2022 population: 655,735
( 79,168 from 2010
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18,506 from 2020)
Land area: 628.3 square miles
Population density: 1043.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 546,067 | 83.28% | ![]() |
Black: | 21,572 | 3.29% | ![]() |
Indian: | 498 | 0.08% | ![]() |
Asian: | 13,290 | 2.03% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 7,707 | 1.18% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 66,601 | 10.16% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 109,668 | 16.72% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 22,029 | 17.3 |
Deaths: | 18,879 | 14.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 15,115 | 11.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 576 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | 50,533 | 8.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 28,635 | 5.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 293,899 | |
Median Value | $343,500 | |
Occupied | 239,466 | 81.5% |
Vacant | 54,433 | 18.5% |
Owned | 191,328 | 79.9% |
Rented | 48,138 | 20.1% |
Median Rent | $1,639 | |
Single-Family Units | 248,910 | 84.7% |
Detached | 220,499 | 75.0% |
Attached | 28,411 | 9.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 23,569 | 8.0% |
Mobile Homes | 5,806 | 2.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 8,290 | 3.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,988 | 2.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,864 | 2.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,587 | 3.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,457 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 8,633 | 3.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,293 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,640 | 3.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,075 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 16,417 | 6.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 21,497 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 29,544 | 12.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 25,794 | 10.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 19,754 | 8.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 24,498 | 10.2% |
$200,000 or more | 30,135 | 12.6% |
Median Household Income | 82,379 | |
Per Capita Income | 42,497 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 108 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 9,150 | 3.8% |
Public Assistance | 3,777 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 16,574 | 6.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 223,968 | 70.6% |
Unemployed | 13,163 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 644 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 237,775 | 74.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 79,571 | 25.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 93,504 | 86,971 | 51.8% |
Non-Profit | 8,342 | 14,599 | 36.4% |
Self-Employed | 16,984 | 9,694 | 63.7% |
Local Government | 12,410 | 17,201 | 41.9% |
State Government | 5,466 | 4,398 | 55.4% |
Federal Government | 4,644 | 1,684 | 73.4% |
Total Private + Self | 110,488 | 96,665 | 53.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 30,862 | 37,882 | 44.9% |
Total | 141,350 | 134,547 | 51.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 44,430 | 16.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 67,114 | 24.3% |
Professional, Technical | 69,417 | 25.1% |
Service Occupations | 46,160 | 16.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 274 | 0.1% |
All others | 49,266 | 17.8% |
White Collar | 65.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 43,617 | 15.8% |
Retail trade | 36,018 | 13.0% |
Educational services | 35,414 | 12.8% |
Construction | 21,878 | 7.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 19,472 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,435 | 5.6% |
Public administration | 15,155 | 5.5% |
Manufacturing | 13,365 | 4.8% |
Finance and insurance | 12,449 | 4.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 12,369 | 4.5% |
Other services | 12,213 | 4.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 9,783 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 7,094 | 2.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 6,884 | 2.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,643 | 2.0% |
Information | 4,934 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 3,631 | 1.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 706 | 0.3% |
Management | 232 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 95 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 13,163 | 2.06% |
Puerto Rican | 22,983 | 3.60% |
Cuban | 2,571 | 0.40% |
Dominican | 5,536 | 0.87% |
Total Central American | 4,737 | 0.74% |
Costa Rican | 1,007 | 0.16% |
Guatemalan | 1,016 | 0.16% |
Honduran | 714 | 0.11% |
Nicaraguan | 87 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 134 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 1,654 | 0.26% |
Other Central American | 125 | 0.02% |
Total South American | 8,467 | 1.33% |
Argentinean | 555 | 0.09% |
Bolivian | 79 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 481 | 0.08% |
Colombian | 2,352 | 0.37% |
Ecuadorian | 2,250 | 0.35% |
Paraguayan | 30 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 2,337 | 0.37% |
Uruguayan | 174 | 0.03% |
Venezuelan | 178 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 31 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,534 | 0.71% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 4,785 | 0.75% |
Chinese | 2,197 | 0.34% |
Indian | 1,666 | 0.26% |
Korean | 850 | 0.13% |
Vietnamese | 558 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 267 | 0.04% |
Mongolian | 196 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 83 | 0.01% |
Bangladeshi | 66 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 521,026 | 87.9% |
Spanish | 31,879 | 5.4% |
Other Indo-European | 9,985 | 1.7% |
German, other Germanic | 7,787 | 1.3% |
Other | 7,583 | 1.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 5,014 | 0.8% |
Tagalog | 3,002 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,647 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 1,472 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 132,558 | 20.8% |
Irish | 114,993 | 18.0% |
German | 82,794 | 13.0% |
Polish | 48,563 | 7.6% |
American | 43,193 | 6.8% |
English | 43,168 | 6.8% |
Hungarian | 12,156 | 1.9% |
Russian | 10,775 | 1.7% |
European | 10,705 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 8,340 | 1.3% |
French | 7,639 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 6,104 | 1.0% |
Norwegian | 4,436 | 0.7% |
Greek | 4,334 | 0.7% |
Ukrainian | 4,313 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 620,920 | 97.2% |
Not a citizen | 17,771 | 2.8% |
Native | 589,089 | 92.2% |
Foreign-born | 49,602 | 7.8% |
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 | ||||||
10,850 | 2.5% | 18,927 | 4.4% | 144,538 | 33.3% | 117,058 | 26.9% | 93,595 | 21.5% | 49,538 | 11.4% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 10,850 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 18,927 | 4.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 144,538 | 33.3% |
Some College | 117,058 | 26.9% |
Bach. Degree | 93,595 | 21.5% |
Grad Degree | 49,538 | 11.4% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 190,285 | 180,654 | 9,631 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
1991 | 193,688 | 180,244 | 13,444 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
1992 | 192,356 | 176,283 | 16,073 | 8.4% | 8.5% |
1993 | 195,618 | 181,483 | 14,135 | 7.2% | 7.8% |
1994 | 199,919 | 186,755 | 13,164 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
1995 | 204,316 | 191,627 | 12,689 | 6.2% | 6.4% |
1996 | 210,554 | 197,741 | 12,813 | 6.1% | 6.1% |
1997 | 214,871 | 202,985 | 11,886 | 5.5% | 5.3% |
1998 | 213,561 | 203,367 | 10,194 | 4.8% | 4.6% |
1999 | 216,528 | 207,011 | 9,517 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2000 | 232,237 | 223,649 | 8,588 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2001 | 235,782 | 226,106 | 9,676 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
2002 | 242,055 | 228,882 | 13,173 | 5.4% | 5.8% |
2003 | 243,897 | 229,715 | 14,182 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
2004 | 245,350 | 232,930 | 12,420 | 5.1% | 4.9% |
2005 | 248,642 | 237,140 | 11,502 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2006 | 254,642 | 242,132 | 12,510 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
2007 | 256,167 | 244,647 | 11,520 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
2008 | 261,271 | 245,781 | 15,490 | 5.9% | 5.4% |
2009 | 264,523 | 239,548 | 24,975 | 9.4% | 9.0% |
2010 | 264,294 | 236,721 | 27,573 | 10.4% | 9.7% |
2011 | 265,521 | 237,771 | 27,750 | 10.5% | 9.4% |
2012 | 267,698 | 239,067 | 28,631 | 10.7% | 9.4% |
2013 | 265,507 | 240,364 | 25,143 | 9.5% | 8.4% |
2014 | 264,702 | 245,225 | 19,477 | 7.4% | 6.7% |
2015 | 265,617 | 249,404 | 16,213 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2016 | 268,913 | 254,984 | 13,929 | 5.2% | 4.9% |
2017 | 269,527 | 256,890 | 12,637 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
2018 | 272,973 | 261,780 | 11,193 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 279,686 | 269,814 | 9,872 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
2020 | 278,413 | 252,016 | 26,397 | 9.5% | 9.8% |
2021 | 292,423 | 274,068 | 18,355 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
2022 | 298,372 | 287,322 | 11,050 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2023 | 302,654 | 289,839 | 12,815 | 4.2% | 4.4% |