2022 population: 210,880
( 5,589 from 2010
, 1,770 from 2020)
Land area: 522.4 square miles
Population density: 403.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 176,676 | 83.78% | 6.5% |
Black: | 15,332 | 7.27% | 5.7% |
Indian: | 2,123 | 1.01% | 0.6% |
Asian: | 2,918 | 1.38% | 56.7% |
2+ races: | 5,683 | 2.69% | 36.1% |
Hispanic: | 8,148 | 3.86% | 73.6% |
Total non-White: | 34,204 | 16.22% | 24.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 4,434 | 10.4 |
Deaths: | 6,113 | 14.4 |
Net Migration: | -410 | -1.0 |
Net Immigration: | 240 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | -12,231 | -5.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,642 | 3.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 100,182 | |
Median Value | $163,100 | |
Occupied | 90,982 | 90.8% |
Vacant | 9,200 | 9.2% |
Owned | 64,550 | 70.9% |
Rented | 26,432 | 29.1% |
Median Rent | $823 | |
Single-Family Units | 71,049 | 70.9% |
Detached | 69,124 | 69.0% |
Attached | 1,925 | 1.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 11,433 | 11.4% |
Mobile Homes | 3,624 | 3.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 5,571 | 6.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,730 | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,744 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,056 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,969 | 4.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,191 | 3.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,619 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,501 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,193 | 4.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 6,493 | 7.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,759 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,756 | 12.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 9,182 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,194 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,296 | 8.0% |
$200,000 or more | 5,728 | 6.3% |
Median Household Income | 65,882 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,556 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 66 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,619 | 6.2% |
Public Assistance | 2,784 | 3.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 13,708 | 15.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 91,582 | 71.0% |
Unemployed | 5,621 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 251 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 97,454 | 75.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 31,541 | 24.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 37,499 | 29,920 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 2,938 | 6,940 | 29.7% |
Self-Employed | 4,221 | 3,095 | 57.7% |
Local Government | 4,051 | 5,317 | 43.2% |
State Government | 1,639 | 2,230 | 42.4% |
Federal Government | 1,293 | 1,177 | 52.3% |
Total Private + Self | 41,720 | 33,015 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,921 | 15,664 | 38.8% |
Total | 51,641 | 48,679 | 51.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 14,229 | 14.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 23,002 | 22.9% |
Professional, Technical | 21,797 | 21.7% |
Service Occupations | 16,636 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 309 | 0.3% |
All others | 24,733 | 24.6% |
White Collar | 58.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 14,655 | 14.6% |
Manufacturing | 13,946 | 13.9% |
Retail trade | 12,850 | 12.8% |
Educational services | 9,959 | 9.9% |
Construction | 6,607 | 6.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 6,506 | 6.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,198 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 5,124 | 5.1% |
Other services | 4,743 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 4,461 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,159 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,854 | 3.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,027 | 2.0% |
Wholesale trade | 1,534 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 1,380 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,308 | 1.3% |
Information | 1,233 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 757 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 54 | 0.1% |
Management | 42 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,277 | 0.60% |
Puerto Rican | 3,590 | 1.69% |
Cuban | 298 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 348 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 292 | 0.14% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 81 | 0.04% |
Honduran | 24 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 162 | 0.08% |
Salvadoran | 25 | 0.01% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 385 | 0.18% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 33 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 130 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 123 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 17 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 36 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 46 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 1,352 | 0.64% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 640 | 0.30% |
Chinese | 466 | 0.22% |
Korean | 187 | 0.09% |
Filipino | 179 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 121 | 0.06% |
Bangladeshi | 102 | 0.05% |
Japanese | 84 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 42 | 0.02% |
Thai | 17 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 190,994 | 94.8% |
Spanish | 3,555 | 1.8% |
Other Indo-European | 2,173 | 1.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,609 | 0.8% |
Arabic | 551 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 533 | 0.3% |
Other | 519 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 445 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 401 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 48,258 | 22.7% |
Italian | 36,267 | 17.1% |
Irish | 32,873 | 15.5% |
English | 24,039 | 11.3% |
Polish | 22,479 | 10.6% |
American | 9,022 | 4.3% |
French | 5,220 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 4,157 | 2.0% |
French Canadian | 2,373 | 1.1% |
European | 1,912 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 1,852 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 1,662 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 1,407 | 0.7% |
Russian | 1,346 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 1,344 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 208,808 | 98.4% |
Not a citizen | 3,422 | 1.6% |
Native | 203,856 | 96.1% |
Foreign-born | 8,374 | 3.9% |
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 | ||||||
3,627 | 2.4% | 9,049 | 5.9% | 48,564 | 31.8% | 50,090 | 32.8% | 24,288 | 15.9% | 16,949 | 11.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,627 | 2.4% |
9-12 Years | 9,049 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 48,564 | 31.8% |
Some College | 50,090 | 32.8% |
Bach. Degree | 24,288 | 15.9% |
Grad Degree | 16,949 | 11.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 109,659 | 103,433 | 6,226 | 5.7% | 5.3% |
1991 | 109,310 | 100,979 | 8,331 | 7.6% | 7.3% |
1992 | 109,231 | 99,961 | 9,270 | 8.5% | 8.7% |
1993 | 108,654 | 100,397 | 8,257 | 7.6% | 7.9% |
1994 | 108,768 | 101,304 | 7,464 | 6.9% | 6.9% |
1995 | 108,339 | 101,844 | 6,495 | 6.0% | 6.3% |
1996 | 109,816 | 103,112 | 6,704 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
1997 | 112,417 | 105,071 | 7,346 | 6.5% | 6.4% |
1998 | 111,820 | 104,462 | 7,358 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
1999 | 110,076 | 103,409 | 6,667 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
2000 | 109,672 | 104,562 | 5,110 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
2001 | 108,517 | 102,547 | 5,970 | 5.5% | 4.9% |
2002 | 111,209 | 104,108 | 7,101 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
2003 | 111,276 | 103,841 | 7,435 | 6.7% | 6.4% |
2004 | 111,330 | 104,369 | 6,961 | 6.3% | 5.8% |
2005 | 111,654 | 105,435 | 6,219 | 5.6% | 5.0% |
2006 | 112,252 | 106,240 | 6,012 | 5.4% | 4.5% |
2007 | 111,140 | 105,306 | 5,834 | 5.2% | 4.4% |
2008 | 113,118 | 105,618 | 7,500 | 6.6% | 5.4% |
2009 | 113,741 | 103,033 | 10,708 | 9.4% | 8.4% |
2010 | 107,989 | 97,385 | 10,604 | 9.8% | 8.7% |
2011 | 105,772 | 96,025 | 9,747 | 9.2% | 8.3% |
2012 | 105,621 | 95,634 | 9,987 | 9.5% | 8.6% |
2013 | 104,967 | 95,856 | 9,111 | 8.7% | 7.8% |
2014 | 101,415 | 94,233 | 7,182 | 7.1% | 6.3% |
2015 | 100,970 | 94,705 | 6,265 | 6.2% | 5.2% |
2016 | 100,281 | 94,345 | 5,936 | 5.9% | 4.9% |
2017 | 99,339 | 93,214 | 6,125 | 6.2% | 4.6% |
2018 | 98,908 | 93,746 | 5,162 | 5.2% | 4.1% |
2019 | 98,222 | 93,554 | 4,668 | 4.8% | 3.8% |
2020 | 98,105 | 87,906 | 10,199 | 10.4% | 10.0% |
2021 | 97,760 | 92,250 | 5,510 | 5.6% | 7.0% |
2022 | 98,124 | 94,379 | 3,745 | 3.8% | 4.3% |
2023 | 99,338 | 95,298 | 4,040 | 4.1% | 4.2% |