2022 population: 235,187
( 13,142 from 2010
, 5,450 from 2020)
Land area: 4122.2 square miles
Population density: 57.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 152,009 | 64.63% | 7.7% |
Black: | 60,959 | 25.92% | 6.2% |
Indian: | 2,348 | 1.00% | 0.9% |
Asian: | 3,184 | 1.35% | 9.9% |
2+ races: | 5,084 | 2.16% | 12.9% |
Hispanic: | 11,603 | 4.93% | 32.9% |
Total non-White: | 83,178 | 35.37% | 0.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 7,312 | 15.2 |
Deaths: | 7,425 | 15.4 |
Net Migration: | -5,678 | -11.8 |
Net Immigration: | 250 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -12,646 | -5.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -496 | -0.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 107,356 | |
Median Value | $153,586 | |
Occupied | 87,589 | 81.6% |
Vacant | 19,767 | 18.4% |
Owned | 57,548 | 65.7% |
Rented | 30,041 | 34.3% |
Median Rent | $905 | |
Single-Family Units | 72,772 | 67.8% |
Detached | 70,390 | 65.6% |
Attached | 2,382 | 2.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 6,157 | 5.7% |
Mobile Homes | 19,837 | 18.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,027 | 6.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,798 | 6.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 4,847 | 5.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,991 | 5.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,820 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,074 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,564 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,377 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,898 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,256 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 7,727 | 8.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 9,747 | 11.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 7,529 | 8.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 5,006 | 5.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4,733 | 5.4% |
$200,000 or more | 4,195 | 4.8% |
Median Household Income | 53,002 | |
Per Capita Income | 28,871 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 6,635 | 7.6% |
Public Assistance | 937 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 16,065 | 18.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 83,723 | 58.6% |
Unemployed | 5,627 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 5,170 | 3.6% |
Total Labor Force | 94,520 | 66.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 48,243 | 33.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 37.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 31,349 | 27,158 | 53.6% |
Non-Profit | 1,577 | 3,528 | 30.9% |
Self-Employed | 6,431 | 2,916 | 68.8% |
Local Government | 3,678 | 4,946 | 42.6% |
State Government | 2,218 | 4,426 | 33.4% |
Federal Government | 2,987 | 2,745 | 52.1% |
Total Private + Self | 37,780 | 30,074 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 10,460 | 15,645 | 40.1% |
Total | 48,240 | 45,719 | 51.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 22.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 10,828 | 11.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 19,388 | 20.6% |
Professional, Technical | 19,512 | 20.7% |
Service Occupations | 19,981 | 21.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 912 | 1.0% |
All others | 24,397 | 25.9% |
White Collar | 52.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 16,985 | 107.0% |
Retail trade | 10,868 | 68.4% |
Educational services | 8,733 | 55.0% |
Construction | 7,778 | 49.0% |
Public administration | 7,499 | 47.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 7,254 | 45.7% |
Manufacturing | 5,380 | 33.9% |
Other services | 4,257 | 26.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 3,984 | 25.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,933 | 24.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,426 | 21.6% |
Wholesale trade | 2,603 | 16.4% |
Finance and insurance | 2,335 | 14.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,068 | 13.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,982 | 12.5% |
Utilities | 1,448 | 9.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,427 | 9.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,149 | 7.2% |
Information | 967 | 6.1% |
Management | 30 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 6,133 | 2.56% |
Puerto Rican | 1,543 | 0.64% |
Cuban | 397 | 0.17% |
Dominican | 112 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 1,107 | 0.46% |
Costa Rican | 152 | 0.06% |
Guatemalan | 136 | 0.06% |
Honduran | 446 | 0.19% |
Nicaraguan | 185 | 0.08% |
Panamanian | 132 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 56 | 0.02% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 177 | 0.07% |
Argentinean | 3 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 12 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 84 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 50 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 9 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 19 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 1,827 | 0.76% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 515 | 0.21% |
Chinese | 390 | 0.16% |
Indian | 387 | 0.16% |
Vietnamese | 339 | 0.14% |
Korean | 285 | 0.12% |
Laotian | 250 | 0.10% |
Thai | 160 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 103 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 14 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 210,283 | 94.1% |
Spanish | 6,254 | 2.8% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,608 | 1.6% |
Other Asian | 705 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 600 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 458 | 0.2% |
Other | 305 | 0.1% |
Vietnamese | 299 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 295 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 29,913 | 12.5% |
French | 19,042 | 7.9% |
English | 14,327 | 6.0% |
Irish | 12,498 | 5.2% |
German | 10,096 | 4.2% |
Italian | 4,682 | 2.0% |
European | 2,170 | 0.9% |
French Canadian | 2,040 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 2,032 | 0.8% |
Cajun | 1,435 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,408 | 0.6% |
Belgian | 786 | 0.3% |
African | 758 | 0.3% |
British | 710 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 661 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 236,375 | 98.6% |
Not a citizen | 3,327 | 1.4% |
Native | 233,604 | 97.5% |
Foreign-born | 6,098 | 2.5% |
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 | ||||||
7,474 | 4.7% | 15,874 | 10.0% | 60,627 | 38.1% | 45,022 | 28.3% | 19,777 | 12.4% | 10,314 | 6.5% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 7,474 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 15,874 | 10.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 60,627 | 38.1% |
Some College | 45,022 | 28.3% |
Bach. Degree | 19,777 | 12.4% |
Grad Degree | 10,314 | 6.5% |
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 | 93,937 | 87,590 | 6,347 | 6.8% | |
1991 | 93,469 | 86,180 | 7,289 | 7.8% | |
1992 | 94,662 | 87,472 | 7,190 | 7.6% | |
1993 | 94,671 | 88,232 | 6,439 | 6.8% | |
1994 | 96,875 | 89,374 | 7,501 | 7.7% | |
1995 | 97,896 | 91,312 | 6,584 | 6.7% | |
1996 | 97,560 | 90,873 | 6,687 | 6.9% | |
1997 | 96,826 | 90,664 | 6,162 | 6.4% | |
1998 | 97,748 | 92,152 | 5,596 | 5.7% | |
1999 | 99,481 | 94,649 | 4,832 | 4.9% | |
2000 | 97,250 | 91,783 | 5,467 | 5.6% | |
2001 | 97,754 | 91,662 | 6,092 | 6.2% | |
2002 | 98,252 | 92,038 | 6,214 | 6.3% | |
2003 | 98,648 | 91,928 | 6,720 | 6.8% | |
2004 | 99,612 | 93,836 | 5,776 | 5.8% | |
2005 | 105,325 | 98,602 | 6,723 | 6.4% | |
2006 | 106,567 | 102,420 | 4,147 | 3.9% | |
2007 | 105,511 | 100,964 | 4,547 | 4.3% | |
2008 | 107,502 | 102,476 | 5,026 | 4.7% | |
2009 | 106,716 | 99,553 | 7,163 | 6.7% | |
2010 | 102,748 | 95,010 | 7,738 | 7.5% | |
2011 | 102,780 | 94,888 | 7,892 | 7.7% | |
2012 | 101,143 | 93,979 | 7,164 | 7.1% | |
2013 | 99,235 | 92,237 | 6,998 | 7.1% | |
2014 | 99,563 | 92,604 | 6,959 | 7.0% | |
2015 | 99,651 | 92,794 | 6,857 | 6.9% | |
2016 | 98,331 | 91,868 | 6,463 | 6.6% | |
2017 | 96,401 | 90,706 | 5,695 | 5.9% | |
2018 | 95,299 | 90,030 | 5,269 | 5.5% | |
2019 | 95,086 | 90,127 | 4,959 | 5.2% | |
2020 | 94,168 | 87,872 | 6,296 | 6.7% | |
2021 | 94,544 | 90,313 | 4,231 | 4.5% | |
2022 | 95,456 | 92,092 | 3,364 | 3.5% | |
2023 | 93,571 | 90,002 | 3,569 | 3.8% |