2022 population: 388,167
( 22,979 from 2010
, 5,233 from 2020)
Land area: 2695.5 square miles
Population density: 144.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 336,356 | 86.65% | 8.7% |
Black: | 21,400 | 5.51% | 1.3% |
Indian: | 696 | 0.18% | 4.2% |
Asian: | 6,681 | 1.72% | 81.3% |
2+ races: | 7,969 | 2.05% | 29.5% |
Hispanic: | 15,065 | 3.88% | 41.5% |
Total non-White: | 51,811 | 13.35% | 21.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 8,659 | 11.0 |
Deaths: | 11,486 | 14.6 |
Net Migration: | -3,133 | -4.0 |
Net Immigration: | 603 | 0.8 |
Change in White population: | -32,188 | -7.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 9,209 | 2.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 183,838 | |
Median Value | $149,460 | |
Occupied | 158,874 | 86.4% |
Vacant | 24,964 | 13.6% |
Owned | 111,518 | 70.2% |
Rented | 47,356 | 29.8% |
Median Rent | $818 | |
Single-Family Units | 134,288 | 73.0% |
Detached | 128,537 | 69.9% |
Attached | 5,751 | 3.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 16,703 | 9.1% |
Mobile Homes | 12,781 | 7.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 8,253 | 5.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,830 | 4.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,873 | 4.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,419 | 5.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,698 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,428 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 6,869 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 6,577 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,726 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 12,712 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 16,284 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 21,425 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 14,741 | 9.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 9,195 | 5.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 9,002 | 5.7% |
$200,000 or more | 7,842 | 4.9% |
Median Household Income | 59,107 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,412 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 12,224 | 7.7% |
Public Assistance | 5,653 | 3.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 28,699 | 18.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 160,951 | 68.6% |
Unemployed | 9,340 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 286 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 170,577 | 72.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 64,080 | 27.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 66,018 | 50,950 | 56.4% |
Non-Profit | 7,548 | 17,074 | 30.7% |
Self-Employed | 9,967 | 4,909 | 67.0% |
Local Government | 4,677 | 6,603 | 41.5% |
State Government | 3,550 | 3,550 | 50.0% |
Federal Government | 1,513 | 1,290 | 54.0% |
Total Private + Self | 75,985 | 55,859 | 57.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 17,288 | 28,517 | 37.7% |
Total | 93,273 | 84,376 | 52.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 25,697 | 14.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 33,314 | 18.7% |
Professional, Technical | 37,868 | 21.3% |
Service Occupations | 35,337 | 19.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 886 | 0.5% |
All others | 45,664 | 25.7% |
White Collar | 54.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 31,665 | 17.8% |
Manufacturing | 30,726 | 17.3% |
Retail trade | 19,585 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 15,900 | 8.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 12,135 | 6.8% |
Construction | 9,492 | 5.3% |
Other services | 9,196 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 8,327 | 4.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,857 | 3.9% |
Public administration | 6,612 | 3.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 6,596 | 3.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,788 | 3.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,481 | 2.0% |
Wholesale trade | 3,236 | 1.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,318 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,968 | 1.1% |
Information | 1,946 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 1,370 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 598 | 0.3% |
Management | 84 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 2,974 | 0.76% |
Puerto Rican | 8,361 | 2.13% |
Cuban | 237 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 310 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 541 | 0.14% |
Costa Rican | 124 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 183 | 0.05% |
Honduran | 221 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 4 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 9 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 700 | 0.18% |
Argentinean | 6 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 32 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 156 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 75 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 246 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 11 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 135 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 39 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 1,291 | 0.33% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 1,234 | 0.31% |
Chinese | 819 | 0.21% |
Filipino | 640 | 0.16% |
Vietnamese | 585 | 0.15% |
Korean | 366 | 0.09% |
Bhutanese | 345 | 0.09% |
Bangladeshi | 127 | 0.03% |
Japanese | 110 | 0.03% |
Mongolian | 61 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 349,682 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 6,605 | 1.8% |
German, other Germanic | 4,297 | 1.2% |
Other Indo-European | 3,024 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,016 | 0.8% |
Arabic | 1,349 | 0.4% |
Other | 1,002 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 762 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 671 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 96,997 | 24.7% |
Irish | 55,907 | 14.2% |
Italian | 39,786 | 10.1% |
English | 36,916 | 9.4% |
Polish | 35,662 | 9.1% |
American | 16,768 | 4.3% |
Swedish | 10,188 | 2.6% |
French | 7,427 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 6,752 | 1.7% |
Dutch | 5,681 | 1.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 5,374 | 1.4% |
Slovak | 4,311 | 1.1% |
European | 4,233 | 1.1% |
Russian | 3,453 | 0.9% |
Welsh | 3,193 | 0.8% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 387,397 | 98.6% |
Not a citizen | 5,466 | 1.4% |
Native | 379,404 | 96.6% |
Foreign-born | 13,459 | 3.4% |
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 | ||||||
6,819 | 2.5% | 14,449 | 5.3% | 110,764 | 40.4% | 69,215 | 25.3% | 45,482 | 16.6% | 27,218 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 6,819 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 14,449 | 5.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 110,764 | 40.4% |
Some College | 69,215 | 25.3% |
Bach. Degree | 45,482 | 16.6% |
Grad Degree | 27,218 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 194,138 | 182,427 | 11,711 | 6.0% | |
1991 | 198,620 | 183,698 | 14,922 | 7.5% | |
1992 | 201,200 | 185,239 | 15,961 | 7.9% | |
1993 | 202,724 | 188,450 | 14,274 | 7.0% | |
1994 | 202,603 | 188,717 | 13,886 | 6.9% | |
1995 | 203,353 | 190,631 | 12,722 | 6.3% | |
1996 | 204,992 | 192,818 | 12,174 | 5.9% | |
1997 | 206,274 | 194,506 | 11,768 | 5.7% | |
1998 | 205,389 | 194,802 | 10,587 | 5.2% | |
1999 | 206,522 | 196,014 | 10,508 | 5.1% | |
2000 | 205,816 | 196,425 | 9,391 | 4.6% | |
2001 | 205,852 | 194,386 | 11,466 | 5.6% | |
2002 | 206,618 | 192,973 | 13,645 | 6.6% | |
2003 | 200,728 | 187,410 | 13,318 | 6.6% | |
2004 | 202,985 | 190,606 | 12,379 | 6.1% | |
2005 | 204,798 | 193,649 | 11,149 | 5.4% | |
2006 | 204,128 | 193,510 | 10,618 | 5.2% | |
2007 | 204,948 | 194,719 | 10,229 | 5.0% | |
2008 | 206,931 | 195,329 | 11,602 | 5.6% | |
2009 | 204,655 | 186,416 | 18,239 | 8.9% | |
2010 | 198,253 | 180,514 | 17,739 | 8.9% | |
2011 | 198,817 | 183,151 | 15,666 | 7.9% | |
2012 | 199,572 | 184,607 | 14,965 | 7.5% | |
2013 | 197,535 | 183,618 | 13,917 | 7.0% | |
2014 | 195,851 | 183,945 | 11,906 | 6.1% | |
2015 | 195,822 | 185,092 | 10,730 | 5.5% | |
2016 | 194,152 | 182,060 | 12,092 | 6.2% | |
2017 | 189,369 | 178,496 | 10,873 | 5.7% | |
2018 | 187,206 | 178,153 | 9,053 | 4.8% | |
2019 | 186,707 | 177,958 | 8,749 | 4.7% | |
2020 | 183,671 | 166,350 | 17,321 | 9.4% | |
2021 | 183,243 | 170,935 | 12,308 | 6.7% | |
2022 | 181,569 | 172,684 | 8,885 | 4.9% | |
2023 | 181,768 | 174,869 | 6,899 | 3.8% |