2022 population: 242,014
( 47,163 from 2010
, 8,166 from 2020)
Land area: 586.1 square miles
Population density: 412.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 132,597 | 54.79% | 15.0% |
Black: | 25,913 | 10.71% | 24.4% |
Indian: | 717 | 0.30% | 48.1% |
Asian: | 14,016 | 5.79% | 39.3% |
2+ races: | 3,962 | 1.64% | 54.0% |
Hispanic: | 64,809 | 26.78% | 42.7% |
Total non-White: | 109,417 | 45.21% | 37.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 6,027 | 12.9 |
Deaths: | 3,155 | 6.7 |
Net Migration: | 3,697 | 7.9 |
Net Immigration: | 1,426 | 3.0 |
Change in White population: | 17,345 | 8.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 29,818 | 15.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 97,310 | |
Median Value | $260,800 | |
Occupied | 86,289 | 88.7% |
Vacant | 11,021 | 11.3% |
Owned | 40,400 | 46.8% |
Rented | 45,889 | 53.2% |
Median Rent | $1,120 | |
Single-Family Units | 53,486 | 55.0% |
Detached | 49,107 | 50.5% |
Attached | 4,379 | 4.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 24,807 | 25.5% |
Mobile Homes | 5,654 | 5.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,303 | 10.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,374 | 5.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,146 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,260 | 4.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,790 | 5.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,543 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,935 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,965 | 3.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,447 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 6,124 | 7.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 7,415 | 8.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 9,714 | 11.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 6,643 | 7.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,956 | 5.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5,782 | 6.7% |
$200,000 or more | 6,892 | 8.0% |
Median Household Income | 57,562 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,499 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,820 | 3.3% |
Public Assistance | 1,578 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 7,993 | 9.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 81,520 | 63.8% |
Unemployed | 4,065 | 3.2% |
In Armed Forces | 265 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 85,850 | 67.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 41,855 | 32.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 36.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 37,855 | 31,091 | 54.9% |
Non-Profit | 3,339 | 4,191 | 44.3% |
Self-Employed | 5,454 | 3,964 | 57.9% |
Local Government | 2,935 | 4,227 | 41.0% |
State Government | 9,678 | 9,606 | 50.2% |
Federal Government | 972 | 606 | 61.6% |
Total Private + Self | 43,309 | 35,055 | 55.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,924 | 18,630 | 47.6% |
Total | 60,233 | 53,685 | 52.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 24.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 14,933 | 13.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 23,748 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 36,020 | 31.5% |
Service Occupations | 19,541 | 17.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 537 | 0.5% |
All others | 20,014 | 17.5% |
White Collar | 65.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 26,186 | 22.9% |
Retail trade | 13,177 | 11.5% |
Health care and social assistance | 11,730 | 10.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 11,009 | 9.6% |
Construction | 7,949 | 7.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 7,286 | 6.4% |
Manufacturing | 6,485 | 5.7% |
Other services | 4,810 | 4.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,086 | 3.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,693 | 3.2% |
Public administration | 3,013 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,914 | 2.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,677 | 2.3% |
Finance and insurance | 2,675 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 1,970 | 1.7% |
Information | 1,528 | 1.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,067 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 1,006 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 889 | 0.8% |
Management | 106 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 51,556 | 21.98% |
Puerto Rican | 1,047 | 0.45% |
Cuban | 1,061 | 0.45% |
Dominican | 121 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 2,054 | 0.88% |
Costa Rican | 249 | 0.11% |
Guatemalan | 831 | 0.35% |
Honduran | 364 | 0.16% |
Nicaraguan | 34 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 113 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 463 | 0.20% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,000 | 1.28% |
Argentinean | 272 | 0.12% |
Bolivian | 654 | 0.28% |
Chilean | 29 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 760 | 0.32% |
Ecuadorian | 69 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 213 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 279 | 0.12% |
Venezuelan | 724 | 0.31% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,856 | 1.22% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 3,794 | 1.62% |
Indian | 3,763 | 1.60% |
Korean | 1,567 | 0.67% |
Filipino | 904 | 0.39% |
Vietnamese | 770 | 0.33% |
Bangladeshi | 545 | 0.23% |
Taiwanese | 388 | 0.17% |
Japanese | 355 | 0.15% |
Indonesian | 317 | 0.14% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 169,042 | 76.3% |
Spanish | 35,976 | 16.2% |
Other Indo-European | 3,882 | 1.8% |
Chinese | 3,578 | 1.6% |
Other Asian | 2,598 | 1.2% |
Korean | 1,531 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 1,132 | 0.5% |
Other | 859 | 0.4% |
Vietnamese | 731 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 31,968 | 13.6% |
English | 20,169 | 8.6% |
Irish | 17,732 | 7.6% |
American | 7,645 | 3.3% |
Italian | 6,502 | 2.8% |
French | 5,678 | 2.4% |
European | 4,496 | 1.9% |
Polish | 4,362 | 1.9% |
Czech | 4,196 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 3,901 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,995 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 1,821 | 0.8% |
British | 1,576 | 0.7% |
Norwegian | 1,512 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 1,410 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 215,728 | 92.0% |
Not a citizen | 18,820 | 8.0% |
Native | 205,864 | 87.8% |
Foreign-born | 28,684 | 12.2% |
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 | ||||||
6,259 | 5.1% | 6,942 | 5.6% | 25,985 | 21.1% | 30,744 | 25.0% | 28,990 | 23.5% | 24,201 | 19.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,259 | 5.1% |
9-12 Years | 6,942 | 5.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 25,985 | 21.1% |
Some College | 30,744 | 25.0% |
Bach. Degree | 28,990 | 23.5% |
Grad Degree | 24,201 | 19.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 61,528 | 58,220 | 3,308 | 5.4% | 6.4% |
1991 | 62,300 | 60,132 | 2,168 | 3.5% | 7.0% |
1992 | 64,157 | 62,282 | 1,875 | 2.9% | 7.7% |
1993 | 66,516 | 64,729 | 1,787 | 2.7% | 7.2% |
1994 | 68,580 | 66,716 | 1,864 | 2.7% | 6.6% |
1995 | 68,875 | 66,768 | 2,107 | 3.1% | 6.1% |
1996 | 69,276 | 67,526 | 1,750 | 2.5% | 5.8% |
1997 | 70,966 | 69,445 | 1,521 | 2.1% | 5.4% |
1998 | 73,843 | 72,548 | 1,295 | 1.8% | 5.0% |
1999 | 75,791 | 74,439 | 1,352 | 1.8% | 4.7% |
2000 | 78,807 | 75,859 | 2,948 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
2001 | 79,924 | 76,894 | 3,030 | 3.8% | 5.0% |
2002 | 82,494 | 78,917 | 3,577 | 4.3% | 6.3% |
2003 | 84,824 | 80,749 | 4,075 | 4.8% | 6.7% |
2004 | 85,888 | 82,152 | 3,736 | 4.3% | 6.0% |
2005 | 87,056 | 83,346 | 3,710 | 4.3% | 5.5% |
2006 | 86,922 | 83,366 | 3,556 | 4.1% | 5.0% |
2007 | 88,163 | 84,933 | 3,230 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
2008 | 91,793 | 88,213 | 3,580 | 3.9% | 4.9% |
2009 | 96,932 | 91,652 | 5,280 | 5.4% | 7.5% |
2010 | 100,145 | 93,813 | 6,332 | 6.3% | 8.2% |
2011 | 99,668 | 93,461 | 6,207 | 6.2% | 8.0% |
2012 | 99,598 | 94,375 | 5,223 | 5.2% | 6.7% |
2013 | 102,594 | 97,521 | 5,073 | 4.9% | 6.3% |
2014 | 104,180 | 99,973 | 4,207 | 4.0% | 5.2% |
2015 | 108,638 | 105,010 | 3,628 | 3.3% | 4.5% |
2016 | 111,338 | 107,481 | 3,857 | 3.5% | 4.6% |
2017 | 113,012 | 109,505 | 3,507 | 3.1% | 4.3% |
2018 | 116,443 | 113,099 | 3,344 | 2.9% | 3.9% |
2019 | 118,714 | 115,510 | 3,204 | 2.7% | 3.5% |
2020 | 116,599 | 110,366 | 6,233 | 5.3% | 7.6% |
2021 | 123,982 | 118,912 | 5,070 | 4.1% | 5.6% |
2022 | 128,477 | 124,512 | 3,965 | 3.1% | 3.9% |
2023 | 132,605 | 128,488 | 4,117 | 3.1% | 3.9% |