2022 population: 317,561
( 38,730 from 2010
, 6,919 from 2020)
Land area: 895.6 square miles
Population density: 354.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 162,411 | 51.14% | 1.6% |
Black: | 22,368 | 7.04% | 12.1% |
Indian: | 1,327 | 0.42% | 29.3% |
Asian: | 7,491 | 2.36% | 28.9% |
2+ races: | 4,473 | 1.41% | 48.4% |
Hispanic: | 119,491 | 37.63% | 34.4% |
Total non-White: | 155,150 | 48.86% | 30.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 8,994 | 14.5 |
Deaths: | 7,728 | 12.4 |
Net Migration: | 4,358 | 7.0 |
Net Immigration: | 1,226 | 2.0 |
Change in White population: | 2,596 | 0.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 36,134 | 13.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 133,802 | |
Median Value | $183,700 | |
Occupied | 121,685 | 90.9% |
Vacant | 12,117 | 9.1% |
Owned | 67,644 | 55.6% |
Rented | 54,041 | 44.4% |
Median Rent | $1,087 | |
Single-Family Units | 91,578 | 68.4% |
Detached | 88,024 | 65.8% |
Attached | 3,554 | 2.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 25,730 | 19.2% |
Mobile Homes | 6,294 | 4.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 8,716 | 7.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,916 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,337 | 4.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,928 | 4.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,581 | 4.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 5,092 | 4.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,763 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,881 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 5,081 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 9,311 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 11,184 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 16,552 | 13.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 11,094 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,963 | 5.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,517 | 6.2% |
$200,000 or more | 8,769 | 7.2% |
Median Household Income | 61,911 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,700 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 91 | |
Compared to U.S. | 78 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,946 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 2,287 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 14,708 | 12.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 91,493 | 69.8% |
Unemployed | 4,523 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 199 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 96,215 | 73.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 34,926 | 26.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 56,072 | 45,058 | 55.4% |
Non-Profit | 3,771 | 7,383 | 33.8% |
Self-Employed | 8,330 | 5,839 | 58.8% |
Local Government | 4,714 | 6,479 | 42.1% |
State Government | 6,383 | 7,262 | 46.8% |
Federal Government | 1,409 | 861 | 62.1% |
Total Private + Self | 64,402 | 50,897 | 55.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,277 | 21,985 | 42.5% |
Total | 80,679 | 72,882 | 52.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 22,915 | 14.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 34,924 | 22.7% |
Professional, Technical | 38,162 | 24.8% |
Service Occupations | 26,789 | 17.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 284 | 0.2% |
All others | 31,017 | 20.2% |
White Collar | 62.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 22,596 | 14.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 21,977 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 18,659 | 12.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 14,012 | 9.1% |
Construction | 10,845 | 7.1% |
Other services | 8,257 | 5.4% |
Manufacturing | 8,224 | 5.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 7,673 | 5.0% |
Finance and insurance | 7,202 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 6,380 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,002 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,808 | 3.1% |
Wholesale trade | 4,629 | 3.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,039 | 2.0% |
Information | 2,864 | 1.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,283 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,699 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,419 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 1,045 | 0.7% |
Management | 194 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 93,587 | 30.04% |
Puerto Rican | 1,526 | 0.49% |
Cuban | 303 | 0.10% |
Dominican | 49 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 2,648 | 0.85% |
Costa Rican | 34 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 572 | 0.18% |
Honduran | 558 | 0.18% |
Nicaraguan | 12 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 86 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 1,386 | 0.44% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,567 | 0.50% |
Argentinean | 41 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 54 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 72 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 482 | 0.15% |
Ecuadorian | 156 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 27 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 551 | 0.18% |
Uruguayan | 44 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 140 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 15,087 | 4.84% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 2,051 | 0.66% |
Filipino | 1,283 | 0.41% |
Indian | 1,233 | 0.40% |
Vietnamese | 639 | 0.21% |
Korean | 527 | 0.17% |
Japanese | 175 | 0.06% |
Thai | 146 | 0.05% |
Bangladeshi | 89 | 0.03% |
Cambodian | 72 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 232,091 | 79.5% |
Spanish | 50,314 | 17.2% |
Chinese | 1,736 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 1,731 | 0.6% |
Other | 1,653 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 900 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 713 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 588 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 553 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 26,622 | 8.5% |
German | 26,270 | 8.4% |
Irish | 20,635 | 6.6% |
American | 15,887 | 5.1% |
Scottish | 5,576 | 1.8% |
European | 4,776 | 1.5% |
Italian | 3,900 | 1.3% |
French | 3,534 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,892 | 0.9% |
Welsh | 2,047 | 0.7% |
British | 1,992 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 1,648 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 1,639 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 1,454 | 0.5% |
Polish | 1,371 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 299,813 | 96.2% |
Not a citizen | 11,696 | 3.8% |
Native | 292,144 | 93.8% |
Foreign-born | 19,365 | 6.2% |
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 | ||||||
9,077 | 4.9% | 12,492 | 6.8% | 46,961 | 25.4% | 56,099 | 30.3% | 36,968 | 20.0% | 23,378 | 12.6% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 9,077 | 4.9% |
9-12 Years | 12,492 | 6.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 46,961 | 25.4% |
Some College | 56,099 | 30.3% |
Bach. Degree | 36,968 | 20.0% |
Grad Degree | 23,378 | 12.6% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 113,542 | 107,690 | 5,852 | 5.2% | 6.4% |
1991 | 113,180 | 106,846 | 6,334 | 5.6% | 7.0% |
1992 | 115,771 | 109,109 | 6,662 | 5.8% | 7.7% |
1993 | 116,728 | 111,235 | 5,493 | 4.7% | 7.2% |
1994 | 117,650 | 112,561 | 5,089 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
1995 | 120,201 | 115,263 | 4,938 | 4.1% | 6.1% |
1996 | 121,740 | 116,834 | 4,906 | 4.0% | 5.8% |
1997 | 123,109 | 118,257 | 4,852 | 3.9% | 5.4% |
1998 | 122,886 | 118,630 | 4,256 | 3.5% | 5.0% |
1999 | 123,988 | 120,348 | 3,640 | 2.9% | 4.7% |
2000 | 128,321 | 123,707 | 4,614 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
2001 | 131,373 | 126,565 | 4,808 | 3.7% | 5.0% |
2002 | 132,813 | 127,023 | 5,790 | 4.4% | 6.3% |
2003 | 135,461 | 128,883 | 6,578 | 4.9% | 6.7% |
2004 | 136,753 | 130,583 | 6,170 | 4.5% | 6.0% |
2005 | 137,880 | 132,197 | 5,683 | 4.1% | 5.5% |
2006 | 137,612 | 132,108 | 5,504 | 4.0% | 5.0% |
2007 | 136,111 | 131,168 | 4,943 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
2008 | 138,524 | 133,372 | 5,152 | 3.7% | 4.9% |
2009 | 142,374 | 134,756 | 7,618 | 5.4% | 7.5% |
2010 | 143,521 | 134,500 | 9,021 | 6.3% | 8.2% |
2011 | 145,666 | 136,634 | 9,032 | 6.2% | 8.0% |
2012 | 145,281 | 137,565 | 7,716 | 5.3% | 6.7% |
2013 | 147,137 | 139,809 | 7,328 | 5.0% | 6.3% |
2014 | 147,568 | 141,676 | 5,892 | 4.0% | 5.2% |
2015 | 149,630 | 144,499 | 5,131 | 3.4% | 4.5% |
2016 | 153,626 | 148,411 | 5,215 | 3.4% | 4.6% |
2017 | 155,955 | 150,960 | 4,995 | 3.2% | 4.3% |
2018 | 156,474 | 151,661 | 4,813 | 3.1% | 3.9% |
2019 | 158,157 | 153,675 | 4,482 | 2.8% | 3.5% |
2020 | 156,625 | 147,629 | 8,996 | 5.7% | 7.6% |
2021 | 161,697 | 154,339 | 7,358 | 4.6% | 5.6% |
2022 | 163,740 | 158,245 | 5,495 | 3.4% | 3.9% |
2023 | 165,713 | 160,188 | 5,525 | 3.3% | 3.9% |