2022 population: 443,341
( 44,789 from 2010
, 3,457 from 2020)
Land area: 562.5 square miles
Population density: 788.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 331,059 | 74.67% | 0.9% |
Black: | 37,548 | 8.47% | 105.9% |
Indian: | 1,580 | 0.36% | 18.0% |
Asian: | 25,136 | 5.67% | 43.2% |
2+ races: | 12,509 | 2.82% | 41.3% |
Hispanic: | 35,509 | 8.01% | 48.2% |
Total non-White: | 112,282 | 25.33% | 59.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 11,181 | 12.7 |
Deaths: | 7,278 | 8.3 |
Net Migration: | -2,128 | -2.4 |
Net Immigration: | 1,305 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | 3,097 | 0.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 41,692 | 10.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 174,164 | |
Median Value | $341,200 | |
Occupied | 169,404 | 97.3% |
Vacant | 4,760 | 2.7% |
Owned | 128,582 | 75.9% |
Rented | 40,822 | 24.1% |
Median Rent | $1,410 | |
Single-Family Units | 132,568 | 76.1% |
Detached | 101,937 | 58.5% |
Attached | 30,631 | 17.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 33,406 | 19.2% |
Mobile Homes | 3,156 | 1.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 4,413 | 2.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,452 | 1.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,885 | 1.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,324 | 2.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,029 | 2.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,342 | 2.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,001 | 2.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 5,644 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,850 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 9,705 | 5.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 14,499 | 8.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 22,228 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 20,179 | 11.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 17,209 | 10.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 22,777 | 13.4% |
$200,000 or more | 25,867 | 15.3% |
Median Household Income | 101,360 | |
Per Capita Income | 48,894 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 108 | |
Compared to U.S. | 114 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 6,179 | 3.6% |
Public Assistance | 4,714 | 2.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 9,822 | 5.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 210,730 | 81.6% |
Unemployed | 7,522 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 407 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 218,659 | 84.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 39,717 | 15.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 18.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 92,978 | 74,209 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 7,734 | 16,061 | 32.5% |
Self-Employed | 10,813 | 7,068 | 60.5% |
Local Government | 6,402 | 11,225 | 36.3% |
State Government | 3,749 | 3,885 | 49.1% |
Federal Government | 2,782 | 2,345 | 54.3% |
Total Private + Self | 103,791 | 81,277 | 56.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 20,667 | 33,516 | 38.1% |
Total | 124,458 | 114,793 | 52.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 50,097 | 20.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 49,593 | 20.7% |
Professional, Technical | 61,883 | 25.8% |
Service Occupations | 33,529 | 14.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 418 | 0.2% |
All others | 44,340 | 18.5% |
White Collar | 67.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 34,501 | 14.4% |
Retail trade | 27,071 | 11.3% |
Manufacturing | 25,579 | 10.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 20,777 | 8.7% |
Finance and insurance | 19,646 | 8.2% |
Educational services | 18,955 | 7.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 14,088 | 5.9% |
Construction | 13,250 | 5.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 13,104 | 5.5% |
Public administration | 10,217 | 4.3% |
Other services | 9,635 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 8,510 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 7,203 | 3.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,712 | 2.0% |
Information | 4,708 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,959 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 1,482 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,422 | 0.6% |
Management | 531 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 92 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 22,113 | 5.04% |
Puerto Rican | 2,018 | 0.46% |
Cuban | 850 | 0.19% |
Dominican | 977 | 0.22% |
Total Central American | 3,680 | 0.84% |
Costa Rican | 34 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 583 | 0.13% |
Honduran | 615 | 0.14% |
Nicaraguan | 315 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 94 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 2,039 | 0.46% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,249 | 0.51% |
Argentinean | 75 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 61 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 535 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 908 | 0.21% |
Paraguayan | 18 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 229 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 423 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,892 | 0.43% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 5,693 | 1.30% |
Vietnamese | 2,964 | 0.67% |
Filipino | 2,271 | 0.52% |
Cambodian | 1,844 | 0.42% |
Hmong | 1,832 | 0.42% |
Chinese | 1,796 | 0.41% |
Korean | 1,733 | 0.39% |
Laotian | 766 | 0.17% |
Japanese | 485 | 0.11% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 358,564 | 87.0% |
Spanish | 20,509 | 5.0% |
Other | 10,423 | 2.5% |
Other Asian | 6,849 | 1.7% |
Other Indo-European | 3,494 | 0.8% |
Vietnamese | 2,560 | 0.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,371 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,011 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 1,677 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 136,364 | 31.0% |
Irish | 52,927 | 12.1% |
Norwegian | 50,082 | 11.4% |
English | 33,374 | 7.6% |
Swedish | 26,898 | 6.1% |
Polish | 16,805 | 3.8% |
Italian | 12,706 | 2.9% |
European | 11,651 | 2.7% |
French | 11,501 | 2.6% |
American | 10,044 | 2.3% |
Scandinavian | 8,318 | 1.9% |
Czech | 7,158 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 6,455 | 1.5% |
Danish | 5,482 | 1.2% |
Somalian | 4,826 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 421,456 | 96.0% |
Not a citizen | 17,723 | 4.0% |
Native | 396,854 | 90.4% |
Foreign-born | 42,325 | 9.6% |
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 | ||||||
5,352 | 1.8% | 7,835 | 2.6% | 58,947 | 19.8% | 94,642 | 31.7% | 89,817 | 30.1% | 41,866 | 14.0% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,352 | 1.8% |
9-12 Years | 7,835 | 2.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 58,947 | 19.8% |
Some College | 94,642 | 31.7% |
Bach. Degree | 89,817 | 30.1% |
Grad Degree | 41,866 | 14.0% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 166,377 | 160,464 | 5,913 | 3.6% | 4.7% |
1991 | 171,379 | 164,249 | 7,130 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
1992 | 177,196 | 170,142 | 7,054 | 4.0% | 5.0% |
1993 | 182,765 | 176,303 | 6,462 | 3.5% | 4.8% |
1994 | 189,122 | 183,684 | 5,438 | 2.9% | 4.0% |
1995 | 195,761 | 190,884 | 4,877 | 2.5% | 3.7% |
1996 | 202,268 | 197,252 | 5,016 | 2.5% | 3.8% |
1997 | 206,892 | 202,827 | 4,065 | 2.0% | 3.2% |
1998 | 212,815 | 208,820 | 3,995 | 1.9% | 2.7% |
1999 | 217,262 | 213,389 | 3,873 | 1.8% | 2.7% |
2000 | 216,174 | 211,085 | 5,089 | 2.4% | 3.0% |
2001 | 219,736 | 212,973 | 6,763 | 3.1% | 3.8% |
2002 | 222,109 | 213,424 | 8,685 | 3.9% | 4.5% |
2003 | 225,083 | 215,667 | 9,416 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
2004 | 226,850 | 217,805 | 9,045 | 4.0% | 4.6% |
2005 | 228,016 | 219,730 | 8,286 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2006 | 229,098 | 220,909 | 8,189 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2007 | 229,164 | 219,810 | 9,354 | 4.1% | 4.6% |
2008 | 229,798 | 218,579 | 11,219 | 4.9% | 5.4% |
2009 | 228,603 | 211,839 | 16,764 | 7.3% | 7.9% |
2010 | 227,404 | 211,524 | 15,880 | 7.0% | 7.4% |
2011 | 228,418 | 214,573 | 13,845 | 6.1% | 6.5% |
2012 | 228,280 | 216,288 | 11,992 | 5.3% | 5.6% |
2013 | 229,949 | 219,363 | 10,586 | 4.6% | 5.0% |
2014 | 232,013 | 223,040 | 8,973 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
2015 | 232,810 | 224,956 | 7,854 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2016 | 234,941 | 226,978 | 7,963 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2017 | 237,561 | 230,388 | 7,173 | 3.0% | 3.4% |
2018 | 239,402 | 233,091 | 6,311 | 2.6% | 3.0% |
2019 | 242,934 | 236,094 | 6,840 | 2.8% | 3.2% |
2020 | 242,394 | 227,375 | 15,019 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
2021 | 237,397 | 229,043 | 8,354 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2022 | 241,932 | 236,152 | 5,780 | 2.4% | 2.7% |
2023 | 243,607 | 237,392 | 6,215 | 2.6% | 2.8% |