2022 population: 438,522
( 527 from 2010
, 3,010 from 2020)
Land area: 9500.4 square miles
Population density: 46.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 335,981 | 76.62% | 3.9% |
Black: | 25,671 | 5.85% | 2.5% |
Indian: | 4,077 | 0.93% | 1.2% |
Asian: | 9,130 | 2.08% | 17.6% |
2+ races: | 14,324 | 3.27% | 22.0% |
Hispanic: | 49,339 | 11.25% | 29.7% |
Total non-White: | 102,541 | 23.38% | 15.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 12,250 | 13.9 |
Deaths: | 11,078 | 12.5 |
Net Migration: | -5,410 | -6.1 |
Net Immigration: | 1,021 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | -13,575 | -3.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 14,102 | 3.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 208,027 | |
Median Value | $166,919 | |
Occupied | 185,447 | 89.1% |
Vacant | 22,580 | 10.9% |
Owned | 120,070 | 64.7% |
Rented | 65,377 | 35.3% |
Median Rent | $907 | |
Single-Family Units | 155,563 | 74.8% |
Detached | 145,447 | 69.9% |
Attached | 10,116 | 4.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 26,939 | 12.9% |
Mobile Homes | 10,546 | 5.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,798 | 5.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,227 | 3.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 7,222 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,958 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 9,134 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,493 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 8,021 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,821 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,619 | 4.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 15,864 | 8.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 19,898 | 10.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 25,101 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 18,752 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 11,224 | 6.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 11,700 | 6.3% |
$200,000 or more | 9,615 | 5.2% |
Median Household Income | 63,022 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,914 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 7,484 | 4.0% |
Public Assistance | 3,386 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 14,727 | 7.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 186,258 | 71.0% |
Unemployed | 7,612 | 2.9% |
In Armed Forces | 10,461 | 4.0% |
Total Labor Force | 204,331 | 77.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 57,915 | 22.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 73,700 | 56,445 | 56.6% |
Non-Profit | 6,071 | 13,337 | 31.3% |
Self-Employed | 12,746 | 7,784 | 62.1% |
Local Government | 7,623 | 12,105 | 38.6% |
State Government | 8,874 | 12,152 | 42.2% |
Federal Government | 5,247 | 3,985 | 56.8% |
Total Private + Self | 86,446 | 64,229 | 57.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,815 | 41,579 | 40.1% |
Total | 114,261 | 105,808 | 51.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 22.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 32,156 | 14.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 42,552 | 19.3% |
Professional, Technical | 52,380 | 23.7% |
Service Occupations | 38,033 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,819 | 0.8% |
All others | 55,439 | 25.1% |
White Collar | 57.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 32,270 | 14.6% |
Educational services | 28,281 | 12.8% |
Manufacturing | 23,031 | 10.4% |
Retail trade | 22,735 | 10.3% |
Public administration | 15,919 | 7.2% |
Construction | 14,898 | 6.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 13,365 | 6.1% |
Finance and insurance | 10,159 | 4.6% |
Other services | 9,744 | 4.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 9,718 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 9,593 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,835 | 3.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 5,835 | 2.6% |
Wholesale trade | 4,324 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,874 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 3,559 | 1.6% |
Information | 3,274 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,534 | 1.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 507 | 0.2% |
Management | 105 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 37,146 | 7.99% |
Puerto Rican | 4,220 | 0.91% |
Cuban | 876 | 0.19% |
Dominican | 262 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 2,986 | 0.64% |
Costa Rican | 57 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 666 | 0.14% |
Honduran | 158 | 0.03% |
Nicaraguan | 558 | 0.12% |
Panamanian | 162 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 1,385 | 0.30% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,148 | 0.25% |
Argentinean | 70 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 183 | 0.04% |
Chilean | 86 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 215 | 0.05% |
Ecuadorian | 47 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 192 | 0.04% |
Peruvian | 129 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 17 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 209 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,499 | 0.54% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 1,722 | 0.37% |
Indian | 1,371 | 0.29% |
Filipino | 1,262 | 0.27% |
Korean | 1,110 | 0.24% |
Vietnamese | 647 | 0.14% |
Japanese | 561 | 0.12% |
Bangladeshi | 361 | 0.08% |
Thai | 166 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 63 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 404,034 | 92.7% |
Spanish | 22,100 | 5.1% |
Other Indo-European | 1,673 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 1,565 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 1,474 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 1,368 | 0.3% |
Other | 1,051 | 0.2% |
Korean | 668 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 580 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 117,408 | 25.2% |
English | 62,659 | 13.5% |
Irish | 49,363 | 10.6% |
American | 28,335 | 6.1% |
European | 14,394 | 3.1% |
Swedish | 10,427 | 2.2% |
French | 10,340 | 2.2% |
Italian | 9,007 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 7,961 | 1.7% |
Dutch | 5,467 | 1.2% |
Polish | 5,358 | 1.2% |
Norwegian | 4,928 | 1.1% |
Czech | 3,822 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 3,404 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,284 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 452,432 | 97.3% |
Not a citizen | 12,642 | 2.7% |
Native | 444,292 | 95.5% |
Foreign-born | 20,782 | 4.5% |
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 | ||||||
7,516 | 2.5% | 11,824 | 4.0% | 89,022 | 30.2% | 96,068 | 32.5% | 56,501 | 19.1% | 34,321 | 11.6% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 7,516 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 11,824 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 89,022 | 30.2% |
Some College | 96,068 | 32.5% |
Bach. Degree | 56,501 | 19.1% |
Grad Degree | 34,321 | 11.6% |
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 | 212,766 | 202,937 | 9,829 | 4.6% | |
1991 | 214,571 | 203,802 | 10,769 | 5.0% | |
1992 | 219,228 | 208,945 | 10,283 | 4.7% | |
1993 | 221,480 | 210,837 | 10,643 | 4.8% | |
1994 | 222,149 | 211,820 | 10,329 | 4.6% | |
1995 | 226,358 | 216,214 | 10,144 | 4.5% | |
1996 | 228,300 | 217,642 | 10,658 | 4.7% | |
1997 | 228,618 | 217,853 | 10,765 | 4.7% | |
1998 | 230,451 | 220,744 | 9,707 | 4.2% | |
1999 | 228,940 | 220,318 | 8,622 | 3.8% | |
2000 | 227,043 | 218,380 | 8,663 | 3.8% | |
2001 | 226,292 | 216,923 | 9,369 | 4.1% | |
2002 | 230,818 | 220,501 | 10,317 | 4.5% | |
2003 | 234,970 | 223,681 | 11,289 | 4.8% | |
2004 | 238,423 | 225,624 | 12,799 | 5.4% | |
2005 | 236,851 | 225,092 | 11,759 | 5.0% | |
2006 | 235,582 | 225,353 | 10,229 | 4.3% | |
2007 | 242,335 | 232,186 | 10,149 | 4.2% | |
2008 | 240,376 | 229,264 | 11,112 | 4.6% | |
2009 | 245,409 | 230,442 | 14,967 | 6.1% | |
2010 | 240,871 | 225,319 | 15,552 | 6.5% | |
2011 | 239,073 | 224,150 | 14,923 | 6.2% | |
2012 | 237,563 | 223,929 | 13,634 | 5.7% | |
2013 | 236,824 | 223,725 | 13,099 | 5.5% | |
2014 | 235,961 | 225,214 | 10,747 | 4.6% | |
2015 | 233,838 | 224,221 | 9,617 | 4.1% | |
2016 | 233,228 | 224,081 | 9,147 | 3.9% | |
2017 | 230,369 | 222,207 | 8,162 | 3.5% | |
2018 | 229,708 | 222,205 | 7,503 | 3.3% | |
2019 | 229,136 | 221,744 | 7,392 | 3.2% | |
2020 | 228,696 | 216,711 | 11,985 | 5.2% | |
2021 | 229,838 | 222,964 | 6,874 | 3.0% | |
2022 | 230,261 | 224,093 | 6,168 | 2.7% | |
2023 | 231,073 | 224,953 | 6,120 | 2.6% |