2022 population: 399,894
( 32,757 from 2010
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5,330 from 2020)
Land area: 2220.6 square miles
Population density: 180.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 264,589 | 66.16% | ![]() |
Black: | 90,150 | 22.54% | ![]() |
Indian: | 1,494 | 0.37% | ![]() |
Asian: | 9,944 | 2.49% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 9,278 | 2.32% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 24,439 | 6.11% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 135,305 | 33.84% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 10,015 | 12.7 |
Deaths: | 10,591 | 13.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 5,119 | 6.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 606 | 0.8 |
Change in White population: | 7,349 | 2.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 25,408 | 6.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 172,574 | |
Median Value | $174,014 | |
Occupied | 151,059 | 87.5% |
Vacant | 21,515 | 12.5% |
Owned | 99,650 | 66.0% |
Rented | 51,409 | 34.0% |
Median Rent | $996 | |
Single-Family Units | 122,866 | 71.2% |
Detached | 118,857 | 68.9% |
Attached | 4,009 | 2.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 22,998 | 13.3% |
Mobile Homes | 16,547 | 9.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 10,199 | 6.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 8,051 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 7,819 | 5.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 6,409 | 4.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 7,234 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,428 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 6,611 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 6,333 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,305 | 4.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 11,752 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 14,581 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 19,749 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 13,772 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 8,151 | 5.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8,517 | 5.6% |
$200,000 or more | 7,148 | 4.7% |
Median Household Income | 56,782 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,122 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 76 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 9,922 | 6.6% |
Public Assistance | 4,329 | 2.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 21,866 | 14.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 146,311 | 62.3% |
Unemployed | 13,804 | 5.9% |
In Armed Forces | 5,877 | 2.5% |
Total Labor Force | 165,992 | 70.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 69,035 | 29.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 58,392 | 50,108 | 53.8% |
Non-Profit | 3,126 | 5,674 | 35.5% |
Self-Employed | 9,019 | 6,196 | 59.3% |
Local Government | 4,801 | 7,676 | 38.5% |
State Government | 2,815 | 5,429 | 34.1% |
Federal Government | 5,619 | 4,939 | 53.2% |
Total Private + Self | 67,411 | 56,304 | 54.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 16,361 | 23,718 | 40.8% |
Total | 83,772 | 80,022 | 51.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 20,314 | 12.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 33,147 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 38,223 | 23.3% |
Service Occupations | 33,491 | 20.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 785 | 0.5% |
All others | 39,034 | 23.8% |
White Collar | 55.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 25,999 | 382.2% |
Retail trade | 17,403 | 255.9% |
Manufacturing | 17,052 | 250.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,281 | 224.7% |
Educational services | 13,910 | 204.5% |
Construction | 12,790 | 188.0% |
Public administration | 10,256 | 150.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,701 | 127.9% |
Other services | 7,928 | 116.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 6,658 | 97.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 6,453 | 94.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,386 | 79.2% |
Finance and insurance | 5,100 | 75.0% |
Wholesale trade | 2,945 | 43.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,523 | 37.1% |
Utilities | 1,959 | 28.8% |
Information | 1,850 | 27.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,249 | 18.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 644 | 9.5% |
Management | 122 | 1.8% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 7,297 | 1.85% |
Puerto Rican | 5,634 | 1.42% |
Cuban | 737 | 0.19% |
Dominican | 1,348 | 0.34% |
Total Central American | 3,811 | 0.96% |
Costa Rican | 140 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 978 | 0.25% |
Honduran | 1,972 | 0.50% |
Nicaraguan | 31 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 452 | 0.11% |
Salvadoran | 238 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,155 | 0.29% |
Argentinean | 31 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 67 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 9 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 448 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 294 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 306 | 0.08% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,106 | 0.79% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 3,933 | 0.99% |
Filipino | 2,017 | 0.51% |
Indian | 590 | 0.15% |
Chinese | 503 | 0.13% |
Korean | 372 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 188 | 0.05% |
Thai | 127 | 0.03% |
Cambodian | 51 | 0.01% |
Hmong | 19 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 348,632 | 93.9% |
Spanish | 13,133 | 3.5% |
Vietnamese | 2,776 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European | 1,736 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 1,050 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,024 | 0.3% |
Other | 644 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 636 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 542 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 43,386 | 11.0% |
American | 36,834 | 9.3% |
Irish | 34,375 | 8.7% |
German | 31,039 | 7.9% |
French | 18,790 | 4.8% |
Italian | 12,318 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 7,870 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 5,293 | 1.3% |
European | 5,102 | 1.3% |
Polish | 3,912 | 1.0% |
French Canadian | 2,664 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 2,406 | 0.6% |
British | 2,261 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 1,944 | 0.5% |
African | 1,785 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 389,407 | 98.5% |
Not a citizen | 5,969 | 1.5% |
Native | 381,486 | 96.5% |
Foreign-born | 13,890 | 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 | ||||||
9,859 | 3.7% | 20,507 | 7.7% | 77,391 | 29.0% | 96,789 | 36.3% | 39,480 | 14.8% | 22,854 | 8.6% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 9,859 | 3.7% |
9-12 Years | 20,507 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 77,391 | 29.0% |
Some College | 96,789 | 36.3% |
Bach. Degree | 39,480 | 14.8% |
Grad Degree | 22,854 | 8.6% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 139,006 | 129,134 | 9,872 | 7.1% | |
1991 | 141,048 | 131,020 | 10,028 | 7.1% | |
1992 | 146,576 | 135,470 | 11,106 | 7.6% | |
1993 | 155,067 | 145,699 | 9,368 | 6.0% | |
1994 | 160,953 | 151,629 | 9,324 | 5.8% | |
1995 | 159,131 | 148,960 | 10,171 | 6.4% | |
1996 | 159,812 | 151,284 | 8,528 | 5.3% | |
1997 | 161,196 | 153,065 | 8,131 | 5.0% | |
1998 | 164,023 | 157,395 | 6,628 | 4.0% | |
1999 | 170,083 | 163,542 | 6,541 | 3.8% | |
2000 | 168,801 | 160,106 | 8,695 | 5.2% | |
2001 | 166,007 | 157,728 | 8,279 | 5.0% | |
2002 | 164,412 | 154,665 | 9,747 | 5.9% | |
2003 | 166,274 | 157,095 | 9,179 | 5.5% | |
2004 | 168,118 | 158,845 | 9,273 | 5.5% | |
2005 | 170,170 | 152,695 | 17,475 | 10.3% | |
2006 | 155,737 | 142,203 | 13,534 | 8.7% | |
2007 | 161,520 | 152,600 | 8,920 | 5.5% | |
2008 | 164,001 | 154,555 | 9,446 | 5.8% | |
2009 | 162,445 | 149,556 | 12,889 | 7.9% | |
2010 | 169,143 | 153,905 | 15,238 | 9.0% | |
2011 | 172,644 | 156,229 | 16,415 | 9.5% | |
2012 | 169,495 | 154,785 | 14,710 | 8.7% | |
2013 | 162,669 | 149,395 | 13,274 | 8.2% | |
2014 | 158,609 | 146,825 | 11,784 | 7.4% | |
2015 | 159,406 | 148,921 | 10,485 | 6.6% | |
2016 | 160,426 | 150,500 | 9,926 | 6.2% | |
2017 | 159,842 | 150,948 | 8,894 | 5.6% | |
2018 | 159,731 | 151,270 | 8,461 | 5.3% | |
2019 | 161,652 | 152,273 | 9,379 | 5.8% | |
2020 | 161,870 | 146,694 | 15,176 | 9.4% | |
2021 | 162,324 | 153,194 | 9,130 | 5.6% | |
2022 | 161,546 | 155,022 | 6,524 | 4.0% | |
2023 | 160,782 | 155,744 | 5,038 | 3.1% |