2022 population: 78,449
( 2,785 from 2010
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337 from 2020)
Land area: 367.6 square miles
Population density: 213.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 35,756 | 45.58% | ![]() |
Black: | 30,771 | 39.22% | ![]() |
Indian: | 271 | 0.35% | ![]() |
Asian: | 939 | 1.20% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,364 | 1.74% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 9,348 | 11.92% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 42,693 | 54.42% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,018 | 12.8 |
Deaths: | 2,584 | 16.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 86 | 0.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 111 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | -4,401 | -5.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,616 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 36,429 | |
Median Value | $153,800 | |
Occupied | 32,287 | 88.6% |
Vacant | 4,142 | 11.4% |
Owned | 19,206 | 59.5% |
Rented | 13,081 | 40.5% |
Median Rent | $853 | |
Single-Family Units | 24,331 | 66.8% |
Detached | 23,260 | 63.9% |
Attached | 1,071 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,693 | 7.4% |
Mobile Homes | 5,257 | 14.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,655 | 8.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,205 | 6.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,078 | 6.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,959 | 6.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,564 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,573 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,407 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,306 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,456 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,502 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,803 | 8.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,678 | 11.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,444 | 7.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,688 | 5.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,605 | 5.0% |
$200,000 or more | 1,364 | 4.2% |
Median Household Income | 49,827 | |
Per Capita Income | 28,715 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 94 | |
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,590 | 8.0% |
Public Assistance | 842 | 2.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,236 | 19.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 29,151 | 68.1% |
Unemployed | 2,044 | 4.8% |
In Armed Forces | 22 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 31,217 | 72.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 11,596 | 27.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 12,848 | 11,603 | 52.5% |
Non-Profit | 776 | 1,787 | 30.3% |
Self-Employed | 1,864 | 915 | 67.1% |
Local Government | 793 | 1,394 | 36.3% |
State Government | 518 | 1,201 | 30.1% |
Federal Government | 357 | 177 | 66.9% |
Total Private + Self | 14,712 | 12,518 | 54.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,444 | 4,559 | 34.9% |
Total | 17,156 | 17,077 | 50.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,954 | 14.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,491 | 18.9% |
Professional, Technical | 7,097 | 20.7% |
Service Occupations | 5,294 | 15.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 344 | 1.0% |
All others | 10,498 | 30.6% |
White Collar | 54.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 5,889 | 17.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 4,904 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 4,194 | 12.2% |
Educational services | 2,669 | 7.8% |
Construction | 2,536 | 7.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,421 | 7.1% |
Finance and insurance | 2,005 | 5.8% |
Other services | 1,826 | 5.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,589 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,298 | 3.8% |
Public administration | 1,223 | 3.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 961 | 2.8% |
Wholesale trade | 935 | 2.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 594 | 1.7% |
Information | 394 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 337 | 1.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 287 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 247 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 17 | 0.0% |
Management | 8 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 6,537 | 8.31% |
Puerto Rican | 190 | 0.24% |
Cuban | 238 | 0.30% |
Dominican | 256 | 0.33% |
Total Central American | 406 | 0.52% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 62 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 337 | 0.43% |
Nicaraguan | 6 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 1 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 640 | 0.81% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 410 | 0.52% |
Ecuadorian | 198 | 0.25% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 4 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 10 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 18 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 524 | 0.67% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 295 | 0.37% |
Japanese | 116 | 0.15% |
Chinese | 100 | 0.13% |
Thai | 80 | 0.10% |
Korean | 65 | 0.08% |
Indian | 45 | 0.06% |
Laotian | 22 | 0.03% |
Filipino | 13 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 65,858 | 88.9% |
Spanish | 6,966 | 9.4% |
Other Asian | 342 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 223 | 0.3% |
Other | 222 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 137 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 132 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 100 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 59 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 7,782 | 9.9% |
English | 6,081 | 7.7% |
Irish | 3,331 | 4.2% |
German | 2,920 | 3.7% |
Italian | 951 | 1.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 857 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 773 | 1.0% |
European | 742 | 0.9% |
French | 444 | 0.6% |
Polish | 332 | 0.4% |
Nigerian | 326 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 288 | 0.4% |
Arab | 284 | 0.4% |
African | 198 | 0.3% |
Welsh | 178 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 76,092 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 2,575 | 3.3% |
Native | 74,229 | 94.4% |
Foreign-born | 4,438 | 5.6% |
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 | ||||||
3,672 | 6.8% | 5,299 | 9.8% | 18,115 | 33.5% | 15,933 | 29.5% | 7,053 | 13.0% | 4,016 | 7.4% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,672 | 6.8% |
9-12 Years | 5,299 | 9.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 18,115 | 33.5% |
Some College | 15,933 | 29.5% |
Bach. Degree | 7,053 | 13.0% |
Grad Degree | 4,016 | 7.4% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 35,263 | 32,460 | 2,803 | 7.9% | 4.1% |
1991 | 35,334 | 31,524 | 3,810 | 10.8% | 5.9% |
1992 | 36,494 | 32,482 | 4,012 | 11.0% | 6.3% |
1993 | 36,702 | 32,836 | 3,866 | 10.5% | 5.1% |
1994 | 35,898 | 32,611 | 3,287 | 9.2% | 4.4% |
1995 | 36,108 | 32,920 | 3,188 | 8.8% | 4.4% |
1996 | 35,653 | 32,478 | 3,175 | 8.9% | 4.4% |
1997 | 36,697 | 33,687 | 3,010 | 8.2% | 3.8% |
1998 | 36,493 | 33,909 | 2,584 | 7.1% | 3.5% |
1999 | 37,861 | 34,916 | 2,945 | 7.8% | 3.3% |
2000 | 37,230 | 35,140 | 2,090 | 5.6% | 3.7% |
2001 | 37,860 | 35,050 | 2,810 | 7.4% | 5.6% |
2002 | 38,227 | 35,180 | 3,047 | 8.0% | 6.9% |
2003 | 39,298 | 35,957 | 3,341 | 8.5% | 6.7% |
2004 | 39,041 | 35,666 | 3,375 | 8.6% | 5.9% |
2005 | 39,356 | 36,017 | 3,339 | 8.5% | 5.6% |
2006 | 39,994 | 36,940 | 3,054 | 7.6% | 5.1% |
2007 | 40,921 | 38,149 | 2,772 | 6.8% | 5.1% |
2008 | 40,096 | 36,996 | 3,100 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
2009 | 40,074 | 34,792 | 5,282 | 13.2% | 11.0% |
2010 | 38,356 | 33,079 | 5,277 | 13.8% | 10.7% |
2011 | 38,457 | 33,114 | 5,343 | 13.9% | 10.3% |
2012 | 38,694 | 33,547 | 5,147 | 13.3% | 9.5% |
2013 | 38,163 | 33,805 | 4,358 | 11.4% | 7.8% |
2014 | 37,589 | 34,120 | 3,469 | 9.2% | 6.1% |
2015 | 36,697 | 33,251 | 3,446 | 9.4% | 5.7% |
2016 | 36,377 | 33,408 | 2,969 | 8.2% | 5.1% |
2017 | 35,914 | 33,312 | 2,602 | 7.2% | 4.5% |
2018 | 35,296 | 33,079 | 2,217 | 6.3% | 4.0% |
2019 | 35,235 | 33,267 | 1,968 | 5.6% | 3.8% |
2020 | 34,442 | 31,380 | 3,062 | 8.9% | 7.3% |
2021 | 33,334 | 31,080 | 2,254 | 6.8% | 4.9% |
2022 | 33,724 | 31,999 | 1,725 | 5.1% | 3.7% |
2023 | 33,942 | 32,264 | 1,678 | 4.9% | 3.5% |