2022 population: 357,117
( 65,808 from 2010
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6,444 from 2020)
Land area: 379.3 square miles
Population density: 941.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 196,483 | 55.02% | ![]() |
Black: | 44,820 | 12.55% | ![]() |
Indian: | 1,205 | 0.34% | ![]() |
Asian: | 12,701 | 3.56% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 6,061 | 1.70% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 95,847 | 26.84% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 160,634 | 44.98% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 8,693 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 8,096 | 11.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 5,194 | 7.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 665 | 0.9 |
Change in White population: | 23,831 | 8.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 41,977 | 14.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 156,803 | |
Median Value | $260,600 | |
Occupied | 135,275 | 86.3% |
Vacant | 21,528 | 13.7% |
Owned | 91,684 | 67.8% |
Rented | 43,591 | 32.2% |
Median Rent | $1,301 | |
Single-Family Units | 116,449 | 74.3% |
Detached | 113,837 | 72.6% |
Attached | 2,612 | 1.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 27,048 | 17.2% |
Mobile Homes | 5,740 | 3.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,656 | 4.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,990 | 3.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 4,425 | 3.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,444 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,623 | 3.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,738 | 3.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,974 | 2.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,739 | 2.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,949 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 8,274 | 6.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 11,284 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 17,044 | 12.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 13,704 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 11,383 | 8.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 13,410 | 9.9% |
$200,000 or more | 18,638 | 13.8% |
Median Household Income | 83,913 | |
Per Capita Income | 42,603 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 102 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,882 | 4.3% |
Public Assistance | 2,494 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 15,614 | 11.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 114,407 | 69.2% |
Unemployed | 7,283 | 4.4% |
In Armed Forces | 627 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 122,317 | 73.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 43,089 | 26.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 64,461 | 45,976 | 58.4% |
Non-Profit | 3,651 | 6,961 | 34.4% |
Self-Employed | 8,783 | 5,914 | 59.8% |
Local Government | 6,486 | 8,815 | 42.4% |
State Government | 4,076 | 7,693 | 34.6% |
Federal Government | 2,011 | 1,759 | 53.3% |
Total Private + Self | 73,244 | 51,890 | 58.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,224 | 25,228 | 39.1% |
Total | 89,468 | 77,118 | 53.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 29,314 | 17.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 31,385 | 18.8% |
Professional, Technical | 43,586 | 26.1% |
Service Occupations | 27,641 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 444 | 0.3% |
All others | 34,919 | 20.9% |
White Collar | 62.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 24,702 | 14.8% |
Manufacturing | 17,955 | 10.8% |
Educational services | 17,500 | 10.5% |
Retail trade | 16,729 | 10.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 12,435 | 7.5% |
Construction | 12,275 | 7.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 11,838 | 7.1% |
Public administration | 7,986 | 4.8% |
Other services | 7,410 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,865 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,814 | 4.1% |
Finance and insurance | 6,631 | 4.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,723 | 2.2% |
Wholesale trade | 3,337 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,321 | 2.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,360 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 2,073 | 1.2% |
Information | 1,777 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 714 | 0.4% |
Management | 400 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 68,866 | 19.63% |
Puerto Rican | 3,515 | 1.00% |
Cuban | 1,223 | 0.35% |
Dominican | 56 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 8,269 | 2.36% |
Costa Rican | 257 | 0.07% |
Guatemalan | 1,103 | 0.31% |
Honduran | 1,574 | 0.45% |
Nicaraguan | 486 | 0.14% |
Panamanian | 163 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 4,686 | 1.34% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,911 | 0.83% |
Argentinean | 93 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 21 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 3 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 1,678 | 0.48% |
Ecuadorian | 453 | 0.13% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 313 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 52 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 298 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 6,069 | 1.73% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 2,914 | 0.83% |
Vietnamese | 2,760 | 0.79% |
Filipino | 1,863 | 0.53% |
Chinese | 1,481 | 0.42% |
Korean | 483 | 0.14% |
Thai | 318 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 223 | 0.06% |
Taiwanese | 155 | 0.04% |
Indonesian | 100 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 262,861 | 79.6% |
Spanish | 52,424 | 15.9% |
Other Indo-European | 3,248 | 1.0% |
Other Asian | 2,232 | 0.7% |
Vietnamese | 2,100 | 0.6% |
Chinese | 1,628 | 0.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,195 | 0.4% |
Tagalog | 1,067 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 972 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 43,968 | 12.5% |
English | 31,185 | 8.9% |
Irish | 30,724 | 8.8% |
American | 13,599 | 3.9% |
Italian | 12,073 | 3.4% |
European | 9,014 | 2.6% |
French | 8,109 | 2.3% |
Scottish | 5,425 | 1.5% |
Polish | 4,780 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 3,065 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,938 | 0.8% |
Czech | 2,863 | 0.8% |
Norwegian | 2,684 | 0.8% |
British | 2,221 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 1,900 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 332,176 | 94.7% |
Not a citizen | 18,625 | 5.3% |
Native | 314,920 | 89.8% |
Foreign-born | 35,881 | 10.2% |
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 | ||||||
10,003 | 4.2% | 14,304 | 6.0% | 55,331 | 23.4% | 77,089 | 32.6% | 53,733 | 22.7% | 26,309 | 11.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 10,003 | 4.2% |
9-12 Years | 14,304 | 6.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 55,331 | 23.4% |
Some College | 77,089 | 32.6% |
Bach. Degree | 53,733 | 22.7% |
Grad Degree | 26,309 | 11.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 113,315 | 105,293 | 8,022 | 7.1% | 6.4% |
1991 | 116,023 | 107,366 | 8,657 | 7.5% | 7.0% |
1992 | 121,618 | 110,715 | 10,903 | 9.0% | 7.7% |
1993 | 124,915 | 114,137 | 10,778 | 8.6% | 7.2% |
1994 | 125,007 | 114,263 | 10,744 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
1995 | 126,731 | 117,043 | 9,688 | 7.6% | 6.1% |
1996 | 126,682 | 116,216 | 10,466 | 8.3% | 5.8% |
1997 | 125,597 | 115,346 | 10,251 | 8.2% | 5.4% |
1998 | 124,087 | 115,590 | 8,497 | 6.8% | 5.0% |
1999 | 122,758 | 114,588 | 8,170 | 6.7% | 4.7% |
2000 | 128,233 | 121,919 | 6,314 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
2001 | 129,890 | 123,145 | 6,745 | 5.2% | 5.0% |
2002 | 132,938 | 124,311 | 8,627 | 6.5% | 6.3% |
2003 | 135,174 | 125,471 | 9,703 | 7.2% | 6.7% |
2004 | 136,390 | 127,069 | 9,321 | 6.8% | 6.0% |
2005 | 138,338 | 130,306 | 8,032 | 5.8% | 5.5% |
2006 | 137,584 | 130,432 | 7,152 | 5.2% | 5.0% |
2007 | 138,157 | 131,734 | 6,423 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2008 | 141,992 | 133,953 | 8,039 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2009 | 140,873 | 129,344 | 11,529 | 8.2% | 7.5% |
2010 | 147,531 | 133,996 | 13,535 | 9.2% | 8.2% |
2011 | 149,843 | 136,198 | 13,645 | 9.1% | 8.0% |
2012 | 152,764 | 141,167 | 11,597 | 7.6% | 6.7% |
2013 | 155,443 | 144,677 | 10,766 | 6.9% | 6.3% |
2014 | 157,411 | 148,465 | 8,946 | 5.7% | 5.2% |
2015 | 158,012 | 150,077 | 7,935 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2016 | 160,171 | 151,625 | 8,546 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
2017 | 161,960 | 153,389 | 8,571 | 5.3% | 4.3% |
2018 | 163,217 | 155,611 | 7,606 | 4.7% | 3.9% |
2019 | 165,860 | 159,153 | 6,707 | 4.0% | 3.5% |
2020 | 164,608 | 150,218 | 14,390 | 8.7% | 7.6% |
2021 | 165,872 | 154,992 | 10,880 | 6.6% | 5.6% |
2022 | 169,058 | 161,647 | 7,411 | 4.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 174,213 | 166,796 | 7,417 | 4.3% | 3.9% |