8.4% | 5.9% |
1998 | 19,008 | 17,464 | 1,544 | 8.1% | 5.5% |
1999 | 18,766 | 17,618 | 1,148 | 6.1% | 5.0% |
2000 | 18,383 | 17,289 | 1,094 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
2001 | 18,355 | 17,064 | 1,291 | 7.0% | 5.6% |
2002 | 18,052 | 16,632 | 1,420 | 7.9% | 6.0% |
2003 | 18,435 | 16,913 | 1,522 | 8.3% | 6.3% |
2004 | 18,744 | 17,488 | 1,256 | 6.7% | 5.7% |
2005 | 19,528 | 18,297 | 1,231 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
2006 | 19,807 | 19,001 | 806 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
2007 | 19,765 | 18,774 | 991 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
2008 | 20,086 | 18,895 | 1,191 | 5.9% | 4.7% |
2009 | 19,657 | 17,959 | 1,698 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
2010 | 16,794 | 15,145 | 1,649 | 9.8% | 7.5% |
2011 | 16,611 | 15,017 | 1,594 | 9.6% | 7.4% |
2012 | 16,137 | 14,653 | 1,484 | 9.2% | 6.7% |
2013 | 15,700 | 14,255 | 1,445 | 9.2% | 6.4% |
2014 | 15,605 | 14,268 | 1,337 | 8.6% | 6.3% |
2015 | 15,517 | 14,157 | 1,360 | 8.8% | 6.3% |
2016 | 15,218 | 13,919 | 1,299 | 8.5% | 6.1% |
2017 | 14,785 | 13,771 | 1,014 | 6.9% | 5.1% |
2018 | 14,656 | 13,772 | 884 | 6.0% | 4.8% |
2019 | 14,549 | 13,693 | 856 | 5.9% | 4.7% |
2020 | 14,088 | 12,977 | 1,111 | 7.9% | 8.3% |
2021 | 14,062 | 13,273 | 789 | 5.6% | 5.6% |
2022 | 14,221 | 13,631 | 590 | 4.1% | 3.7% |
2023 | 14,161 | 13,537 | 624 | 4.4% | 3.7% |