2022 population: 230,677
( 29,537 from 2010
, 3,834 from 2020)
Land area: 2107.9 square miles
Population density: 109.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 177,621 | 77.00% | 7.9% |
Black: | 2,512 | 1.09% | 40.4% |
Indian: | 5,453 | 2.36% | 7.6% |
Asian: | 12,003 | 5.20% | 61.2% |
2+ races: | 8,784 | 3.81% | 45.5% |
Hispanic: | 24,304 | 10.54% | 54.3% |
Total non-White: | 53,056 | 23.00% | 45.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 4,551 | 10.0 |
Deaths: | 4,599 | 10.1 |
Net Migration: | 2,851 | 6.3 |
Net Immigration: | 738 | 1.6 |
Change in White population: | 12,946 | 6.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 16,591 | 8.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 100,394 | |
Median Value | $475,000 | |
Occupied | 91,171 | 90.8% |
Vacant | 9,223 | 9.2% |
Owned | 57,442 | 63.0% |
Rented | 33,729 | 37.0% |
Median Rent | $1,370 | |
Single-Family Units | 66,183 | 65.9% |
Detached | 62,978 | 62.7% |
Attached | 3,205 | 3.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 20,186 | 20.1% |
Mobile Homes | 6,585 | 6.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,809 | 4.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,639 | 4.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,857 | 3.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,888 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,818 | 3.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,006 | 3.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,758 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,246 | 3.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,883 | 3.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 6,847 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,571 | 9.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 12,861 | 14.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 10,596 | 11.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 7,177 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,218 | 9.0% |
$200,000 or more | 7,997 | 8.8% |
Median Household Income | 77,581 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,916 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 95 | |
Compared to U.S. | 102 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 4,283 | 4.7% |
Public Assistance | 3,284 | 3.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 11,370 | 12.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 94,491 | 71.4% |
Unemployed | 4,932 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 387 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 99,810 | 75.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 32,610 | 24.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 39,322 | 29,987 | 56.7% |
Non-Profit | 3,451 | 6,269 | 35.5% |
Self-Employed | 8,167 | 5,927 | 57.9% |
Local Government | 3,340 | 5,244 | 38.9% |
State Government | 3,226 | 3,898 | 45.3% |
Federal Government | 1,602 | 847 | 65.4% |
Total Private + Self | 47,489 | 35,914 | 56.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 11,619 | 16,258 | 41.7% |
Total | 59,108 | 52,172 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 17,699 | 15.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 21,067 | 18.9% |
Professional, Technical | 26,910 | 24.1% |
Service Occupations | 20,513 | 18.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,737 | 1.6% |
All others | 25,268 | 22.7% |
White Collar | 58.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 14,761 | 13.2% |
Manufacturing | 11,858 | 10.6% |
Educational services | 11,472 | 10.3% |
Retail trade | 11,042 | 9.9% |
Construction | 9,363 | 8.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 8,345 | 7.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 8,337 | 7.5% |
Other services | 6,630 | 5.9% |
Public administration | 5,889 | 5.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,289 | 3.8% |
Finance and insurance | 3,245 | 2.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,240 | 2.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,757 | 2.5% |
Wholesale trade | 2,575 | 2.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,557 | 2.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,361 | 2.1% |
Information | 1,920 | 1.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 413 | 0.4% |
Utilities | 357 | 0.3% |
Management | 46 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 16,018 | 7.07% |
Puerto Rican | 905 | 0.40% |
Cuban | 281 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 153 | 0.07% |
Total Central American | 1,926 | 0.85% |
Costa Rican | 244 | 0.11% |
Guatemalan | 739 | 0.33% |
Honduran | 263 | 0.12% |
Nicaraguan | 9 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 89 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 582 | 0.26% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 903 | 0.40% |
Argentinean | 121 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 74 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 69 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 139 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 61 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 317 | 0.14% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 91 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 31 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 2,783 | 1.23% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 2,592 | 1.14% |
Chinese | 2,193 | 0.97% |
Vietnamese | 1,466 | 0.65% |
Filipino | 1,096 | 0.48% |
Korean | 751 | 0.33% |
Japanese | 331 | 0.15% |
Thai | 285 | 0.13% |
Taiwanese | 145 | 0.06% |
Cambodian | 123 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 189,245 | 87.8% |
Spanish | 13,318 | 6.2% |
Other Indo-European | 2,794 | 1.3% |
Chinese | 1,948 | 0.9% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,736 | 0.8% |
Other Asian | 1,256 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 1,153 | 0.5% |
Vietnamese | 901 | 0.4% |
Other | 870 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 35,318 | 15.6% |
English | 27,604 | 12.2% |
Irish | 21,633 | 9.6% |
Norwegian | 12,141 | 5.4% |
Dutch | 11,945 | 5.3% |
European | 8,766 | 3.9% |
Italian | 7,600 | 3.4% |
Scottish | 7,396 | 3.3% |
Swedish | 7,106 | 3.1% |
American | 6,478 | 2.9% |
French | 5,961 | 2.6% |
Polish | 4,482 | 2.0% |
Russian | 2,860 | 1.3% |
British | 2,666 | 1.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,465 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 215,938 | 95.3% |
Not a citizen | 10,585 | 4.7% |
Native | 204,144 | 90.1% |
Foreign-born | 22,379 | 9.9% |
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 | ||||||
3,271 | 2.1% | 6,941 | 4.6% | 33,470 | 21.9% | 52,373 | 34.3% | 34,017 | 22.3% | 22,434 | 14.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,271 | 2.1% |
9-12 Years | 6,941 | 4.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 33,470 | 21.9% |
Some College | 52,373 | 34.3% |
Bach. Degree | 34,017 | 22.3% |
Grad Degree | 22,434 | 14.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 68,019 | 64,459 | 3,560 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
1991 | 70,058 | 65,480 | 4,578 | 6.5% | 6.1% |
1992 | 73,352 | 67,642 | 5,710 | 7.8% | 7.2% |
1993 | 75,010 | 69,083 | 5,927 | 7.9% | 7.3% |
1994 | 75,329 | 69,350 | 5,979 | 7.9% | 6.3% |
1995 | 79,146 | 73,226 | 5,920 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
1996 | 80,215 | 74,608 | 5,607 | 7.0% | 5.9% |
1997 | 80,254 | 75,647 | 4,607 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
1998 | 81,743 | 77,284 | 4,459 | 5.5% | 4.8% |
1999 | 85,656 | 81,283 | 4,373 | 5.1% | 4.8% |
2000 | 89,315 | 84,382 | 4,933 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2001 | 88,943 | 83,137 | 5,806 | 6.5% | 6.0% |
2002 | 91,601 | 85,377 | 6,224 | 6.8% | 7.1% |
2003 | 94,974 | 88,567 | 6,407 | 6.7% | 7.2% |
2004 | 98,862 | 92,855 | 6,007 | 6.1% | 6.3% |
2005 | 102,278 | 96,802 | 5,476 | 5.4% | 5.6% |
2006 | 102,963 | 97,929 | 5,034 | 4.9% | 5.0% |
2007 | 106,236 | 101,362 | 4,874 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
2008 | 108,685 | 103,050 | 5,635 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
2009 | 105,730 | 97,426 | 8,304 | 7.9% | 8.3% |
2010 | 102,301 | 93,541 | 8,760 | 8.6% | 9.1% |
2011 | 101,769 | 93,557 | 8,212 | 8.1% | 8.5% |
2012 | 102,772 | 95,113 | 7,659 | 7.5% | 7.7% |
2013 | 102,057 | 94,643 | 7,414 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
2014 | 101,159 | 94,713 | 6,446 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
2015 | 104,286 | 98,270 | 6,016 | 5.8% | 5.4% |
2016 | 107,213 | 101,059 | 6,154 | 5.7% | 5.2% |
2017 | 109,989 | 104,589 | 5,400 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
2018 | 111,724 | 106,483 | 5,241 | 4.7% | 4.4% |
2019 | 115,163 | 109,443 | 5,720 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
2020 | 114,716 | 103,992 | 10,724 | 9.3% | 8.4% |
2021 | 112,503 | 105,678 | 6,825 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
2022 | 115,087 | 109,454 | 5,633 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
2023 | 115,010 | 110,037 | 4,973 | 4.3% | 4.1% |