2022 population: 421,566
( 37,062 from 2010
, 5,421 from 2020)
Land area: 757.3 square miles
Population density: 556.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 170,163 | 40.36% | 2.4% |
Black: | 203,804 | 48.34% | 16.8% |
Indian: | 1,041 | 0.25% | 5.5% |
Asian: | 13,082 | 3.10% | 48.6% |
2+ races: | 9,622 | 2.28% | 43.7% |
Hispanic: | 23,854 | 5.66% | 28.0% |
Total non-White: | 251,403 | 59.64% | 19.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 10,352 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 9,040 | 10.9 |
Net Migration: | 2,054 | 2.5 |
Net Immigration: | 1,857 | 2.2 |
Change in White population: | -4,104 | -1.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 41,166 | 10.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 182,711 | |
Median Value | $201,200 | |
Occupied | 162,726 | 89.1% |
Vacant | 19,985 | 10.9% |
Owned | 97,287 | 59.8% |
Rented | 65,439 | 40.2% |
Median Rent | $1,142 | |
Single-Family Units | 123,736 | 67.7% |
Detached | 117,174 | 64.1% |
Attached | 6,562 | 3.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 37,795 | 20.7% |
Mobile Homes | 8,784 | 4.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 13,334 | 8.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 6,589 | 4.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,624 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 6,768 | 4.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 6,825 | 4.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,909 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,424 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 5,977 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,361 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 13,778 | 8.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 15,181 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 20,126 | 12.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 13,147 | 8.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 8,933 | 5.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 11,332 | 7.0% |
$200,000 or more | 12,418 | 7.6% |
Median Household Income | 59,850 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,720 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 102 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 7,136 | 4.4% |
Public Assistance | 2,387 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 18,480 | 11.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 176,586 | 66.1% |
Unemployed | 13,192 | 4.9% |
In Armed Forces | 8,483 | 3.2% |
Total Labor Force | 198,261 | 74.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 69,021 | 25.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 62,716 | 59,828 | 51.2% |
Non-Profit | 4,913 | 9,313 | 34.5% |
Self-Employed | 9,011 | 6,324 | 58.8% |
Local Government | 5,083 | 8,069 | 38.6% |
State Government | 8,367 | 13,759 | 37.8% |
Federal Government | 4,311 | 4,140 | 51.0% |
Total Private + Self | 71,727 | 66,152 | 52.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 22,674 | 35,281 | 39.1% |
Total | 94,401 | 101,433 | 48.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 22.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 32,727 | 16.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 43,480 | 22.1% |
Professional, Technical | 51,462 | 26.2% |
Service Occupations | 34,029 | 17.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 642 | 0.3% |
All others | 34,762 | 17.7% |
White Collar | 65.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 28,088 | 14.3% |
Educational services | 22,599 | 11.5% |
Retail trade | 21,820 | 11.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 16,123 | 8.2% |
Public administration | 15,421 | 7.8% |
Manufacturing | 14,025 | 7.1% |
Finance and insurance | 12,402 | 6.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 11,312 | 5.8% |
Other services | 10,624 | 5.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 9,655 | 4.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 8,485 | 4.3% |
Construction | 8,226 | 4.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,796 | 1.9% |
Information | 3,775 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 3,702 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,295 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 1,987 | 1.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 883 | 0.4% |
Management | 129 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 113 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 9,606 | 2.31% |
Puerto Rican | 5,295 | 1.27% |
Cuban | 633 | 0.15% |
Dominican | 664 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 2,555 | 0.61% |
Costa Rican | 152 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 343 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 1,168 | 0.28% |
Nicaraguan | 267 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 357 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 239 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 29 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 1,756 | 0.42% |
Argentinean | 57 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 43 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 39 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 871 | 0.21% |
Ecuadorian | 189 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 220 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 17 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 320 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,107 | 0.51% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 3,791 | 0.91% |
Chinese | 2,237 | 0.54% |
Korean | 1,702 | 0.41% |
Filipino | 1,526 | 0.37% |
Vietnamese | 943 | 0.23% |
Japanese | 340 | 0.08% |
Burmese | 337 | 0.08% |
Bangladeshi | 190 | 0.05% |
Hmong | 125 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 359,017 | 91.4% |
Spanish | 15,747 | 4.0% |
Other Indo-European | 4,122 | 1.0% |
German, other Germanic | 1,972 | 0.5% |
Other | 1,914 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 1,810 | 0.5% |
Korean | 1,670 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 1,586 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,327 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 30,914 | 7.4% |
English | 30,518 | 7.3% |
Irish | 22,850 | 5.5% |
American | 20,191 | 4.9% |
Italian | 9,687 | 2.3% |
Scottish | 7,016 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 6,876 | 1.7% |
African | 6,745 | 1.6% |
European | 6,276 | 1.5% |
French | 5,296 | 1.3% |
Polish | 4,796 | 1.2% |
Jamaican | 2,279 | 0.5% |
British | 1,772 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 1,548 | 0.4% |
Russian | 1,386 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 403,775 | 97.0% |
Not a citizen | 12,386 | 3.0% |
Native | 391,880 | 94.2% |
Foreign-born | 24,281 | 5.8% |
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 | ||||||
5,475 | 2.1% | 15,044 | 5.7% | 56,254 | 21.4% | 80,486 | 30.6% | 61,080 | 23.2% | 44,805 | 17.0% |
Average years of education: 14.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,475 | 2.1% |
9-12 Years | 15,044 | 5.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 56,254 | 21.4% |
Some College | 80,486 | 30.6% |
Bach. Degree | 61,080 | 23.2% |
Grad Degree | 44,805 | 17.0% |
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 | 147,063 | 141,619 | 5,444 | 3.7% | 4.9% |
1991 | 148,704 | 142,017 | 6,687 | 4.5% | 6.1% |
1992 | 149,856 | 142,009 | 7,847 | 5.2% | 6.7% |
1993 | 149,682 | 140,830 | 8,852 | 5.9% | 7.3% |
1994 | 148,489 | 142,031 | 6,458 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
1995 | 149,789 | 144,512 | 5,277 | 3.5% | 5.1% |
1996 | 154,372 | 148,662 | 5,710 | 3.7% | 5.7% |
1997 | 156,890 | 152,224 | 4,666 | 3.0% | 4.5% |
1998 | 158,808 | 155,396 | 3,412 | 2.1% | 3.6% |
1999 | 160,834 | 156,709 | 4,125 | 2.6% | 4.1% |
2000 | 161,139 | 155,793 | 5,346 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
2001 | 158,462 | 151,748 | 6,714 | 4.2% | 5.3% |
2002 | 160,178 | 151,961 | 8,217 | 5.1% | 6.4% |
2003 | 164,094 | 154,164 | 9,930 | 6.1% | 7.2% |
2004 | 168,459 | 157,410 | 11,049 | 6.6% | 7.4% |
2005 | 171,133 | 160,083 | 11,050 | 6.5% | 7.3% |
2006 | 179,045 | 167,936 | 11,109 | 6.2% | 6.9% |
2007 | 181,905 | 171,683 | 10,222 | 5.6% | 6.1% |
2008 | 181,861 | 169,980 | 11,881 | 6.5% | 7.3% |
2009 | 180,968 | 163,973 | 16,995 | 9.4% | 11.4% |
2010 | 186,378 | 168,729 | 17,649 | 9.5% | 11.3% |
2011 | 187,224 | 170,293 | 16,931 | 9.0% | 10.4% |
2012 | 189,636 | 174,505 | 15,131 | 8.0% | 9.0% |
2013 | 191,182 | 178,448 | 12,734 | 6.7% | 7.4% |
2014 | 193,943 | 182,681 | 11,262 | 5.8% | 6.3% |
2015 | 198,564 | 187,463 | 11,101 | 5.6% | 5.9% |
2016 | 199,813 | 190,406 | 9,407 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 197,899 | 189,618 | 8,281 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
2018 | 195,532 | 188,870 | 6,662 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
2019 | 196,983 | 191,692 | 5,291 | 2.7% | 2.8% |
2020 | 199,718 | 188,057 | 11,661 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
2021 | 195,793 | 187,847 | 7,946 | 4.1% | 3.9% |
2022 | 196,833 | 190,394 | 6,439 | 3.3% | 3.2% |
2023 | 203,246 | 197,182 | 6,064 | 3.0% | 3.0% |