2022 population: 212,791
( 37,614 from 2010
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5,916 from 2020)
Land area: 1700.1 square miles
Population density: 125.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 142,249 | 66.85% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,953 | 1.39% | ![]() |
Indian: | 1,488 | 0.70% | ![]() |
Asian: | 7,289 | 3.43% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,856 | 2.75% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 52,956 | 24.89% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 70,542 | 33.15% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 5,671 | 13.7 |
Deaths: | 4,205 | 10.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 3,766 | 9.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 693 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | 11,812 | 6.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 25,802 | 14.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 80,421 | |
Median Value | $338,700 | |
Occupied | 75,509 | 93.9% |
Vacant | 4,912 | 6.1% |
Owned | 51,384 | 68.1% |
Rented | 24,125 | 31.9% |
Median Rent | $1,166 | |
Single-Family Units | 53,560 | 66.6% |
Detached | 50,878 | 63.3% |
Attached | 2,682 | 3.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 13,727 | 17.1% |
Mobile Homes | 7,387 | 9.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,256 | 3.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,121 | 2.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,319 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,053 | 2.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,721 | 3.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,401 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,036 | 2.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,833 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,761 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,838 | 6.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 7,442 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,131 | 14.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 7,966 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,089 | 8.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,010 | 10.6% |
$200,000 or more | 8,532 | 11.3% |
Median Household Income | 83,778 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,668 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 82 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,608 | 4.8% |
Public Assistance | 2,396 | 3.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 10,858 | 14.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 68,947 | 70.7% |
Unemployed | 3,301 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 124 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 72,372 | 74.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 25,145 | 25.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 35,745 | 25,690 | 58.2% |
Non-Profit | 3,191 | 4,665 | 40.6% |
Self-Employed | 4,732 | 3,182 | 59.8% |
Local Government | 2,522 | 4,376 | 36.6% |
State Government | 2,649 | 2,982 | 47.0% |
Federal Government | 2,921 | 1,622 | 64.3% |
Total Private + Self | 40,477 | 28,872 | 58.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 11,283 | 13,645 | 45.3% |
Total | 51,760 | 42,517 | 54.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 14,212 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 16,937 | 17.9% |
Professional, Technical | 25,059 | 26.5% |
Service Occupations | 15,241 | 16.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,847 | 3.0% |
All others | 22,975 | 24.3% |
White Collar | 59.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 11,978 | 12.7% |
Retail trade | 10,075 | 10.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 9,579 | 10.1% |
Construction | 8,765 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 8,561 | 9.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 6,753 | 7.2% |
Manufacturing | 6,541 | 6.9% |
Public administration | 4,725 | 5.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,444 | 4.7% |
Other services | 4,334 | 4.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 4,285 | 4.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,917 | 4.1% |
Utilities | 2,225 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 2,106 | 2.2% |
Finance and insurance | 1,892 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,449 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,437 | 1.5% |
Information | 1,182 | 1.3% |
Management | 109 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 67 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 42,670 | 20.56% |
Puerto Rican | 573 | 0.28% |
Cuban | 1,039 | 0.50% |
Dominican | 164 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 1,238 | 0.60% |
Costa Rican | 32 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 735 | 0.35% |
Honduran | 79 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 105 | 0.05% |
Panamanian | 7 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 260 | 0.13% |
Other Central American | 20 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 799 | 0.38% |
Argentinean | 50 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 25 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 57 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 401 | 0.19% |
Ecuadorian | 67 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 135 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 64 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,341 | 1.13% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 1,212 | 0.58% |
Indian | 1,007 | 0.49% |
Filipino | 953 | 0.46% |
Vietnamese | 732 | 0.35% |
Korean | 645 | 0.31% |
Japanese | 281 | 0.14% |
Hmong | 158 | 0.08% |
Burmese | 144 | 0.07% |
Bangladeshi | 112 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 152,398 | 78.6% |
Spanish | 31,660 | 16.3% |
Other Indo-European | 2,090 | 1.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,427 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 1,226 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 863 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 851 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 803 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 780 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 35,195 | 17.0% |
English | 29,694 | 14.3% |
Irish | 21,266 | 10.2% |
American | 9,252 | 4.5% |
Norwegian | 7,364 | 3.5% |
European | 5,344 | 2.6% |
Italian | 5,344 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 5,222 | 2.5% |
French | 4,937 | 2.4% |
Swedish | 4,771 | 2.3% |
Dutch | 4,675 | 2.3% |
Welsh | 2,593 | 1.2% |
Polish | 2,474 | 1.2% |
Danish | 2,112 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,010 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 193,383 | 93.2% |
Not a citizen | 14,177 | 6.8% |
Native | 183,561 | 88.4% |
Foreign-born | 23,999 | 11.6% |
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 | ||||||
6,917 | 5.1% | 6,445 | 4.8% | 31,381 | 23.3% | 46,569 | 34.5% | 26,629 | 19.7% | 17,013 | 12.6% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,917 | 5.1% |
9-12 Years | 6,445 | 4.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 31,381 | 23.3% |
Some College | 46,569 | 34.5% |
Bach. Degree | 26,629 | 19.7% |
Grad Degree | 17,013 | 12.6% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 61,236 | 57,439 | 3,797 | 6.2% | 5.1% |
1991 | 62,577 | 58,297 | 4,280 | 6.8% | 6.1% |
1992 | 65,199 | 60,310 | 4,889 | 7.5% | 7.2% |
1993 | 68,587 | 63,726 | 4,861 | 7.1% | 7.3% |
1994 | 72,151 | 68,071 | 4,080 | 5.7% | 6.3% |
1995 | 72,405 | 66,808 | 5,597 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
1996 | 72,407 | 66,731 | 5,676 | 7.8% | 5.9% |
1997 | 72,265 | 67,627 | 4,638 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
1998 | 73,732 | 69,097 | 4,635 | 6.3% | 4.8% |
1999 | 74,672 | 70,551 | 4,121 | 5.5% | 4.8% |
2000 | 77,185 | 73,084 | 4,101 | 5.3% | 5.1% |
2001 | 78,153 | 73,647 | 4,506 | 5.8% | 6.0% |
2002 | 80,659 | 75,697 | 4,962 | 6.2% | 7.1% |
2003 | 82,587 | 76,912 | 5,675 | 6.9% | 7.2% |
2004 | 84,143 | 78,933 | 5,210 | 6.2% | 6.3% |
2005 | 84,834 | 79,651 | 5,183 | 6.1% | 5.6% |
2006 | 83,276 | 78,151 | 5,125 | 6.2% | 5.0% |
2007 | 85,969 | 81,360 | 4,609 | 5.4% | 4.6% |
2008 | 88,736 | 84,049 | 4,687 | 5.3% | 5.2% |
2009 | 90,965 | 84,898 | 6,067 | 6.7% | 8.3% |
2010 | 92,564 | 85,997 | 6,567 | 7.1% | 9.1% |
2011 | 92,110 | 85,344 | 6,766 | 7.3% | 8.5% |
2012 | 91,611 | 83,800 | 7,811 | 8.5% | 7.7% |
2013 | 90,174 | 82,314 | 7,860 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
2014 | 89,740 | 83,220 | 6,520 | 7.3% | 5.9% |
2015 | 91,733 | 85,797 | 5,936 | 6.5% | 5.4% |
2016 | 94,362 | 88,504 | 5,858 | 6.2% | 5.2% |
2017 | 96,950 | 91,693 | 5,257 | 5.4% | 4.6% |
2018 | 99,044 | 93,932 | 5,112 | 5.2% | 4.4% |
2019 | 102,839 | 97,473 | 5,366 | 5.2% | 4.1% |
2020 | 103,143 | 94,682 | 8,461 | 8.2% | 8.4% |
2021 | 104,008 | 98,090 | 5,918 | 5.7% | 5.2% |
2022 | 106,236 | 100,878 | 5,358 | 5.0% | 4.2% |
2023 | 106,395 | 101,561 | 4,834 | 4.5% | 4.1% |