2022 population: 132,275
( 9,132 from 2010
, 1,380 from 2020)
Land area: 367.5 square miles
Population density: 360.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 118,421 | 89.53% | 3.7% |
Black: | 1,665 | 1.26% | 45.5% |
Indian: | 262 | 0.20% | 12.0% |
Asian: | 5,196 | 3.93% | 61.8% |
2+ races: | 2,571 | 1.94% | 26.4% |
Hispanic: | 4,160 | 3.14% | 89.0% |
Total non-White: | 13,854 | 10.47% | 55.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 2,741 | 10.5 |
Deaths: | 2,936 | 11.2 |
Net Migration: | 1,040 | 4.0 |
Net Immigration: | 442 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | 4,211 | 3.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 4,921 | 4.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 55,672 | |
Median Value | $300,200 | |
Occupied | 50,953 | 91.5% |
Vacant | 4,719 | 8.5% |
Owned | 34,187 | 67.1% |
Rented | 16,766 | 32.9% |
Median Rent | $1,308 | |
Single-Family Units | 33,183 | 59.6% |
Detached | 30,820 | 55.4% |
Attached | 2,363 | 4.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 9,651 | 17.3% |
Mobile Homes | 4,904 | 8.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,547 | 3.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,028 | 4.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,208 | 2.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,403 | 2.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 1,718 | 3.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,894 | 3.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,454 | 2.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,793 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,505 | 3.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,233 | 6.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,857 | 9.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 6,766 | 13.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 5,514 | 10.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,017 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5,910 | 11.6% |
$200,000 or more | 6,106 | 12.0% |
Median Household Income | 83,212 | |
Per Capita Income | 43,338 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 95 | |
Compared to U.S. | 100 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,810 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 1,501 | 2.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,274 | 8.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 65,430 | 75.7% |
Unemployed | 2,500 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 374 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 68,304 | 79.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 18,166 | 21.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 26,389 | 21,277 | 55.4% |
Non-Profit | 2,014 | 4,834 | 29.4% |
Self-Employed | 3,311 | 2,207 | 60.0% |
Local Government | 1,770 | 3,118 | 36.2% |
State Government | 1,685 | 1,935 | 46.5% |
Federal Government | 2,113 | 848 | 71.4% |
Total Private + Self | 29,700 | 23,484 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 7,582 | 10,735 | 41.4% |
Total | 37,282 | 34,219 | 52.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 11,973 | 16.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 14,891 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 18,596 | 26.0% |
Service Occupations | 11,731 | 16.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 154 | 0.2% |
All others | 14,451 | 20.2% |
White Collar | 63.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 10,280 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 8,882 | 12.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 8,719 | 12.2% |
Educational services | 7,571 | 10.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,883 | 8.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,576 | 7.8% |
Finance and insurance | 4,375 | 6.1% |
Construction | 3,370 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 3,344 | 4.7% |
Other services | 3,067 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,532 | 3.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,952 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,317 | 1.8% |
Information | 1,279 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 1,045 | 1.5% |
Wholesale trade | 953 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 770 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 566 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 82 | 0.1% |
Management | 79 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,049 | 0.80% |
Puerto Rican | 1,248 | 0.95% |
Cuban | 211 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 302 | 0.23% |
Total Central American | 205 | 0.16% |
Costa Rican | 59 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 102 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 25 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 19 | 0.01% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 282 | 0.22% |
Argentinean | 10 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 10 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 28 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 70 | 0.05% |
Ecuadorian | 125 | 0.10% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 9 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 30 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 493 | 0.38% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 1,055 | 0.81% |
Chinese | 696 | 0.53% |
Vietnamese | 528 | 0.40% |
Filipino | 382 | 0.29% |
Indonesian | 304 | 0.23% |
Korean | 244 | 0.19% |
Japanese | 146 | 0.11% |
Laotian | 113 | 0.09% |
Thai | 110 | 0.08% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 118,486 | 94.7% |
Spanish | 1,366 | 1.1% |
Other Asian | 1,267 | 1.0% |
Other Indo-European | 1,038 | 0.8% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 745 | 0.6% |
Chinese | 600 | 0.5% |
Other | 406 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 362 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 225 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 27,648 | 21.1% |
English | 25,817 | 19.7% |
French | 14,847 | 11.3% |
German | 12,265 | 9.4% |
Italian | 11,722 | 9.0% |
French Canadian | 10,683 | 8.2% |
American | 5,455 | 4.2% |
Polish | 4,971 | 3.8% |
Scottish | 4,596 | 3.5% |
Swedish | 2,802 | 2.1% |
European | 1,975 | 1.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,767 | 1.3% |
Greek | 1,593 | 1.2% |
Norwegian | 1,225 | 0.9% |
Portuguese | 1,206 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 128,634 | 98.2% |
Not a citizen | 2,331 | 1.8% |
Native | 125,624 | 95.9% |
Foreign-born | 5,341 | 4.1% |
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 | ||||||
1,793 | 2.0% | 3,084 | 3.5% | 22,860 | 26.0% | 26,096 | 29.7% | 21,650 | 24.6% | 12,369 | 14.1% |
Average years of education: 14.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,793 | 2.0% |
9-12 Years | 3,084 | 3.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 22,860 | 26.0% |
Some College | 26,096 | 29.7% |
Bach. Degree | 21,650 | 24.6% |
Grad Degree | 12,369 | 14.1% |
Average years of education: 14.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 57,397 | 54,238 | 3,159 | 5.5% | 5.3% |
1991 | 58,592 | 54,544 | 4,048 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
1992 | 57,149 | 53,076 | 4,073 | 7.1% | 7.3% |
1993 | 57,625 | 54,389 | 3,236 | 5.6% | 6.1% |
1994 | 56,992 | 54,814 | 2,178 | 3.8% | 4.5% |
1995 | 56,939 | 54,832 | 2,107 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
1996 | 56,984 | 54,775 | 2,209 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
1997 | 58,193 | 56,199 | 1,994 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
1998 | 57,658 | 56,065 | 1,593 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
1999 | 57,733 | 56,318 | 1,415 | 2.5% | 2.7% |
2000 | 61,624 | 59,975 | 1,649 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
2001 | 62,018 | 60,017 | 2,001 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2002 | 63,350 | 60,574 | 2,776 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
2003 | 65,020 | 62,362 | 2,658 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2004 | 65,888 | 63,650 | 2,238 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2005 | 66,533 | 64,239 | 2,294 | 3.4% | 3.6% |
2006 | 66,896 | 64,730 | 2,166 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
2007 | 68,206 | 65,983 | 2,223 | 3.3% | 3.5% |
2008 | 69,689 | 67,240 | 2,449 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
2009 | 69,326 | 65,101 | 4,225 | 6.1% | 6.1% |
2010 | 69,669 | 65,535 | 4,134 | 5.9% | 6.1% |
2011 | 69,659 | 65,933 | 3,726 | 5.3% | 5.5% |
2012 | 70,029 | 66,274 | 3,755 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
2013 | 70,313 | 66,775 | 3,538 | 5.0% | 5.3% |
2014 | 70,787 | 67,940 | 2,847 | 4.0% | 4.3% |
2015 | 71,357 | 69,107 | 2,250 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2016 | 72,510 | 70,662 | 1,848 | 2.5% | 2.9% |
2017 | 72,573 | 70,758 | 1,815 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
2018 | 73,734 | 71,970 | 1,764 | 2.4% | 2.6% |
2019 | 74,513 | 72,725 | 1,788 | 2.4% | 2.6% |
2020 | 73,223 | 68,613 | 4,610 | 6.3% | 6.7% |
2021 | 73,061 | 70,730 | 2,331 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
2022 | 74,084 | 72,366 | 1,718 | 2.3% | 2.5% |
2023 | 72,663 | 71,171 | 1,492 | 2.1% | 2.2% |