2022 population: 496,719
( 7,600 from 2010
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2,304 from 2020)
Land area: 12446.9 square miles
Population density: 39.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 448,528 | 90.30% | ![]() |
Black: | 4,326 | 0.87% | ![]() |
Indian: | 6,390 | 1.29% | ![]() |
Asian: | 13,847 | 2.79% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 7,104 | 1.43% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 16,524 | 3.33% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 48,191 | 9.70% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 10,620 | 10.7 |
Deaths: | 13,196 | 13.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 4,449 | 4.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 361 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -5,113 | -1.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 12,713 | 2.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 255,151 | |
Median Value | $189,233 | |
Occupied | 192,702 | 75.5% |
Vacant | 62,449 | 24.5% |
Owned | 145,743 | 75.6% |
Rented | 46,959 | 24.4% |
Median Rent | $816 | |
Single-Family Units | 204,131 | 80.0% |
Detached | 199,077 | 78.0% |
Attached | 5,054 | 2.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 22,549 | 8.8% |
Mobile Homes | 15,308 | 6.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 7,234 | 3.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,027 | 3.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,245 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,500 | 4.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 10,108 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,683 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,815 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 8,011 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,457 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 16,163 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 20,746 | 10.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 28,445 | 14.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 20,828 | 10.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 12,156 | 6.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 12,969 | 6.7% |
$200,000 or more | 10,315 | 5.4% |
Median Household Income | 66,526 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,180 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 8,696 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 4,998 | 2.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 20,598 | 10.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 203,304 | 75.6% |
Unemployed | 7,501 | 2.8% |
In Armed Forces | 74 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 210,879 | 78.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 57,969 | 21.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 24.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 86,243 | 67,100 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 5,646 | 13,682 | 29.2% |
Self-Employed | 15,300 | 7,830 | 66.1% |
Local Government | 6,905 | 10,854 | 38.9% |
State Government | 2,481 | 3,349 | 42.6% |
Federal Government | 1,342 | 1,519 | 46.9% |
Total Private + Self | 101,543 | 74,930 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,374 | 29,404 | 35.8% |
Total | 117,917 | 104,334 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 31,585 | 14.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 43,280 | 19.4% |
Professional, Technical | 43,409 | 19.5% |
Service Occupations | 36,044 | 16.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 3,168 | 1.4% |
All others | 68,486 | 30.7% |
White Collar | 53.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 41,118 | 114.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 34,922 | 97.4% |
Retail trade | 25,776 | 71.9% |
Educational services | 16,050 | 44.8% |
Construction | 14,279 | 39.8% |
Finance and insurance | 13,016 | 36.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 12,758 | 35.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 10,072 | 28.1% |
Other services | 9,480 | 26.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 7,805 | 21.8% |
Public administration | 7,214 | 20.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 7,141 | 19.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,266 | 17.5% |
Wholesale trade | 5,332 | 14.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,300 | 12.0% |
Information | 2,947 | 8.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,489 | 6.9% |
Utilities | 1,380 | 3.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 368 | 1.0% |
Management | 91 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 9,356 | 2.06% |
Puerto Rican | 1,239 | 0.27% |
Cuban | 360 | 0.08% |
Dominican | 38 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 937 | 0.21% |
Costa Rican | 137 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 116 | 0.03% |
Honduran | 80 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 483 | 0.11% |
Panamanian | 59 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 62 | 0.01% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 390 | 0.09% |
Argentinean | 46 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 10 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 9 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 163 | 0.04% |
Ecuadorian | 39 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 15 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 43 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 61 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 1 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,213 | 0.27% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 7,265 | 1.60% |
Indian | 1,545 | 0.34% |
Chinese | 760 | 0.17% |
Filipino | 509 | 0.11% |
Vietnamese | 419 | 0.09% |
Korean | 242 | 0.05% |
Laotian | 197 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 186 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 101 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 412,028 | 95.3% |
Spanish | 6,573 | 1.5% |
Other Asian | 6,507 | 1.5% |
German, other Germanic | 2,704 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 1,349 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 952 | 0.2% |
Other | 501 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 477 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 422 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 202,549 | 44.5% |
Polish | 67,919 | 14.9% |
Irish | 41,987 | 9.2% |
English | 27,670 | 6.1% |
Norwegian | 26,137 | 5.7% |
American | 17,989 | 4.0% |
French | 13,073 | 2.9% |
Swedish | 11,932 | 2.6% |
Italian | 11,302 | 2.5% |
Czech | 8,809 | 1.9% |
Dutch | 8,110 | 1.8% |
European | 5,543 | 1.2% |
French Canadian | 4,995 | 1.1% |
Finnish | 3,583 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 3,440 | 0.8% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 449,512 | 98.8% |
Not a citizen | 5,600 | 1.2% |
Native | 442,733 | 97.3% |
Foreign-born | 12,379 | 2.7% |
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 | ||||||
7,395 | 2.3% | 15,796 | 4.8% | 115,945 | 35.6% | 106,931 | 32.8% | 54,431 | 16.7% | 25,271 | 7.8% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 7,395 | 2.3% |
9-12 Years | 15,796 | 4.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 115,945 | 35.6% |
Some College | 106,931 | 32.8% |
Bach. Degree | 54,431 | 16.7% |
Grad Degree | 25,271 | 7.8% |
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 | 206,590 | 197,227 | 9,363 | 4.5% | |
1991 | 211,771 | 200,191 | 11,580 | 5.5% | |
1992 | 219,959 | 207,676 | 12,283 | 5.6% | |
1993 | 224,547 | 213,123 | 11,424 | 5.1% | |
1994 | 227,578 | 215,849 | 11,729 | 5.2% | |
1995 | 232,404 | 221,200 | 11,204 | 4.8% | |
1996 | 236,608 | 226,254 | 10,354 | 4.4% | |
1997 | 240,139 | 229,821 | 10,318 | 4.3% | |
1998 | 239,255 | 229,015 | 10,240 | 4.3% | |
1999 | 236,365 | 227,542 | 8,823 | 3.7% | |
2000 | 242,260 | 232,882 | 9,378 | 3.9% | |
2001 | 245,409 | 233,866 | 11,543 | 4.7% | |
2002 | 246,938 | 233,488 | 13,450 | 5.4% | |
2003 | 250,197 | 235,974 | 14,223 | 5.7% | |
2004 | 248,168 | 235,160 | 13,008 | 5.2% | |
2005 | 247,286 | 234,683 | 12,603 | 5.1% | |
2006 | 249,861 | 237,392 | 12,469 | 5.0% | |
2007 | 250,933 | 238,215 | 12,718 | 5.1% | |
2008 | 250,651 | 237,267 | 13,384 | 5.3% | |
2009 | 251,616 | 227,665 | 23,951 | 9.5% | |
2010 | 241,084 | 218,125 | 22,959 | 9.5% | |
2011 | 237,327 | 217,311 | 20,016 | 8.4% | |
2012 | 235,536 | 217,018 | 18,518 | 7.9% | |
2013 | 234,418 | 216,826 | 17,592 | 7.5% | |
2014 | 230,550 | 216,753 | 13,797 | 6.0% | |
2015 | 230,107 | 218,938 | 11,169 | 4.9% | |
2016 | 230,735 | 221,110 | 9,625 | 4.2% | |
2017 | 231,583 | 223,589 | 7,994 | 3.5% | |
2018 | 230,198 | 222,786 | 7,412 | 3.2% | |
2019 | 228,048 | 220,070 | 7,978 | 3.5% | |
2020 | 225,376 | 211,741 | 13,635 | 6.0% | |
2021 | 227,312 | 218,525 | 8,787 | 3.9% | |
2022 | 224,113 | 217,186 | 6,927 | 3.1% | |
2023 | 225,635 | 218,280 | 7,355 | 3.3% |