2022 population: 513,936
( 12,710 from 2010
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11,116 from 2020)
Land area: 186.0 square miles
Population density: 2762.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 199,497 | 38.82% | ![]() |
Black: | 49,852 | 9.70% | ![]() |
Indian: | 766 | 0.15% | ![]() |
Asian: | 29,676 | 5.77% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 6,306 | 1.23% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 227,839 | 44.33% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 314,439 | 61.18% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 14,201 | 13.5 |
Deaths: | 10,685 | 10.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -18,633 | -17.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 3,908 | 3.7 |
Change in White population: | -27,647 | -5.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 40,357 | 8.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 184,830 | |
Median Value | $413,500 | |
Occupied | 177,209 | 95.9% |
Vacant | 7,621 | 4.1% |
Owned | 92,827 | 52.4% |
Rented | 84,382 | 47.6% |
Median Rent | $1,484 | |
Single-Family Units | 87,480 | 47.3% |
Detached | 76,931 | 41.6% |
Attached | 10,549 | 5.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 38,775 | 21.0% |
Mobile Homes | 549 | 0.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 7,986 | 4.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,253 | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,508 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 5,699 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 6,259 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 5,937 | 3.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 5,722 | 3.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 5,792 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 5,619 | 3.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 9,867 | 5.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 14,947 | 8.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 20,877 | 11.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 18,040 | 10.2% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 13,088 | 7.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 18,629 | 10.5% |
$200,000 or more | 25,986 | 14.7% |
Median Household Income | 84,465 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,932 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 100 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 10,308 | 5.8% |
Public Assistance | 4,994 | 2.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 32,904 | 18.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 132,873 | 71.5% |
Unemployed | 9,863 | 5.3% |
In Armed Forces | 31 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 142,767 | 76.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 43,063 | 23.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 101,403 | 85,562 | 54.2% |
Non-Profit | 5,051 | 8,959 | 36.1% |
Self-Employed | 13,738 | 7,170 | 65.7% |
Local Government | 7,762 | 10,536 | 42.4% |
State Government | 3,504 | 4,960 | 41.4% |
Federal Government | 1,706 | 1,106 | 60.7% |
Total Private + Self | 115,141 | 92,732 | 55.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 18,023 | 25,561 | 41.4% |
Total | 133,164 | 118,293 | 53.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 38,007 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 54,098 | 21.5% |
Professional, Technical | 50,466 | 20.0% |
Service Occupations | 42,930 | 17.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 312 | 0.1% |
All others | 66,320 | 26.3% |
White Collar | 56.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 35,065 | 13.9% |
Manufacturing | 31,595 | 12.5% |
Retail trade | 29,919 | 11.9% |
Educational services | 22,059 | 8.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 17,311 | 6.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 16,529 | 6.6% |
Construction | 16,517 | 6.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,030 | 6.0% |
Other services | 11,708 | 4.6% |
Finance and insurance | 11,412 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 11,294 | 4.5% |
Wholesale trade | 9,282 | 3.7% |
Public administration | 8,411 | 3.3% |
Information | 4,930 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,425 | 1.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,764 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 1,823 | 0.7% |
Management | 415 | 0.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 309 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 23 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 37,316 | 7.18% |
Puerto Rican | 36,385 | 7.00% |
Cuban | 4,617 | 0.89% |
Dominican | 76,910 | 14.79% |
Total Central American | 12,475 | 2.40% |
Costa Rican | 2,096 | 0.40% |
Guatemalan | 3,383 | 0.65% |
Honduran | 2,062 | 0.40% |
Nicaraguan | 406 | 0.08% |
Panamanian | 197 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 4,331 | 0.83% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 49,231 | 9.47% |
Argentinean | 967 | 0.19% |
Bolivian | 363 | 0.07% |
Chilean | 829 | 0.16% |
Colombian | 17,751 | 3.41% |
Ecuadorian | 7,819 | 1.50% |
Paraguayan | 70 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 19,964 | 3.84% |
Uruguayan | 203 | 0.04% |
Venezuelan | 1,186 | 0.23% |
Other South American | 79 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 7,561 | 1.45% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 12,348 | 2.37% |
Filipino | 5,138 | 0.99% |
Bangladeshi | 3,752 | 0.72% |
Chinese | 2,228 | 0.43% |
Korean | 1,844 | 0.35% |
Japanese | 414 | 0.08% |
Indonesian | 317 | 0.06% |
Vietnamese | 139 | 0.03% |
Taiwanese | 95 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 242,132 | 49.8% |
Spanish | 178,675 | 36.7% |
Other Indo-European | 23,835 | 4.9% |
Arabic | 12,809 | 2.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 10,910 | 2.2% |
Other Asian | 6,130 | 1.3% |
Other | 3,270 | 0.7% |
Tagalog | 2,907 | 0.6% |
Chinese | 1,730 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 58,557 | 11.3% |
Irish | 32,191 | 6.2% |
German | 24,947 | 4.8% |
Polish | 19,937 | 3.8% |
English | 11,939 | 2.3% |
American | 11,127 | 2.1% |
Dutch | 6,739 | 1.3% |
Jamaican | 6,367 | 1.2% |
African | 6,248 | 1.2% |
Russian | 5,084 | 1.0% |
Turkish | 4,145 | 0.8% |
Hungarian | 3,720 | 0.7% |
European | 3,196 | 0.6% |
French | 3,085 | 0.6% |
Ukrainian | 2,978 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 444,543 | 85.5% |
Not a citizen | 75,443 | 14.5% |
Native | 351,177 | 67.5% |
Foreign-born | 168,809 | 32.5% |
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 | ||||||
29,445 | 8.5% | 21,903 | 6.3% | 117,258 | 33.8% | 73,595 | 21.2% | 70,286 | 20.3% | 33,943 | 9.8% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 29,445 | 8.5% |
9-12 Years | 21,903 | 6.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 117,258 | 33.8% |
Some College | 73,595 | 21.2% |
Bach. Degree | 70,286 | 20.3% |
Grad Degree | 33,943 | 9.8% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 236,058 | 221,041 | 15,017 | 6.4% | 5.1% |
1991 | 235,101 | 215,673 | 19,428 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
1992 | 231,031 | 206,449 | 24,582 | 10.6% | 8.5% |
1993 | 230,441 | 206,579 | 23,862 | 10.4% | 7.8% |
1994 | 231,445 | 209,763 | 21,682 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
1995 | 232,788 | 212,736 | 20,052 | 8.6% | 6.4% |
1996 | 235,501 | 216,184 | 19,317 | 8.2% | 6.1% |
1997 | 236,985 | 220,348 | 16,637 | 7.0% | 5.3% |
1998 | 235,053 | 221,427 | 13,626 | 5.8% | 4.6% |
1999 | 236,383 | 222,090 | 14,293 | 6.0% | 4.4% |
2000 | 236,190 | 225,423 | 10,767 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
2001 | 235,570 | 222,958 | 12,612 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
2002 | 235,449 | 218,931 | 16,518 | 7.0% | 5.8% |
2003 | 235,648 | 218,458 | 17,190 | 7.3% | 5.8% |
2004 | 233,361 | 218,978 | 14,383 | 6.2% | 4.9% |
2005 | 234,588 | 221,797 | 12,791 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
2006 | 235,674 | 222,574 | 13,100 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
2007 | 236,167 | 223,703 | 12,464 | 5.3% | 4.2% |
2008 | 240,108 | 223,873 | 16,235 | 6.8% | 5.4% |
2009 | 244,491 | 217,853 | 26,638 | 10.9% | 9.0% |
2010 | 253,961 | 224,727 | 29,234 | 11.5% | 9.7% |
2011 | 253,686 | 225,744 | 27,942 | 11.0% | 9.4% |
2012 | 253,528 | 225,360 | 28,168 | 11.1% | 9.4% |
2013 | 250,056 | 224,660 | 25,396 | 10.2% | 8.4% |
2014 | 247,350 | 227,039 | 20,311 | 8.2% | 6.7% |
2015 | 246,668 | 229,425 | 17,243 | 7.0% | 5.7% |
2016 | 244,402 | 229,422 | 14,980 | 6.1% | 4.9% |
2017 | 242,491 | 228,942 | 13,549 | 5.6% | 4.5% |
2018 | 240,230 | 228,454 | 11,776 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
2019 | 243,830 | 233,697 | 10,133 | 4.2% | 3.4% |
2020 | 245,187 | 214,293 | 30,894 | 12.6% | 9.8% |
2021 | 250,793 | 229,185 | 21,608 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
2022 | 252,876 | 241,305 | 11,571 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
2023 | 259,188 | 244,903 | 14,285 | 5.5% | 4.4% |