2022 population: 383,101
( 113,810 from 2010
, 32,073 from 2020)
Land area: 1133.3 square miles
Population density: 338.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 297,597 | 77.68% | 43.0% |
Black: | 45,441 | 11.86% | 27.1% |
Indian: | 1,487 | 0.39% | 38.3% |
Asian: | 5,911 | 1.54% | 96.6% |
2+ races: | 7,773 | 2.03% | 81.5% |
Hispanic: | 24,892 | 6.50% | 49.2% |
Total non-White: | 85,504 | 22.32% | 39.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 7,116 | 10.1 |
Deaths: | 11,386 | 16.2 |
Net Migration: | 35,532 | 50.6 |
Net Immigration: | 943 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | 89,501 | 33.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 24,309 | 9.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 206,764 | |
Median Value | $235,000 | |
Occupied | 142,383 | 68.9% |
Vacant | 64,381 | 31.1% |
Owned | 107,070 | 75.2% |
Rented | 35,313 | 24.8% |
Median Rent | $1,128 | |
Single-Family Units | 114,399 | 55.3% |
Detached | 105,667 | 51.1% |
Attached | 8,732 | 4.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 55,801 | 27.0% |
Mobile Homes | 27,609 | 13.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 7,395 | 5.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,210 | 3.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 4,984 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 6,638 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 7,210 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,154 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,101 | 5.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 6,416 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,858 | 4.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 12,361 | 8.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 16,080 | 11.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 19,438 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 12,487 | 8.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 7,963 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,598 | 5.3% |
$200,000 or more | 7,490 | 5.3% |
Median Household Income | 59,880 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,147 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 7,338 | 5.2% |
Public Assistance | 1,415 | 1.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 11,892 | 8.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 132,354 | 66.6% |
Unemployed | 8,088 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 116 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 140,558 | 70.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 58,078 | 29.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 57,431 | 52,450 | 52.3% |
Non-Profit | 2,061 | 4,715 | 30.4% |
Self-Employed | 12,361 | 7,402 | 62.5% |
Local Government | 3,867 | 5,411 | 41.7% |
State Government | 2,266 | 4,787 | 32.1% |
Federal Government | 1,095 | 683 | 61.6% |
Total Private + Self | 69,792 | 59,852 | 53.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,289 | 15,596 | 37.3% |
Total | 79,081 | 75,448 | 51.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 21,085 | 13.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 39,099 | 25.3% |
Professional, Technical | 27,849 | 18.0% |
Service Occupations | 35,714 | 23.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 238 | 0.2% |
All others | 30,981 | 20.0% |
White Collar | 56.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Accommodation and food services | 23,319 | 15.1% |
Retail trade | 22,762 | 14.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 17,331 | 11.2% |
Construction | 14,389 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 11,906 | 7.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 8,957 | 5.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 8,053 | 5.2% |
Other services | 8,011 | 5.2% |
Manufacturing | 6,488 | 4.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,720 | 3.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,570 | 3.6% |
Finance and insurance | 5,401 | 3.5% |
Public administration | 4,735 | 3.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,599 | 3.0% |
Wholesale trade | 2,700 | 1.7% |
Information | 2,388 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 1,714 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 479 | 0.3% |
Management | 168 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 38 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 11,779 | 3.30% |
Puerto Rican | 2,130 | 0.60% |
Cuban | 446 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 494 | 0.14% |
Total Central American | 2,971 | 0.83% |
Costa Rican | 321 | 0.09% |
Guatemalan | 1,205 | 0.34% |
Honduran | 1,010 | 0.28% |
Nicaraguan | 33 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 131 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 271 | 0.08% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,509 | 0.42% |
Argentinean | 49 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 6 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 114 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 598 | 0.17% |
Ecuadorian | 500 | 0.14% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 49 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 193 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,021 | 0.85% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 1,359 | 0.38% |
Filipino | 693 | 0.19% |
Indian | 690 | 0.19% |
Chinese | 684 | 0.19% |
Korean | 242 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 200 | 0.06% |
Thai | 56 | 0.02% |
Taiwanese | 16 | 0.00% |
Indonesian | 13 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 314,297 | 92.1% |
Spanish | 16,829 | 4.9% |
Other Indo-European | 2,763 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,723 | 0.5% |
Other | 1,041 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 884 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 871 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 688 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 665 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 48,126 | 13.5% |
German | 42,186 | 11.8% |
Irish | 41,740 | 11.7% |
American | 31,880 | 8.9% |
Italian | 25,074 | 7.0% |
European | 17,894 | 5.0% |
Polish | 9,327 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 6,920 | 1.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 6,593 | 1.8% |
French | 6,466 | 1.8% |
Dutch | 2,762 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 2,161 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 2,001 | 0.6% |
Russian | 1,944 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 1,791 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 344,402 | 96.6% |
Not a citizen | 12,176 | 3.4% |
Native | 333,571 | 93.5% |
Foreign-born | 23,007 | 6.5% |
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 | ||||||
6,858 | 2.6% | 15,598 | 5.9% | 86,619 | 32.5% | 89,875 | 33.7% | 43,751 | 16.4% | 23,840 | 8.9% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,858 | 2.6% |
9-12 Years | 15,598 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 86,619 | 32.5% |
Some College | 89,875 | 33.7% |
Bach. Degree | 43,751 | 16.4% |
Grad Degree | 23,840 | 8.9% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 74,278 | 69,537 | 4,741 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
1991 | 77,385 | 71,802 | 5,583 | 7.2% | 6.1% |
1992 | 81,384 | 74,830 | 6,554 | 8.1% | 6.7% |
1993 | 83,000 | 75,417 | 7,583 | 9.1% | 7.3% |
1994 | 85,914 | 79,848 | 6,066 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
1995 | 91,309 | 86,667 | 4,642 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
1996 | 94,870 | 89,937 | 4,933 | 5.2% | 5.7% |
1997 | 98,595 | 94,083 | 4,512 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
1998 | 101,203 | 97,528 | 3,675 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
1999 | 104,033 | 100,242 | 3,791 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2000 | 105,227 | 101,372 | 3,855 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2001 | 102,794 | 97,649 | 5,145 | 5.0% | 5.3% |
2002 | 106,122 | 100,179 | 5,943 | 5.6% | 6.4% |
2003 | 112,116 | 105,267 | 6,849 | 6.1% | 7.2% |
2004 | 116,848 | 109,303 | 7,545 | 6.5% | 7.4% |
2005 | 121,398 | 113,804 | 7,594 | 6.3% | 7.3% |
2006 | 130,536 | 122,844 | 7,692 | 5.9% | 6.9% |
2007 | 132,002 | 124,896 | 7,106 | 5.4% | 6.1% |
2008 | 131,823 | 121,866 | 9,957 | 7.6% | 7.3% |
2009 | 131,142 | 115,587 | 15,555 | 11.9% | 11.4% |
2010 | 132,121 | 115,661 | 16,460 | 12.5% | 11.3% |
2011 | 132,897 | 117,260 | 15,637 | 11.8% | 10.4% |
2012 | 132,855 | 119,373 | 13,482 | 10.1% | 9.0% |
2013 | 133,217 | 122,022 | 11,195 | 8.4% | 7.4% |
2014 | 134,144 | 124,494 | 9,650 | 7.2% | 6.3% |
2015 | 137,237 | 127,562 | 9,675 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
2016 | 139,740 | 131,738 | 8,002 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 142,854 | 135,804 | 7,050 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
2018 | 144,473 | 138,357 | 6,116 | 4.2% | 3.4% |
2019 | 147,445 | 142,249 | 5,196 | 3.5% | 2.8% |
2020 | 147,697 | 134,956 | 12,741 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
2021 | 147,228 | 139,869 | 7,359 | 5.0% | 3.9% |
2022 | 150,593 | 144,734 | 5,859 | 3.9% | 3.2% |
2023 | 158,224 | 152,818 | 5,406 | 3.4% | 3.0% |