2022 population: 318,526
( 20,791 from 2010
, 5,571 from 2020)
Land area: 369.8 square miles
Population density: 861.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 233,168 | 73.20% | 3.3% |
Black: | 19,237 | 6.04% | 45.7% |
Indian: | 341 | 0.11% | 3.6% |
Asian: | 10,334 | 3.24% | 43.4% |
2+ races: | 5,655 | 1.78% | 33.7% |
Hispanic: | 49,791 | 15.63% | 59.7% |
Total non-White: | 85,358 | 26.80% | 50.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 6,272 | 10.0 |
Deaths: | 8,146 | 13.0 |
Net Migration: | 6,941 | 11.1 |
Net Immigration: | 794 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | -7,995 | -2.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 28,786 | 9.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 127,724 | |
Median Value | $265,600 | |
Occupied | 120,384 | 94.3% |
Vacant | 7,340 | 5.7% |
Owned | 85,375 | 70.9% |
Rented | 35,009 | 29.1% |
Median Rent | $1,280 | |
Single-Family Units | 100,114 | 78.4% |
Detached | 74,385 | 58.2% |
Attached | 25,729 | 20.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 14,022 | 11.0% |
Mobile Homes | 2,893 | 2.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,713 | 3.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,556 | 3.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,242 | 2.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 3,856 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,991 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,479 | 3.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,965 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,608 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,551 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 8,103 | 6.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 10,632 | 8.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 16,501 | 13.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 13,784 | 11.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 10,406 | 8.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 12,071 | 10.0% |
$200,000 or more | 12,926 | 10.7% |
Median Household Income | 82,201 | |
Per Capita Income | 42,643 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 107 | |
Compared to U.S. | 99 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,958 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 4,219 | 3.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 13,785 | 11.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 125,073 | 73.9% |
Unemployed | 5,754 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 126 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 130,953 | 77.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 38,383 | 22.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 60,624 | 48,526 | 55.5% |
Non-Profit | 5,977 | 13,334 | 31.0% |
Self-Employed | 7,945 | 3,753 | 67.9% |
Local Government | 4,131 | 6,213 | 39.9% |
State Government | 1,849 | 1,574 | 54.0% |
Federal Government | 1,269 | 535 | 70.3% |
Total Private + Self | 68,569 | 52,279 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 13,226 | 21,656 | 37.9% |
Total | 81,795 | 73,935 | 52.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 23,894 | 15.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 30,813 | 19.8% |
Professional, Technical | 38,901 | 25.0% |
Service Occupations | 25,887 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 327 | 0.2% |
All others | 36,401 | 23.3% |
White Collar | 60.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 25,861 | 16.6% |
Manufacturing | 20,905 | 13.4% |
Retail trade | 17,418 | 11.2% |
Educational services | 17,169 | 11.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 9,667 | 6.2% |
Construction | 9,458 | 6.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 8,821 | 5.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 7,951 | 5.1% |
Other services | 6,505 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 5,884 | 3.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,362 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 4,861 | 3.1% |
Public administration | 4,819 | 3.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,593 | 2.3% |
Information | 2,557 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,256 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 1,799 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 655 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 252 | 0.2% |
Management | 103 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 4,252 | 1.35% |
Puerto Rican | 24,426 | 7.77% |
Cuban | 588 | 0.19% |
Dominican | 5,468 | 1.74% |
Total Central American | 3,279 | 1.04% |
Costa Rican | 243 | 0.08% |
Guatemalan | 1,279 | 0.41% |
Honduran | 631 | 0.20% |
Nicaraguan | 106 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 271 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 749 | 0.24% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 5,426 | 1.73% |
Argentinean | 109 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 80 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 135 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 1,908 | 0.61% |
Ecuadorian | 1,342 | 0.43% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,080 | 0.34% |
Uruguayan | 248 | 0.08% |
Venezuelan | 419 | 0.13% |
Other South American | 105 | 0.03% |
Other Hispanic | 2,761 | 0.88% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 3,055 | 0.97% |
Chinese | 2,909 | 0.93% |
Vietnamese | 852 | 0.27% |
Filipino | 808 | 0.26% |
Korean | 501 | 0.16% |
Taiwanese | 200 | 0.06% |
Japanese | 105 | 0.03% |
Thai | 86 | 0.03% |
Singaporean | 21 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 256,655 | 85.7% |
Spanish | 26,784 | 8.9% |
Other Indo-European | 5,017 | 1.7% |
Chinese | 2,230 | 0.7% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,972 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 1,385 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,250 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 1,163 | 0.4% |
Other | 922 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 67,598 | 21.5% |
Italian | 40,801 | 13.0% |
Irish | 38,793 | 12.3% |
American | 27,836 | 8.9% |
English | 20,684 | 6.6% |
Polish | 13,817 | 4.4% |
Hungarian | 6,815 | 2.2% |
Pennsylvania German | 6,660 | 2.1% |
Slovak | 6,242 | 2.0% |
Dutch | 5,135 | 1.6% |
Welsh | 3,901 | 1.2% |
Russian | 3,620 | 1.2% |
French | 3,504 | 1.1% |
Ukrainian | 3,432 | 1.1% |
European | 3,307 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 304,268 | 96.8% |
Not a citizen | 10,031 | 3.2% |
Native | 288,379 | 91.8% |
Foreign-born | 25,920 | 8.2% |
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 | ||||||
5,756 | 2.6% | 11,956 | 5.4% | 72,910 | 33.1% | 57,217 | 26.0% | 44,339 | 20.1% | 27,951 | 12.7% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,756 | 2.6% |
9-12 Years | 11,956 | 5.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 72,910 | 33.1% |
Some College | 57,217 | 26.0% |
Bach. Degree | 44,339 | 20.1% |
Grad Degree | 27,951 | 12.7% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 125,236 | 118,473 | 6,763 | 5.4% | 5.5% |
1991 | 126,132 | 118,190 | 7,942 | 6.3% | 6.9% |
1992 | 126,732 | 117,442 | 9,290 | 7.3% | 7.5% |
1993 | 126,163 | 118,161 | 8,002 | 6.3% | 6.9% |
1994 | 125,716 | 118,203 | 7,513 | 6.0% | 6.3% |
1995 | 125,614 | 118,861 | 6,753 | 5.4% | 5.9% |
1996 | 128,100 | 120,942 | 7,158 | 5.6% | 5.5% |
1997 | 130,887 | 124,374 | 6,513 | 5.0% | 5.1% |
1998 | 131,885 | 126,081 | 5,804 | 4.4% | 4.7% |
1999 | 133,470 | 128,073 | 5,397 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
2000 | 138,615 | 133,331 | 5,284 | 3.8% | 4.2% |
2001 | 141,098 | 134,971 | 6,127 | 4.3% | 4.8% |
2002 | 142,722 | 135,215 | 7,507 | 5.3% | 5.6% |
2003 | 143,562 | 135,600 | 7,962 | 5.5% | 5.7% |
2004 | 145,707 | 137,942 | 7,765 | 5.3% | 5.4% |
2005 | 147,883 | 140,474 | 7,409 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
2006 | 150,204 | 143,216 | 6,988 | 4.7% | 4.7% |
2007 | 151,980 | 145,040 | 6,940 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
2008 | 153,524 | 145,096 | 8,428 | 5.5% | 5.3% |
2009 | 153,704 | 140,937 | 12,767 | 8.3% | 8.0% |
2010 | 151,401 | 138,498 | 12,903 | 8.5% | 8.2% |
2011 | 152,320 | 140,012 | 12,308 | 8.1% | 7.8% |
2012 | 155,096 | 142,791 | 12,305 | 7.9% | 7.7% |
2013 | 155,252 | 144,134 | 11,118 | 7.2% | 7.1% |
2014 | 155,204 | 145,876 | 9,328 | 6.0% | 5.9% |
2015 | 156,657 | 148,266 | 8,391 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
2016 | 159,085 | 150,961 | 8,124 | 5.1% | 5.3% |
2017 | 158,545 | 150,643 | 7,902 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
2018 | 159,724 | 152,400 | 7,324 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2019 | 161,942 | 154,559 | 7,383 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
2020 | 158,928 | 144,689 | 14,239 | 9.0% | 9.1% |
2021 | 162,767 | 153,557 | 9,210 | 5.7% | 6.0% |
2022 | 164,277 | 157,321 | 6,956 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
2023 | 166,162 | 160,416 | 5,746 | 3.5% | 3.4% |