2022 population: 368,347
( 2,850 from 2010
, 3,061 from 2020)
Land area: 1639.5 square miles
Population density: 224.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 291,703 | 79.19% | 3.4% |
Black: | 25,170 | 6.83% | 1.2% |
Indian: | 1,009 | 0.27% | 27.4% |
Asian: | 12,404 | 3.37% | 30.9% |
2+ races: | 6,898 | 1.87% | 42.8% |
Hispanic: | 31,163 | 8.46% | 35.1% |
Total non-White: | 76,644 | 20.81% | 20.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 8,048 | 11.0 |
Deaths: | 11,393 | 15.6 |
Net Migration: | 5,933 | 8.1 |
Net Immigration: | 304 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -10,393 | -2.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 13,243 | 3.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 163,980 | |
Median Value | $174,164 | |
Occupied | 145,518 | 88.7% |
Vacant | 18,462 | 11.3% |
Owned | 107,696 | 74.0% |
Rented | 37,822 | 26.0% |
Median Rent | $796 | |
Single-Family Units | 116,721 | 71.2% |
Detached | 113,305 | 69.1% |
Attached | 3,416 | 2.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 11,318 | 6.9% |
Mobile Homes | 27,769 | 16.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 7,010 | 4.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 6,897 | 4.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 7,434 | 5.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,544 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 7,169 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,087 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 5,706 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,455 | 5.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,883 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 11,940 | 8.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 15,620 | 10.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 19,124 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 12,916 | 8.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 9,224 | 6.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 7,023 | 4.8% |
$200,000 or more | 6,486 | 4.5% |
Median Household Income | 57,976 | |
Per Capita Income | 31,942 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 74 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 7,622 | 5.2% |
Public Assistance | 2,925 | 2.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 18,925 | 13.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 145,062 | 68.7% |
Unemployed | 8,330 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 66 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 153,458 | 72.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 57,688 | 27.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 67,903 | 52,851 | 56.2% |
Non-Profit | 3,473 | 6,407 | 35.2% |
Self-Employed | 10,211 | 5,221 | 66.2% |
Local Government | 4,507 | 6,546 | 40.8% |
State Government | 3,737 | 5,264 | 41.5% |
Federal Government | 684 | 1,138 | 37.5% |
Total Private + Self | 78,114 | 58,072 | 57.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 12,401 | 19,355 | 39.1% |
Total | 90,515 | 77,427 | 53.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 22,114 | 13.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 32,622 | 19.4% |
Professional, Technical | 30,735 | 18.2% |
Service Occupations | 25,889 | 15.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 438 | 0.3% |
All others | 57,116 | 33.9% |
White Collar | 50.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 42,682 | 25.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 20,998 | 12.5% |
Retail trade | 19,188 | 11.4% |
Educational services | 12,038 | 7.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 11,492 | 6.8% |
Construction | 10,286 | 6.1% |
Other services | 9,054 | 5.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 8,084 | 4.8% |
Public administration | 6,766 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,445 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 5,290 | 3.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,174 | 3.1% |
Finance and insurance | 3,458 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,130 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,009 | 1.2% |
Information | 1,861 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,328 | 0.8% |
Utilities | 1,082 | 0.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 61 | 0.0% |
Management | 50 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 15,567 | 4.25% |
Puerto Rican | 3,150 | 0.86% |
Cuban | 342 | 0.09% |
Dominican | 95 | 0.03% |
Total Central American | 6,271 | 1.71% |
Costa Rican | 337 | 0.09% |
Guatemalan | 2,777 | 0.76% |
Honduran | 1,368 | 0.37% |
Nicaraguan | 233 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 35 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 1,467 | 0.40% |
Other Central American | 54 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 1,662 | 0.45% |
Argentinean | 210 | 0.06% |
Bolivian | 42 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 284 | 0.08% |
Colombian | 521 | 0.14% |
Ecuadorian | 285 | 0.08% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 144 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 172 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 4 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,277 | 0.62% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 6,982 | 1.91% |
Chinese | 670 | 0.18% |
Laotian | 531 | 0.15% |
Vietnamese | 530 | 0.14% |
Filipino | 458 | 0.13% |
Thai | 310 | 0.08% |
Indian | 292 | 0.08% |
Mien | 188 | 0.05% |
Korean | 158 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 312,810 | 90.0% |
Spanish | 22,998 | 6.6% |
Other Asian | 6,107 | 1.8% |
Other Indo-European | 1,462 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 774 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 604 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 523 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 518 | 0.1% |
Other | 490 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 72,880 | 19.9% |
German | 49,722 | 13.6% |
English | 39,715 | 10.9% |
Irish | 32,410 | 8.9% |
Scottish | 8,255 | 2.3% |
European | 8,012 | 2.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 7,784 | 2.1% |
Italian | 7,526 | 2.1% |
Dutch | 4,835 | 1.3% |
French | 4,545 | 1.2% |
Polish | 4,076 | 1.1% |
British | 2,158 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 1,958 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 1,807 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 1,459 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 355,566 | 97.1% |
Not a citizen | 10,465 | 2.9% |
Native | 347,338 | 94.9% |
Foreign-born | 18,693 | 5.1% |
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 | ||||||
13,315 | 5.1% | 24,914 | 9.5% | 83,753 | 32.1% | 84,665 | 32.4% | 37,512 | 14.4% | 17,134 | 6.6% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 13,315 | 5.1% |
9-12 Years | 24,914 | 9.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 83,753 | 32.1% |
Some College | 84,665 | 32.4% |
Bach. Degree | 37,512 | 14.4% |
Grad Degree | 17,134 | 6.6% |
Average years of education: 12.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 339,718 | 326,020 | 13,698 | 4.0% | |
1991 | 344,400 | 321,276 | 23,124 | 6.7% | |
1992 | 349,096 | 329,050 | 20,046 | 5.7% | |
1993 | 347,280 | 332,772 | 14,508 | 4.2% | |
1994 | 350,462 | 338,680 | 11,782 | 3.4% | |
1995 | 355,202 | 340,280 | 14,922 | 4.2% | |
1996 | 360,474 | 345,832 | 14,642 | 4.1% | |
1997 | 362,582 | 348,742 | 13,840 | 3.8% | |
1998 | 355,776 | 345,786 | 9,990 | 2.8% | |
1999 | 358,858 | 351,136 | 7,722 | 2.2% | |
2000 | 376,850 | 365,556 | 11,294 | 3.0% | |
2001 | 375,724 | 351,500 | 24,224 | 6.4% | |
2002 | 366,094 | 335,512 | 30,582 | 8.4% | |
2003 | 362,746 | 332,700 | 30,046 | 8.3% | |
2004 | 358,820 | 333,218 | 25,602 | 7.1% | |
2005 | 355,344 | 330,374 | 24,970 | 7.0% | |
2006 | 356,110 | 333,662 | 22,448 | 6.3% | |
2007 | 347,790 | 325,520 | 22,270 | 6.4% | |
2008 | 348,196 | 322,094 | 26,102 | 7.5% | |
2009 | 349,568 | 297,760 | 51,808 | 14.8% | |
2010 | 353,296 | 306,394 | 46,902 | 13.3% | |
2011 | 348,334 | 306,864 | 41,470 | 11.9% | |
2012 | 346,712 | 310,042 | 36,670 | 10.6% | |
2013 | 340,482 | 311,996 | 28,486 | 8.4% | |
2014 | 333,972 | 313,082 | 20,890 | 6.3% | |
2015 | 334,606 | 315,988 | 18,618 | 5.6% | |
2016 | 339,890 | 323,528 | 16,362 | 4.8% | |
2017 | 346,740 | 332,234 | 14,506 | 4.2% | |
2018 | 347,730 | 335,026 | 12,704 | 3.7% | |
2019 | 350,348 | 337,778 | 12,570 | 3.6% | |
2020 | 342,376 | 315,918 | 26,458 | 7.7% | |
2021 | 337,910 | 322,008 | 15,902 | 4.7% | |
2022 | 350,396 | 338,348 | 12,048 | 3.4% | |
2023 | 348,982 | 337,464 | 11,518 | 3.3% |