2022 population: 477,041
( 23,584 from 2010
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4,604 from 2020)
Land area: 7605.1 square miles
Population density: 62.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 400,775 | 84.01% | ![]() |
Black: | 34,523 | 7.24% | ![]() |
Indian: | 1,975 | 0.41% | ![]() |
Asian: | 12,167 | 2.55% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 12,267 | 2.57% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 15,334 | 3.21% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 76,266 | 15.99% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 11,584 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 11,498 | 12.2 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 3,242 | 3.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,423 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | 7,424 | 1.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 16,160 | 3.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 219,380 | |
Median Value | $194,637 | |
Occupied | 187,629 | 85.5% |
Vacant | 31,751 | 14.5% |
Owned | 126,326 | 67.3% |
Rented | 61,303 | 32.7% |
Median Rent | $830 | |
Single-Family Units | 158,162 | 72.1% |
Detached | 151,116 | 68.9% |
Attached | 7,046 | 3.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 23,251 | 10.6% |
Mobile Homes | 16,967 | 7.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 10,060 | 5.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 8,463 | 4.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 7,693 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,004 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,260 | 4.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 8,517 | 4.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 8,309 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,473 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,622 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 14,401 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 19,733 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 26,228 | 14.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 18,269 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 11,758 | 6.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 11,835 | 6.3% |
$200,000 or more | 11,004 | 5.9% |
Median Household Income | 64,065 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,530 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 81 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 8,810 | 4.7% |
Public Assistance | 3,123 | 1.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 16,902 | 9.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 212,700 | 70.0% |
Unemployed | 8,798 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 476 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 221,974 | 73.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 82,067 | 27.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 78,314 | 64,111 | 55.0% |
Non-Profit | 6,550 | 13,437 | 32.8% |
Self-Employed | 13,380 | 8,105 | 62.3% |
Local Government | 6,387 | 9,154 | 41.1% |
State Government | 12,193 | 16,003 | 43.2% |
Federal Government | 2,369 | 2,492 | 48.7% |
Total Private + Self | 91,694 | 72,216 | 55.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,499 | 41,086 | 40.1% |
Total | 119,193 | 113,302 | 51.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 20.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 36,496 | 15.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 47,002 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 57,093 | 24.5% |
Service Occupations | 39,206 | 16.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,570 | 0.7% |
All others | 53,108 | 22.8% |
White Collar | 60.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 34,572 | 324.7% |
Educational services | 29,572 | 277.7% |
Retail trade | 26,855 | 252.2% |
Manufacturing | 21,018 | 197.4% |
Public administration | 17,492 | 164.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,859 | 148.9% |
Construction | 15,657 | 147.0% |
Finance and insurance | 13,249 | 124.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 10,439 | 98.0% |
Other services | 9,882 | 92.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 9,463 | 88.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,911 | 55.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 5,125 | 48.1% |
Wholesale trade | 4,589 | 43.1% |
Information | 3,448 | 32.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,319 | 31.2% |
Utilities | 3,056 | 28.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,862 | 26.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 290 | 2.7% |
Management | 247 | 2.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 9,416 | 1.95% |
Puerto Rican | 1,094 | 0.23% |
Cuban | 379 | 0.08% |
Dominican | 93 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 1,383 | 0.29% |
Costa Rican | 22 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 491 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 224 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 408 | 0.08% |
Panamanian | 69 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 169 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,026 | 0.21% |
Argentinean | 26 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 89 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 48 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 288 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 104 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 18 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 408 | 0.08% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 39 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 6 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,140 | 0.24% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 3,362 | 0.69% |
Indian | 1,638 | 0.34% |
Korean | 1,292 | 0.27% |
Filipino | 967 | 0.20% |
Vietnamese | 945 | 0.20% |
Cambodian | 759 | 0.16% |
Taiwanese | 330 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 256 | 0.05% |
Thai | 135 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 432,106 | 94.6% |
Spanish | 7,648 | 1.7% |
German, other Germanic | 3,462 | 0.8% |
Chinese | 3,019 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 2,098 | 0.5% |
Other Indo-European | 1,925 | 0.4% |
Other | 1,466 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,059 | 0.2% |
Korean | 1,017 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 127,379 | 26.3% |
English | 53,603 | 11.1% |
Irish | 52,207 | 10.8% |
American | 40,730 | 8.4% |
Italian | 11,061 | 2.3% |
French | 9,591 | 2.0% |
Scottish | 9,537 | 2.0% |
European | 8,975 | 1.9% |
Dutch | 6,103 | 1.3% |
Polish | 5,525 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 5,242 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 4,739 | 1.0% |
Norwegian | 3,468 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 3,252 | 0.7% |
British | 2,979 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 474,147 | 97.9% |
Not a citizen | 9,954 | 2.1% |
Native | 467,300 | 96.5% |
Foreign-born | 16,801 | 3.5% |
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 | ||||||
9,993 | 3.1% | 17,915 | 5.6% | 99,724 | 31.3% | 85,853 | 26.9% | 64,067 | 20.1% | 41,176 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 9,993 | 3.1% |
9-12 Years | 17,915 | 5.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 99,724 | 31.3% |
Some College | 85,853 | 26.9% |
Bach. Degree | 64,067 | 20.1% |
Grad Degree | 41,176 | 12.9% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 195,974 | 186,481 | 9,493 | 4.8% | |
1991 | 199,910 | 190,057 | 9,853 | 4.9% | |
1992 | 202,662 | 192,999 | 9,663 | 4.8% | |
1993 | 205,981 | 195,095 | 10,886 | 5.3% | |
1994 | 210,381 | 202,476 | 7,905 | 3.8% | |
1995 | 218,270 | 210,886 | 7,384 | 3.4% | |
1996 | 225,343 | 217,775 | 7,568 | 3.4% | |
1997 | 236,932 | 229,280 | 7,652 | 3.2% | |
1998 | 236,731 | 229,772 | 6,959 | 2.9% | |
1999 | 236,637 | 231,251 | 5,386 | 2.3% | |
2000 | 232,873 | 226,165 | 6,708 | 2.9% | |
2001 | 234,853 | 225,764 | 9,089 | 3.9% | |
2002 | 234,801 | 224,512 | 10,289 | 4.4% | |
2003 | 236,650 | 226,042 | 10,608 | 4.5% | |
2004 | 237,576 | 226,486 | 11,090 | 4.7% | |
2005 | 241,541 | 230,834 | 10,707 | 4.4% | |
2006 | 242,900 | 232,878 | 10,022 | 4.1% | |
2007 | 244,281 | 233,691 | 10,590 | 4.3% | |
2008 | 244,704 | 231,745 | 12,959 | 5.3% | |
2009 | 244,003 | 225,207 | 18,796 | 7.7% | |
2010 | 238,653 | 219,441 | 19,212 | 8.1% | |
2011 | 238,592 | 220,927 | 17,665 | 7.4% | |
2012 | 238,934 | 224,577 | 14,357 | 6.0% | |
2013 | 240,081 | 226,300 | 13,781 | 5.7% | |
2014 | 240,358 | 227,790 | 12,568 | 5.2% | |
2015 | 240,681 | 230,080 | 10,601 | 4.4% | |
2016 | 241,331 | 231,942 | 9,389 | 3.9% | |
2017 | 239,319 | 231,653 | 7,666 | 3.2% | |
2018 | 238,389 | 231,900 | 6,489 | 2.7% | |
2019 | 239,927 | 233,161 | 6,766 | 2.8% | |
2020 | 237,955 | 226,919 | 11,036 | 4.6% | |
2021 | 239,439 | 231,991 | 7,448 | 3.1% | |
2022 | 240,865 | 235,623 | 5,242 | 2.2% | |
2023 | 243,039 | 236,417 | 6,622 | 2.7% |