2022 population: 149,827
( 6,512 from 2010
, 1,895 from 2020)
Land area: 1128.6 square miles
Population density: 132.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 141,634 | 94.53% | 5.6% |
Black: | 1,922 | 1.28% | 13.5% |
Indian: | 323 | 0.22% | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1,028 | 0.69% | 20.4% |
2+ races: | 2,850 | 1.90% | 36.4% |
Hispanic: | 2,070 | 1.38% | 63.5% |
Total non-White: | 8,193 | 5.47% | 29.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 3,168 | 10.4 |
Deaths: | 5,098 | 16.8 |
Net Migration: | -93 | -0.3 |
Net Immigration: | 85 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | -8,353 | -5.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,841 | 1.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 71,508 | |
Median Value | $148,939 | |
Occupied | 62,903 | 88.0% |
Vacant | 8,605 | 12.0% |
Owned | 47,119 | 74.9% |
Rented | 15,784 | 25.1% |
Median Rent | $779 | |
Single-Family Units | 54,649 | 76.4% |
Detached | 53,989 | 75.5% |
Attached | 660 | 0.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,996 | 7.0% |
Mobile Homes | 6,547 | 9.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,258 | 5.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,426 | 5.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,326 | 5.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 3,642 | 5.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,416 | 5.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,477 | 5.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,709 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,791 | 4.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,479 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,508 | 7.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,116 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 8,356 | 13.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 5,602 | 8.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 3,795 | 6.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,386 | 5.4% |
$200,000 or more | 2,616 | 4.2% |
Median Household Income | 56,422 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,049 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 86 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 4,949 | 7.9% |
Public Assistance | 1,491 | 2.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 9,690 | 15.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 60,929 | 66.6% |
Unemployed | 3,542 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 133 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 64,604 | 70.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 26,937 | 29.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 25,352 | 19,207 | 56.9% |
Non-Profit | 2,055 | 4,407 | 31.8% |
Self-Employed | 2,979 | 2,011 | 59.7% |
Local Government | 2,118 | 2,701 | 44.0% |
State Government | 1,180 | 1,569 | 42.9% |
Federal Government | 1,285 | 967 | 57.1% |
Total Private + Self | 28,331 | 21,218 | 57.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 6,638 | 9,644 | 40.8% |
Total | 34,969 | 30,862 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 8,438 | 12.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 14,223 | 21.5% |
Professional, Technical | 13,904 | 21.1% |
Service Occupations | 11,562 | 17.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 315 | 0.5% |
All others | 17,876 | 27.1% |
White Collar | 55.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 11,612 | 17.6% |
Retail trade | 8,742 | 13.2% |
Manufacturing | 7,982 | 12.1% |
Educational services | 5,787 | 8.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,593 | 7.0% |
Construction | 4,071 | 6.2% |
Public administration | 4,008 | 6.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,612 | 5.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,868 | 4.3% |
Other services | 2,721 | 4.1% |
Finance and insurance | 2,277 | 3.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,014 | 3.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,101 | 1.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 999 | 1.5% |
Wholesale trade | 950 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 898 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 773 | 1.2% |
Information | 512 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 456 | 0.7% |
Management | 27 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,113 | 0.73% |
Puerto Rican | 337 | 0.22% |
Cuban | 109 | 0.07% |
Dominican | 74 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 56 | 0.04% |
Costa Rican | 13 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 43 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 175 | 0.12% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 2 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 5 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 104 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 64 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 230 | 0.15% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 393 | 0.26% |
Chinese | 239 | 0.16% |
Indian | 141 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 67 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 56 | 0.04% |
Korean | 23 | 0.02% |
Thai | 15 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 140,801 | 97.9% |
Spanish | 1,092 | 0.8% |
German, other Germanic | 365 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 315 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 284 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 276 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 195 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 125 | 0.1% |
Other | 123 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 26,942 | 17.8% |
English | 21,070 | 13.9% |
Irish | 18,709 | 12.3% |
American | 16,419 | 10.8% |
Italian | 3,688 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 2,812 | 1.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,430 | 1.6% |
European | 2,368 | 1.6% |
French | 2,069 | 1.4% |
Polish | 1,650 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 1,520 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 1,131 | 0.7% |
British | 943 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 536 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 480 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 150,721 | 99.5% |
Not a citizen | 812 | 0.5% |
Native | 149,616 | 98.7% |
Foreign-born | 1,917 | 1.3% |
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 | ||||||
2,375 | 2.2% | 7,317 | 6.7% | 40,156 | 37.0% | 35,900 | 33.1% | 13,955 | 12.9% | 8,732 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,375 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 7,317 | 6.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 40,156 | 37.0% |
Some College | 35,900 | 33.1% |
Bach. Degree | 13,955 | 12.9% |
Grad Degree | 8,732 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 75,819 | 70,527 | 5,292 | 7.0% | |
1991 | 76,408 | 70,128 | 6,280 | 8.2% | |
1992 | 78,286 | 71,121 | 7,165 | 9.2% | |
1993 | 78,279 | 71,473 | 6,806 | 8.7% | |
1994 | 78,174 | 72,493 | 5,681 | 7.3% | |
1995 | 78,623 | 72,963 | 5,660 | 7.2% | |
1996 | 79,292 | 74,048 | 5,244 | 6.6% | |
1997 | 79,514 | 74,785 | 4,729 | 5.9% | |
1998 | 79,431 | 74,240 | 5,191 | 6.5% | |
1999 | 78,610 | 73,980 | 4,630 | 5.9% | |
2000 | 76,224 | 72,248 | 3,976 | 5.2% | |
2001 | 76,264 | 72,437 | 3,827 | 5.0% | |
2002 | 77,344 | 72,602 | 4,742 | 6.1% | |
2003 | 78,654 | 73,512 | 5,142 | 6.5% | |
2004 | 77,625 | 72,816 | 4,809 | 6.2% | |
2005 | 76,859 | 72,249 | 4,610 | 6.0% | |
2006 | 77,449 | 73,400 | 4,049 | 5.2% | |
2007 | 77,367 | 73,437 | 3,930 | 5.1% | |
2008 | 77,279 | 73,139 | 4,140 | 5.4% | |
2009 | 76,892 | 69,653 | 7,239 | 9.4% | |
2010 | 72,075 | 64,852 | 7,223 | 10.0% | |
2011 | 70,498 | 64,208 | 6,290 | 8.9% | |
2012 | 69,858 | 64,450 | 5,408 | 7.7% | |
2013 | 69,736 | 64,736 | 5,000 | 7.2% | |
2014 | 69,473 | 65,224 | 4,249 | 6.1% | |
2015 | 68,684 | 64,416 | 4,268 | 6.2% | |
2016 | 67,794 | 63,468 | 4,326 | 6.4% | |
2017 | 66,546 | 62,634 | 3,912 | 5.9% | |
2018 | 66,498 | 62,823 | 3,675 | 5.5% | |
2019 | 67,368 | 63,794 | 3,574 | 5.3% | |
2020 | 66,109 | 60,271 | 5,838 | 8.8% | |
2021 | 65,248 | 61,643 | 3,605 | 5.5% | |
2022 | 65,680 | 62,792 | 2,888 | 4.4% | |
2023 | 66,014 | 63,233 | 2,781 | 4.2% |