2022 population: 301,107
( 35,979 from 2010
, 5,827 from 2020)
Land area: 433.1 square miles
Population density: 695.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 141,862 | 47.11% | 6.3% |
Black: | 121,157 | 40.24% | 15.1% |
Indian: | 673 | 0.22% | 14.7% |
Asian: | 9,775 | 3.25% | 51.5% |
2+ races: | 6,495 | 2.16% | 45.1% |
Hispanic: | 21,145 | 7.02% | 47.1% |
Total non-White: | 159,245 | 52.89% | 21.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 7,950 | 13.5 |
Deaths: | 6,926 | 11.7 |
Net Migration: | 3,424 | 5.8 |
Net Immigration: | 936 | 1.6 |
Change in White population: | 8,370 | 3.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 27,609 | 10.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 134,190 | |
Median Value | $256,400 | |
Occupied | 117,383 | 87.5% |
Vacant | 16,807 | 12.5% |
Owned | 66,733 | 56.9% |
Rented | 50,650 | 43.1% |
Median Rent | $1,284 | |
Single-Family Units | 89,948 | 67.0% |
Detached | 83,956 | 62.6% |
Attached | 5,992 | 4.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 25,244 | 18.8% |
Mobile Homes | 4,581 | 3.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,795 | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,315 | 3.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,791 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,728 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 6,026 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,279 | 3.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 5,212 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,538 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,752 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 9,328 | 7.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 11,675 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 14,949 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 11,377 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 8,157 | 6.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,491 | 7.2% |
$200,000 or more | 8,970 | 7.6% |
Median Household Income | 66,171 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,637 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 93 | |
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,979 | 5.1% |
Public Assistance | 1,573 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 14,484 | 12.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 124,815 | 69.5% |
Unemployed | 8,506 | 4.7% |
In Armed Forces | 3,232 | 1.8% |
Total Labor Force | 136,553 | 76.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 43,090 | 24.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 48,512 | 46,997 | 50.8% |
Non-Profit | 3,934 | 7,061 | 35.8% |
Self-Employed | 8,839 | 6,278 | 58.5% |
Local Government | 4,455 | 6,673 | 40.0% |
State Government | 2,333 | 3,803 | 38.0% |
Federal Government | 1,636 | 1,753 | 48.3% |
Total Private + Self | 57,351 | 53,275 | 51.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 12,358 | 19,290 | 39.0% |
Total | 69,709 | 72,565 | 49.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 21,482 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 29,843 | 20.9% |
Professional, Technical | 33,089 | 23.2% |
Service Occupations | 27,741 | 19.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 461 | 0.3% |
All others | 30,472 | 21.4% |
White Collar | 59.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 19,487 | 13.7% |
Retail trade | 17,546 | 12.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,496 | 10.9% |
Educational services | 13,395 | 9.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 11,668 | 8.2% |
Manufacturing | 10,977 | 7.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 9,864 | 6.9% |
Construction | 8,032 | 5.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,637 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 6,458 | 4.5% |
Other services | 5,632 | 3.9% |
Finance and insurance | 4,287 | 3.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,409 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 3,007 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,963 | 2.1% |
Information | 2,280 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 692 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 480 | 0.3% |
Management | 267 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 50 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,599 | 2.56% |
Puerto Rican | 5,141 | 1.74% |
Cuban | 1,380 | 0.47% |
Dominican | 389 | 0.13% |
Total Central American | 2,791 | 0.94% |
Costa Rican | 22 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 789 | 0.27% |
Honduran | 1,215 | 0.41% |
Nicaraguan | 155 | 0.05% |
Panamanian | 405 | 0.14% |
Salvadoran | 205 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,127 | 0.38% |
Argentinean | 223 | 0.08% |
Bolivian | 22 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 23 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 413 | 0.14% |
Ecuadorian | 69 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 97 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 7 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 250 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 23 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 1,671 | 0.56% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 2,095 | 0.71% |
Vietnamese | 1,898 | 0.64% |
Indian | 1,497 | 0.51% |
Filipino | 1,134 | 0.38% |
Korean | 700 | 0.24% |
Laotian | 268 | 0.09% |
Thai | 261 | 0.09% |
Burmese | 146 | 0.05% |
Japanese | 90 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 249,805 | 89.6% |
Spanish | 15,585 | 5.6% |
Other Indo-European | 2,610 | 0.9% |
Chinese | 1,986 | 0.7% |
Vietnamese | 1,831 | 0.7% |
German, other Germanic | 1,669 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 1,346 | 0.5% |
Other | 1,079 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,065 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 27,754 | 9.4% |
English | 26,122 | 8.8% |
German | 24,177 | 8.2% |
American | 13,779 | 4.7% |
Italian | 9,062 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 6,178 | 2.1% |
French | 4,431 | 1.5% |
Polish | 3,873 | 1.3% |
European | 3,367 | 1.1% |
African | 3,236 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,808 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 1,767 | 0.6% |
British | 1,666 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 1,554 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 1,550 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 285,381 | 96.3% |
Not a citizen | 10,885 | 3.7% |
Native | 274,430 | 92.6% |
Foreign-born | 21,836 | 7.4% |
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 | ||||||
5,188 | 2.6% | 12,170 | 6.0% | 50,388 | 24.9% | 61,650 | 30.5% | 43,032 | 21.3% | 29,981 | 14.8% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,188 | 2.6% |
9-12 Years | 12,170 | 6.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 50,388 | 24.9% |
Some College | 61,650 | 30.5% |
Bach. Degree | 43,032 | 21.3% |
Grad Degree | 29,981 | 14.8% |
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 | 100,397 | 95,812 | 4,585 | 4.6% | 5.4% |
1991 | 100,732 | 96,153 | 4,579 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
1992 | 104,322 | 97,667 | 6,655 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
1993 | 103,476 | 97,320 | 6,156 | 5.9% | 5.7% |
1994 | 103,861 | 97,982 | 5,879 | 5.7% | 5.1% |
1995 | 104,018 | 98,484 | 5,534 | 5.3% | 4.8% |
1996 | 104,794 | 99,438 | 5,356 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
1997 | 107,391 | 101,897 | 5,494 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
1998 | 107,798 | 102,736 | 5,062 | 4.7% | 4.2% |
1999 | 107,620 | 103,066 | 4,554 | 4.2% | 3.8% |
2000 | 111,047 | 107,100 | 3,947 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
2001 | 111,464 | 107,406 | 4,058 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2002 | 115,213 | 109,960 | 5,253 | 4.6% | 5.3% |
2003 | 116,658 | 111,300 | 5,358 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
2004 | 121,735 | 116,194 | 5,541 | 4.6% | 5.1% |
2005 | 124,826 | 118,711 | 6,115 | 4.9% | 5.7% |
2006 | 127,963 | 122,335 | 5,628 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2007 | 133,454 | 127,715 | 5,739 | 4.3% | 4.9% |
2008 | 134,094 | 125,887 | 8,207 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
2009 | 131,201 | 119,302 | 11,899 | 9.1% | 10.4% |
2010 | 127,700 | 114,919 | 12,781 | 10.0% | 10.7% |
2011 | 129,417 | 116,527 | 12,890 | 10.0% | 10.1% |
2012 | 131,535 | 119,558 | 11,977 | 9.1% | 9.0% |
2013 | 131,196 | 120,414 | 10,782 | 8.2% | 8.1% |
2014 | 131,529 | 121,872 | 9,657 | 7.3% | 7.1% |
2015 | 131,745 | 123,904 | 7,841 | 6.0% | 6.1% |
2016 | 136,088 | 128,852 | 7,236 | 5.3% | 5.4% |
2017 | 140,135 | 133,776 | 6,359 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
2018 | 140,342 | 135,020 | 5,322 | 3.8% | 4.0% |
2019 | 141,198 | 136,432 | 4,766 | 3.4% | 3.5% |
2020 | 140,631 | 129,918 | 10,713 | 7.6% | 6.5% |
2021 | 143,440 | 137,279 | 6,161 | 4.3% | 3.9% |
2022 | 144,226 | 139,858 | 4,368 | 3.0% | 3.0% |
2023 | 146,009 | 141,723 | 4,286 | 2.9% | 3.2% |