2022 population: 296,564
( 37,140 from 2010
, 1,044 from 2020)
Land area: 141.7 square miles
Population density: 2093.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 23,730 | 8.00% | 35.2% |
Black: | 211,145 | 71.20% | 24.9% |
Indian: | 444 | 0.15% | 21.0% |
Asian: | 14,997 | 5.06% | 15.9% |
2+ races: | 6,009 | 2.03% | 37.3% |
Hispanic: | 40,239 | 13.57% | 13.5% |
Total non-White: | 272,834 | 92.00% | 22.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 8,735 | 14.7 |
Deaths: | 5,674 | 9.5 |
Net Migration: | -5,247 | -8.8 |
Net Immigration: | 1,016 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | -12,880 | -5.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 50,020 | 19.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 113,826 | |
Median Value | $167,200 | |
Occupied | 104,820 | 92.1% |
Vacant | 9,006 | 7.9% |
Owned | 55,466 | 52.9% |
Rented | 49,354 | 47.1% |
Median Rent | $1,216 | |
Single-Family Units | 78,446 | 68.9% |
Detached | 73,798 | 64.8% |
Attached | 4,648 | 4.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 25,073 | 22.0% |
Mobile Homes | 3,004 | 2.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,685 | 6.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,952 | 3.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,902 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 5,009 | 4.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,438 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 5,678 | 5.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 5,034 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,542 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 5,558 | 5.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 10,241 | 9.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 11,494 | 11.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 14,660 | 14.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 9,220 | 8.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 5,661 | 5.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4,866 | 4.6% |
$200,000 or more | 2,880 | 2.7% |
Median Household Income | 56,207 | |
Per Capita Income | 25,549 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 99 | |
Compared to U.S. | 94 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 6,590 | 6.3% |
Public Assistance | 2,244 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 20,599 | 19.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 116,450 | 68.2% |
Unemployed | 8,890 | 5.2% |
In Armed Forces | 268 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 125,608 | 73.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 45,128 | 26.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 49,424 | 50,979 | 49.2% |
Non-Profit | 2,540 | 5,193 | 32.8% |
Self-Employed | 6,474 | 4,255 | 60.3% |
Local Government | 3,277 | 6,752 | 32.7% |
State Government | 1,570 | 3,049 | 34.0% |
Federal Government | 1,668 | 2,545 | 39.6% |
Total Private + Self | 55,898 | 55,234 | 50.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,055 | 17,539 | 34.0% |
Total | 64,953 | 72,773 | 47.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 15,100 | 10.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 30,798 | 22.3% |
Professional, Technical | 20,809 | 15.1% |
Service Occupations | 28,380 | 20.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 246 | 0.2% |
All others | 42,919 | 31.1% |
White Collar | 48.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Transportation and warehousing | 19,567 | 14.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 18,159 | 13.2% |
Retail trade | 15,908 | 11.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 11,856 | 8.6% |
Manufacturing | 10,164 | 7.4% |
Educational services | 9,251 | 6.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 8,812 | 6.4% |
Construction | 8,812 | 6.4% |
Public administration | 7,107 | 5.1% |
Other services | 6,917 | 5.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,479 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 4,721 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 3,483 | 2.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,610 | 1.9% |
Information | 2,049 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,549 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 849 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 489 | 0.4% |
Management | 150 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 74 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 26,980 | 9.11% |
Puerto Rican | 3,872 | 1.31% |
Cuban | 738 | 0.25% |
Dominican | 1,185 | 0.40% |
Total Central American | 4,457 | 1.50% |
Costa Rican | 18 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 1,265 | 0.43% |
Honduran | 818 | 0.28% |
Nicaraguan | 69 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 1,164 | 0.39% |
Salvadoran | 1,123 | 0.38% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 944 | 0.32% |
Argentinean | 7 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 66 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 109 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 11 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 113 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 211 | 0.07% |
Venezuelan | 427 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,648 | 0.56% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 8,732 | 2.95% |
Indian | 1,280 | 0.43% |
Cambodian | 1,211 | 0.41% |
Chinese | 1,080 | 0.36% |
Laotian | 847 | 0.29% |
Filipino | 824 | 0.28% |
Japanese | 205 | 0.07% |
Korean | 181 | 0.06% |
Thai | 74 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 221,681 | 80.6% |
Spanish | 32,627 | 11.9% |
Vietnamese | 8,456 | 3.1% |
Other | 4,679 | 1.7% |
Other Asian | 2,279 | 0.8% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,048 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 1,030 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 806 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 547 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 13,738 | 4.6% |
African | 7,007 | 2.4% |
English | 4,869 | 1.6% |
Nigerian | 4,432 | 1.5% |
Irish | 4,110 | 1.4% |
Jamaican | 3,706 | 1.3% |
German | 2,620 | 0.9% |
Haitian | 1,329 | 0.4% |
Ghanaian | 832 | 0.3% |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 803 | 0.3% |
Italian | 801 | 0.3% |
West Indian | 795 | 0.3% |
French | 769 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 753 | 0.3% |
Scottish | 697 | 0.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 277,827 | 93.8% |
Not a citizen | 18,485 | 6.2% |
Native | 258,162 | 87.1% |
Foreign-born | 38,150 | 12.9% |
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 | ||||||
11,249 | 6.1% | 15,712 | 8.5% | 61,521 | 33.2% | 58,848 | 31.7% | 25,582 | 13.8% | 12,661 | 6.8% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 11,249 | 6.1% |
9-12 Years | 15,712 | 8.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 61,521 | 33.2% |
Some College | 58,848 | 31.7% |
Bach. Degree | 25,582 | 13.8% |
Grad Degree | 12,661 | 6.8% |
Average years of education: 12.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 102,805 | 97,385 | 5,420 | 5.3% | 5.4% |
1991 | 103,192 | 97,068 | 6,124 | 5.9% | 5.3% |
1992 | 105,450 | 98,167 | 7,283 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
1993 | 107,679 | 101,176 | 6,503 | 6.0% | 5.7% |
1994 | 110,862 | 104,809 | 6,053 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
1995 | 112,531 | 106,985 | 5,546 | 4.9% | 4.8% |
1996 | 115,818 | 110,596 | 5,222 | 4.5% | 4.6% |
1997 | 118,526 | 113,692 | 4,834 | 4.1% | 4.5% |
1998 | 122,342 | 117,775 | 4,567 | 3.7% | 4.2% |
1999 | 125,135 | 120,921 | 4,214 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2000 | 125,561 | 121,368 | 4,193 | 3.3% | 3.5% |
2001 | 129,259 | 124,008 | 5,251 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
2002 | 131,352 | 123,158 | 8,194 | 6.2% | 5.3% |
2003 | 132,472 | 124,115 | 8,357 | 6.3% | 5.1% |
2004 | 133,128 | 124,776 | 8,352 | 6.3% | 5.1% |
2005 | 136,606 | 126,622 | 9,984 | 7.3% | 5.7% |
2006 | 135,605 | 127,020 | 8,585 | 6.3% | 5.1% |
2007 | 136,196 | 127,764 | 8,432 | 6.2% | 4.9% |
2008 | 136,326 | 125,133 | 11,193 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
2009 | 133,393 | 116,941 | 16,452 | 12.3% | 10.4% |
2010 | 125,582 | 108,377 | 17,205 | 13.7% | 10.7% |
2011 | 126,710 | 109,832 | 16,878 | 13.3% | 10.1% |
2012 | 127,159 | 112,073 | 15,086 | 11.9% | 9.0% |
2013 | 124,846 | 111,468 | 13,378 | 10.7% | 8.1% |
2014 | 124,524 | 112,890 | 11,634 | 9.3% | 7.1% |
2015 | 124,988 | 115,296 | 9,692 | 7.8% | 6.1% |
2016 | 130,800 | 122,049 | 8,751 | 6.7% | 5.4% |
2017 | 136,425 | 128,379 | 8,046 | 5.9% | 4.8% |
2018 | 137,491 | 130,639 | 6,852 | 5.0% | 4.0% |
2019 | 138,140 | 132,093 | 6,047 | 4.4% | 3.5% |
2020 | 139,790 | 125,357 | 14,433 | 10.3% | 6.5% |
2021 | 140,190 | 131,371 | 8,819 | 6.3% | 3.9% |
2022 | 140,266 | 134,765 | 5,501 | 3.9% | 3.0% |
2023 | 142,329 | 136,499 | 5,830 | 4.1% | 3.2% |