2022 population: 257,001
( 13,770 from 2010
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282 from 2020)
Land area: 4294.5 square miles
Population density: 59.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 102,868 | 40.03% | ![]() |
Black: | 2,230 | 0.87% | ![]() |
Indian: | 8,795 | 3.42% | ![]() |
Asian: | 3,258 | 1.27% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 4,655 | 1.81% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 135,195 | 52.60% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 154,133 | 59.97% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 7,878 | 15.3 |
Deaths: | 5,863 | 11.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -3,314 | -6.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,496 | 2.9 |
Change in White population: | -13,156 | -5.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 26,926 | 11.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 90,660 | |
Median Value | $254,700 | |
Occupied | 85,558 | 94.4% |
Vacant | 5,102 | 5.6% |
Owned | 53,324 | 62.3% |
Rented | 32,234 | 37.7% |
Median Rent | $1,010 | |
Single-Family Units | 63,838 | 70.4% |
Detached | 60,579 | 66.8% |
Attached | 3,259 | 3.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 9,380 | 10.3% |
Mobile Homes | 10,691 | 11.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,735 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,456 | 4.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,018 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,002 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,764 | 4.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,684 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,452 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,808 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,002 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,277 | 8.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,814 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13,142 | 15.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 8,661 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,929 | 5.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5,608 | 6.6% |
$200,000 or more | 4,206 | 4.9% |
Median Household Income | 64,910 | |
Per Capita Income | 27,448 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 79 | |
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,726 | 6.7% |
Public Assistance | 3,316 | 3.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 19,319 | 22.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 49,640 | 66.7% |
Unemployed | 2,802 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 38 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 52,480 | 70.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 21,993 | 29.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 44,154 | 29,883 | 59.6% |
Non-Profit | 2,792 | 6,226 | 31.0% |
Self-Employed | 4,976 | 3,304 | 60.1% |
Local Government | 3,812 | 5,252 | 42.1% |
State Government | 1,812 | 4,210 | 30.1% |
Federal Government | 1,185 | 950 | 55.5% |
Total Private + Self | 49,130 | 33,187 | 59.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,601 | 16,638 | 36.6% |
Total | 58,731 | 49,825 | 54.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 11,461 | 10.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 18,903 | 17.4% |
Professional, Technical | 19,004 | 17.5% |
Service Occupations | 19,340 | 17.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 12,628 | 11.6% |
All others | 40,194 | 36.9% |
White Collar | 45.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 16,240 | 14.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 14,661 | 13.5% |
Retail trade | 11,258 | 10.3% |
Manufacturing | 10,433 | 9.6% |
Educational services | 10,068 | 9.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 6,770 | 6.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,548 | 6.0% |
Construction | 5,987 | 5.5% |
Wholesale trade | 5,159 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 4,998 | 4.6% |
Other services | 3,995 | 3.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 3,396 | 3.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,273 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 1,714 | 1.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,561 | 1.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,377 | 1.3% |
Information | 798 | 0.7% |
Utilities | 535 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 94 | 0.1% |
Management | 37 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 122,263 | 47.73% |
Puerto Rican | 689 | 0.27% |
Cuban | 166 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 146 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 3,438 | 1.34% |
Costa Rican | 469 | 0.18% |
Guatemalan | 584 | 0.23% |
Honduran | 505 | 0.20% |
Nicaraguan | 229 | 0.09% |
Panamanian | 32 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 1,619 | 0.63% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 508 | 0.20% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 121 | 0.05% |
Chilean | 67 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 169 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 99 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 52 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,909 | 1.53% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 1,404 | 0.55% |
Vietnamese | 469 | 0.18% |
Chinese | 244 | 0.10% |
Korean | 233 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 112 | 0.04% |
Indian | 99 | 0.04% |
Burmese | 61 | 0.02% |
Thai | 5 | 0.00% |
Singaporean | 2 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 136,048 | 57.4% |
Spanish | 96,453 | 40.7% |
Other Asian | 1,098 | 0.5% |
Other | 749 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 512 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 423 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 281 | 0.1% |
Other Indo-European | 279 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 253 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 25,016 | 9.8% |
English | 16,082 | 6.3% |
Irish | 13,638 | 5.3% |
American | 8,191 | 3.2% |
European | 5,816 | 2.3% |
French | 4,785 | 1.9% |
Norwegian | 4,772 | 1.9% |
Italian | 3,619 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 3,462 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 2,854 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 2,622 | 1.0% |
British | 1,559 | 0.6% |
Scandinavian | 1,451 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,321 | 0.5% |
French Canadian | 1,289 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 223,719 | 87.3% |
Not a citizen | 32,424 | 12.7% |
Native | 208,124 | 81.3% |
Foreign-born | 48,019 | 18.7% |
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 | ||||||
21,687 | 13.9% | 16,244 | 10.4% | 44,331 | 28.4% | 45,248 | 29.0% | 18,200 | 11.7% | 10,166 | 6.5% |
Average years of education: 11.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 21,687 | 13.9% |
9-12 Years | 16,244 | 10.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 44,331 | 28.4% |
Some College | 45,248 | 29.0% |
Bach. Degree | 18,200 | 11.7% |
Grad Degree | 10,166 | 6.5% |
Average years of education: 11.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 103,120 | 91,815 | 11,305 | 11.0% | 5.1% |
1991 | 103,315 | 90,425 | 12,890 | 12.5% | 6.1% |
1992 | 109,157 | 94,174 | 14,983 | 13.7% | 7.2% |
1993 | 112,372 | 95,966 | 16,406 | 14.6% | 7.3% |
1994 | 113,074 | 98,833 | 14,241 | 12.6% | 6.3% |
1995 | 114,953 | 99,973 | 14,980 | 13.0% | 6.2% |
1996 | 117,102 | 102,422 | 14,680 | 12.5% | 5.9% |
1997 | 116,821 | 105,491 | 11,330 | 9.7% | 4.9% |
1998 | 118,817 | 107,052 | 11,765 | 9.9% | 4.8% |
1999 | 115,954 | 104,470 | 11,484 | 9.9% | 4.8% |
2000 | 114,901 | 105,491 | 9,410 | 8.2% | 5.1% |
2001 | 111,194 | 100,636 | 10,558 | 9.5% | 6.0% |
2002 | 112,284 | 101,610 | 10,674 | 9.5% | 7.1% |
2003 | 113,926 | 103,007 | 10,919 | 9.6% | 7.2% |
2004 | 115,734 | 105,509 | 10,225 | 8.8% | 6.3% |
2005 | 117,324 | 108,066 | 9,258 | 7.9% | 5.6% |
2006 | 118,701 | 109,940 | 8,761 | 7.4% | 5.0% |
2007 | 119,936 | 111,701 | 8,235 | 6.9% | 4.6% |
2008 | 123,195 | 114,367 | 8,828 | 7.2% | 5.2% |
2009 | 123,294 | 113,028 | 10,266 | 8.3% | 8.3% |
2010 | 119,568 | 108,095 | 11,473 | 9.6% | 9.1% |
2011 | 118,970 | 107,479 | 11,491 | 9.7% | 8.5% |
2012 | 120,381 | 108,705 | 11,676 | 9.7% | 7.7% |
2013 | 118,863 | 107,243 | 11,620 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
2014 | 119,231 | 109,163 | 10,068 | 8.4% | 5.9% |
2015 | 121,715 | 112,179 | 9,536 | 7.8% | 5.4% |
2016 | 125,890 | 116,529 | 9,361 | 7.4% | 5.2% |
2017 | 125,530 | 117,118 | 8,412 | 6.7% | 4.6% |
2018 | 129,034 | 120,972 | 8,062 | 6.2% | 4.4% |
2019 | 131,779 | 122,601 | 9,178 | 7.0% | 4.1% |
2020 | 130,759 | 118,071 | 12,688 | 9.7% | 8.4% |
2021 | 130,342 | 121,211 | 9,131 | 7.0% | 5.2% |
2022 | 131,967 | 123,515 | 8,452 | 6.4% | 4.2% |
2023 | 129,472 | 121,988 | 7,484 | 5.8% | 4.1% |