2022 population: 450,544
( 10,373 from 2010
, 6,237 from 2020)
Land area: 455.5 square miles
Population density: 989.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 195,500 | 43.39% | 5.4% |
Black: | 210,282 | 46.67% | 5.9% |
Indian: | 911 | 0.20% | 1.3% |
Asian: | 15,825 | 3.51% | 27.9% |
2+ races: | 6,408 | 1.42% | 35.5% |
Hispanic: | 21,618 | 4.80% | 32.8% |
Total non-White: | 255,044 | 56.61% | 9.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 12,405 | 13.6 |
Deaths: | 10,882 | 11.9 |
Net Migration: | -10,232 | -11.2 |
Net Immigration: | 2,257 | 2.5 |
Change in White population: | -11,164 | -2.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 21,537 | 4.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 204,246 | |
Median Value | $232,800 | |
Occupied | 173,792 | 85.1% |
Vacant | 30,454 | 14.9% |
Owned | 103,930 | 59.8% |
Rented | 69,862 | 40.2% |
Median Rent | $1,081 | |
Single-Family Units | 133,155 | 65.2% |
Detached | 127,240 | 62.3% |
Attached | 5,915 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 46,855 | 22.9% |
Mobile Homes | 5,795 | 2.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 13,375 | 7.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,584 | 4.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,863 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,746 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,349 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,581 | 4.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 6,189 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,159 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,831 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 12,745 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 15,565 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 19,019 | 10.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 14,746 | 8.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 9,962 | 5.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 13,117 | 7.5% |
$200,000 or more | 16,961 | 9.8% |
Median Household Income | 62,083 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,540 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 101 | |
Compared to U.S. | 86 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 8,899 | 5.1% |
Public Assistance | 2,130 | 1.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 26,254 | 15.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 194,427 | 68.2% |
Unemployed | 15,650 | 5.5% |
In Armed Forces | 206 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 210,283 | 73.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 74,971 | 26.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 77,309 | 64,916 | 54.4% |
Non-Profit | 5,904 | 10,843 | 35.3% |
Self-Employed | 11,810 | 7,236 | 62.0% |
Local Government | 5,185 | 8,286 | 38.5% |
State Government | 9,237 | 13,696 | 40.3% |
Federal Government | 1,348 | 1,790 | 43.0% |
Total Private + Self | 89,119 | 72,152 | 55.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 21,674 | 34,615 | 38.5% |
Total | 110,793 | 106,767 | 50.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 33,322 | 15.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 44,956 | 20.6% |
Professional, Technical | 58,526 | 26.9% |
Service Occupations | 38,985 | 17.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 470 | 0.2% |
All others | 42,130 | 19.3% |
White Collar | 62.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 32,354 | 14.8% |
Retail trade | 24,597 | 11.3% |
Educational services | 23,855 | 10.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 17,584 | 8.1% |
Manufacturing | 16,818 | 7.7% |
Construction | 15,230 | 7.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 15,099 | 6.9% |
Public administration | 14,349 | 6.6% |
Other services | 11,454 | 5.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 8,177 | 3.8% |
Finance and insurance | 7,895 | 3.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 7,324 | 3.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,640 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 5,546 | 2.5% |
Information | 4,411 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,917 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 1,544 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,252 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 668 | 0.3% |
Management | 205 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 4,775 | 1.05% |
Puerto Rican | 1,127 | 0.25% |
Cuban | 632 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 355 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 9,349 | 2.06% |
Costa Rican | 137 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 1,245 | 0.27% |
Honduran | 5,366 | 1.18% |
Nicaraguan | 804 | 0.18% |
Panamanian | 99 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 1,698 | 0.37% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,132 | 0.25% |
Argentinean | 28 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 10 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 121 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 427 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 78 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 1 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 64 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 403 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,112 | 0.68% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 4,701 | 1.03% |
Indian | 2,699 | 0.59% |
Chinese | 2,625 | 0.58% |
Filipino | 1,782 | 0.39% |
Korean | 588 | 0.13% |
Japanese | 366 | 0.08% |
Indonesian | 349 | 0.08% |
Thai | 145 | 0.03% |
Bangladeshi | 143 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 392,794 | 92.2% |
Spanish | 13,893 | 3.3% |
Vietnamese | 3,598 | 0.8% |
Other Indo-European | 3,163 | 0.7% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,771 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 2,697 | 0.6% |
Chinese | 2,166 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 1,291 | 0.3% |
Other | 1,030 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 34,150 | 7.5% |
English | 28,352 | 6.2% |
American | 27,884 | 6.1% |
German | 26,053 | 5.7% |
Irish | 24,213 | 5.3% |
Italian | 18,090 | 4.0% |
European | 5,262 | 1.2% |
French Canadian | 4,732 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 4,200 | 0.9% |
African | 3,597 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,492 | 0.8% |
Cajun | 2,180 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 1,895 | 0.4% |
Polish | 1,845 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 1,607 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 438,327 | 96.5% |
Not a citizen | 16,042 | 3.5% |
Native | 428,157 | 94.2% |
Foreign-born | 26,212 | 5.8% |
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 | ||||||
8,705 | 3.1% | 17,380 | 6.1% | 73,875 | 26.0% | 76,015 | 26.7% | 64,684 | 22.7% | 44,007 | 15.5% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 8,705 | 3.1% |
9-12 Years | 17,380 | 6.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 73,875 | 26.0% |
Some College | 76,015 | 26.7% |
Bach. Degree | 64,684 | 22.7% |
Grad Degree | 44,007 | 15.5% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 195,384 | 185,883 | 9,501 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
1991 | 198,357 | 187,800 | 10,557 | 5.3% | 7.2% |
1992 | 202,500 | 193,053 | 9,447 | 4.7% | 7.8% |
1993 | 198,036 | 187,995 | 10,041 | 5.1% | 7.4% |
1994 | 200,313 | 188,892 | 11,421 | 5.7% | 7.7% |
1995 | 200,550 | 190,418 | 10,132 | 5.1% | 6.9% |
1996 | 202,842 | 193,077 | 9,765 | 4.8% | 6.5% |
1997 | 201,838 | 192,352 | 9,486 | 4.7% | 5.9% |
1998 | 203,928 | 195,773 | 8,155 | 4.0% | 5.5% |
1999 | 206,944 | 199,879 | 7,065 | 3.4% | 5.0% |
2000 | 206,329 | 197,064 | 9,265 | 4.5% | 5.2% |
2001 | 202,875 | 192,462 | 10,413 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
2002 | 200,007 | 189,338 | 10,669 | 5.3% | 6.0% |
2003 | 201,372 | 189,698 | 11,674 | 5.8% | 6.3% |
2004 | 203,038 | 191,904 | 11,134 | 5.5% | 5.7% |
2005 | 213,920 | 199,055 | 14,865 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
2006 | 214,592 | 205,942 | 8,650 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
2007 | 216,274 | 207,767 | 8,507 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
2008 | 216,740 | 207,120 | 9,620 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
2009 | 218,317 | 204,829 | 13,488 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
2010 | 221,852 | 205,954 | 15,898 | 7.2% | 7.5% |
2011 | 221,868 | 205,945 | 15,923 | 7.2% | 7.4% |
2012 | 223,279 | 208,946 | 14,333 | 6.4% | 6.7% |
2013 | 226,071 | 212,613 | 13,458 | 6.0% | 6.4% |
2014 | 231,088 | 218,054 | 13,034 | 5.6% | 6.3% |
2015 | 234,153 | 221,537 | 12,616 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2016 | 232,408 | 220,408 | 12,000 | 5.2% | 6.1% |
2017 | 232,154 | 221,954 | 10,200 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2018 | 232,338 | 222,408 | 9,930 | 4.3% | 4.8% |
2019 | 232,201 | 222,303 | 9,898 | 4.3% | 4.7% |
2020 | 228,974 | 211,197 | 17,777 | 7.8% | 8.3% |
2021 | 230,296 | 218,082 | 12,214 | 5.3% | 5.6% |
2022 | 234,834 | 226,718 | 8,116 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
2023 | 233,437 | 225,501 | 7,936 | 3.4% | 3.7% |