2022 population: 97,029
( 1,494 from 2010
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886 from 2020)
Land area: 33.3 square miles
Population density: 2913.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 34,981 | 36.05% | ![]() |
Black: | 51,817 | 53.40% | ![]() |
Indian: | 359 | 0.37% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,493 | 1.54% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,991 | 3.08% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 5,388 | 5.55% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 62,048 | 63.95% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,971 | 15.2 |
Deaths: | 2,923 | 14.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,186 | -6.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 217 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | -3,545 | -3.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,039 | 5.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 43,096 | |
Median Value | $213,300 | |
Occupied | 38,962 | 90.4% |
Vacant | 4,134 | 9.6% |
Owned | 21,839 | 56.1% |
Rented | 17,123 | 43.9% |
Median Rent | $1,225 | |
Single-Family Units | 30,698 | 71.2% |
Detached | 26,499 | 61.5% |
Attached | 4,199 | 9.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 7,886 | 18.3% |
Mobile Homes | 158 | 0.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,296 | 8.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,744 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,850 | 4.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,675 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,947 | 5.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,720 | 4.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,584 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,824 | 4.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,926 | 4.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 2,781 | 7.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,546 | 11.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 4,793 | 12.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 3,646 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,912 | 4.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,149 | 5.5% |
$200,000 or more | 1,569 | 4.0% |
Median Household Income | 57,154 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,457 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 89 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,326 | 6.0% |
Public Assistance | 1,308 | 3.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 7,197 | 18.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 37,078 | 62.7% |
Unemployed | 2,733 | 4.6% |
In Armed Forces | 3,374 | 5.7% |
Total Labor Force | 43,185 | 73.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 15,982 | 27.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 13,141 | 12,858 | 50.5% |
Non-Profit | 989 | 2,324 | 29.9% |
Self-Employed | 1,320 | 1,325 | 49.9% |
Local Government | 1,285 | 2,085 | 38.1% |
State Government | 630 | 892 | 41.4% |
Federal Government | 2,966 | 1,898 | 61.0% |
Total Private + Self | 14,461 | 14,183 | 50.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,870 | 7,199 | 44.9% |
Total | 20,331 | 21,382 | 48.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 23.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,122 | 12.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 9,044 | 21.7% |
Professional, Technical | 8,533 | 20.4% |
Service Occupations | 8,053 | 19.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 13 | 0.0% |
All others | 11,012 | 26.4% |
White Collar | 54.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 6,522 | 15.6% |
Retail trade | 5,329 | 12.8% |
Manufacturing | 5,112 | 12.2% |
Public administration | 3,451 | 8.3% |
Educational services | 2,923 | 7.0% |
Construction | 2,921 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,452 | 5.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,308 | 5.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,300 | 5.5% |
Other services | 2,288 | 5.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,000 | 4.8% |
Finance and insurance | 1,145 | 2.7% |
Wholesale trade | 873 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 852 | 2.0% |
Information | 471 | 1.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 430 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 324 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 24 | 0.1% |
Management | 22 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 17 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,617 | 1.66% |
Puerto Rican | 1,606 | 1.65% |
Cuban | 229 | 0.24% |
Dominican | 158 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 291 | 0.30% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 116 | 0.12% |
Honduran | 31 | 0.03% |
Nicaraguan | 67 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 31 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 46 | 0.05% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 146 | 0.15% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 14 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 69 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 22 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 19 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 22 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 832 | 0.85% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 455 | 0.47% |
Chinese | 299 | 0.31% |
Indian | 232 | 0.24% |
Korean | 99 | 0.10% |
Vietnamese | 95 | 0.10% |
Japanese | 46 | 0.05% |
Mongolian | 39 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 34 | 0.03% |
Bangladeshi | 1 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 86,081 | 95.2% |
Spanish | 2,544 | 2.8% |
Tagalog | 357 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 237 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 218 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 207 | 0.2% |
Other | 202 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 187 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 152 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 9,935 | 10.2% |
English | 6,190 | 6.4% |
Irish | 4,598 | 4.7% |
German | 3,994 | 4.1% |
African | 3,035 | 3.1% |
Italian | 2,248 | 2.3% |
European | 1,037 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 972 | 1.0% |
French | 680 | 0.7% |
Polish | 678 | 0.7% |
Jamaican | 553 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 494 | 0.5% |
British | 485 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 433 | 0.4% |
French Canadian | 338 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 96,032 | 98.6% |
Not a citizen | 1,352 | 1.4% |
Native | 94,345 | 96.9% |
Foreign-born | 3,039 | 3.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,629 | 2.5% | 5,245 | 8.0% | 20,982 | 32.0% | 23,786 | 36.3% | 8,863 | 13.5% | 5,070 | 7.7% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,629 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 5,245 | 8.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 20,982 | 32.0% |
Some College | 23,786 | 36.3% |
Bach. Degree | 8,863 | 13.5% |
Grad Degree | 5,070 | 7.7% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 46,855 | 43,781 | 3,074 | 6.6% | 4.4% |
1991 | 47,681 | 44,137 | 3,544 | 7.4% | 5.8% |
1992 | 47,869 | 43,917 | 3,952 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
1993 | 46,873 | 43,342 | 3,531 | 7.5% | 5.2% |
1994 | 47,267 | 43,142 | 4,125 | 8.7% | 4.8% |
1995 | 46,037 | 42,809 | 3,228 | 7.0% | 4.4% |
1996 | 45,848 | 42,458 | 3,390 | 7.4% | 4.3% |
1997 | 45,529 | 42,241 | 3,288 | 7.2% | 3.7% |
1998 | 45,106 | 42,774 | 2,332 | 5.2% | 2.8% |
1999 | 44,397 | 42,229 | 2,168 | 4.9% | 2.7% |
2000 | 42,953 | 41,505 | 1,448 | 3.4% | 2.3% |
2001 | 43,670 | 41,709 | 1,961 | 4.5% | 3.3% |
2002 | 44,054 | 41,633 | 2,421 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
2003 | 43,806 | 41,310 | 2,496 | 5.7% | 4.3% |
2004 | 43,970 | 41,363 | 2,607 | 5.9% | 4.1% |
2005 | 44,991 | 42,391 | 2,600 | 5.8% | 3.8% |
2006 | 45,802 | 43,616 | 2,186 | 4.8% | 3.3% |
2007 | 46,501 | 44,398 | 2,103 | 4.5% | 3.3% |
2008 | 46,497 | 43,911 | 2,586 | 5.6% | 4.3% |
2009 | 45,386 | 41,442 | 3,944 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
2010 | 45,555 | 41,082 | 4,473 | 9.8% | 7.3% |
2011 | 45,701 | 41,440 | 4,261 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
2012 | 45,630 | 41,689 | 3,941 | 8.6% | 5.9% |
2013 | 45,461 | 41,847 | 3,614 | 7.9% | 5.6% |
2014 | 45,226 | 41,996 | 3,230 | 7.1% | 5.1% |
2015 | 44,417 | 41,689 | 2,728 | 6.1% | 4.4% |
2016 | 44,103 | 41,436 | 2,667 | 6.0% | 4.0% |
2017 | 44,481 | 42,118 | 2,363 | 5.3% | 3.7% |
2018 | 44,355 | 42,566 | 1,789 | 4.0% | 2.9% |
2019 | 44,585 | 42,913 | 1,672 | 3.8% | 2.7% |
2020 | 44,701 | 40,428 | 4,273 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
2021 | 44,192 | 41,329 | 2,863 | 6.5% | 3.9% |
2022 | 44,170 | 42,462 | 1,708 | 3.9% | 2.9% |
2023 | 45,365 | 43,708 | 1,657 | 3.7% | 2.9% |