2022 population: 696,757
( 19,197 from 2010
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395 from 2020)
Land area: 835.9 square miles
Population density: 833.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 417,697 | 59.95% | ![]() |
Black: | 84,891 | 12.18% | ![]() |
Indian: | 929 | 0.13% | ![]() |
Asian: | 45,947 | 6.59% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 11,722 | 1.68% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 135,571 | 19.46% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 279,060 | 40.05% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 15,177 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 12,885 | 9.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -3,711 | -2.7 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,329 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | -37,880 | -5.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 57,077 | 8.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 251,029 | |
Median Value | $283,600 | |
Occupied | 239,064 | 95.2% |
Vacant | 11,965 | 4.8% |
Owned | 196,571 | 82.2% |
Rented | 42,493 | 17.8% |
Median Rent | $1,342 | |
Single-Family Units | 216,390 | 86.2% |
Detached | 187,283 | 74.6% |
Attached | 29,107 | 11.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 19,767 | 7.9% |
Mobile Homes | 3,364 | 1.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,996 | 2.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,157 | 1.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,813 | 1.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 5,750 | 2.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,396 | 2.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 5,986 | 2.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 5,816 | 2.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 5,978 | 2.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,596 | 2.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 13,550 | 5.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 20,136 | 8.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 31,136 | 13.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 29,742 | 12.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 23,347 | 9.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 32,891 | 13.8% |
$200,000 or more | 37,774 | 15.8% |
Median Household Income | 103,678 | |
Per Capita Income | 44,356 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 104 | |
Compared to U.S. | 102 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 8,062 | 3.4% |
Public Assistance | 5,046 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 24,291 | 10.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 278,510 | 75.5% |
Unemployed | 14,363 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 182 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 293,055 | 79.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 75,957 | 20.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 24.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 146,545 | 115,269 | 56.0% |
Non-Profit | 8,367 | 16,643 | 33.5% |
Self-Employed | 17,146 | 10,758 | 61.4% |
Local Government | 11,391 | 17,127 | 39.9% |
State Government | 3,401 | 5,605 | 37.8% |
Federal Government | 4,057 | 2,506 | 61.8% |
Total Private + Self | 163,691 | 126,027 | 56.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,216 | 41,881 | 39.4% |
Total | 190,907 | 167,908 | 53.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 61,493 | 17.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 76,580 | 21.3% |
Professional, Technical | 79,294 | 22.1% |
Service Occupations | 52,368 | 14.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 655 | 0.2% |
All others | 89,729 | 25.0% |
White Collar | 60.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 46,402 | 12.9% |
Retail trade | 41,360 | 11.5% |
Manufacturing | 39,811 | 11.1% |
Educational services | 31,346 | 8.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 30,026 | 8.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 25,495 | 7.1% |
Construction | 25,134 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 21,900 | 6.1% |
Finance and insurance | 19,267 | 5.4% |
Other services | 15,420 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 13,614 | 3.8% |
Public administration | 13,452 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 11,585 | 3.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 6,913 | 1.9% |
Information | 6,011 | 1.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,566 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 3,597 | 1.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,278 | 0.4% |
Management | 973 | 0.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 314 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 108,834 | 15.62% |
Puerto Rican | 7,841 | 1.13% |
Cuban | 1,253 | 0.18% |
Dominican | 326 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 2,845 | 0.41% |
Costa Rican | 163 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 1,487 | 0.21% |
Honduran | 270 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 227 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 178 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 520 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,496 | 0.50% |
Argentinean | 153 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 121 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 174 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 1,037 | 0.15% |
Ecuadorian | 724 | 0.10% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 549 | 0.08% |
Uruguayan | 15 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 723 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 5,092 | 0.73% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 17,564 | 2.52% |
Filipino | 8,563 | 1.23% |
Chinese | 4,429 | 0.64% |
Korean | 1,726 | 0.25% |
Vietnamese | 1,255 | 0.18% |
Thai | 367 | 0.05% |
Bangladeshi | 298 | 0.04% |
Laotian | 265 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 241 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 519,452 | 78.9% |
Spanish | 83,516 | 12.7% |
Other Indo-European | 16,267 | 2.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 11,681 | 1.8% |
Other Asian | 7,036 | 1.1% |
Tagalog | 4,956 | 0.8% |
Chinese | 3,658 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 3,439 | 0.5% |
Other | 3,402 | 0.5% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 121,708 | 17.5% |
Irish | 96,197 | 13.8% |
Polish | 80,654 | 11.6% |
Italian | 63,319 | 9.1% |
English | 37,836 | 5.4% |
American | 17,820 | 2.6% |
Swedish | 12,724 | 1.8% |
African | 11,904 | 1.7% |
Dutch | 11,359 | 1.6% |
Czech | 9,661 | 1.4% |
Lithuanian | 9,020 | 1.3% |
French | 8,868 | 1.3% |
European | 7,443 | 1.1% |
Norwegian | 6,274 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 6,210 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 659,697 | 94.7% |
Not a citizen | 37,077 | 5.3% |
Native | 608,299 | 87.3% |
Foreign-born | 88,475 | 12.7% |
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 | ||||||
18,318 | 3.9% | 20,654 | 4.5% | 119,309 | 25.7% | 138,257 | 29.8% | 105,392 | 22.7% | 61,973 | 13.4% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 18,318 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 20,654 | 4.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 119,309 | 25.7% |
Some College | 138,257 | 29.8% |
Bach. Degree | 105,392 | 22.7% |
Grad Degree | 61,973 | 13.4% |
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 | 186,562 | 174,395 | 12,167 | 6.5% | 6.3% |
1991 | 188,777 | 174,311 | 14,466 | 7.7% | 7.3% |
1992 | 195,858 | 178,746 | 17,112 | 8.7% | 7.9% |
1993 | 201,440 | 185,652 | 15,788 | 7.8% | 7.5% |
1994 | 209,596 | 196,555 | 13,041 | 6.2% | 5.8% |
1995 | 219,219 | 206,971 | 12,248 | 5.6% | 5.2% |
1996 | 229,255 | 216,869 | 12,386 | 5.4% | 5.3% |
1997 | 233,798 | 221,971 | 11,827 | 5.1% | 4.8% |
1998 | 241,060 | 229,828 | 11,232 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
1999 | 255,376 | 244,142 | 11,234 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2000 | 280,158 | 268,536 | 11,622 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2001 | 289,939 | 275,028 | 14,911 | 5.1% | 5.4% |
2002 | 294,575 | 275,397 | 19,178 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
2003 | 305,605 | 285,302 | 20,303 | 6.6% | 6.7% |
2004 | 322,394 | 302,124 | 20,270 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
2005 | 333,936 | 314,320 | 19,616 | 5.9% | 5.7% |
2006 | 350,320 | 335,103 | 15,217 | 4.3% | 4.6% |
2007 | 359,958 | 342,270 | 17,688 | 4.9% | 5.1% |
2008 | 365,116 | 342,189 | 22,927 | 6.3% | 6.5% |
2009 | 366,000 | 328,507 | 37,493 | 10.2% | 10.2% |
2010 | 355,134 | 315,408 | 39,726 | 11.2% | 10.5% |
2011 | 352,460 | 314,639 | 37,821 | 10.7% | 9.8% |
2012 | 357,443 | 322,411 | 35,032 | 9.8% | 9.0% |
2013 | 359,245 | 323,807 | 35,438 | 9.9% | 9.1% |
2014 | 357,335 | 329,806 | 27,529 | 7.7% | 7.2% |
2015 | 356,963 | 334,632 | 22,331 | 6.3% | 6.0% |
2016 | 362,899 | 340,783 | 22,116 | 6.1% | 5.9% |
2017 | 360,262 | 341,945 | 18,317 | 5.1% | 5.0% |
2018 | 358,318 | 343,223 | 15,095 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
2019 | 358,876 | 344,488 | 14,388 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
2020 | 344,335 | 311,763 | 32,572 | 9.5% | 9.5% |
2021 | 358,350 | 337,883 | 20,467 | 5.7% | 6.1% |
2022 | 371,526 | 354,402 | 17,124 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
2023 | 367,740 | 352,251 | 15,489 | 4.2% | 4.5% |