2022 population: 232,995
( 9,808 from 2010
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5,006 from 2020)
Land area: 53.3 square miles
Population density: 4373.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 98,936 | 42.46% | ![]() |
Black: | 93,893 | 40.30% | ![]() |
Indian: | 886 | 0.38% | ![]() |
Asian: | 9,384 | 4.03% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 8,268 | 3.55% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 21,628 | 9.28% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 134,059 | 57.54% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 7,136 | 15.0 |
Deaths: | 5,161 | 10.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -8,236 | -17.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,225 | 2.6 |
Change in White population: | -8,527 | -3.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -1,281 | -0.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 101,710 | |
Median Value | $254,200 | |
Occupied | 93,797 | 92.2% |
Vacant | 7,913 | 7.8% |
Owned | 42,001 | 44.8% |
Rented | 51,796 | 55.2% |
Median Rent | $1,188 | |
Single-Family Units | 57,572 | 56.6% |
Detached | 49,668 | 48.8% |
Attached | 7,904 | 7.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 29,123 | 28.6% |
Mobile Homes | 744 | 0.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,315 | 6.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,045 | 4.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,678 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,023 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,940 | 4.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,675 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,630 | 4.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,696 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 3,698 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,500 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 9,773 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 11,981 | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 8,531 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,036 | 6.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5,515 | 5.9% |
$200,000 or more | 5,761 | 6.1% |
Median Household Income | 60,998 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,761 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 88 | |
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,929 | 6.3% |
Public Assistance | 3,292 | 3.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 15,712 | 16.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 88,483 | 59.1% |
Unemployed | 6,829 | 4.6% |
In Armed Forces | 21,482 | 14.3% |
Total Labor Force | 116,794 | 78.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 32,951 | 22.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 33,286 | 32,517 | 50.6% |
Non-Profit | 2,697 | 6,035 | 30.9% |
Self-Employed | 4,075 | 3,023 | 57.4% |
Local Government | 3,019 | 4,405 | 40.7% |
State Government | 1,823 | 2,679 | 40.5% |
Federal Government | 5,575 | 3,381 | 62.2% |
Total Private + Self | 37,361 | 35,540 | 51.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 13,114 | 16,500 | 44.3% |
Total | 50,475 | 52,040 | 49.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 20.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 13,083 | 12.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 22,838 | 22.3% |
Professional, Technical | 25,204 | 24.6% |
Service Occupations | 20,154 | 19.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 62 | 0.1% |
All others | 21,327 | 20.8% |
White Collar | 59.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 14,494 | 14.1% |
Retail trade | 11,761 | 11.5% |
Educational services | 10,293 | 10.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 9,439 | 9.2% |
Public administration | 8,144 | 7.9% |
Manufacturing | 7,667 | 7.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 7,617 | 7.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,106 | 6.0% |
Construction | 5,939 | 5.8% |
Other services | 4,972 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,700 | 4.6% |
Finance and insurance | 3,551 | 3.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,996 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 1,950 | 1.9% |
Information | 1,624 | 1.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,614 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 470 | 0.5% |
Management | 114 | 0.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 113 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 42 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,208 | 3.04% |
Puerto Rican | 4,215 | 1.78% |
Cuban | 954 | 0.40% |
Dominican | 1,040 | 0.44% |
Total Central American | 4,649 | 1.96% |
Costa Rican | 90 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 532 | 0.22% |
Honduran | 1,925 | 0.81% |
Nicaraguan | 264 | 0.11% |
Panamanian | 395 | 0.17% |
Salvadoran | 1,443 | 0.61% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 905 | 0.38% |
Argentinean | 58 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 44 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 21 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 209 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 117 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 5 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 142 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 6 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 303 | 0.13% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,717 | 0.72% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 4,967 | 2.10% |
Indian | 1,006 | 0.42% |
Chinese | 863 | 0.36% |
Vietnamese | 526 | 0.22% |
Korean | 361 | 0.15% |
Thai | 180 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 138 | 0.06% |
Bangladeshi | 123 | 0.05% |
Cambodian | 112 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 197,685 | 89.3% |
Spanish | 11,367 | 5.1% |
Tagalog | 3,541 | 1.6% |
Other Indo-European | 2,072 | 0.9% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,731 | 0.8% |
Other | 1,156 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 997 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 703 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 612 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 19,934 | 8.4% |
Irish | 18,715 | 7.9% |
English | 16,098 | 6.8% |
American | 13,553 | 5.7% |
Italian | 7,868 | 3.3% |
African | 4,399 | 1.9% |
French | 3,853 | 1.6% |
Scottish | 3,765 | 1.6% |
Polish | 3,304 | 1.4% |
European | 3,268 | 1.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,803 | 0.8% |
Norwegian | 1,604 | 0.7% |
British | 1,346 | 0.6% |
Russian | 1,293 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 1,235 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 228,567 | 96.5% |
Not a citizen | 8,406 | 3.5% |
Native | 219,486 | 92.6% |
Foreign-born | 17,487 | 7.4% |
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 | ||||||
4,870 | 3.2% | 11,499 | 7.5% | 37,165 | 24.4% | 49,785 | 32.7% | 29,179 | 19.2% | 19,816 | 13.0% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 4,870 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 11,499 | 7.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 37,165 | 24.4% |
Some College | 49,785 | 32.7% |
Bach. Degree | 29,179 | 19.2% |
Grad Degree | 19,816 | 13.0% |
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 | 97,930 | 93,336 | 4,594 | 4.7% | 4.4% |
1991 | 96,289 | 90,445 | 5,844 | 6.1% | 5.8% |
1992 | 96,974 | 90,123 | 6,851 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
1993 | 91,759 | 85,581 | 6,178 | 6.7% | 5.2% |
1994 | 90,291 | 83,965 | 6,326 | 7.0% | 4.8% |
1995 | 87,551 | 82,020 | 5,531 | 6.3% | 4.4% |
1996 | 86,515 | 80,759 | 5,756 | 6.7% | 4.3% |
1997 | 86,090 | 80,510 | 5,580 | 6.5% | 3.7% |
1998 | 84,856 | 80,574 | 4,282 | 5.0% | 2.8% |
1999 | 83,874 | 79,635 | 4,239 | 5.1% | 2.7% |
2000 | 92,998 | 89,973 | 3,025 | 3.3% | 2.3% |
2001 | 95,097 | 90,911 | 4,186 | 4.4% | 3.3% |
2002 | 98,452 | 93,193 | 5,259 | 5.3% | 4.4% |
2003 | 97,768 | 92,330 | 5,438 | 5.6% | 4.3% |
2004 | 97,575 | 92,109 | 5,466 | 5.6% | 4.1% |
2005 | 96,457 | 91,190 | 5,267 | 5.5% | 3.8% |
2006 | 95,748 | 91,329 | 4,419 | 4.6% | 3.3% |
2007 | 99,895 | 95,475 | 4,420 | 4.4% | 3.3% |
2008 | 100,841 | 95,108 | 5,733 | 5.7% | 4.3% |
2009 | 99,228 | 90,574 | 8,654 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
2010 | 112,640 | 102,555 | 10,085 | 9.0% | 7.3% |
2011 | 112,742 | 103,387 | 9,355 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
2012 | 112,642 | 104,230 | 8,412 | 7.5% | 5.9% |
2013 | 112,752 | 105,086 | 7,666 | 6.8% | 5.6% |
2014 | 112,403 | 105,379 | 7,024 | 6.2% | 5.1% |
2015 | 110,946 | 104,840 | 6,106 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
2016 | 110,464 | 104,722 | 5,742 | 5.2% | 4.0% |
2017 | 112,164 | 107,055 | 5,109 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
2018 | 111,831 | 107,819 | 4,012 | 3.6% | 2.9% |
2019 | 112,092 | 108,369 | 3,723 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
2020 | 111,825 | 102,074 | 9,751 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
2021 | 109,711 | 103,587 | 6,124 | 5.6% | 3.9% |
2022 | 110,356 | 106,458 | 3,898 | 3.5% | 2.9% |
2023 | 113,430 | 109,605 | 3,825 | 3.4% | 2.9% |