2022 population: 659,083
( 56,461 from 2010
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1,099 from 2020)
Land area: 848.9 square miles
Population density: 776.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 476,403 | 72.28% | ![]() |
Black: | 65,150 | 9.88% | ![]() |
Indian: | 2,135 | 0.32% | ![]() |
Asian: | 22,961 | 3.48% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 17,837 | 2.71% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 74,597 | 11.32% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 182,680 | 27.72% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 18,513 | 14.1 |
Deaths: | 12,879 | 9.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -6,919 | -5.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 2,021 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | 18,634 | 3.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 37,827 | 6.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 264,944 | |
Median Value | $242,200 | |
Occupied | 252,694 | 95.4% |
Vacant | 12,250 | 4.6% |
Owned | 176,905 | 70.0% |
Rented | 75,789 | 30.0% |
Median Rent | $1,111 | |
Single-Family Units | 189,960 | 71.7% |
Detached | 173,416 | 65.5% |
Attached | 16,544 | 6.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 45,717 | 17.3% |
Mobile Homes | 9,979 | 3.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,327 | 3.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 8,962 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 7,657 | 3.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,370 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,879 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 8,080 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,866 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 9,836 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 10,057 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 18,653 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 24,762 | 9.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 36,256 | 14.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 27,978 | 11.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 20,163 | 8.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 21,651 | 8.6% |
$200,000 or more | 22,197 | 8.8% |
Median Household Income | 76,247 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,342 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 113 | |
Compared to U.S. | 96 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 11,545 | 4.6% |
Public Assistance | 7,468 | 3.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 27,746 | 11.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 291,769 | 76.8% |
Unemployed | 13,290 | 3.5% |
In Armed Forces | 102 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 305,161 | 80.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 74,836 | 19.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 136,865 | 103,972 | 56.8% |
Non-Profit | 14,771 | 31,050 | 32.2% |
Self-Employed | 18,221 | 10,491 | 63.5% |
Local Government | 5,979 | 9,713 | 38.1% |
State Government | 2,996 | 3,771 | 44.3% |
Federal Government | 2,186 | 1,632 | 57.3% |
Total Private + Self | 155,086 | 114,463 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 25,932 | 46,166 | 36.0% |
Total | 181,018 | 160,629 | 53.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 7.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 57,863 | 16.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 70,237 | 20.5% |
Professional, Technical | 82,198 | 24.0% |
Service Occupations | 50,925 | 14.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,650 | 0.5% |
All others | 81,064 | 23.7% |
White Collar | 61.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 64,565 | 18.9% |
Health care and social assistance | 53,006 | 15.5% |
Retail trade | 37,420 | 10.9% |
Educational services | 27,410 | 8.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 22,778 | 6.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 22,629 | 6.6% |
Construction | 19,030 | 5.6% |
Finance and insurance | 15,267 | 4.5% |
Other services | 15,249 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 13,366 | 3.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 13,174 | 3.8% |
Wholesale trade | 12,318 | 3.6% |
Public administration | 6,809 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,270 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,093 | 1.5% |
Information | 4,422 | 1.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,466 | 0.7% |
Utilities | 1,359 | 0.4% |
Management | 586 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 70 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 45,473 | 6.92% |
Puerto Rican | 8,028 | 1.22% |
Cuban | 2,473 | 0.38% |
Dominican | 2,333 | 0.35% |
Total Central American | 8,307 | 1.26% |
Costa Rican | 342 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 5,884 | 0.90% |
Honduran | 814 | 0.12% |
Nicaraguan | 152 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 419 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 696 | 0.11% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,819 | 0.43% |
Argentinean | 124 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 23 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 274 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 1,602 | 0.24% |
Ecuadorian | 242 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 28 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 438 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 21 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 67 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,407 | 0.52% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 4,561 | 0.69% |
Indian | 3,478 | 0.53% |
Chinese | 3,139 | 0.48% |
Korean | 2,516 | 0.38% |
Burmese | 2,104 | 0.32% |
Filipino | 1,129 | 0.17% |
Japanese | 963 | 0.15% |
Bangladeshi | 354 | 0.05% |
Hmong | 139 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 539,330 | 87.6% |
Spanish | 42,200 | 6.9% |
Other | 6,862 | 1.1% |
Other Indo-European | 5,518 | 0.9% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,830 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 3,577 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 3,302 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,443 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 2,360 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 116,959 | 17.8% |
Dutch | 100,706 | 15.3% |
Irish | 60,607 | 9.2% |
English | 59,789 | 9.1% |
Polish | 44,980 | 6.8% |
Italian | 20,828 | 3.2% |
American | 19,396 | 3.0% |
French | 14,871 | 2.3% |
European | 13,629 | 2.1% |
Scottish | 11,970 | 1.8% |
Swedish | 11,761 | 1.8% |
Norwegian | 5,498 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 4,495 | 0.7% |
Danish | 4,035 | 0.6% |
British | 3,549 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 626,551 | 95.3% |
Not a citizen | 30,770 | 4.7% |
Native | 602,421 | 91.6% |
Foreign-born | 54,900 | 8.4% |
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 | ||||||
14,187 | 3.2% | 19,042 | 4.3% | 104,903 | 23.9% | 130,867 | 29.9% | 108,970 | 24.9% | 60,061 | 13.7% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 14,187 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 19,042 | 4.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 104,903 | 23.9% |
Some College | 130,867 | 29.9% |
Bach. Degree | 108,970 | 24.9% |
Grad Degree | 60,061 | 13.7% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 270,099 | 254,860 | 15,239 | 5.6% | 7.7% |
1991 | 268,309 | 248,679 | 19,630 | 7.3% | 9.3% |
1992 | 271,916 | 251,544 | 20,372 | 7.5% | 9.1% |
1993 | 280,319 | 264,239 | 16,080 | 5.7% | 7.3% |
1994 | 290,714 | 277,471 | 13,243 | 4.6% | 6.1% |
1995 | 297,411 | 286,134 | 11,277 | 3.8% | 5.3% |
1996 | 302,726 | 291,066 | 11,660 | 3.9% | 4.9% |
1997 | 313,336 | 303,556 | 9,780 | 3.1% | 4.3% |
1998 | 318,161 | 309,378 | 8,783 | 2.8% | 4.0% |
1999 | 325,655 | 316,359 | 9,296 | 2.9% | 3.8% |
2000 | 319,225 | 308,997 | 10,228 | 3.2% | 3.6% |
2001 | 322,892 | 307,417 | 15,475 | 4.8% | 5.2% |
2002 | 314,738 | 295,623 | 19,115 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
2003 | 313,728 | 291,111 | 22,617 | 7.2% | 7.1% |
2004 | 317,932 | 297,330 | 20,602 | 6.5% | 7.0% |
2005 | 322,124 | 303,395 | 18,729 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
2006 | 324,290 | 305,325 | 18,965 | 5.8% | 7.0% |
2007 | 323,134 | 303,869 | 19,265 | 6.0% | 7.1% |
2008 | 319,781 | 298,230 | 21,551 | 6.7% | 8.2% |
2009 | 312,565 | 279,174 | 33,391 | 10.7% | 13.1% |
2010 | 313,539 | 282,588 | 30,951 | 9.9% | 12.2% |
2011 | 314,702 | 289,956 | 24,746 | 7.9% | 10.0% |
2012 | 321,042 | 299,448 | 21,594 | 6.7% | 9.0% |
2013 | 327,984 | 307,705 | 20,279 | 6.2% | 8.7% |
2014 | 336,948 | 320,264 | 16,684 | 5.0% | 7.2% |
2015 | 344,072 | 330,959 | 13,113 | 3.8% | 5.4% |
2016 | 351,257 | 338,786 | 12,471 | 3.6% | 5.0% |
2017 | 355,638 | 343,435 | 12,203 | 3.4% | 4.6% |
2018 | 360,369 | 349,583 | 10,786 | 3.0% | 4.2% |
2019 | 361,906 | 351,699 | 10,207 | 2.8% | 4.1% |
2020 | 357,123 | 330,032 | 27,091 | 7.6% | 9.9% |
2021 | 349,619 | 333,242 | 16,377 | 4.7% | 5.8% |
2022 | 359,534 | 346,976 | 12,558 | 3.5% | 4.2% |
2023 | 374,650 | 362,728 | 11,922 | 3.2% | 3.9% |