2022 population: 170,102
( 23,551 from 2010
, 3,481 from 2020)
Land area: 457.8 square miles
Population density: 371.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 55,989 | 32.91% | 21.0% |
Black: | 88,345 | 51.94% | 49.2% |
Indian: | 921 | 0.54% | 5.0% |
Asian: | 5,909 | 3.47% | 34.8% |
2+ races: | 6,184 | 3.64% | 32.1% |
Hispanic: | 12,754 | 7.50% | 103.8% |
Total non-White: | 114,113 | 67.09% | 50.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 3,990 | 12.0 |
Deaths: | 3,208 | 9.6 |
Net Migration: | 2,330 | 7.0 |
Net Immigration: | 377 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | -14,916 | -10.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 38,467 | 26.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 62,362 | |
Median Value | $382,800 | |
Occupied | 59,205 | 94.9% |
Vacant | 3,157 | 5.1% |
Owned | 47,245 | 79.8% |
Rented | 11,960 | 20.2% |
Median Rent | $1,839 | |
Single-Family Units | 56,391 | 90.4% |
Detached | 44,311 | 71.1% |
Attached | 12,080 | 19.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,584 | 7.4% |
Mobile Homes | 622 | 1.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,918 | 3.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 784 | 1.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 874 | 1.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,001 | 1.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 884 | 1.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 943 | 1.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,159 | 2.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,184 | 2.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,301 | 2.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,015 | 5.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,340 | 7.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 6,880 | 11.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 7,712 | 13.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,630 | 11.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 9,296 | 15.7% |
$200,000 or more | 11,284 | 19.1% |
Median Household Income | 116,882 | |
Per Capita Income | 47,977 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 106 | |
Compared to U.S. | 110 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,613 | 4.4% |
Public Assistance | 1,353 | 2.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 5,409 | 9.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 75,883 | 73.3% |
Unemployed | 4,021 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 1,762 | 1.7% |
Total Labor Force | 81,666 | 78.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 21,821 | 21.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 22,916 | 20,799 | 52.4% |
Non-Profit | 2,336 | 3,781 | 38.2% |
Self-Employed | 3,304 | 1,831 | 64.3% |
Local Government | 3,346 | 5,134 | 39.5% |
State Government | 1,063 | 1,650 | 39.2% |
Federal Government | 9,048 | 9,315 | 49.3% |
Total Private + Self | 26,220 | 22,630 | 53.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 15,793 | 19,880 | 44.3% |
Total | 42,013 | 42,510 | 49.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 35.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 16,354 | 19.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 17,801 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 20,388 | 24.1% |
Service Occupations | 14,174 | 16.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 45 | 0.1% |
All others | 15,925 | 18.8% |
White Collar | 64.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Public administration | 17,463 | 20.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 9,196 | 10.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 8,444 | 10.0% |
Retail trade | 7,529 | 8.9% |
Educational services | 6,729 | 7.9% |
Construction | 6,467 | 7.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,656 | 5.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,616 | 5.5% |
Other services | 4,039 | 4.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,724 | 4.4% |
Manufacturing | 2,644 | 3.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,039 | 2.4% |
Finance and insurance | 1,998 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,541 | 1.8% |
Information | 1,190 | 1.4% |
Wholesale trade | 1,129 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 909 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 200 | 0.2% |
Management | 124 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 5 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,219 | 1.93% |
Puerto Rican | 2,278 | 1.36% |
Cuban | 196 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 528 | 0.32% |
Total Central American | 3,698 | 2.21% |
Costa Rican | 30 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 1,223 | 0.73% |
Honduran | 321 | 0.19% |
Nicaraguan | 42 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 434 | 0.26% |
Salvadoran | 1,645 | 0.98% |
Other Central American | 3 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 733 | 0.44% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 1 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 437 | 0.26% |
Ecuadorian | 14 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 281 | 0.17% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 617 | 0.37% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 2,028 | 1.21% |
Indian | 804 | 0.48% |
Chinese | 601 | 0.36% |
Korean | 270 | 0.16% |
Vietnamese | 268 | 0.16% |
Japanese | 125 | 0.07% |
Cambodian | 110 | 0.07% |
Thai | 75 | 0.04% |
Bangladeshi | 61 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 141,895 | 90.2% |
Spanish | 6,923 | 4.4% |
Other | 1,888 | 1.2% |
Other Indo-European | 1,509 | 1.0% |
Tagalog | 1,459 | 0.9% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 888 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 883 | 0.6% |
Chinese | 593 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 456 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 12,742 | 7.6% |
Irish | 11,320 | 6.8% |
German | 10,852 | 6.5% |
American | 6,321 | 3.8% |
Italian | 4,750 | 2.8% |
African | 2,453 | 1.5% |
Polish | 2,101 | 1.3% |
European | 1,958 | 1.2% |
Jamaican | 1,862 | 1.1% |
Nigerian | 1,737 | 1.0% |
French | 1,504 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 1,324 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 1,035 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 880 | 0.5% |
British | 825 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 162,090 | 97.0% |
Not a citizen | 4,945 | 3.0% |
Native | 154,454 | 92.5% |
Foreign-born | 12,581 | 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 | ||||||
2,386 | 2.1% | 3,870 | 3.4% | 34,021 | 30.2% | 37,359 | 33.2% | 20,490 | 18.2% | 14,487 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,386 | 2.1% |
9-12 Years | 3,870 | 3.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 34,021 | 30.2% |
Some College | 37,359 | 33.2% |
Bach. Degree | 20,490 | 18.2% |
Grad Degree | 14,487 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 53,640 | 52,200 | 1,440 | 2.7% | 4.3% |
1991 | 55,243 | 52,841 | 2,402 | 4.3% | 5.9% |
1992 | 56,862 | 53,781 | 3,081 | 5.4% | 6.5% |
1993 | 56,207 | 53,753 | 2,454 | 4.4% | 6.0% |
1994 | 57,746 | 55,681 | 2,065 | 3.6% | 5.2% |
1995 | 58,860 | 56,656 | 2,204 | 3.7% | 5.0% |
1996 | 59,457 | 57,383 | 2,074 | 3.5% | 4.9% |
1997 | 60,254 | 57,981 | 2,273 | 3.8% | 4.8% |
1998 | 60,856 | 59,026 | 1,830 | 3.0% | 4.3% |
1999 | 62,065 | 60,547 | 1,518 | 2.4% | 3.5% |
2000 | 65,066 | 63,161 | 1,905 | 2.9% | 3.5% |
2001 | 66,188 | 64,003 | 2,185 | 3.3% | 4.2% |
2002 | 67,843 | 65,284 | 2,559 | 3.8% | 4.8% |
2003 | 69,785 | 67,192 | 2,593 | 3.7% | 4.8% |
2004 | 70,919 | 68,310 | 2,609 | 3.7% | 4.6% |
2005 | 72,832 | 70,131 | 2,701 | 3.7% | 4.5% |
2006 | 74,909 | 72,358 | 2,551 | 3.4% | 4.2% |
2007 | 76,376 | 73,999 | 2,377 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
2008 | 78,275 | 75,276 | 2,999 | 3.8% | 4.5% |
2009 | 78,435 | 73,478 | 4,957 | 6.3% | 7.6% |
2010 | 78,337 | 72,775 | 5,562 | 7.1% | 7.8% |
2011 | 79,025 | 73,669 | 5,356 | 6.8% | 7.3% |
2012 | 79,594 | 74,359 | 5,235 | 6.6% | 6.9% |
2013 | 80,247 | 75,103 | 5,144 | 6.4% | 6.5% |
2014 | 80,126 | 75,591 | 4,535 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
2015 | 80,471 | 76,540 | 3,931 | 4.9% | 5.0% |
2016 | 83,812 | 80,379 | 3,433 | 4.1% | 4.3% |
2017 | 85,696 | 82,334 | 3,362 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
2018 | 86,671 | 83,431 | 3,240 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
2019 | 89,012 | 85,871 | 3,141 | 3.5% | 3.5% |
2020 | 86,099 | 80,309 | 5,790 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
2021 | 86,168 | 81,629 | 4,539 | 5.3% | 5.3% |
2022 | 86,546 | 83,670 | 2,876 | 3.3% | 3.2% |
2023 | 86,748 | 84,864 | 1,884 | 2.2% | 2.1% |