2024 population: 402,034
(
17,315 from 2020)
Land area: 9689.3 square miles
Population density: 41.5 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 78,518 | 19.53% | 2.8% |
| Black: | 8,011 | 1.99% | 2.9% |
| Indian: | 3,366 | 0.84% | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 5,357 | 1.33% | 7.8% |
| 2+ races: | 3,748 | 0.93% | 6.8% |
| Hispanic: | 303,034 | 75.38% | 6.8% |
| Total non-White: | 323,516 | 80.47% | 6.4% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 22,219 | 14.4 |
| Deaths: | 15,345 | 10.0 |
| Net Migration: | -1,783 | -1.2 |
| Net Immigration: | 11,922 | 7.7 |
| Change in White population: | -2,279 | -0.6 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 19,594 | 5.1 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 149,715 | |
| Median Value | $204,858 | |
| Occupied | 121,702 | 81.3% |
| Vacant | 28,013 | 18.7% |
| Owned | 78,697 | 64.7% |
| Rented | 43,005 | 35.3% |
| Median Rent | $954 | |
| Single-Family Units | 90,970 | 60.8% |
| Detached | 86,620 | 57.9% |
| Attached | 4,350 | 2.9% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 14,858 | 9.9% |
| Mobile Homes | 32,439 | 21.7% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 8,670 | 7.1% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 5,774 | 4.7% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 6,466 | 5.3% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 6,321 | 5.2% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 6,093 | 5.0% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 5,321 | 4.4% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 5,628 | 4.6% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 6,031 | 5.0% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 5,124 | 4.2% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 10,383 | 8.5% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 11,887 | 9.8% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 14,952 | 12.3% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 11,072 | 9.1% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 6,985 | 5.7% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 5,566 | 4.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 5,429 | 4.5% |
| Median Household Income | 55,437 | |
| Per Capita Income | 25,081 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 87 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 7,928 | 6.5% |
| Public Assistance | 4,479 | 3.7% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 26,451 | 21.7% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 27,409 | 53.8% |
| Unemployed | 2,115 | 4.1% |
| In Armed Forces | 2,916 | 5.7% |
| Total Labor Force | 32,440 | 63.6% |
| Not in Labor Force | 18,529 | 36.4% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 40.5% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 50,764 | 36,106 | 58.4% |
| Non-Profit | 3,219 | 4,970 | 39.3% |
| Self-Employed | 5,409 | 4,060 | 57.1% |
| Local Government | 5,633 | 8,560 | 39.7% |
| State Government | 4,949 | 4,265 | 53.7% |
| Federal Government | 4,760 | 2,277 | 67.6% |
| Total Private + Self | 56,173 | 40,166 | 58.3% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 18,561 | 20,072 | 48.0% |
| Total | 74,734 | 60,238 | 55.4% |
| Pct. Govt. | 22.6% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 12,707 | 9.4% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 26,967 | 19.9% |
| Professional, Technical | 22,719 | 16.8% |
| Service Occupations | 32,338 | 23.9% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 9,203 | 6.8% |
| All others | 40,674 | 30.0% |
| White Collar | 46.1% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 18,209 | 13.4% |
| Retail trade | 15,348 | 11.3% |
| Public administration | 13,287 | 9.8% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 13,173 | 9.7% |
| Educational services | 11,836 | 8.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 10,824 | 8.0% |
| Construction | 8,190 | 6.0% |
| Manufacturing | 6,645 | 4.9% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,362 | 4.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 5,939 | 4.4% |
| Other services | 5,462 | 4.0% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 4,318 | 3.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 4,205 | 3.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 2,736 | 2.0% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,734 | 2.0% |
| Utilities | 2,269 | 1.7% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,193 | 1.6% |
| Information | 1,167 | 0.9% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 281 | 0.2% |
| Management | 227 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 275,133 | 71.66% |
| Puerto Rican | 1,854 | 0.48% |
| Cuban | 304 | 0.08% |
| Dominican | 303 | 0.08% |
| Total Central American | 2,263 | 0.59% |
| Costa Rican | 109 | 0.03% |
| Guatemalan | 718 | 0.19% |
| Honduran | 181 | 0.05% |
| Nicaraguan | 200 | 0.05% |
| Panamanian | 86 | 0.02% |
| Salvadoran | 969 | 0.25% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 1,363 | 0.35% |
| Argentinean | 116 | 0.03% |
| Bolivian | 43 | 0.01% |
| Chilean | 173 | 0.05% |
| Colombian | 373 | 0.10% |
| Ecuadorian | 121 | 0.03% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 204 | 0.05% |
| Uruguayan | 33 | 0.01% |
| Venezuelan | 282 | 0.07% |
| Other South American | 18 | 0.00% |
| Other Hispanic | 5,543 | 1.44% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Filipino | 1,375 | 0.36% |
| Korean | 816 | 0.21% |
| Chinese | 690 | 0.18% |
| Indian | 554 | 0.14% |
| Vietnamese | 435 | 0.11% |
| Japanese | 420 | 0.11% |
| Cambodian | 188 | 0.05% |
| Other Southeast Asian | 98 | 0.03% |
| Hmong | 56 | 0.01% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| Spanish | 221,050 | 62.0% |
| English | 129,876 | 36.4% |
| Tagalog | 1,014 | 0.3% |
| Other | 836 | 0.2% |
| Korean | 674 | 0.2% |
| Other Indo-European | 614 | 0.2% |
| Other Asian | 601 | 0.2% |
| Arabic | 365 | 0.1% |
| German, other Germanic | 320 | 0.1% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 17,574 | 4.6% |
| English | 13,860 | 3.6% |
| Irish | 11,300 | 2.9% |
| American | 9,359 | 2.4% |
| Italian | 4,090 | 1.1% |
| African | 2,719 | 0.7% |
| French | 2,676 | 0.7% |
| Scottish | 2,142 | 0.6% |
| European | 2,137 | 0.6% |
| Norwegian | 2,107 | 0.5% |
| Swedish | 1,817 | 0.5% |
| Polish | 1,812 | 0.5% |
| Dutch | 1,310 | 0.3% |
| Scotch-Irish | 1,054 | 0.3% |
| Danish | 860 | 0.2% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 332,017 | 86.5% |
| Not a citizen | 51,935 | 13.5% |
| Native | 278,557 | 72.5% |
| Foreign-born | 105,395 | 27.5% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 32,063 | 13.3% | 30,870 | 12.8% | 62,603 | 25.9% | 76,890 | 31.8% | 27,046 | 11.2% | 12,064 | 5.0% |
| Average years of education: 11.9 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 32,063 | 13.3% |
| 9-12 Years | 30,870 | 12.8% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 62,603 | 25.9% |
| Some College | 76,890 | 31.8% |
| Bach. Degree | 27,046 | 11.2% |
| Grad Degree | 12,064 | 5.0% |
| Average years of education: 11.9 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 94,196 | 72,512 | 21,684 | 23.0% | |
| 1991 | 98,854 | 75,562 | 23,292 | 23.6% | |
| 1992 | 108,793 | 77,530 | 31,263 | 28.7% | |
| 1993 | 112,684 | 80,422 | 32,262 | 28.6% | |
| 1994 | 124,611 | 88,317 | 36,294 | 29.1% | |
| 1995 | 128,801 | 90,975 | 37,826 | 29.4% | |
| 1996 | 127,612 | 88,847 | 38,765 | 30.4% | |
| 1997 | 123,416 | 89,774 | 33,642 | 27.3% | |
| 1998 | 123,878 | 89,918 | 33,960 | 27.4% | |
| 1999 | 125,572 | 91,452 | 34,120 | 27.2% | |
| 2000 | 120,338 | 100,110 | 20,228 | 16.8% | |
| 2001 | 120,855 | 101,141 | 19,714 | 16.3% | |
| 2002 | 126,609 | 106,101 | 20,508 | 16.2% | |
| 2003 | 131,469 | 109,871 | 21,598 | 16.4% | |
| 2004 | 132,927 | 111,288 | 21,639 | 16.3% | |
| 2005 | 136,128 | 114,490 | 21,638 | 15.9% | |
| 2006 | 140,555 | 119,029 | 21,526 | 15.3% | |
| 2007 | 144,163 | 121,635 | 22,528 | 15.6% | |
| 2008 | 155,925 | 124,990 | 30,935 | 19.8% | |
| 2009 | 164,043 | 122,712 | 41,331 | 25.2% | |
| 2010 | 172,007 | 125,535 | 46,472 | 27.0% | |
| 2011 | 171,871 | 126,366 | 45,505 | 26.5% | |
| 2012 | 173,960 | 129,383 | 44,577 | 25.6% | |
| 2013 | 174,113 | 129,733 | 44,380 | 25.5% | |
| 2014 | 172,260 | 131,725 | 40,535 | 23.5% | |
| 2015 | 170,999 | 131,600 | 39,399 | 23.0% | |
| 2016 | 169,857 | 133,588 | 36,269 | 21.4% | |
| 2017 | 167,996 | 137,306 | 30,690 | 18.3% | |
| 2018 | 168,460 | 138,545 | 29,915 | 17.8% | |
| 2019 | 173,822 | 141,573 | 32,249 | 18.6% | |
| 2020 | 167,722 | 135,259 | 32,463 | 19.4% | |
| 2021 | 162,663 | 138,375 | 24,288 | 14.9% | |
| 2022 | 167,769 | 145,232 | 22,537 | 13.4% | |
| 2023 | 171,891 | 146,218 | 25,673 | 14.9% | |
| 2024 | 171,726 | 146,261 | 25,465 | 14.8% | |