2022 population: 191,723
( 30,471 from 2010
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6,406 from 2020)
Land area: 476.3 square miles
Population density: 402.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 110,127 | 57.44% | ![]() |
Black: | 64,479 | 33.63% | ![]() |
Indian: | 364 | 0.19% | ![]() |
Asian: | 3,361 | 1.75% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 3,114 | 1.62% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 10,278 | 5.36% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 81,596 | 42.56% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 4,848 | 13.1 |
Deaths: | 3,922 | 10.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 5,398 | 14.6 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 92 | 0.2 |
Change in White population: | -3,426 | -2.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 33,897 | 21.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 72,572 | |
Median Value | $227,600 | |
Occupied | 68,353 | 94.2% |
Vacant | 4,219 | 5.8% |
Owned | 52,255 | 76.4% |
Rented | 16,098 | 23.6% |
Median Rent | $1,252 | |
Single-Family Units | 61,498 | 84.7% |
Detached | 60,556 | 83.4% |
Attached | 942 | 1.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 5,717 | 7.9% |
Mobile Homes | 3,063 | 4.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,698 | 3.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,613 | 2.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,029 | 3.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,562 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,386 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,288 | 3.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,357 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,111 | 3.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,434 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,610 | 8.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,182 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 10,505 | 15.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 8,149 | 11.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 5,600 | 8.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 6,785 | 9.9% |
$200,000 or more | 5,044 | 7.4% |
Median Household Income | 79,666 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,989 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 119 | |
Compared to U.S. | 87 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,896 | 4.2% |
Public Assistance | 1,316 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,050 | 8.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 84,630 | 74.1% |
Unemployed | 4,082 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 276 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 88,988 | 77.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 25,176 | 22.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 37,220 | 28,981 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 2,041 | 4,969 | 29.1% |
Self-Employed | 4,941 | 2,183 | 69.4% |
Local Government | 2,396 | 3,851 | 38.4% |
State Government | 781 | 2,404 | 24.5% |
Federal Government | 1,163 | 1,734 | 40.1% |
Total Private + Self | 42,161 | 31,164 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 6,381 | 12,958 | 33.0% |
Total | 48,542 | 44,122 | 52.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 14,808 | 15.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 20,010 | 21.4% |
Professional, Technical | 19,719 | 21.1% |
Service Occupations | 12,670 | 13.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 189 | 0.2% |
All others | 26,226 | 28.1% |
White Collar | 58.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Transportation and warehousing | 13,275 | 14.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 12,351 | 13.2% |
Manufacturing | 10,917 | 11.7% |
Retail trade | 10,349 | 11.1% |
Educational services | 7,501 | 8.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,672 | 6.1% |
Construction | 5,219 | 5.6% |
Other services | 4,270 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,848 | 4.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 3,840 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 3,795 | 4.1% |
Wholesale trade | 3,605 | 3.9% |
Finance and insurance | 2,821 | 3.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,416 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,311 | 1.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 809 | 0.9% |
Information | 715 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 539 | 0.6% |
Management | 100 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 80 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,106 | 3.82% |
Puerto Rican | 560 | 0.30% |
Cuban | 244 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 170 | 0.09% |
Total Central American | 740 | 0.40% |
Costa Rican | 58 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 180 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 166 | 0.09% |
Nicaraguan | 48 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 13 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 275 | 0.15% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 491 | 0.26% |
Argentinean | 11 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 14 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 28 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 257 | 0.14% |
Ecuadorian | 61 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 115 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 5 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 382 | 0.21% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 559 | 0.30% |
Filipino | 386 | 0.21% |
Chinese | 384 | 0.21% |
Indian | 366 | 0.20% |
Japanese | 192 | 0.10% |
Korean | 163 | 0.09% |
Cambodian | 155 | 0.08% |
Indonesian | 75 | 0.04% |
Thai | 28 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 166,018 | 94.7% |
Spanish | 6,790 | 3.9% |
Vietnamese | 355 | 0.2% |
Other | 350 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 329 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 291 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 284 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 283 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 210 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 16,740 | 9.0% |
American | 15,641 | 8.4% |
Irish | 14,900 | 8.0% |
German | 11,804 | 6.3% |
Italian | 4,246 | 2.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,881 | 1.5% |
French | 2,577 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 2,370 | 1.3% |
European | 2,290 | 1.2% |
Polish | 1,225 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 1,137 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 1,053 | 0.6% |
African | 944 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 936 | 0.5% |
British | 679 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 182,435 | 98.0% |
Not a citizen | 3,779 | 2.0% |
Native | 178,784 | 96.0% |
Foreign-born | 7,430 | 4.0% |
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 | ||||||
3,709 | 3.0% | 7,047 | 5.8% | 35,282 | 28.8% | 42,774 | 34.9% | 22,045 | 18.0% | 11,554 | 9.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,709 | 3.0% |
9-12 Years | 7,047 | 5.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 35,282 | 28.8% |
Some College | 42,774 | 34.9% |
Bach. Degree | 22,045 | 18.0% |
Grad Degree | 11,554 | 9.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 37,212 | 35,228 | 1,984 | 5.3% | 7.6% |
1991 | 38,041 | 35,734 | 2,307 | 6.1% | 8.4% |
1992 | 38,633 | 36,397 | 2,236 | 5.8% | 8.0% |
1993 | 39,604 | 37,646 | 1,958 | 4.9% | 6.7% |
1994 | 41,802 | 39,823 | 1,979 | 4.7% | 6.3% |
1995 | 44,717 | 42,841 | 1,876 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
1996 | 47,139 | 45,556 | 1,583 | 3.4% | 6.0% |
1997 | 50,103 | 48,555 | 1,548 | 3.1% | 5.7% |
1998 | 53,012 | 51,538 | 1,474 | 2.8% | 5.3% |
1999 | 54,894 | 53,531 | 1,363 | 2.5% | 5.1% |
2000 | 58,817 | 57,421 | 1,396 | 2.4% | 5.3% |
2001 | 60,857 | 59,155 | 1,702 | 2.8% | 5.5% |
2002 | 62,302 | 60,090 | 2,212 | 3.6% | 6.4% |
2003 | 65,740 | 63,384 | 2,356 | 3.6% | 6.1% |
2004 | 68,782 | 66,304 | 2,478 | 3.6% | 6.1% |
2005 | 71,457 | 68,464 | 2,993 | 4.2% | 7.6% |
2006 | 73,440 | 70,593 | 2,847 | 3.9% | 6.4% |
2007 | 76,189 | 73,181 | 3,008 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
2008 | 77,771 | 74,091 | 3,680 | 4.7% | 6.7% |
2009 | 76,313 | 70,946 | 5,367 | 7.0% | 9.4% |
2010 | 79,838 | 74,061 | 5,777 | 7.2% | 10.1% |
2011 | 83,395 | 77,539 | 5,856 | 7.0% | 9.8% |
2012 | 84,039 | 78,719 | 5,320 | 6.3% | 8.8% |
2013 | 81,152 | 76,379 | 4,773 | 5.9% | 8.5% |
2014 | 81,070 | 76,686 | 4,384 | 5.4% | 7.6% |
2015 | 84,286 | 80,182 | 4,104 | 4.9% | 6.5% |
2016 | 86,854 | 83,114 | 3,740 | 4.3% | 5.9% |
2017 | 88,549 | 85,062 | 3,487 | 3.9% | 5.2% |
2018 | 90,600 | 87,057 | 3,543 | 3.9% | 5.0% |
2019 | 93,121 | 88,908 | 4,213 | 4.5% | 5.5% |
2020 | 90,498 | 85,029 | 5,469 | 6.0% | 8.1% |
2021 | 92,984 | 88,922 | 4,062 | 4.4% | 5.5% |
2022 | 93,589 | 90,556 | 3,033 | 3.2% | 3.9% |
2023 | 91,444 | 88,909 | 2,535 | 2.8% | 3.2% |