2022 population: 196,371
( 34,138 from 2010
, 9,263 from 2020)
Land area: 576.0 square miles
Population density: 340.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 136,287 | 69.40% | 27.0% |
Black: | 31,384 | 15.98% | 2.4% |
Indian: | 466 | 0.24% | 37.9% |
Asian: | 2,880 | 1.47% | 51.6% |
2+ races: | 3,374 | 1.72% | 48.6% |
Hispanic: | 21,980 | 11.19% | 12.3% |
Total non-White: | 60,084 | 30.60% | 9.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 4,197 | 11.2 |
Deaths: | 4,540 | 12.1 |
Net Migration: | 8,994 | 24.0 |
Net Immigration: | 694 | 1.9 |
Change in White population: | 29,008 | 17.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,130 | 3.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 99,281 | |
Median Value | $377,900 | |
Occupied | 76,113 | 76.7% |
Vacant | 23,168 | 23.3% |
Owned | 57,501 | 75.5% |
Rented | 18,612 | 24.5% |
Median Rent | $1,435 | |
Single-Family Units | 68,623 | 69.1% |
Detached | 63,327 | 63.8% |
Attached | 5,296 | 5.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 17,492 | 17.6% |
Mobile Homes | 9,396 | 9.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,077 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,967 | 2.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,830 | 2.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,660 | 3.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,286 | 3.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,165 | 2.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,038 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,349 | 3.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,827 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,131 | 6.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 7,745 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,126 | 14.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 7,650 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 5,994 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 6,182 | 8.1% |
$200,000 or more | 10,086 | 13.3% |
Median Household Income | 81,260 | |
Per Capita Income | 48,132 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 118 | |
Compared to U.S. | 101 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,547 | 3.3% |
Public Assistance | 739 | 1.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,231 | 5.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 61,909 | 66.2% |
Unemployed | 1,871 | 2.0% |
In Armed Forces | 5,079 | 5.4% |
Total Labor Force | 68,859 | 73.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 24,698 | 26.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 29,054 | 22,958 | 55.9% |
Non-Profit | 2,494 | 3,369 | 42.5% |
Self-Employed | 7,455 | 4,550 | 62.1% |
Local Government | 1,746 | 2,624 | 40.0% |
State Government | 694 | 2,041 | 25.4% |
Federal Government | 1,097 | 1,226 | 47.2% |
Total Private + Self | 36,509 | 27,508 | 57.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 6,031 | 9,260 | 39.4% |
Total | 42,540 | 36,768 | 53.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 12,656 | 15.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 17,962 | 22.6% |
Professional, Technical | 17,603 | 22.1% |
Service Occupations | 15,713 | 19.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 262 | 0.3% |
All others | 15,594 | 19.6% |
White Collar | 60.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 11,541 | 14.5% |
Health care and social assistance | 9,855 | 12.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 8,835 | 11.1% |
Educational services | 6,263 | 7.9% |
Construction | 6,091 | 7.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,881 | 7.4% |
Manufacturing | 4,925 | 6.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,684 | 5.9% |
Other services | 4,259 | 5.4% |
Finance and insurance | 2,915 | 3.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,600 | 3.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,577 | 3.2% |
Public administration | 2,471 | 3.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,410 | 3.0% |
Information | 1,675 | 2.1% |
Wholesale trade | 1,012 | 1.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 804 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 640 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 62 | 0.1% |
Management | 28 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 11,378 | 6.02% |
Puerto Rican | 3,250 | 1.72% |
Cuban | 429 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 301 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 2,823 | 1.49% |
Costa Rican | 335 | 0.18% |
Guatemalan | 386 | 0.20% |
Honduran | 1,514 | 0.80% |
Nicaraguan | 157 | 0.08% |
Panamanian | 119 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 303 | 0.16% |
Other Central American | 9 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,980 | 1.05% |
Argentinean | 368 | 0.19% |
Bolivian | 49 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 57 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 748 | 0.40% |
Ecuadorian | 80 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 77 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 129 | 0.07% |
Venezuelan | 213 | 0.11% |
Other South American | 259 | 0.14% |
Other Hispanic | 1,098 | 0.58% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 536 | 0.28% |
Vietnamese | 482 | 0.25% |
Japanese | 307 | 0.16% |
Indian | 242 | 0.13% |
Chinese | 205 | 0.11% |
Thai | 135 | 0.07% |
Korean | 83 | 0.04% |
Hmong | 54 | 0.03% |
Indonesian | 32 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 160,203 | 89.0% |
Spanish | 14,956 | 8.3% |
Other Indo-European | 1,040 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 772 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 724 | 0.4% |
Other | 710 | 0.4% |
Vietnamese | 444 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 428 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 294 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 22,813 | 12.1% |
Irish | 22,446 | 11.9% |
English | 22,411 | 11.9% |
American | 13,182 | 7.0% |
Italian | 11,170 | 5.9% |
French | 4,925 | 2.6% |
Polish | 4,637 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 4,560 | 2.4% |
European | 3,110 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,815 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 2,774 | 1.5% |
Swedish | 2,413 | 1.3% |
Norwegian | 1,827 | 1.0% |
British | 1,528 | 0.8% |
Russian | 1,345 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 180,945 | 95.7% |
Not a citizen | 8,126 | 4.3% |
Native | 174,912 | 92.5% |
Foreign-born | 14,159 | 7.5% |
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 | ||||||
2,880 | 2.1% | 5,806 | 4.3% | 29,089 | 21.3% | 39,517 | 28.9% | 34,024 | 24.9% | 25,212 | 18.5% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,880 | 2.1% |
9-12 Years | 5,806 | 4.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 29,089 | 21.3% |
Some College | 39,517 | 28.9% |
Bach. Degree | 34,024 | 24.9% |
Grad Degree | 25,212 | 18.5% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 36,400 | 35,050 | 1,350 | 3.7% | 4.9% |
1991 | 36,946 | 35,449 | 1,497 | 4.1% | 6.1% |
1992 | 38,251 | 36,489 | 1,762 | 4.6% | 6.7% |
1993 | 40,051 | 38,057 | 1,994 | 5.0% | 7.3% |
1994 | 41,509 | 39,774 | 1,735 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
1995 | 43,884 | 42,549 | 1,335 | 3.0% | 5.1% |
1996 | 45,863 | 44,439 | 1,424 | 3.1% | 5.7% |
1997 | 48,108 | 46,949 | 1,159 | 2.4% | 4.5% |
1998 | 49,766 | 48,760 | 1,006 | 2.0% | 3.6% |
1999 | 51,350 | 50,247 | 1,103 | 2.1% | 4.1% |
2000 | 50,915 | 49,293 | 1,622 | 3.2% | 3.7% |
2001 | 51,064 | 49,059 | 2,005 | 3.9% | 5.3% |
2002 | 53,632 | 51,199 | 2,433 | 4.5% | 6.4% |
2003 | 56,165 | 53,291 | 2,874 | 5.1% | 7.2% |
2004 | 59,227 | 56,023 | 3,204 | 5.4% | 7.4% |
2005 | 61,538 | 58,283 | 3,255 | 5.3% | 7.3% |
2006 | 63,973 | 60,706 | 3,267 | 5.1% | 6.9% |
2007 | 64,720 | 61,689 | 3,031 | 4.7% | 6.1% |
2008 | 64,201 | 60,558 | 3,643 | 5.7% | 7.3% |
2009 | 63,266 | 57,658 | 5,608 | 8.9% | 11.4% |
2010 | 65,881 | 60,100 | 5,781 | 8.8% | 11.3% |
2011 | 65,765 | 60,131 | 5,634 | 8.6% | 10.4% |
2012 | 66,043 | 61,164 | 4,879 | 7.4% | 9.0% |
2013 | 67,472 | 63,279 | 4,193 | 6.2% | 7.4% |
2014 | 69,430 | 65,598 | 3,832 | 5.5% | 6.3% |
2015 | 71,613 | 67,743 | 3,870 | 5.4% | 5.9% |
2016 | 72,294 | 68,914 | 3,380 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 73,913 | 70,955 | 2,958 | 4.0% | 4.2% |
2018 | 75,591 | 73,184 | 2,407 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2019 | 77,263 | 75,268 | 1,995 | 2.6% | 2.8% |
2020 | 77,127 | 72,961 | 4,166 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
2021 | 75,796 | 73,183 | 2,613 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2022 | 76,398 | 73,997 | 2,401 | 3.1% | 3.2% |
2023 | 79,850 | 77,626 | 2,224 | 2.8% | 3.0% |