2022 population: 249,070
( 47,778 from 2010
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10,837 from 2020)
Land area: 632.7 square miles
Population density: 393.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 171,479 | 68.85% | ![]() |
Black: | 29,559 | 11.87% | ![]() |
Indian: | 749 | 0.30% | ![]() |
Asian: | 11,574 | 4.65% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 4,829 | 1.94% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 30,880 | 12.40% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 77,591 | 31.15% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 5,372 | 11.3 |
Deaths: | 3,981 | 8.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 8,889 | 18.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 591 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | 21,381 | 10.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 26,397 | 13.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 84,798 | |
Median Value | $336,600 | |
Occupied | 80,271 | 94.7% |
Vacant | 4,527 | 5.3% |
Owned | 66,252 | 82.5% |
Rented | 14,019 | 17.5% |
Median Rent | $1,274 | |
Single-Family Units | 75,756 | 89.3% |
Detached | 73,391 | 86.5% |
Attached | 2,365 | 2.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,907 | 3.4% |
Mobile Homes | 4,256 | 5.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,298 | 2.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,184 | 1.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 1,790 | 2.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,733 | 2.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,588 | 3.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,948 | 2.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,614 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,202 | 2.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,084 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 4,479 | 5.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,682 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,167 | 13.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 8,516 | 10.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 7,276 | 9.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,883 | 11.1% |
$200,000 or more | 13,827 | 17.2% |
Median Household Income | 95,533 | |
Per Capita Income | 43,957 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 112 | |
Compared to U.S. | 94 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,409 | 3.0% |
Public Assistance | 1,194 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,381 | 7.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 102,578 | 74.7% |
Unemployed | 4,818 | 3.5% |
In Armed Forces | 38 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 107,434 | 78.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 29,923 | 21.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 49,985 | 36,612 | 57.7% |
Non-Profit | 3,175 | 5,278 | 37.6% |
Self-Employed | 7,840 | 4,937 | 61.4% |
Local Government | 2,886 | 5,366 | 35.0% |
State Government | 1,001 | 1,924 | 34.2% |
Federal Government | 931 | 651 | 58.8% |
Total Private + Self | 57,825 | 41,549 | 58.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 7,993 | 13,219 | 37.7% |
Total | 65,818 | 54,768 | 54.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 27,637 | 22.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 25,426 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 26,784 | 22.1% |
Service Occupations | 15,455 | 12.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 332 | 0.3% |
All others | 25,636 | 21.2% |
White Collar | 66.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 14,190 | 11.7% |
Retail trade | 13,991 | 11.6% |
Health care and social assistance | 12,745 | 10.5% |
Finance and insurance | 11,260 | 9.3% |
Construction | 10,427 | 8.6% |
Educational services | 9,899 | 8.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 9,333 | 7.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 7,391 | 6.1% |
Other services | 6,555 | 5.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,891 | 4.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,214 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 3,599 | 3.0% |
Public administration | 2,894 | 2.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,423 | 2.0% |
Information | 2,245 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,102 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 1,456 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,056 | 0.9% |
Management | 136 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 131 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 15,902 | 6.62% |
Puerto Rican | 3,073 | 1.28% |
Cuban | 717 | 0.30% |
Dominican | 402 | 0.17% |
Total Central American | 3,187 | 1.33% |
Costa Rican | 132 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 1,246 | 0.52% |
Honduran | 707 | 0.29% |
Nicaraguan | 66 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 93 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 943 | 0.39% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,516 | 1.46% |
Argentinean | 43 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 18 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 26 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 940 | 0.39% |
Ecuadorian | 1,009 | 0.42% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 607 | 0.25% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 840 | 0.35% |
Other South American | 33 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 1,523 | 0.63% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 5,108 | 2.13% |
Chinese | 995 | 0.41% |
Vietnamese | 847 | 0.35% |
Filipino | 718 | 0.30% |
Hmong | 341 | 0.14% |
Korean | 293 | 0.12% |
Burmese | 216 | 0.09% |
Taiwanese | 68 | 0.03% |
Indonesian | 40 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 191,812 | 84.4% |
Spanish | 21,640 | 9.5% |
Other Indo-European | 4,357 | 1.9% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,873 | 1.3% |
Other Asian | 2,660 | 1.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 759 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 707 | 0.3% |
Other | 634 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 468 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 27,808 | 11.6% |
German | 25,021 | 10.4% |
Irish | 23,029 | 9.6% |
American | 16,750 | 7.0% |
Italian | 10,647 | 4.4% |
Polish | 5,516 | 2.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 5,178 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 5,112 | 2.1% |
European | 4,244 | 1.8% |
French | 3,882 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 1,872 | 0.8% |
Russian | 1,851 | 0.8% |
Ukrainian | 1,670 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 1,595 | 0.7% |
British | 1,549 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 226,777 | 94.4% |
Not a citizen | 13,332 | 5.6% |
Native | 214,135 | 89.2% |
Foreign-born | 25,974 | 10.8% |
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 | ||||||
6,069 | 3.9% | 8,703 | 5.6% | 35,354 | 22.9% | 45,057 | 29.1% | 39,363 | 25.5% | 20,093 | 13.0% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,069 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 8,703 | 5.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 35,354 | 22.9% |
Some College | 45,057 | 29.1% |
Bach. Degree | 39,363 | 25.5% |
Grad Degree | 20,093 | 13.0% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 46,346 | 45,043 | 1,303 | 2.8% | 4.1% |
1991 | 47,151 | 44,736 | 2,415 | 5.1% | 5.9% |
1992 | 48,302 | 45,622 | 2,680 | 5.5% | 6.3% |
1993 | 49,725 | 47,634 | 2,091 | 4.2% | 5.1% |
1994 | 51,790 | 50,073 | 1,717 | 3.3% | 4.4% |
1995 | 53,669 | 52,242 | 1,427 | 2.7% | 4.4% |
1996 | 56,434 | 55,022 | 1,412 | 2.5% | 4.4% |
1997 | 58,462 | 57,000 | 1,462 | 2.5% | 3.8% |
1998 | 59,945 | 58,555 | 1,390 | 2.3% | 3.5% |
1999 | 63,275 | 61,981 | 1,294 | 2.0% | 3.3% |
2000 | 67,255 | 65,370 | 1,885 | 2.8% | 3.7% |
2001 | 70,841 | 67,927 | 2,914 | 4.1% | 5.6% |
2002 | 73,948 | 69,874 | 4,074 | 5.5% | 6.9% |
2003 | 76,864 | 72,689 | 4,175 | 5.4% | 6.7% |
2004 | 79,066 | 75,037 | 4,029 | 5.1% | 5.9% |
2005 | 82,852 | 78,898 | 3,954 | 4.8% | 5.6% |
2006 | 89,219 | 85,420 | 3,799 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2007 | 91,931 | 87,999 | 3,932 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
2008 | 95,972 | 90,687 | 5,285 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
2009 | 96,241 | 86,204 | 10,037 | 10.4% | 11.0% |
2010 | 101,531 | 91,462 | 10,069 | 9.9% | 10.7% |
2011 | 102,947 | 93,573 | 9,374 | 9.1% | 10.3% |
2012 | 105,081 | 96,627 | 8,454 | 8.0% | 9.5% |
2013 | 105,927 | 99,180 | 6,747 | 6.4% | 7.8% |
2014 | 108,842 | 103,296 | 5,546 | 5.1% | 6.1% |
2015 | 112,222 | 106,848 | 5,374 | 4.8% | 5.7% |
2016 | 115,411 | 110,320 | 5,091 | 4.4% | 5.1% |
2017 | 118,928 | 114,149 | 4,779 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 121,615 | 117,279 | 4,336 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
2019 | 124,867 | 120,622 | 4,245 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2020 | 121,173 | 113,926 | 7,247 | 6.0% | 7.3% |
2021 | 123,609 | 118,702 | 4,907 | 4.0% | 4.9% |
2022 | 130,308 | 126,207 | 4,101 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
2023 | 132,893 | 128,911 | 3,982 | 3.0% | 3.5% |