2022 population: 549,690
( 78,469 from 2010
, 10,358 from 2020)
Land area: 1764.2 square miles
Population density: 311.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 453,924 | 82.58% | 11.1% |
Black: | 10,953 | 1.99% | 42.0% |
Indian: | 7,629 | 1.39% | 17.8% |
Asian: | 17,006 | 3.09% | 46.4% |
2+ races: | 22,226 | 4.04% | 49.0% |
Hispanic: | 37,952 | 6.90% | 78.5% |
Total non-White: | 95,766 | 17.42% | 53.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 13,086 | 12.1 |
Deaths: | 12,655 | 11.7 |
Net Migration: | 8,736 | 8.1 |
Net Immigration: | 983 | 0.9 |
Change in White population: | 45,295 | 9.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 33,174 | 7.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 225,044 | |
Median Value | $331,600 | |
Occupied | 213,524 | 94.9% |
Vacant | 11,520 | 5.1% |
Owned | 136,125 | 63.8% |
Rented | 77,399 | 36.2% |
Median Rent | $1,123 | |
Single-Family Units | 154,958 | 68.9% |
Detached | 147,071 | 65.4% |
Attached | 7,887 | 3.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 46,331 | 20.6% |
Mobile Homes | 11,433 | 5.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,627 | 4.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 8,983 | 4.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,596 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,931 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,790 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 8,371 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 8,118 | 3.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,691 | 3.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,634 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 15,803 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 22,494 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 29,466 | 13.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 21,898 | 10.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 15,409 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 16,187 | 7.6% |
$200,000 or more | 17,526 | 8.2% |
Median Household Income | 70,394 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,052 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 81 | |
Compared to U.S. | 87 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 12,265 | 5.7% |
Public Assistance | 8,648 | 4.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 35,840 | 16.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 221,021 | 68.8% |
Unemployed | 13,692 | 4.3% |
In Armed Forces | 3,136 | 1.0% |
Total Labor Force | 237,849 | 74.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 83,620 | 26.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 89,894 | 69,720 | 56.3% |
Non-Profit | 9,182 | 18,351 | 33.3% |
Self-Employed | 14,176 | 9,671 | 59.4% |
Local Government | 8,185 | 9,177 | 47.1% |
State Government | 5,463 | 8,550 | 39.0% |
Federal Government | 3,412 | 2,838 | 54.6% |
Total Private + Self | 104,070 | 79,391 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 26,242 | 38,916 | 40.3% |
Total | 130,312 | 118,307 | 52.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 39,008 | 15.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 53,947 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 59,684 | 23.9% |
Service Occupations | 45,644 | 18.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,143 | 0.5% |
All others | 50,955 | 20.4% |
White Collar | 61.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 42,574 | 17.1% |
Retail trade | 28,557 | 11.5% |
Educational services | 22,434 | 9.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 17,954 | 7.2% |
Manufacturing | 17,797 | 7.1% |
Construction | 17,733 | 7.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 16,667 | 6.7% |
Other services | 12,057 | 4.8% |
Finance and insurance | 11,682 | 4.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 11,615 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 11,262 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 9,438 | 3.8% |
Wholesale trade | 7,928 | 3.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,859 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,467 | 2.2% |
Information | 4,307 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 2,791 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,508 | 1.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 359 | 0.1% |
Management | 249 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 24,383 | 4.53% |
Puerto Rican | 2,288 | 0.42% |
Cuban | 631 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 79 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 1,139 | 0.21% |
Costa Rican | 117 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 200 | 0.04% |
Honduran | 83 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 48 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 179 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 505 | 0.09% |
Other Central American | 7 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 923 | 0.17% |
Argentinean | 40 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 46 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 52 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 198 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 168 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 180 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 30 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 209 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 5,307 | 0.99% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 2,739 | 0.51% |
Filipino | 2,079 | 0.39% |
Chinese | 1,276 | 0.24% |
Japanese | 1,021 | 0.19% |
Indian | 776 | 0.14% |
Korean | 759 | 0.14% |
Burmese | 663 | 0.12% |
Thai | 475 | 0.09% |
Hmong | 238 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 471,335 | 92.8% |
Spanish | 11,748 | 2.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 7,308 | 1.4% |
Other Asian | 3,552 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European | 2,766 | 0.5% |
Vietnamese | 2,253 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 2,238 | 0.4% |
Other | 1,686 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 1,573 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 107,775 | 20.0% |
English | 70,866 | 13.2% |
Irish | 70,356 | 13.1% |
American | 30,919 | 5.7% |
Norwegian | 24,516 | 4.6% |
Italian | 24,298 | 4.5% |
French | 16,246 | 3.0% |
Scottish | 15,388 | 2.9% |
Swedish | 13,182 | 2.4% |
European | 13,138 | 2.4% |
Dutch | 9,034 | 1.7% |
Polish | 8,579 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 6,356 | 1.2% |
Russian | 6,208 | 1.2% |
Scandinavian | 5,828 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 527,073 | 97.8% |
Not a citizen | 11,638 | 2.2% |
Native | 510,656 | 94.8% |
Foreign-born | 28,055 | 5.2% |
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 | ||||||
7,201 | 1.9% | 14,635 | 3.9% | 86,854 | 23.4% | 144,214 | 38.8% | 76,236 | 20.5% | 42,398 | 11.4% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 7,201 | 1.9% |
9-12 Years | 14,635 | 3.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 86,854 | 23.4% |
Some College | 144,214 | 38.8% |
Bach. Degree | 76,236 | 20.5% |
Grad Degree | 42,398 | 11.4% |
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 | 173,319 | 163,599 | 9,720 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
1991 | 177,274 | 166,458 | 10,816 | 6.1% | 6.1% |
1992 | 181,129 | 168,624 | 12,505 | 6.9% | 7.2% |
1993 | 185,375 | 174,064 | 11,311 | 6.1% | 7.3% |
1994 | 192,343 | 182,026 | 10,317 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
1995 | 199,365 | 188,229 | 11,136 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
1996 | 205,963 | 194,901 | 11,062 | 5.4% | 5.9% |
1997 | 208,962 | 199,601 | 9,361 | 4.5% | 4.9% |
1998 | 214,637 | 204,873 | 9,764 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
1999 | 220,058 | 208,679 | 11,379 | 5.2% | 4.8% |
2000 | 214,313 | 202,380 | 11,933 | 5.6% | 5.1% |
2001 | 213,903 | 199,770 | 14,133 | 6.6% | 6.0% |
2002 | 212,414 | 196,386 | 16,028 | 7.5% | 7.1% |
2003 | 214,669 | 198,479 | 16,190 | 7.5% | 7.2% |
2004 | 218,355 | 203,487 | 14,868 | 6.8% | 6.3% |
2005 | 223,627 | 210,132 | 13,495 | 6.0% | 5.6% |
2006 | 227,291 | 215,020 | 12,271 | 5.4% | 5.0% |
2007 | 233,409 | 221,229 | 12,180 | 5.2% | 4.6% |
2008 | 239,134 | 225,197 | 13,937 | 5.8% | 5.2% |
2009 | 234,821 | 214,705 | 20,116 | 8.6% | 8.3% |
2010 | 233,321 | 212,013 | 21,308 | 9.1% | 9.1% |
2011 | 228,524 | 208,676 | 19,848 | 8.7% | 8.5% |
2012 | 229,378 | 210,343 | 19,035 | 8.3% | 7.7% |
2013 | 227,147 | 209,018 | 18,129 | 8.0% | 6.6% |
2014 | 225,104 | 209,870 | 15,234 | 6.8% | 5.9% |
2015 | 227,863 | 213,461 | 14,402 | 6.3% | 5.4% |
2016 | 234,673 | 220,625 | 14,048 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
2017 | 239,651 | 226,955 | 12,696 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
2018 | 245,374 | 232,770 | 12,604 | 5.1% | 4.4% |
2019 | 254,575 | 241,263 | 13,312 | 5.2% | 4.1% |
2020 | 257,308 | 234,789 | 22,519 | 8.8% | 8.4% |
2021 | 259,279 | 245,137 | 14,142 | 5.5% | 5.2% |
2022 | 263,187 | 250,541 | 12,646 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
2023 | 264,059 | 252,852 | 11,207 | 4.2% | 4.1% |