2022 population: 251,069
( 4,191 from 2010
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736 from 2020)
Land area: 5222.8 square miles
Population density: 48.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 219,061 | 87.25% | ![]() |
Black: | 9,002 | 3.59% | ![]() |
Indian: | 1,668 | 0.66% | ![]() |
Asian: | 3,693 | 1.47% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,293 | 2.11% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 12,352 | 4.92% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 32,008 | 12.75% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,935 | 13.8 |
Deaths: | 4,997 | 9.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -3,122 | -6.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 379 | 0.8 |
Change in White population: | -10,789 | -4.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,598 | 2.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 128,854 | |
Median Value | $144,711 | |
Occupied | 98,170 | 76.2% |
Vacant | 30,684 | 23.8% |
Owned | 63,264 | 64.4% |
Rented | 34,906 | 35.6% |
Median Rent | $955 | |
Single-Family Units | 87,969 | 68.3% |
Detached | 83,660 | 64.9% |
Attached | 4,309 | 3.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 11,920 | 9.3% |
Mobile Homes | 14,134 | 11.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 5,617 | 5.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 4,741 | 4.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 4,352 | 4.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,288 | 4.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,475 | 4.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,674 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,075 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,954 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,304 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,666 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 10,003 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13,932 | 14.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 9,600 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,215 | 6.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 6,173 | 6.3% |
$200,000 or more | 4,101 | 4.2% |
Median Household Income | 61,084 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,352 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 91 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 6,579 | 6.7% |
Public Assistance | 3,650 | 3.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 15,961 | 16.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 91,768 | 59.9% |
Unemployed | 6,281 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 9,188 | 6.0% |
Total Labor Force | 107,237 | 70.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 46,026 | 30.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 29,883 | 23,900 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 4,228 | 6,941 | 37.9% |
Self-Employed | 6,711 | 3,428 | 66.2% |
Local Government | 3,824 | 6,964 | 35.4% |
State Government | 5,085 | 4,017 | 55.9% |
Federal Government | 2,948 | 2,238 | 56.8% |
Total Private + Self | 36,594 | 27,328 | 57.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,085 | 20,160 | 44.4% |
Total | 52,679 | 47,488 | 52.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 25.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 12,436 | 12.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 19,820 | 19.7% |
Professional, Technical | 23,000 | 22.9% |
Service Occupations | 21,733 | 21.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 933 | 0.9% |
All others | 23,657 | 23.5% |
White Collar | 54.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 16,245 | 36.3% |
Educational services | 14,073 | 31.5% |
Retail trade | 12,959 | 29.0% |
Public administration | 8,734 | 19.5% |
Manufacturing | 7,878 | 17.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 7,290 | 16.3% |
Construction | 6,820 | 15.2% |
Other services | 4,584 | 10.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,439 | 7.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 3,120 | 7.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,061 | 6.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,666 | 6.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,259 | 5.0% |
Finance and insurance | 2,031 | 4.5% |
Information | 1,489 | 3.3% |
Wholesale trade | 1,411 | 3.2% |
Utilities | 1,183 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,130 | 2.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 210 | 0.5% |
Management | 64 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 3,505 | 1.39% |
Puerto Rican | 4,443 | 1.76% |
Cuban | 122 | 0.05% |
Dominican | 982 | 0.39% |
Total Central American | 758 | 0.30% |
Costa Rican | 71 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 132 | 0.05% |
Honduran | 132 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 28 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 238 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 101 | 0.04% |
Other Central American | 56 | 0.02% |
Total South American | 1,281 | 0.51% |
Argentinean | 38 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 38 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 15 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 480 | 0.19% |
Ecuadorian | 530 | 0.21% |
Paraguayan | 10 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 149 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 13 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 8 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,251 | 0.49% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 666 | 0.26% |
Indian | 628 | 0.25% |
Filipino | 602 | 0.24% |
Korean | 374 | 0.15% |
Vietnamese | 88 | 0.03% |
Burmese | 85 | 0.03% |
Cambodian | 47 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 45 | 0.02% |
Thai | 33 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 219,379 | 92.5% |
Spanish | 6,212 | 2.6% |
German, other Germanic | 5,281 | 2.2% |
Other Indo-European | 1,460 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,418 | 0.6% |
Other | 742 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 593 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 570 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 498 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 38,268 | 15.1% |
German | 30,472 | 12.1% |
English | 29,283 | 11.6% |
French | 19,822 | 7.8% |
Italian | 17,428 | 6.9% |
American | 16,425 | 6.5% |
French Canadian | 10,164 | 4.0% |
Polish | 7,933 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 5,999 | 2.4% |
Dutch | 3,649 | 1.4% |
European | 3,314 | 1.3% |
Pennsylvania German | 2,277 | 0.9% |
Canadian | 1,907 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,901 | 0.8% |
African | 1,779 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 248,666 | 98.4% |
Not a citizen | 4,139 | 1.6% |
Native | 243,019 | 96.1% |
Foreign-born | 9,786 | 3.9% |
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 | ||||||
5,730 | 3.5% | 10,188 | 6.2% | 57,434 | 34.9% | 52,053 | 31.6% | 21,762 | 13.2% | 17,381 | 10.6% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,730 | 3.5% |
9-12 Years | 10,188 | 6.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 57,434 | 34.9% |
Some College | 52,053 | 31.6% |
Bach. Degree | 21,762 | 13.2% |
Grad Degree | 17,381 | 10.6% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 108,976 | 100,076 | 8,900 | 8.2% | |
1991 | 111,308 | 99,893 | 11,415 | 10.3% | |
1992 | 110,928 | 98,653 | 12,275 | 11.1% | |
1993 | 108,600 | 97,645 | 10,955 | 10.1% | |
1994 | 108,201 | 97,732 | 10,469 | 9.7% | |
1995 | 107,255 | 98,008 | 9,247 | 8.6% | |
1996 | 107,481 | 98,637 | 8,844 | 8.2% | |
1997 | 109,435 | 100,266 | 9,169 | 8.4% | |
1998 | 108,734 | 99,418 | 9,316 | 8.6% | |
1999 | 109,038 | 99,633 | 9,405 | 8.6% | |
2000 | 106,360 | 100,317 | 6,043 | 5.7% | |
2001 | 106,142 | 99,571 | 6,571 | 6.2% | |
2002 | 108,378 | 101,134 | 7,244 | 6.7% | |
2003 | 107,660 | 100,174 | 7,486 | 7.0% | |
2004 | 107,649 | 100,117 | 7,532 | 7.0% | |
2005 | 108,941 | 102,299 | 6,642 | 6.1% | |
2006 | 111,110 | 104,912 | 6,198 | 5.6% | |
2007 | 109,726 | 103,674 | 6,052 | 5.5% | |
2008 | 111,307 | 103,692 | 7,615 | 6.8% | |
2009 | 112,090 | 101,550 | 10,540 | 9.4% | |
2010 | 113,126 | 101,945 | 11,181 | 9.9% | |
2011 | 110,380 | 99,253 | 11,127 | 10.1% | |
2012 | 109,143 | 98,050 | 11,093 | 10.2% | |
2013 | 109,005 | 98,712 | 10,293 | 9.4% | |
2014 | 105,429 | 97,241 | 8,188 | 7.8% | |
2015 | 102,025 | 94,898 | 7,127 | 7.0% | |
2016 | 100,830 | 94,223 | 6,607 | 6.6% | |
2017 | 99,802 | 93,246 | 6,556 | 6.6% | |
2018 | 99,360 | 93,826 | 5,534 | 5.6% | |
2019 | 98,216 | 92,970 | 5,246 | 5.3% | |
2020 | 97,538 | 89,410 | 8,128 | 8.3% | |
2021 | 99,177 | 94,093 | 5,084 | 5.1% | |
2022 | 98,846 | 94,838 | 4,008 | 4.1% | |
2023 | 99,279 | 94,946 | 4,333 | 4.4% |