2022 population: 269,225
( 112,118 from 2010
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28,159 from 2020)
Land area: 676.8 square miles
Population density: 397.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 137,352 | 51.02% | ![]() |
Black: | 11,011 | 4.09% | ![]() |
Indian: | 794 | 0.29% | ![]() |
Asian: | 5,461 | 2.03% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 4,786 | 1.78% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 109,821 | 40.79% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 131,873 | 48.98% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,424 | 13.3 |
Deaths: | 3,419 | 7.1 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 24,671 | 51.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 644 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | 45,290 | 28.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 66,828 | 42.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 94,988 | |
Median Value | $335,700 | |
Occupied | 89,328 | 94.0% |
Vacant | 5,660 | 6.0% |
Owned | 56,117 | 62.8% |
Rented | 33,211 | 37.2% |
Median Rent | $1,355 | |
Single-Family Units | 62,603 | 65.9% |
Detached | 60,885 | 64.1% |
Attached | 1,718 | 1.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 20,166 | 21.2% |
Mobile Homes | 7,328 | 7.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 4,992 | 5.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,415 | 2.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,334 | 2.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,698 | 3.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,170 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,720 | 4.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,439 | 2.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,771 | 3.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,414 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,855 | 6.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 8,708 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,500 | 12.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 10,057 | 11.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,341 | 7.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,441 | 8.3% |
$200,000 or more | 11,473 | 12.8% |
Median Household Income | 79,990 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,909 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 111 | |
Compared to U.S. | 96 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,030 | 3.4% |
Public Assistance | 2,034 | 2.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,796 | 7.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 72,134 | 72.2% |
Unemployed | 3,763 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 355 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 76,252 | 76.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 23,648 | 23.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 47,387 | 36,278 | 56.6% |
Non-Profit | 2,570 | 4,421 | 36.8% |
Self-Employed | 7,464 | 4,846 | 60.6% |
Local Government | 5,292 | 5,894 | 47.3% |
State Government | 4,292 | 4,228 | 50.4% |
Federal Government | 1,349 | 1,218 | 52.6% |
Total Private + Self | 54,851 | 41,124 | 57.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 13,503 | 15,761 | 46.1% |
Total | 68,354 | 56,885 | 54.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 23,663 | 18.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 28,318 | 22.6% |
Professional, Technical | 28,583 | 22.8% |
Service Occupations | 20,246 | 16.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 15 | 0.0% |
All others | 24,604 | 19.6% |
White Collar | 64.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 15,599 | 12.4% |
Educational services | 14,313 | 11.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 12,350 | 9.8% |
Construction | 12,156 | 9.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 11,030 | 8.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 10,320 | 8.2% |
Manufacturing | 8,561 | 6.8% |
Public administration | 7,844 | 6.3% |
Other services | 6,492 | 5.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 5,240 | 4.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,197 | 4.1% |
Finance and insurance | 4,563 | 3.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,835 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,239 | 1.8% |
Wholesale trade | 2,225 | 1.8% |
Information | 2,056 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 1,129 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 884 | 0.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 240 | 0.2% |
Management | 141 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 84,056 | 34.26% |
Puerto Rican | 2,374 | 0.97% |
Cuban | 481 | 0.20% |
Dominican | 555 | 0.23% |
Total Central American | 4,519 | 1.84% |
Costa Rican | 143 | 0.06% |
Guatemalan | 615 | 0.25% |
Honduran | 1,685 | 0.69% |
Nicaraguan | 263 | 0.11% |
Panamanian | 316 | 0.13% |
Salvadoran | 1,464 | 0.60% |
Other Central American | 33 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 1,617 | 0.66% |
Argentinean | 76 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 354 | 0.14% |
Chilean | 50 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 744 | 0.30% |
Ecuadorian | 67 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 119 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 204 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 5,342 | 2.18% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 1,224 | 0.50% |
Indian | 904 | 0.37% |
Chinese | 659 | 0.27% |
Korean | 365 | 0.15% |
Vietnamese | 294 | 0.12% |
Bangladeshi | 224 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 191 | 0.08% |
Thai | 81 | 0.03% |
Cambodian | 43 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 170,471 | 73.8% |
Spanish | 53,684 | 23.3% |
Other Indo-European | 2,144 | 0.9% |
Tagalog | 882 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 754 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 662 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 552 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 542 | 0.2% |
Other | 290 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 30,447 | 12.4% |
English | 24,838 | 10.1% |
Irish | 21,379 | 8.7% |
American | 8,486 | 3.5% |
Italian | 5,442 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 5,113 | 2.1% |
European | 4,714 | 1.9% |
French | 4,149 | 1.7% |
Polish | 3,574 | 1.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,555 | 1.0% |
Czech | 2,495 | 1.0% |
Norwegian | 1,896 | 0.8% |
British | 1,797 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 1,780 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 1,741 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 232,001 | 94.6% |
Not a citizen | 13,350 | 5.4% |
Native | 222,578 | 90.7% |
Foreign-born | 22,773 | 9.3% |
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 | ||||||
6,565 | 4.4% | 7,104 | 4.7% | 33,339 | 22.3% | 42,337 | 28.3% | 39,393 | 26.3% | 21,077 | 14.1% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,565 | 4.4% |
9-12 Years | 7,104 | 4.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 33,339 | 22.3% |
Some College | 42,337 | 28.3% |
Bach. Degree | 39,393 | 26.3% |
Grad Degree | 21,077 | 14.1% |
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 | 33,968 | 32,196 | 1,772 | 5.2% | 6.4% |
1991 | 34,461 | 32,927 | 1,534 | 4.5% | 7.0% |
1992 | 35,942 | 34,558 | 1,384 | 3.9% | 7.7% |
1993 | 38,036 | 36,796 | 1,240 | 3.3% | 7.2% |
1994 | 40,857 | 39,568 | 1,289 | 3.2% | 6.6% |
1995 | 43,689 | 42,324 | 1,365 | 3.1% | 6.1% |
1996 | 46,275 | 44,851 | 1,424 | 3.1% | 5.8% |
1997 | 48,007 | 46,452 | 1,555 | 3.2% | 5.4% |
1998 | 50,568 | 49,150 | 1,418 | 2.8% | 5.0% |
1999 | 53,131 | 51,673 | 1,458 | 2.7% | 4.7% |
2000 | 56,772 | 54,920 | 1,852 | 3.3% | 4.4% |
2001 | 57,991 | 55,719 | 2,272 | 3.9% | 5.0% |
2002 | 61,021 | 57,699 | 3,322 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2003 | 62,836 | 59,163 | 3,673 | 5.8% | 6.7% |
2004 | 64,439 | 61,120 | 3,319 | 5.2% | 6.0% |
2005 | 67,321 | 64,228 | 3,093 | 4.6% | 5.5% |
2006 | 69,554 | 66,609 | 2,945 | 4.2% | 5.0% |
2007 | 73,294 | 70,529 | 2,765 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
2008 | 76,680 | 73,382 | 3,298 | 4.3% | 4.9% |
2009 | 79,174 | 73,980 | 5,194 | 6.6% | 7.5% |
2010 | 80,494 | 74,809 | 5,685 | 7.1% | 8.2% |
2011 | 83,264 | 77,502 | 5,762 | 6.9% | 8.0% |
2012 | 85,610 | 80,647 | 4,963 | 5.8% | 6.7% |
2013 | 89,718 | 84,890 | 4,828 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2014 | 93,897 | 89,833 | 4,064 | 4.3% | 5.2% |
2015 | 98,497 | 95,094 | 3,403 | 3.5% | 4.5% |
2016 | 104,921 | 101,416 | 3,505 | 3.3% | 4.6% |
2017 | 110,693 | 107,183 | 3,510 | 3.2% | 4.3% |
2018 | 116,141 | 112,689 | 3,452 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
2019 | 120,848 | 117,494 | 3,354 | 2.8% | 3.5% |
2020 | 121,304 | 113,639 | 7,665 | 6.3% | 7.6% |
2021 | 130,916 | 125,498 | 5,418 | 4.1% | 5.6% |
2022 | 138,543 | 134,363 | 4,180 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
2023 | 144,229 | 139,520 | 4,709 | 3.3% | 3.9% |