2022 population: 258,298
( 30,528 from 2010
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6,289 from 2020)
Land area: 2865.8 square miles
Population density: 90.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 214,823 | 83.17% | ![]() |
Black: | 16,802 | 6.50% | ![]() |
Indian: | 576 | 0.22% | ![]() |
Asian: | 9,064 | 3.51% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,234 | 2.03% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 11,799 | 4.57% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 43,475 | 16.83% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 6,842 | 13.6 |
Deaths: | 7,001 | 13.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 5,797 | 11.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 536 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | 15,445 | 6.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 15,083 | 6.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 114,445 | |
Median Value | $178,182 | |
Occupied | 100,079 | 87.4% |
Vacant | 14,366 | 12.6% |
Owned | 64,355 | 64.3% |
Rented | 35,724 | 35.7% |
Median Rent | $813 | |
Single-Family Units | 77,457 | 67.7% |
Detached | 75,699 | 66.1% |
Attached | 1,758 | 1.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 12,166 | 10.6% |
Mobile Homes | 14,948 | 13.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 6,527 | 6.5% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 6,261 | 6.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,417 | 5.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,505 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,259 | 5.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,747 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 4,209 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 4,833 | 4.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,585 | 4.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 7,072 | 7.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 10,055 | 10.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13,565 | 13.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 7,895 | 7.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 5,840 | 5.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4,810 | 4.8% |
$200,000 or more | 4,499 | 4.5% |
Median Household Income | 55,866 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,209 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 77 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 6,613 | 6.6% |
Public Assistance | 2,054 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 14,973 | 15.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 107,049 | 67.3% |
Unemployed | 5,828 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 42 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 112,919 | 71.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 46,211 | 29.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 45,562 | 36,471 | 55.5% |
Non-Profit | 2,885 | 6,000 | 32.5% |
Self-Employed | 7,736 | 4,013 | 65.8% |
Local Government | 3,305 | 4,617 | 41.7% |
State Government | 2,216 | 3,732 | 37.3% |
Federal Government | 1,299 | 733 | 63.9% |
Total Private + Self | 53,298 | 40,484 | 56.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 9,705 | 15,082 | 39.2% |
Total | 63,003 | 55,566 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 14,427 | 12.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 23,666 | 19.9% |
Professional, Technical | 24,087 | 20.2% |
Service Occupations | 20,661 | 17.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 994 | 0.8% |
All others | 36,178 | 30.4% |
White Collar | 52.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 20,840 | 30.4% |
Health care and social assistance | 15,836 | 23.1% |
Retail trade | 14,449 | 21.1% |
Educational services | 11,249 | 16.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 10,031 | 14.6% |
Construction | 7,732 | 11.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,373 | 9.3% |
Other services | 5,233 | 7.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,993 | 7.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 4,862 | 7.1% |
Finance and insurance | 3,567 | 5.2% |
Public administration | 3,009 | 4.4% |
Wholesale trade | 2,916 | 4.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,155 | 3.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,797 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,457 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 1,156 | 1.7% |
Information | 1,084 | 1.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 245 | 0.4% |
Management | 35 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 5,985 | 2.31% |
Puerto Rican | 496 | 0.19% |
Cuban | 510 | 0.20% |
Dominican | 112 | 0.04% |
Total Central American | 2,658 | 1.03% |
Costa Rican | 39 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 878 | 0.34% |
Honduran | 418 | 0.16% |
Nicaraguan | 46 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 34 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 1,243 | 0.48% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 581 | 0.22% |
Argentinean | 43 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 40 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 202 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 95 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 164 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 37 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 746 | 0.29% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Burmese | 3,070 | 1.19% |
Indian | 709 | 0.27% |
Chinese | 625 | 0.24% |
Cambodian | 541 | 0.21% |
Filipino | 489 | 0.19% |
Korean | 348 | 0.13% |
Vietnamese | 345 | 0.13% |
Japanese | 277 | 0.11% |
Bhutanese | 49 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 221,776 | 91.2% |
Spanish | 6,764 | 2.8% |
Other Asian | 4,642 | 1.9% |
German, other Germanic | 3,004 | 1.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,032 | 0.8% |
Other | 1,789 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European | 1,240 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 585 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 453 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 33,819 | 13.1% |
English | 30,575 | 11.8% |
German | 23,755 | 9.2% |
Irish | 22,301 | 8.6% |
Scottish | 5,485 | 2.1% |
Italian | 5,139 | 2.0% |
European | 3,854 | 1.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,528 | 1.4% |
French | 2,430 | 0.9% |
Polish | 2,378 | 0.9% |
Yugoslavian | 1,795 | 0.7% |
British | 1,469 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 1,297 | 0.5% |
Other Subsaharan African | 1,151 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 1,039 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 248,868 | 96.1% |
Not a citizen | 10,013 | 3.9% |
Native | 243,761 | 94.2% |
Foreign-born | 15,120 | 5.8% |
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 | ||||||
11,048 | 6.6% | 13,064 | 7.7% | 59,092 | 35.0% | 45,229 | 26.8% | 23,960 | 14.2% | 16,203 | 9.6% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 11,048 | 6.6% |
9-12 Years | 13,064 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 59,092 | 35.0% |
Some College | 45,229 | 26.8% |
Bach. Degree | 23,960 | 14.2% |
Grad Degree | 16,203 | 9.6% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 90,405 | 84,103 | 6,302 | 7.0% | |
1991 | 91,980 | 84,556 | 7,424 | 8.1% | |
1992 | 93,459 | 87,138 | 6,321 | 6.8% | |
1993 | 94,028 | 88,736 | 5,292 | 5.6% | |
1994 | 95,463 | 91,380 | 4,083 | 4.3% | |
1995 | 98,012 | 92,697 | 5,315 | 5.4% | |
1996 | 101,250 | 94,317 | 6,933 | 6.8% | |
1997 | 101,976 | 95,175 | 6,801 | 6.7% | |
1998 | 101,588 | 96,035 | 5,553 | 5.5% | |
1999 | 102,538 | 97,647 | 4,891 | 4.8% | |
2000 | 104,846 | 100,449 | 4,397 | 4.2% | |
2001 | 105,260 | 99,975 | 5,285 | 5.0% | |
2002 | 105,390 | 99,665 | 5,725 | 5.4% | |
2003 | 106,904 | 100,595 | 6,309 | 5.9% | |
2004 | 106,456 | 101,139 | 5,317 | 5.0% | |
2005 | 109,245 | 103,254 | 5,991 | 5.5% | |
2006 | 111,586 | 105,483 | 6,103 | 5.5% | |
2007 | 112,584 | 106,990 | 5,594 | 5.0% | |
2008 | 112,871 | 105,963 | 6,908 | 6.1% | |
2009 | 113,988 | 100,788 | 13,200 | 11.6% | |
2010 | 112,893 | 101,014 | 11,879 | 10.5% | |
2011 | 113,376 | 102,801 | 10,575 | 9.3% | |
2012 | 113,794 | 104,926 | 8,868 | 7.8% | |
2013 | 113,433 | 104,796 | 8,637 | 7.6% | |
2014 | 110,221 | 103,389 | 6,832 | 6.2% | |
2015 | 109,435 | 103,961 | 5,474 | 5.0% | |
2016 | 112,812 | 107,798 | 5,014 | 4.4% | |
2017 | 115,289 | 110,253 | 5,036 | 4.4% | |
2018 | 115,834 | 111,253 | 4,581 | 4.0% | |
2019 | 116,902 | 112,079 | 4,823 | 4.1% | |
2020 | 112,954 | 105,277 | 7,677 | 6.8% | |
2021 | 113,797 | 108,880 | 4,917 | 4.3% | |
2022 | 115,413 | 110,999 | 4,414 | 3.8% | |
2023 | 115,771 | 110,925 | 4,846 | 4.2% |