2022 population: 234,921
( 32,254 from 2010
, 9,216 from 2020)
Land area: 192.3 square miles
Population density: 1221.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 181,823 | 77.40% | 16.8% |
Black: | 28,655 | 12.20% | 2.8% |
Indian: | 905 | 0.39% | 13.4% |
Asian: | 3,634 | 1.55% | 46.1% |
2+ races: | 4,816 | 2.05% | 49.9% |
Hispanic: | 15,088 | 6.42% | 40.8% |
Total non-White: | 53,098 | 22.60% | 12.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 4,786 | 10.6 |
Deaths: | 5,528 | 12.2 |
Net Migration: | 9,450 | 20.9 |
Net Immigration: | 374 | 0.8 |
Change in White population: | 26,192 | 12.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,062 | 3.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 114,625 | |
Median Value | $320,000 | |
Occupied | 99,975 | 87.2% |
Vacant | 14,650 | 12.8% |
Owned | 59,524 | 59.5% |
Rented | 40,451 | 40.5% |
Median Rent | $1,249 | |
Single-Family Units | 76,462 | 66.7% |
Detached | 70,557 | 61.6% |
Attached | 5,905 | 5.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 25,777 | 22.5% |
Mobile Homes | 2,661 | 2.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,125 | 6.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,651 | 3.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,366 | 3.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,299 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,925 | 3.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,100 | 3.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,377 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,372 | 4.4% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,985 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 9,247 | 9.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,924 | 8.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,996 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 9,758 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,810 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,574 | 7.6% |
$200,000 or more | 9,466 | 9.5% |
Median Household Income | 67,515 | |
Per Capita Income | 43,378 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 109 | |
Compared to U.S. | 92 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,632 | 3.6% |
Public Assistance | 1,511 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 9,676 | 9.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 102,579 | 72.9% |
Unemployed | 5,288 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 573 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 108,440 | 77.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 32,206 | 22.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 39,949 | 37,025 | 51.9% |
Non-Profit | 3,242 | 5,576 | 36.8% |
Self-Employed | 9,764 | 6,915 | 58.5% |
Local Government | 2,507 | 3,947 | 38.8% |
State Government | 2,113 | 3,750 | 36.0% |
Federal Government | 1,075 | 733 | 59.5% |
Total Private + Self | 49,713 | 43,940 | 53.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 8,937 | 14,006 | 39.0% |
Total | 58,650 | 57,946 | 50.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 21,516 | 18.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 25,235 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 29,298 | 25.0% |
Service Occupations | 21,226 | 18.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 270 | 0.2% |
All others | 19,736 | 16.9% |
White Collar | 65.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 16,768 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 14,719 | 12.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 10,825 | 9.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 10,648 | 9.1% |
Educational services | 10,541 | 9.0% |
Construction | 8,273 | 7.1% |
Manufacturing | 7,593 | 6.5% |
Other services | 6,958 | 5.9% |
Finance and insurance | 5,268 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,218 | 4.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,561 | 3.0% |
Public administration | 3,193 | 2.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,143 | 2.7% |
Information | 3,130 | 2.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,049 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 2,507 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 993 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 385 | 0.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 132 | 0.1% |
Management | 107 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 4,654 | 2.04% |
Puerto Rican | 2,315 | 1.01% |
Cuban | 863 | 0.38% |
Dominican | 323 | 0.14% |
Total Central American | 3,567 | 1.56% |
Costa Rican | 71 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 365 | 0.16% |
Honduran | 1,825 | 0.80% |
Nicaraguan | 30 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 130 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 1,113 | 0.49% |
Other Central American | 33 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 1,066 | 0.47% |
Argentinean | 97 | 0.04% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 155 | 0.07% |
Colombian | 421 | 0.18% |
Ecuadorian | 4 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 76 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 313 | 0.14% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,069 | 0.47% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Korean | 1,016 | 0.45% |
Chinese | 632 | 0.28% |
Filipino | 367 | 0.16% |
Indian | 280 | 0.12% |
Japanese | 159 | 0.07% |
Vietnamese | 146 | 0.06% |
Taiwanese | 66 | 0.03% |
Burmese | 63 | 0.03% |
Hmong | 41 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 202,136 | 92.9% |
Spanish | 9,449 | 4.3% |
Other Indo-European | 1,525 | 0.7% |
Korean | 829 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 771 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 575 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 477 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 473 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 453 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 30,006 | 13.2% |
Irish | 25,818 | 11.3% |
German | 25,788 | 11.3% |
Italian | 13,504 | 5.9% |
American | 11,988 | 5.3% |
Scottish | 6,292 | 2.8% |
Polish | 5,603 | 2.5% |
European | 4,849 | 2.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 4,617 | 2.0% |
French | 4,554 | 2.0% |
Swedish | 1,973 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 1,948 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 1,793 | 0.8% |
British | 1,759 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 1,564 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 221,668 | 97.2% |
Not a citizen | 6,466 | 2.8% |
Native | 216,038 | 94.7% |
Foreign-born | 12,096 | 5.3% |
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 | ||||||
3,739 | 2.4% | 6,516 | 4.1% | 30,323 | 19.1% | 49,183 | 31.0% | 44,834 | 28.3% | 24,004 | 15.1% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 3,739 | 2.4% |
9-12 Years | 6,516 | 4.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 30,323 | 19.1% |
Some College | 49,183 | 31.0% |
Bach. Degree | 44,834 | 28.3% |
Grad Degree | 24,004 | 15.1% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 65,588 | 62,634 | 2,954 | 4.5% | 4.1% |
1991 | 68,618 | 64,414 | 4,204 | 6.1% | 5.9% |
1992 | 70,359 | 64,985 | 5,374 | 7.6% | 6.3% |
1993 | 71,642 | 66,426 | 5,216 | 7.3% | 5.1% |
1994 | 72,957 | 67,883 | 5,074 | 7.0% | 4.4% |
1995 | 74,882 | 70,617 | 4,265 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
1996 | 78,422 | 74,858 | 3,564 | 4.5% | 4.4% |
1997 | 80,811 | 77,658 | 3,153 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
1998 | 81,754 | 78,700 | 3,054 | 3.7% | 3.5% |
1999 | 83,607 | 80,979 | 2,628 | 3.1% | 3.3% |
2000 | 87,717 | 84,495 | 3,222 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
2001 | 89,577 | 85,085 | 4,492 | 5.0% | 5.6% |
2002 | 90,204 | 84,282 | 5,922 | 6.6% | 6.9% |
2003 | 92,677 | 87,183 | 5,494 | 5.9% | 6.7% |
2004 | 94,581 | 90,117 | 4,464 | 4.7% | 5.9% |
2005 | 98,520 | 94,185 | 4,335 | 4.4% | 5.6% |
2006 | 101,989 | 97,929 | 4,060 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2007 | 104,582 | 100,316 | 4,266 | 4.1% | 5.1% |
2008 | 105,861 | 100,365 | 5,496 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
2009 | 105,613 | 95,406 | 10,207 | 9.7% | 11.0% |
2010 | 107,987 | 97,615 | 10,372 | 9.6% | 10.7% |
2011 | 108,073 | 97,757 | 10,316 | 9.5% | 10.3% |
2012 | 109,761 | 100,052 | 9,709 | 8.8% | 9.5% |
2013 | 109,725 | 101,673 | 8,052 | 7.3% | 7.8% |
2014 | 110,542 | 104,191 | 6,351 | 5.7% | 6.1% |
2015 | 113,266 | 107,283 | 5,983 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
2016 | 115,690 | 110,226 | 5,464 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
2017 | 119,218 | 114,285 | 4,933 | 4.1% | 4.5% |
2018 | 121,263 | 116,545 | 4,718 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
2019 | 123,739 | 119,384 | 4,355 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2020 | 120,839 | 112,078 | 8,761 | 7.3% | 7.3% |
2021 | 122,553 | 117,253 | 5,300 | 4.3% | 4.9% |
2022 | 129,545 | 125,298 | 4,247 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
2023 | 132,975 | 128,796 | 4,179 | 3.1% | 3.5% |