2022 population: 234,000
( 26,373 from 2010
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4,644 from 2020)
Land area: 26.0 square miles
Population density: 9000.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 140,104 | 59.87% | ![]() |
Black: | 23,318 | 9.96% | ![]() |
Indian: | 416 | 0.18% | ![]() |
Asian: | 26,083 | 11.15% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 7,579 | 3.24% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 36,500 | 15.60% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 93,896 | 40.13% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,036 | 12.6 |
Deaths: | 2,757 | 5.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -11,136 | -23.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 3,461 | 7.3 |
Change in White population: | 7,143 | 3.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 19,230 | 9.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 119,247 | |
Median Value | $833,300 | |
Occupied | 110,887 | 93.0% |
Vacant | 8,360 | 7.0% |
Owned | 46,842 | 42.2% |
Rented | 64,045 | 57.8% |
Median Rent | $2,227 | |
Single-Family Units | 41,316 | 34.6% |
Detached | 30,195 | 25.3% |
Attached | 11,121 | 9.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 72,354 | 60.7% |
Mobile Homes | 111 | 0.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,646 | 3.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,809 | 1.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,567 | 1.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,834 | 1.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,626 | 1.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,916 | 1.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,450 | 1.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,661 | 1.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,945 | 1.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,965 | 3.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,582 | 5.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 12,248 | 11.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 10,547 | 9.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 10,198 | 9.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 16,341 | 14.7% |
$200,000 or more | 33,552 | 30.3% |
Median Household Income | 137,387 | |
Per Capita Income | 85,221 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 141 | |
Compared to U.S. | 141 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,056 | 1.9% |
Public Assistance | 1,543 | 1.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,303 | 3.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 119,652 | 82.5% |
Unemployed | 3,099 | 2.1% |
In Armed Forces | 3,047 | 2.1% |
Total Labor Force | 125,798 | 86.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 19,148 | 13.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 15.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 44,754 | 34,666 | 56.4% |
Non-Profit | 7,404 | 12,840 | 36.6% |
Self-Employed | 6,108 | 3,653 | 62.6% |
Local Government | 2,972 | 5,125 | 36.7% |
State Government | 928 | 1,182 | 44.0% |
Federal Government | 14,548 | 12,677 | 53.4% |
Total Private + Self | 50,862 | 38,319 | 57.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 25,852 | 31,824 | 44.8% |
Total | 76,714 | 70,143 | 52.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 25.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 48,963 | 33.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 17,869 | 12.2% |
Professional, Technical | 58,729 | 40.0% |
Service Occupations | 12,900 | 8.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 140 | 0.1% |
All others | 8,496 | 5.8% |
White Collar | 85.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Professional, scientific, technical | 40,161 | 27.3% |
Public administration | 25,479 | 17.3% |
Educational services | 12,388 | 8.4% |
Other services | 11,351 | 7.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 9,424 | 6.4% |
Finance and insurance | 7,826 | 5.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 6,883 | 4.7% |
Retail trade | 6,077 | 4.1% |
Information | 4,513 | 3.1% |
Construction | 4,479 | 3.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,039 | 2.7% |
Manufacturing | 3,762 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,262 | 2.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,840 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,576 | 1.8% |
Wholesale trade | 735 | 0.5% |
Utilities | 665 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 232 | 0.2% |
Management | 200 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 65 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 5,208 | 2.21% |
Puerto Rican | 3,656 | 1.55% |
Cuban | 1,137 | 0.48% |
Dominican | 483 | 0.20% |
Total Central American | 13,990 | 5.93% |
Costa Rican | 321 | 0.14% |
Guatemalan | 3,265 | 1.38% |
Honduran | 628 | 0.27% |
Nicaraguan | 679 | 0.29% |
Panamanian | 647 | 0.27% |
Salvadoran | 8,450 | 3.58% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 9,343 | 3.96% |
Argentinean | 552 | 0.23% |
Bolivian | 3,460 | 1.47% |
Chilean | 277 | 0.12% |
Colombian | 2,222 | 0.94% |
Ecuadorian | 542 | 0.23% |
Paraguayan | 141 | 0.06% |
Peruvian | 1,659 | 0.70% |
Uruguayan | 137 | 0.06% |
Venezuelan | 334 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 19 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 2,917 | 1.24% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 5,279 | 2.24% |
Chinese | 5,188 | 2.20% |
Korean | 2,572 | 1.09% |
Filipino | 1,888 | 0.80% |
Vietnamese | 1,665 | 0.71% |
Mongolian | 1,389 | 0.59% |
Japanese | 1,062 | 0.45% |
Bangladeshi | 645 | 0.27% |
Thai | 419 | 0.18% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 159,374 | 71.5% |
Spanish | 28,312 | 12.7% |
Other Indo-European | 9,016 | 4.0% |
Other | 4,992 | 2.2% |
Other Asian | 4,235 | 1.9% |
Chinese | 3,941 | 1.8% |
Arabic | 3,662 | 1.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,447 | 1.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,156 | 1.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 30,310 | 12.9% |
German | 28,756 | 12.2% |
English | 25,893 | 11.0% |
Italian | 15,074 | 6.4% |
Polish | 7,249 | 3.1% |
American | 6,660 | 2.8% |
European | 5,842 | 2.5% |
French | 5,379 | 2.3% |
Scottish | 5,264 | 2.2% |
Russian | 3,999 | 1.7% |
British | 3,344 | 1.4% |
Ethiopian | 3,210 | 1.4% |
Swedish | 3,055 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 2,421 | 1.0% |
Norwegian | 2,231 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 210,493 | 89.3% |
Not a citizen | 25,352 | 10.7% |
Native | 183,351 | 77.7% |
Foreign-born | 52,494 | 22.3% |
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 | ||||||
5,180 | 3.0% | 2,933 | 1.7% | 12,636 | 7.3% | 19,485 | 11.3% | 61,741 | 35.7% | 71,149 | 41.1% |
Average years of education: 15.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,180 | 3.0% |
9-12 Years | 2,933 | 1.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 12,636 | 7.3% |
Some College | 19,485 | 11.3% |
Bach. Degree | 61,741 | 35.7% |
Grad Degree | 71,149 | 41.1% |
Average years of education: 15.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 108,269 | 106,142 | 2,127 | 2.0% | 4.4% |
1991 | 108,617 | 104,885 | 3,732 | 3.4% | 5.8% |
1992 | 109,084 | 104,398 | 4,686 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
1993 | 109,430 | 104,531 | 4,899 | 4.5% | 5.2% |
1994 | 109,388 | 105,604 | 3,784 | 3.5% | 4.8% |
1995 | 109,514 | 105,682 | 3,832 | 3.5% | 4.4% |
1996 | 106,008 | 102,659 | 3,349 | 3.2% | 4.3% |
1997 | 106,547 | 104,054 | 2,493 | 2.3% | 3.7% |
1998 | 106,406 | 104,711 | 1,695 | 1.6% | 2.8% |
1999 | 107,300 | 105,643 | 1,657 | 1.5% | 2.7% |
2000 | 119,360 | 117,502 | 1,858 | 1.6% | 2.3% |
2001 | 119,527 | 116,579 | 2,948 | 2.5% | 3.3% |
2002 | 121,489 | 117,725 | 3,764 | 3.1% | 4.4% |
2003 | 120,944 | 117,524 | 3,420 | 2.8% | 4.3% |
2004 | 122,491 | 119,233 | 3,258 | 2.7% | 4.1% |
2005 | 123,514 | 120,410 | 3,104 | 2.5% | 3.8% |
2006 | 127,153 | 124,437 | 2,716 | 2.1% | 3.3% |
2007 | 131,327 | 128,594 | 2,733 | 2.1% | 3.3% |
2008 | 136,375 | 132,754 | 3,621 | 2.7% | 4.3% |
2009 | 137,724 | 131,729 | 5,995 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
2010 | 137,453 | 131,635 | 5,818 | 4.2% | 7.3% |
2011 | 141,644 | 136,334 | 5,310 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
2012 | 143,875 | 138,982 | 4,893 | 3.4% | 5.9% |
2013 | 145,169 | 140,275 | 4,894 | 3.4% | 5.6% |
2014 | 145,098 | 140,437 | 4,661 | 3.2% | 5.1% |
2015 | 144,902 | 140,880 | 4,022 | 2.8% | 4.4% |
2016 | 146,628 | 142,857 | 3,771 | 2.6% | 4.0% |
2017 | 150,686 | 146,973 | 3,713 | 2.5% | 3.7% |
2018 | 152,972 | 149,941 | 3,031 | 2.0% | 2.9% |
2019 | 155,298 | 152,444 | 2,854 | 1.8% | 2.7% |
2020 | 151,080 | 144,307 | 6,773 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
2021 | 152,740 | 148,157 | 4,583 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
2022 | 157,061 | 153,800 | 3,261 | 2.1% | 2.9% |
2023 | 161,376 | 157,923 | 3,453 | 2.1% | 2.9% |