2022 population: 281,278
( 66,932 from 2010
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14,653 from 2020)
Land area: 421.1 square miles
Population density: 668.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 214,363 | 76.21% | ![]() |
Black: | 21,382 | 7.60% | ![]() |
Indian: | 591 | 0.21% | ![]() |
Asian: | 7,106 | 2.53% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,485 | 1.95% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 32,351 | 11.50% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 66,915 | 23.79% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,322 | 11.9 |
Deaths: | 4,775 | 9.0 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 12,589 | 23.6 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 593 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | 40,120 | 18.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 26,812 | 12.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 101,159 | |
Median Value | $358,400 | |
Occupied | 97,023 | 95.9% |
Vacant | 4,136 | 4.1% |
Owned | 75,148 | 77.5% |
Rented | 21,875 | 22.5% |
Median Rent | $1,580 | |
Single-Family Units | 86,781 | 85.8% |
Detached | 81,623 | 80.7% |
Attached | 5,158 | 5.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 10,071 | 10.0% |
Mobile Homes | 2,950 | 2.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,831 | 2.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,806 | 1.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,126 | 2.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,147 | 2.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,540 | 2.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,772 | 2.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,380 | 2.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,304 | 2.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,790 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,151 | 5.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,898 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 12,277 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 11,978 | 12.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 9,363 | 9.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 13,443 | 13.9% |
$200,000 or more | 14,217 | 14.7% |
Median Household Income | 100,824 | |
Per Capita Income | 45,334 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 116 | |
Compared to U.S. | 111 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,579 | 2.7% |
Public Assistance | 1,135 | 1.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 4,056 | 4.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 117,317 | 76.8% |
Unemployed | 4,541 | 3.0% |
In Armed Forces | 189 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 122,047 | 79.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 30,751 | 20.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 57,635 | 43,427 | 57.0% |
Non-Profit | 2,919 | 4,989 | 36.9% |
Self-Employed | 9,553 | 7,082 | 57.4% |
Local Government | 4,220 | 7,042 | 37.5% |
State Government | 612 | 1,404 | 30.4% |
Federal Government | 1,368 | 820 | 62.5% |
Total Private + Self | 67,188 | 50,509 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,119 | 14,255 | 39.0% |
Total | 76,307 | 64,764 | 54.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 30,707 | 21.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 32,796 | 23.2% |
Professional, Technical | 31,611 | 22.4% |
Service Occupations | 20,485 | 14.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 326 | 0.2% |
All others | 25,592 | 18.1% |
White Collar | 67.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 17,223 | 12.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 14,508 | 10.3% |
Construction | 13,547 | 9.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 13,426 | 9.5% |
Educational services | 11,571 | 8.2% |
Manufacturing | 11,393 | 8.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 8,613 | 6.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 8,368 | 5.9% |
Finance and insurance | 7,702 | 5.5% |
Other services | 6,476 | 4.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 5,735 | 4.1% |
Public administration | 4,978 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 4,796 | 3.4% |
Information | 4,117 | 2.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,752 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,927 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 1,227 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 473 | 0.3% |
Management | 196 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 163 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 13,470 | 5.02% |
Puerto Rican | 2,901 | 1.08% |
Cuban | 1,140 | 0.42% |
Dominican | 363 | 0.14% |
Total Central American | 6,320 | 2.35% |
Costa Rican | 334 | 0.12% |
Guatemalan | 4,863 | 1.81% |
Honduran | 396 | 0.15% |
Nicaraguan | 10 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 119 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 589 | 0.22% |
Other Central American | 9 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,896 | 1.45% |
Argentinean | 91 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 204 | 0.08% |
Colombian | 1,720 | 0.64% |
Ecuadorian | 367 | 0.14% |
Paraguayan | 15 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 283 | 0.11% |
Uruguayan | 170 | 0.06% |
Venezuelan | 1,046 | 0.39% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,860 | 0.69% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 2,027 | 0.75% |
Filipino | 673 | 0.25% |
Chinese | 661 | 0.25% |
Korean | 597 | 0.22% |
Japanese | 338 | 0.13% |
Vietnamese | 294 | 0.11% |
Cambodian | 243 | 0.09% |
Indonesian | 80 | 0.03% |
Taiwanese | 69 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 221,677 | 87.4% |
Spanish | 20,636 | 8.1% |
Other Indo-European | 3,156 | 1.2% |
Other | 2,055 | 0.8% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,420 | 0.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,208 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 1,005 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 972 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 515 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 38,200 | 14.2% |
Irish | 33,580 | 12.5% |
German | 33,121 | 12.3% |
American | 20,989 | 7.8% |
Italian | 11,796 | 4.4% |
Scottish | 7,447 | 2.8% |
European | 6,145 | 2.3% |
French | 6,141 | 2.3% |
Polish | 5,190 | 1.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,665 | 1.4% |
British | 2,601 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 2,189 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 2,135 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 1,946 | 0.7% |
Norwegian | 1,852 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 254,009 | 94.6% |
Not a citizen | 14,558 | 5.4% |
Native | 242,373 | 90.2% |
Foreign-born | 26,194 | 9.8% |
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 | ||||||
6,242 | 3.4% | 8,104 | 4.4% | 41,368 | 22.6% | 55,198 | 30.1% | 50,928 | 27.8% | 21,482 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,242 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 8,104 | 4.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 41,368 | 22.6% |
Some College | 55,198 | 30.1% |
Bach. Degree | 50,928 | 27.8% |
Grad Degree | 21,482 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 51,104 | 49,017 | 2,087 | 4.1% | 5.4% |
1991 | 53,127 | 51,067 | 2,060 | 3.9% | 5.3% |
1992 | 56,297 | 53,505 | 2,792 | 5.0% | 6.6% |
1993 | 57,270 | 54,946 | 2,324 | 4.1% | 5.7% |
1994 | 60,868 | 58,858 | 2,010 | 3.3% | 5.1% |
1995 | 64,368 | 62,176 | 2,192 | 3.4% | 4.8% |
1996 | 68,559 | 66,750 | 1,809 | 2.6% | 4.6% |
1997 | 72,649 | 70,944 | 1,705 | 2.3% | 4.5% |
1998 | 77,779 | 76,058 | 1,721 | 2.2% | 4.2% |
1999 | 82,115 | 80,530 | 1,585 | 1.9% | 3.8% |
2000 | 82,374 | 80,258 | 2,116 | 2.6% | 3.5% |
2001 | 85,646 | 83,163 | 2,483 | 2.9% | 4.1% |
2002 | 88,906 | 85,044 | 3,862 | 4.3% | 5.3% |
2003 | 91,542 | 87,549 | 3,993 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2004 | 94,466 | 90,551 | 3,915 | 4.1% | 5.1% |
2005 | 99,913 | 95,459 | 4,454 | 4.5% | 5.7% |
2006 | 104,467 | 100,312 | 4,155 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2007 | 109,496 | 105,188 | 4,308 | 3.9% | 4.9% |
2008 | 111,944 | 105,550 | 6,394 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
2009 | 110,278 | 100,023 | 10,255 | 9.3% | 10.4% |
2010 | 112,852 | 102,814 | 10,038 | 8.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 113,630 | 104,432 | 9,198 | 8.1% | 10.1% |
2012 | 114,682 | 106,681 | 8,001 | 7.0% | 9.0% |
2013 | 115,546 | 108,491 | 7,055 | 6.1% | 8.1% |
2014 | 117,819 | 111,330 | 6,489 | 5.5% | 7.1% |
2015 | 118,953 | 113,293 | 5,660 | 4.8% | 6.1% |
2016 | 125,883 | 120,452 | 5,431 | 4.3% | 5.4% |
2017 | 132,261 | 127,259 | 5,002 | 3.8% | 4.8% |
2018 | 135,162 | 130,875 | 4,287 | 3.2% | 4.0% |
2019 | 137,310 | 133,427 | 3,883 | 2.8% | 3.5% |
2020 | 133,045 | 126,581 | 6,464 | 4.9% | 6.5% |
2021 | 139,672 | 136,005 | 3,667 | 2.6% | 3.9% |
2022 | 142,815 | 139,453 | 3,362 | 2.4% | 3.0% |
2023 | 144,992 | 141,264 | 3,728 | 2.6% | 3.2% |