2022 population: 75,692
( 566 from 2010
, 99 from 2020)
Land area: 607.8 square miles
Population density: 124.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 60,833 | 80.37% | 3.5% |
Black: | 2,547 | 3.36% | 15.3% |
Indian: | 560 | 0.74% | 5.7% |
Asian: | 487 | 0.64% | 54.6% |
2+ races: | 1,935 | 2.56% | 24.3% |
Hispanic: | 9,330 | 12.33% | 20.3% |
Total non-White: | 14,859 | 19.63% | 12.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 1,767 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 2,040 | 13.5 |
Net Migration: | 278 | 1.8 |
Net Immigration: | 69 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -2,195 | -2.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,629 | 2.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 37,076 | |
Median Value | $172,100 | |
Occupied | 29,609 | 79.9% |
Vacant | 7,467 | 20.1% |
Owned | 23,731 | 80.1% |
Rented | 5,878 | 19.9% |
Median Rent | $843 | |
Single-Family Units | 29,279 | 79.0% |
Detached | 28,936 | 78.0% |
Attached | 343 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,271 | 6.1% |
Mobile Homes | 4,519 | 12.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,434 | 4.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,264 | 4.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,220 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,108 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,588 | 5.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,491 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,179 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,090 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 994 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,285 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 3,017 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,288 | 14.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,907 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,236 | 7.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,980 | 6.7% |
$200,000 or more | 1,528 | 5.2% |
Median Household Income | 65,531 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,361 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,712 | 5.8% |
Public Assistance | 1,076 | 3.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,143 | 14.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 28,441 | 70.3% |
Unemployed | 1,264 | 3.1% |
In Armed Forces | 70 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 29,775 | 73.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 10,690 | 26.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 13,839 | 10,308 | 57.3% |
Non-Profit | 758 | 2,031 | 27.2% |
Self-Employed | 2,172 | 1,361 | 61.5% |
Local Government | 895 | 1,499 | 37.4% |
State Government | 423 | 646 | 39.6% |
Federal Government | 219 | 151 | 59.2% |
Total Private + Self | 16,011 | 11,669 | 57.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,295 | 4,327 | 34.7% |
Total | 18,306 | 15,996 | 53.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,980 | 14.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,421 | 18.7% |
Professional, Technical | 5,757 | 16.7% |
Service Occupations | 6,192 | 18.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 537 | 1.6% |
All others | 11,032 | 32.1% |
White Collar | 49.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 7,864 | 22.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 4,564 | 13.3% |
Retail trade | 3,758 | 10.9% |
Construction | 2,496 | 7.3% |
Educational services | 2,379 | 6.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,154 | 6.3% |
Other services | 1,590 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,526 | 4.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,374 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 1,273 | 3.7% |
Public administration | 1,000 | 2.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 952 | 2.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 866 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 736 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 631 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 479 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 381 | 1.1% |
Information | 297 | 0.9% |
Management | 52 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 10 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,862 | 10.39% |
Puerto Rican | 226 | 0.30% |
Cuban | 122 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 0 | 0.00% |
Total Central American | 230 | 0.30% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 206 | 0.27% |
Honduran | 12 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 7 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 5 | 0.01% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 60 | 0.08% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 43 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 10 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 7 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 474 | 0.63% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 159 | 0.21% |
Filipino | 145 | 0.19% |
Korean | 36 | 0.05% |
Cambodian | 32 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 30 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 5 | 0.01% |
Chinese | 3 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 64,372 | 90.3% |
Spanish | 5,828 | 8.2% |
German, other Germanic | 204 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 199 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 152 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 152 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 144 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 112 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 57 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 15,693 | 20.7% |
Irish | 9,349 | 12.4% |
English | 9,291 | 12.3% |
Dutch | 4,907 | 6.5% |
Polish | 4,234 | 5.6% |
American | 3,363 | 4.4% |
Italian | 2,762 | 3.7% |
French | 1,909 | 2.5% |
European | 1,200 | 1.6% |
Scottish | 1,159 | 1.5% |
Swedish | 853 | 1.1% |
Norwegian | 730 | 1.0% |
Hungarian | 588 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 501 | 0.7% |
French Canadian | 438 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 73,162 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 2,474 | 3.3% |
Native | 71,653 | 94.7% |
Foreign-born | 3,983 | 5.3% |
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 | ||||||
2,344 | 4.5% | 3,703 | 7.1% | 17,073 | 32.7% | 17,532 | 33.5% | 7,423 | 14.2% | 4,191 | 8.0% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,344 | 4.5% |
9-12 Years | 3,703 | 7.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 17,073 | 32.7% |
Some College | 17,532 | 33.5% |
Bach. Degree | 7,423 | 14.2% |
Grad Degree | 4,191 | 8.0% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 33,782 | 30,847 | 2,935 | 8.7% | 7.7% |
1991 | 33,726 | 30,368 | 3,358 | 10.0% | 9.3% |
1992 | 34,098 | 30,833 | 3,265 | 9.6% | 9.1% |
1993 | 34,913 | 32,073 | 2,840 | 8.1% | 7.3% |
1994 | 35,937 | 33,325 | 2,612 | 7.3% | 6.1% |
1995 | 35,862 | 33,475 | 2,387 | 6.7% | 5.3% |
1996 | 36,111 | 33,816 | 2,295 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
1997 | 36,525 | 34,556 | 1,969 | 5.4% | 4.3% |
1998 | 36,715 | 35,163 | 1,552 | 4.2% | 4.0% |
1999 | 37,083 | 35,616 | 1,467 | 4.0% | 3.8% |
2000 | 39,663 | 38,015 | 1,648 | 4.2% | 3.6% |
2001 | 39,834 | 37,631 | 2,203 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
2002 | 39,225 | 36,794 | 2,431 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
2003 | 39,475 | 36,720 | 2,755 | 7.0% | 7.1% |
2004 | 40,280 | 37,456 | 2,824 | 7.0% | 7.0% |
2005 | 40,931 | 38,064 | 2,867 | 7.0% | 6.8% |
2006 | 41,194 | 38,334 | 2,860 | 6.9% | 7.0% |
2007 | 40,152 | 37,319 | 2,833 | 7.1% | 7.1% |
2008 | 39,896 | 36,661 | 3,235 | 8.1% | 8.2% |
2009 | 39,712 | 34,768 | 4,944 | 12.4% | 13.1% |
2010 | 37,401 | 32,504 | 4,897 | 13.1% | 12.2% |
2011 | 36,340 | 32,314 | 4,026 | 11.1% | 10.0% |
2012 | 35,338 | 31,658 | 3,680 | 10.4% | 9.0% |
2013 | 35,114 | 31,607 | 3,507 | 10.0% | 8.7% |
2014 | 35,436 | 32,578 | 2,858 | 8.1% | 7.2% |
2015 | 35,409 | 33,157 | 2,252 | 6.4% | 5.4% |
2016 | 35,566 | 33,502 | 2,064 | 5.8% | 5.0% |
2017 | 35,301 | 33,305 | 1,996 | 5.7% | 4.6% |
2018 | 35,148 | 33,419 | 1,729 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
2019 | 35,349 | 33,776 | 1,573 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2020 | 34,835 | 31,932 | 2,903 | 8.3% | 9.9% |
2021 | 33,768 | 31,731 | 2,037 | 6.0% | 5.8% |
2022 | 34,141 | 32,402 | 1,739 | 5.1% | 4.2% |
2023 | 35,558 | 33,877 | 1,681 | 4.7% | 3.9% |