2022 population: 163,462
( 9,104 from 2010
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2,853 from 2020)
Land area: 401.4 square miles
Population density: 407.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 120,436 | 73.68% | ![]() |
Black: | 13,691 | 8.38% | ![]() |
Indian: | 429 | 0.26% | ![]() |
Asian: | 7,939 | 4.86% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 3,239 | 1.98% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 17,728 | 10.85% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 43,026 | 26.32% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 3,716 | 11.6 |
Deaths: | 4,681 | 14.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 3,496 | 10.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 237 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | 48 | 0.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 9,056 | 5.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 71,047 | |
Median Value | $194,000 | |
Occupied | 64,442 | 90.7% |
Vacant | 6,605 | 9.3% |
Owned | 45,783 | 71.0% |
Rented | 18,659 | 29.0% |
Median Rent | $866 | |
Single-Family Units | 50,542 | 71.1% |
Detached | 47,918 | 67.4% |
Attached | 2,624 | 3.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 7,217 | 10.2% |
Mobile Homes | 9,228 | 13.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,252 | 5.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,626 | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,755 | 4.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,990 | 4.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,092 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,987 | 4.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,140 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,324 | 5.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,920 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,138 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 7,161 | 11.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 8,719 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 6,172 | 9.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 3,919 | 6.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,542 | 5.5% |
$200,000 or more | 3,705 | 5.7% |
Median Household Income | 62,070 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,369 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,064 | 4.8% |
Public Assistance | 1,726 | 2.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 8,446 | 13.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 64,171 | 70.7% |
Unemployed | 3,142 | 3.5% |
In Armed Forces | 27 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 67,340 | 74.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 23,369 | 25.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 31,844 | 25,099 | 55.9% |
Non-Profit | 1,871 | 2,898 | 39.2% |
Self-Employed | 4,276 | 2,320 | 64.8% |
Local Government | 1,619 | 2,187 | 42.5% |
State Government | 1,197 | 1,378 | 46.5% |
Federal Government | 389 | 671 | 36.7% |
Total Private + Self | 36,120 | 27,419 | 56.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 5,076 | 7,134 | 41.6% |
Total | 41,196 | 34,553 | 54.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 9.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 11,451 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 14,872 | 19.6% |
Professional, Technical | 13,975 | 18.4% |
Service Occupations | 10,576 | 13.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 144 | 0.2% |
All others | 25,021 | 33.0% |
White Collar | 53.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 20,538 | 27.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 8,887 | 11.7% |
Retail trade | 8,526 | 11.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,129 | 6.8% |
Educational services | 4,837 | 6.4% |
Other services | 4,334 | 5.7% |
Construction | 4,327 | 5.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,928 | 5.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,684 | 3.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,502 | 3.3% |
Public administration | 2,412 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 2,217 | 2.9% |
Finance and insurance | 1,775 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,041 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 982 | 1.3% |
Information | 920 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 471 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 300 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 46 | 0.1% |
Management | 39 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 10,144 | 6.30% |
Puerto Rican | 1,894 | 1.18% |
Cuban | 155 | 0.10% |
Dominican | 69 | 0.04% |
Total Central American | 2,210 | 1.37% |
Costa Rican | 331 | 0.21% |
Guatemalan | 783 | 0.49% |
Honduran | 278 | 0.17% |
Nicaraguan | 213 | 0.13% |
Panamanian | 30 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 575 | 0.36% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,168 | 0.73% |
Argentinean | 190 | 0.12% |
Bolivian | 42 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 235 | 0.15% |
Colombian | 227 | 0.14% |
Ecuadorian | 237 | 0.15% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 88 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 145 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 4 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,027 | 0.64% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 4,921 | 3.06% |
Vietnamese | 464 | 0.29% |
Laotian | 217 | 0.13% |
Thai | 208 | 0.13% |
Mien | 188 | 0.12% |
Chinese | 165 | 0.10% |
Indian | 142 | 0.09% |
Filipino | 112 | 0.07% |
Korean | 73 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 132,011 | 86.7% |
Spanish | 13,302 | 8.7% |
Other Asian | 4,114 | 2.7% |
Other Indo-European | 854 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 434 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 353 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 332 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 321 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 279 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 24,529 | 15.2% |
American | 21,012 | 13.1% |
English | 17,949 | 11.1% |
Irish | 12,885 | 8.0% |
European | 4,825 | 3.0% |
Italian | 4,090 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 3,496 | 2.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,069 | 1.9% |
French | 2,406 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 2,240 | 1.4% |
Polish | 2,120 | 1.3% |
British | 1,247 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 1,171 | 0.7% |
Russian | 1,008 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 760 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 154,596 | 96.0% |
Not a citizen | 6,415 | 4.0% |
Native | 149,948 | 93.1% |
Foreign-born | 11,063 | 6.9% |
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 | ||||||
4,742 | 4.2% | 9,397 | 8.4% | 33,604 | 30.0% | 36,561 | 32.6% | 19,436 | 17.3% | 8,366 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 4,742 | 4.2% |
9-12 Years | 9,397 | 8.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 33,604 | 30.0% |
Some College | 36,561 | 32.6% |
Bach. Degree | 19,436 | 17.3% |
Grad Degree | 8,366 | 7.5% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 71,497 | 68,501 | 2,996 | 4.2% | 4.1% |
1991 | 72,643 | 67,648 | 4,995 | 6.9% | 5.9% |
1992 | 73,930 | 69,305 | 4,625 | 6.3% | 6.3% |
1993 | 73,122 | 70,039 | 3,083 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
1994 | 74,017 | 71,361 | 2,656 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
1995 | 75,033 | 71,823 | 3,210 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
1996 | 76,472 | 73,397 | 3,075 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
1997 | 76,537 | 73,977 | 2,560 | 3.3% | 3.8% |
1998 | 75,750 | 73,693 | 2,057 | 2.7% | 3.5% |
1999 | 76,556 | 75,005 | 1,551 | 2.0% | 3.3% |
2000 | 80,294 | 78,070 | 2,224 | 2.8% | 3.7% |
2001 | 80,861 | 75,684 | 5,177 | 6.4% | 5.6% |
2002 | 79,288 | 72,376 | 6,912 | 8.7% | 6.9% |
2003 | 78,348 | 71,872 | 6,476 | 8.3% | 6.7% |
2004 | 77,874 | 72,472 | 5,402 | 6.9% | 5.9% |
2005 | 77,477 | 72,357 | 5,120 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
2006 | 77,706 | 73,235 | 4,471 | 5.8% | 5.1% |
2007 | 76,726 | 72,163 | 4,563 | 5.9% | 5.1% |
2008 | 77,036 | 71,548 | 5,488 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
2009 | 77,896 | 66,567 | 11,329 | 14.5% | 11.0% |
2010 | 78,163 | 68,058 | 10,105 | 12.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 77,222 | 68,220 | 9,002 | 11.7% | 10.3% |
2012 | 77,247 | 69,223 | 8,024 | 10.4% | 9.5% |
2013 | 76,133 | 69,845 | 6,288 | 8.3% | 7.8% |
2014 | 74,659 | 70,051 | 4,608 | 6.2% | 6.1% |
2015 | 75,074 | 70,986 | 4,088 | 5.4% | 5.7% |
2016 | 76,648 | 73,016 | 3,632 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2017 | 78,531 | 75,261 | 3,270 | 4.2% | 4.5% |
2018 | 78,679 | 75,845 | 2,834 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
2019 | 79,385 | 76,615 | 2,770 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2020 | 77,852 | 71,632 | 6,220 | 8.0% | 7.3% |
2021 | 76,846 | 73,221 | 3,625 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2022 | 79,678 | 76,941 | 2,737 | 3.4% | 3.7% |
2023 | 79,367 | 76,755 | 2,612 | 3.3% | 3.5% |