2022 population: 71,403
( 2,270 from 2010
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36 from 2020)
Land area: 532.6 square miles
Population density: 134.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 58,631 | 82.11% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,643 | 3.70% | ![]() |
Indian: | 199 | 0.28% | ![]() |
Asian: | 446 | 0.62% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 881 | 1.23% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 8,603 | 12.05% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 12,772 | 17.89% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,654 | 11.6 |
Deaths: | 2,605 | 18.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 905 | 6.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 40 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | -3,980 | -5.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,710 | 2.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 33,549 | |
Median Value | $153,700 | |
Occupied | 28,990 | 86.4% |
Vacant | 4,559 | 13.6% |
Owned | 21,105 | 72.8% |
Rented | 7,885 | 27.2% |
Median Rent | $706 | |
Single-Family Units | 22,369 | 66.7% |
Detached | 21,953 | 65.4% |
Attached | 416 | 1.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,716 | 5.1% |
Mobile Homes | 7,755 | 23.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,861 | 6.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,156 | 7.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,686 | 5.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,728 | 6.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,519 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,730 | 6.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,000 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,288 | 4.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,009 | 3.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,135 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,102 | 7.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,253 | 14.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,642 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,694 | 5.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,196 | 4.1% |
$200,000 or more | 991 | 3.4% |
Median Household Income | 52,743 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,274 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 86 | |
Compared to U.S. | 72 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,921 | 6.6% |
Public Assistance | 628 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 5,238 | 18.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 25,598 | 66.6% |
Unemployed | 1,383 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 32 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 27,013 | 70.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 11,437 | 29.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 12,761 | 10,038 | 56.0% |
Non-Profit | 688 | 1,034 | 40.0% |
Self-Employed | 2,074 | 1,108 | 65.2% |
Local Government | 921 | 1,511 | 37.9% |
State Government | 506 | 865 | 36.9% |
Federal Government | 119 | 82 | 59.2% |
Total Private + Self | 14,835 | 11,146 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,234 | 3,492 | 39.0% |
Total | 17,069 | 14,638 | 53.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 3,724 | 11.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,929 | 21.8% |
Professional, Technical | 5,811 | 18.3% |
Service Occupations | 5,141 | 16.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 358 | 1.1% |
All others | 10,163 | 32.0% |
White Collar | 51.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 5,742 | 18.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 4,480 | 14.1% |
Retail trade | 4,376 | 13.8% |
Construction | 2,841 | 8.9% |
Educational services | 2,770 | 8.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,093 | 6.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,605 | 5.1% |
Other services | 1,425 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,198 | 3.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,190 | 3.7% |
Public administration | 1,001 | 3.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 843 | 2.7% |
Finance and insurance | 589 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 428 | 1.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 321 | 1.0% |
Information | 306 | 1.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 254 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 149 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 116 | 0.4% |
Management | 41 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 6,711 | 9.40% |
Puerto Rican | 644 | 0.90% |
Cuban | 18 | 0.03% |
Dominican | 65 | 0.09% |
Total Central American | 261 | 0.37% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 61 | 0.09% |
Honduran | 64 | 0.09% |
Nicaraguan | 86 | 0.12% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 50 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 83 | 0.12% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 83 | 0.12% |
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 | 435 | 0.61% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 124 | 0.17% |
Chinese | 66 | 0.09% |
Filipino | 48 | 0.07% |
Korean | 45 | 0.06% |
Indian | 14 | 0.02% |
Japanese | 13 | 0.02% |
Thai | 5 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 60,574 | 89.5% |
Spanish | 6,240 | 9.2% |
Other Asian | 280 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 221 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 131 | 0.2% |
Other | 62 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 53 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 37 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 35 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 13,937 | 19.5% |
English | 9,673 | 13.5% |
Irish | 5,035 | 7.0% |
German | 5,029 | 7.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,580 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 1,355 | 1.9% |
Italian | 1,343 | 1.9% |
European | 781 | 1.1% |
French | 768 | 1.1% |
Polish | 549 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 385 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 341 | 0.5% |
British | 322 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 154 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 151 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 68,542 | 96.0% |
Not a citizen | 2,887 | 4.0% |
Native | 67,148 | 94.0% |
Foreign-born | 4,281 | 6.0% |
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 | ||||||
3,525 | 7.0% | 5,578 | 11.0% | 14,773 | 29.2% | 17,540 | 34.6% | 6,190 | 12.2% | 3,032 | 6.0% |
Average years of education: 12.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,525 | 7.0% |
9-12 Years | 5,578 | 11.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 14,773 | 29.2% |
Some College | 17,540 | 34.6% |
Bach. Degree | 6,190 | 12.2% |
Grad Degree | 3,032 | 6.0% |
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 | 33,773 | 32,239 | 1,534 | 4.5% | 4.1% |
1991 | 34,511 | 32,291 | 2,220 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
1992 | 35,337 | 33,202 | 2,135 | 6.0% | 6.3% |
1993 | 35,276 | 33,800 | 1,476 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
1994 | 35,775 | 34,320 | 1,455 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
1995 | 36,343 | 34,564 | 1,779 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
1996 | 36,518 | 34,743 | 1,775 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
1997 | 36,651 | 35,312 | 1,339 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
1998 | 35,965 | 34,608 | 1,357 | 3.8% | 3.5% |
1999 | 35,479 | 34,142 | 1,337 | 3.8% | 3.3% |
2000 | 37,000 | 35,491 | 1,509 | 4.1% | 3.7% |
2001 | 36,784 | 34,478 | 2,306 | 6.3% | 5.6% |
2002 | 36,286 | 33,326 | 2,960 | 8.2% | 6.9% |
2003 | 36,479 | 33,579 | 2,900 | 7.9% | 6.7% |
2004 | 35,772 | 33,479 | 2,293 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
2005 | 35,187 | 32,984 | 2,203 | 6.3% | 5.6% |
2006 | 35,108 | 33,169 | 1,939 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2007 | 35,273 | 33,243 | 2,030 | 5.8% | 5.1% |
2008 | 34,275 | 31,602 | 2,673 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
2009 | 34,077 | 29,655 | 4,422 | 13.0% | 11.0% |
2010 | 34,544 | 30,438 | 4,106 | 11.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 34,013 | 30,342 | 3,671 | 10.8% | 10.3% |
2012 | 33,943 | 30,594 | 3,349 | 9.9% | 9.5% |
2013 | 33,339 | 30,636 | 2,703 | 8.1% | 7.8% |
2014 | 33,006 | 31,034 | 1,972 | 6.0% | 6.1% |
2015 | 33,295 | 31,513 | 1,782 | 5.4% | 5.7% |
2016 | 33,418 | 31,820 | 1,598 | 4.8% | 5.1% |
2017 | 33,554 | 32,151 | 1,403 | 4.2% | 4.5% |
2018 | 34,036 | 32,818 | 1,218 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
2019 | 34,232 | 33,025 | 1,207 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2020 | 32,640 | 30,404 | 2,236 | 6.9% | 7.3% |
2021 | 31,912 | 30,488 | 1,424 | 4.5% | 4.9% |
2022 | 32,725 | 31,600 | 1,125 | 3.4% | 3.7% |
2023 | 33,283 | 32,228 | 1,055 | 3.2% | 3.5% |