Population
| 1800 | 9,780 |
| 1810 | 12,297 |
| 1820 | 14,046 |
| 1830 | 13,618 |
| 1840 | 10,868 |
| 1850 | 12,259 |
| 1860 | 11,549 |
| 1870 | 11,782 |
| 1880 | 15,400 |
| 1890 | 16,951 |
| 1900 | 17,881 |
| 1910 | 18,680 |
| 1920 | 20,287 |
| 1930 | 12,927 |
| 1940 | 12,430 |
| 1950 | 9,958 |
| 1960 | 7,926 |
| 1970 | 7,598 |
| 1980 | 8,929 |
| 1990 | 9,763 |
| 2000 | 12,635 |

