2022 population: 657,288
( 30,621 from 2010
, 3,451 from 2020)
Land area: 409.5 square miles
Population density: 1605.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 383,763 | 58.39% | 7.4% |
Black: | 59,385 | 9.03% | 31.8% |
Indian: | 2,672 | 0.41% | 14.8% |
Asian: | 27,963 | 4.25% | 22.5% |
2+ races: | 15,922 | 2.42% | 1.9% |
Hispanic: | 167,583 | 25.50% | 42.2% |
Total non-White: | 273,525 | 41.61% | 28.8% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 15,742 | 11.9 |
Deaths: | 15,096 | 11.4 |
Net Migration: | -7,738 | -5.9 |
Net Immigration: | 3,306 | 2.5 |
Change in White population: | -30,563 | -4.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 61,184 | 9.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 276,370 | |
Median Value | $310,500 | |
Occupied | 253,635 | 91.8% |
Vacant | 22,735 | 8.2% |
Owned | 141,473 | 55.8% |
Rented | 112,162 | 44.2% |
Median Rent | $1,161 | |
Single-Family Units | 133,256 | 48.2% |
Detached | 123,273 | 44.6% |
Attached | 9,983 | 3.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 56,313 | 20.4% |
Mobile Homes | 1,107 | 0.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 13,330 | 5.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 14,099 | 5.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 9,749 | 3.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 9,491 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 9,107 | 3.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 9,461 | 3.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,896 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 8,383 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 9,273 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 15,787 | 6.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 23,268 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 32,619 | 12.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 26,446 | 10.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 20,764 | 8.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 21,389 | 8.4% |
$200,000 or more | 22,573 | 8.9% |
Median Household Income | 72,579 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,191 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 93 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 18,749 | 7.4% |
Public Assistance | 15,473 | 6.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 50,038 | 19.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 241,723 | 72.9% |
Unemployed | 13,383 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 490 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 255,596 | 77.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 76,187 | 23.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 118,472 | 105,223 | 53.0% |
Non-Profit | 15,852 | 25,397 | 38.4% |
Self-Employed | 15,633 | 8,841 | 63.9% |
Local Government | 7,810 | 11,541 | 40.4% |
State Government | 6,579 | 6,476 | 50.4% |
Federal Government | 3,825 | 3,389 | 53.0% |
Total Private + Self | 134,105 | 114,064 | 54.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 34,066 | 46,803 | 42.1% |
Total | 168,171 | 160,867 | 51.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 47,851 | 14.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 68,654 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 81,528 | 24.7% |
Service Occupations | 61,649 | 18.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 340 | 0.1% |
All others | 69,854 | 21.2% |
White Collar | 60.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 54,740 | 16.6% |
Retail trade | 38,247 | 11.6% |
Manufacturing | 36,909 | 11.2% |
Educational services | 33,861 | 10.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 22,863 | 6.9% |
Construction | 20,551 | 6.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 20,328 | 6.2% |
Finance and insurance | 17,455 | 5.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 15,977 | 4.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 14,883 | 4.5% |
Other services | 14,690 | 4.5% |
Public administration | 12,879 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 8,144 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 7,022 | 2.1% |
Information | 4,057 | 1.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,023 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 1,515 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 914 | 0.3% |
Management | 416 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 62 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,875 | 1.20% |
Puerto Rican | 40,157 | 6.10% |
Cuban | 1,028 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 56,241 | 8.55% |
Total Central American | 33,229 | 5.05% |
Costa Rican | 453 | 0.07% |
Guatemalan | 26,373 | 4.01% |
Honduran | 1,728 | 0.26% |
Nicaraguan | 490 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 463 | 0.07% |
Salvadoran | 3,670 | 0.56% |
Other Central American | 52 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 15,970 | 2.43% |
Argentinean | 443 | 0.07% |
Bolivian | 1,435 | 0.22% |
Chilean | 169 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 10,408 | 1.58% |
Ecuadorian | 1,514 | 0.23% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 917 | 0.14% |
Uruguayan | 90 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 937 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 57 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 6,519 | 0.99% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 6,181 | 0.94% |
Chinese | 5,540 | 0.84% |
Cambodian | 5,316 | 0.81% |
Laotian | 2,438 | 0.37% |
Filipino | 2,174 | 0.33% |
Korean | 1,295 | 0.20% |
Vietnamese | 781 | 0.12% |
Hmong | 675 | 0.10% |
Japanese | 405 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 424,493 | 68.3% |
Spanish | 121,753 | 19.6% |
Other Indo-European | 30,326 | 4.9% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 15,141 | 2.4% |
Other Asian | 9,433 | 1.5% |
Other | 6,546 | 1.1% |
Chinese | 4,987 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,592 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 2,457 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 89,214 | 13.6% |
Irish | 84,206 | 12.8% |
French | 50,101 | 7.6% |
English | 49,886 | 7.6% |
Portuguese | 41,089 | 6.2% |
French Canadian | 29,974 | 4.6% |
German | 23,027 | 3.5% |
American | 20,486 | 3.1% |
Polish | 18,624 | 2.8% |
Cape Verdean | 16,244 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 7,474 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 6,342 | 1.0% |
African | 5,559 | 0.8% |
Russian | 5,015 | 0.8% |
Haitian | 4,287 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 598,903 | 91.0% |
Not a citizen | 59,081 | 9.0% |
Native | 528,391 | 80.3% |
Foreign-born | 129,593 | 19.7% |
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 | ||||||
30,472 | 6.7% | 31,903 | 7.0% | 132,887 | 29.2% | 117,764 | 25.9% | 86,194 | 18.9% | 55,732 | 12.3% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 30,472 | 6.7% |
9-12 Years | 31,903 | 7.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 132,887 | 29.2% |
Some College | 117,764 | 25.9% |
Bach. Degree | 86,194 | 18.9% |
Grad Degree | 55,732 | 12.3% |
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 | 306,196 | 285,626 | 20,570 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
1991 | 306,852 | 279,415 | 27,437 | 8.9% | 8.4% |
1992 | 308,617 | 279,309 | 29,308 | 9.5% | 9.0% |
1993 | 303,564 | 279,561 | 24,003 | 7.9% | 7.5% |
1994 | 298,025 | 277,036 | 20,989 | 7.0% | 6.6% |
1995 | 295,461 | 275,311 | 20,150 | 6.8% | 6.3% |
1996 | 297,802 | 280,944 | 16,858 | 5.7% | 5.2% |
1997 | 303,887 | 286,301 | 17,586 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
1998 | 304,145 | 288,920 | 15,225 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
1999 | 307,075 | 292,773 | 14,302 | 4.7% | 4.2% |
2000 | 309,119 | 295,719 | 13,400 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
2001 | 309,256 | 293,939 | 15,317 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2002 | 314,066 | 296,540 | 17,526 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
2003 | 320,787 | 301,125 | 19,662 | 6.1% | 5.6% |
2004 | 317,672 | 299,593 | 18,079 | 5.7% | 5.3% |
2005 | 321,997 | 304,150 | 17,847 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2006 | 327,217 | 308,743 | 18,474 | 5.6% | 5.2% |
2007 | 326,920 | 308,909 | 18,011 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2008 | 326,229 | 299,594 | 26,635 | 8.2% | 7.6% |
2009 | 329,173 | 288,605 | 40,568 | 12.3% | 11.4% |
2010 | 331,761 | 291,193 | 40,568 | 12.2% | 11.6% |
2011 | 327,303 | 289,337 | 37,966 | 11.6% | 11.0% |
2012 | 326,755 | 291,552 | 35,203 | 10.8% | 10.2% |
2013 | 325,702 | 293,165 | 32,537 | 10.0% | 9.5% |
2014 | 325,022 | 298,306 | 26,716 | 8.2% | 7.8% |
2015 | 324,384 | 303,657 | 20,727 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
2016 | 323,197 | 305,287 | 17,910 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
2017 | 325,587 | 309,860 | 15,727 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
2018 | 327,036 | 312,667 | 14,369 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2019 | 328,216 | 315,398 | 12,818 | 3.9% | 3.6% |
2020 | 320,264 | 287,648 | 32,616 | 10.2% | 9.4% |
2021 | 335,917 | 316,021 | 19,896 | 5.9% | 5.5% |
2022 | 334,104 | 322,458 | 11,646 | 3.5% | 3.2% |
2023 | 336,591 | 325,520 | 11,071 | 3.3% | 3.0% |