2022 population: 261,173
( 10,842 from 2010
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490 from 2020)
Land area: 562.0 square miles
Population density: 464.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 198,859 | 76.14% | ![]() |
Black: | 29,663 | 11.36% | ![]() |
Indian: | 934 | 0.36% | ![]() |
Asian: | 7,534 | 2.88% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 9,140 | 3.50% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 15,043 | 5.76% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 62,314 | 23.86% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,256 | 12.0 |
Deaths: | 5,753 | 11.0 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,990 | -3.8 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 969 | 1.9 |
Change in White population: | -1,188 | -0.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 12,030 | 4.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 114,093 | |
Median Value | $209,700 | |
Occupied | 105,797 | 92.7% |
Vacant | 8,296 | 7.3% |
Owned | 67,729 | 64.0% |
Rented | 38,068 | 36.0% |
Median Rent | $994 | |
Single-Family Units | 77,177 | 67.6% |
Detached | 73,103 | 64.1% |
Attached | 4,074 | 3.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 26,147 | 22.9% |
Mobile Homes | 3,601 | 3.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 5,531 | 5.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,036 | 3.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,688 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,144 | 3.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,052 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,117 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,337 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,859 | 3.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,348 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,746 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 11,007 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13,063 | 12.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 10,160 | 9.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 8,136 | 7.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,365 | 7.9% |
$200,000 or more | 8,208 | 7.8% |
Median Household Income | 67,905 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,852 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 103 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,138 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 2,182 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 11,691 | 11.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 118,743 | 73.3% |
Unemployed | 8,095 | 5.0% |
In Armed Forces | 226 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 127,064 | 78.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 34,848 | 21.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 50,770 | 40,565 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 5,372 | 10,171 | 34.6% |
Self-Employed | 5,298 | 4,365 | 54.8% |
Local Government | 3,248 | 5,066 | 39.1% |
State Government | 2,001 | 2,660 | 42.9% |
Federal Government | 1,067 | 774 | 58.0% |
Total Private + Self | 56,068 | 44,930 | 55.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 11,688 | 18,671 | 38.5% |
Total | 67,756 | 63,601 | 51.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 21,548 | 16.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 25,043 | 19.0% |
Professional, Technical | 34,086 | 25.9% |
Service Occupations | 23,929 | 18.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 868 | 0.7% |
All others | 26,923 | 20.5% |
White Collar | 61.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 22,939 | 17.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 20,188 | 15.3% |
Educational services | 14,280 | 10.9% |
Retail trade | 13,851 | 10.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 11,084 | 8.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 6,911 | 5.3% |
Other services | 6,549 | 5.0% |
Finance and insurance | 6,369 | 4.8% |
Construction | 6,075 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,422 | 3.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,700 | 2.8% |
Public administration | 3,420 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 2,867 | 2.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,766 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,511 | 1.9% |
Information | 1,394 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,270 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 725 | 0.6% |
Management | 143 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 65 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 8,196 | 3.14% |
Puerto Rican | 779 | 0.30% |
Cuban | 820 | 0.31% |
Dominican | 335 | 0.13% |
Total Central American | 1,360 | 0.52% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 1,029 | 0.39% |
Honduran | 147 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 52 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 132 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 901 | 0.34% |
Argentinean | 164 | 0.06% |
Bolivian | 28 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 24 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 244 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 113 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 7 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 80 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 241 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,852 | 0.71% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 2,502 | 0.96% |
Chinese | 836 | 0.32% |
Korean | 789 | 0.30% |
Filipino | 756 | 0.29% |
Vietnamese | 340 | 0.13% |
Japanese | 199 | 0.08% |
Burmese | 108 | 0.04% |
Indonesian | 104 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 89 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 228,588 | 92.7% |
Spanish | 6,317 | 2.6% |
Other Indo-European | 2,432 | 1.0% |
Arabic | 2,048 | 0.8% |
Other Asian | 1,425 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,333 | 0.5% |
Other | 963 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 911 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 740 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 48,212 | 18.4% |
English | 30,834 | 11.8% |
Irish | 28,458 | 10.9% |
Dutch | 20,394 | 7.8% |
American | 13,682 | 5.2% |
Polish | 12,587 | 4.8% |
Italian | 8,789 | 3.4% |
French | 5,986 | 2.3% |
European | 5,858 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 5,223 | 2.0% |
Swedish | 3,837 | 1.5% |
Norwegian | 3,229 | 1.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,927 | 0.7% |
Hungarian | 1,642 | 0.6% |
Finnish | 1,563 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 253,032 | 96.8% |
Not a citizen | 8,394 | 3.2% |
Native | 246,743 | 94.4% |
Foreign-born | 14,683 | 5.6% |
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 | ||||||
2,633 | 1.6% | 6,657 | 4.0% | 37,797 | 22.9% | 51,055 | 31.0% | 40,547 | 24.6% | 26,207 | 15.9% |
Average years of education: 14.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,633 | 1.6% |
9-12 Years | 6,657 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 37,797 | 22.9% |
Some College | 51,055 | 31.0% |
Bach. Degree | 40,547 | 24.6% |
Grad Degree | 26,207 | 15.9% |
Average years of education: 14.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 120,174 | 113,879 | 6,295 | 5.2% | 7.7% |
1991 | 117,986 | 110,919 | 7,067 | 6.0% | 9.3% |
1992 | 118,284 | 111,756 | 6,528 | 5.5% | 9.1% |
1993 | 121,222 | 115,642 | 5,580 | 4.6% | 7.3% |
1994 | 123,928 | 118,814 | 5,114 | 4.1% | 6.1% |
1995 | 123,288 | 118,979 | 4,309 | 3.5% | 5.3% |
1996 | 123,607 | 119,431 | 4,176 | 3.4% | 4.9% |
1997 | 125,954 | 122,060 | 3,894 | 3.1% | 4.3% |
1998 | 127,037 | 123,793 | 3,244 | 2.6% | 4.0% |
1999 | 128,487 | 125,057 | 3,430 | 2.7% | 3.8% |
2000 | 132,912 | 128,810 | 4,102 | 3.1% | 3.6% |
2001 | 132,492 | 126,849 | 5,643 | 4.3% | 5.2% |
2002 | 129,818 | 123,694 | 6,124 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
2003 | 130,186 | 123,155 | 7,031 | 5.4% | 7.1% |
2004 | 131,176 | 123,881 | 7,295 | 5.6% | 7.0% |
2005 | 132,774 | 125,846 | 6,928 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
2006 | 133,680 | 126,502 | 7,178 | 5.4% | 7.0% |
2007 | 134,522 | 127,266 | 7,256 | 5.4% | 7.1% |
2008 | 133,800 | 125,527 | 8,273 | 6.2% | 8.2% |
2009 | 132,752 | 119,597 | 13,155 | 9.9% | 13.1% |
2010 | 128,519 | 116,004 | 12,515 | 9.7% | 12.2% |
2011 | 126,001 | 115,812 | 10,189 | 8.1% | 10.0% |
2012 | 125,104 | 116,156 | 8,948 | 7.2% | 9.0% |
2013 | 125,414 | 116,902 | 8,512 | 6.8% | 8.7% |
2014 | 128,362 | 121,148 | 7,214 | 5.6% | 7.2% |
2015 | 129,756 | 124,041 | 5,715 | 4.4% | 5.4% |
2016 | 132,365 | 126,947 | 5,418 | 4.1% | 5.0% |
2017 | 132,816 | 127,518 | 5,298 | 4.0% | 4.6% |
2018 | 133,879 | 129,282 | 4,597 | 3.4% | 4.2% |
2019 | 134,168 | 129,857 | 4,311 | 3.2% | 4.1% |
2020 | 131,618 | 122,130 | 9,488 | 7.2% | 9.9% |
2021 | 128,361 | 121,925 | 6,436 | 5.0% | 5.8% |
2022 | 131,436 | 126,245 | 5,191 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
2023 | 135,381 | 130,403 | 4,978 | 3.7% | 3.9% |