2024 population: 319,428
(
15,812 from 2020)
Land area: 2941.7 square miles
Population density: 108.6 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 177,675 | 55.62% | 0.8% |
| Black: | 5,205 | 1.63% | 8.3% |
| Indian: | 1,968 | 0.62% | 4.0% |
| Asian: | 10,102 | 3.16% | 10.9% |
| 2+ races: | 7,712 | 2.41% | 10.0% |
| Hispanic: | 116,766 | 36.55% | 14.8% |
| Total non-White: | 141,753 | 44.38% | 13.8% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
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| Births: | 16,397 | 13.5 |
| Deaths: | 10,454 | 8.6 |
| Net Migration: | 4,657 | 3.8 |
| Net Immigration: | 5,151 | 4.2 |
| Change in White population: | -1,420 | -0.5 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 17,232 | 5.7 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 114,284 | |
| Median Value | $400,024 | |
| Occupied | 107,936 | 94.4% |
| Vacant | 6,348 | 5.6% |
| Owned | 73,988 | 68.5% |
| Rented | 33,948 | 31.5% |
| Median Rent | $1,277 | |
| Single-Family Units | 79,138 | 69.2% |
| Detached | 75,312 | 65.9% |
| Attached | 3,826 | 3.3% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 17,325 | 15.2% |
| Mobile Homes | 9,436 | 8.3% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 4,543 | 4.2% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 2,655 | 2.5% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 2,639 | 2.4% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 3,317 | 3.1% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 2,887 | 2.7% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 2,849 | 2.6% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 3,499 | 3.2% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 2,600 | 2.4% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 3,671 | 3.4% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 7,203 | 6.7% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 9,558 | 8.9% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 15,190 | 14.1% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 12,540 | 11.6% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 9,264 | 8.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 11,722 | 10.9% |
| $200,000 or more | 13,799 | 12.8% |
| Median Household Income | 88,998 | |
| Per Capita Income | 40,087 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 87 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 5,502 | 5.1% |
| Public Assistance | 4,088 | 3.8% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 18,443 | 17.1% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 87,110 | 69.9% |
| Unemployed | 4,701 | 3.8% |
| In Armed Forces | 163 | 0.1% |
| Total Labor Force | 91,974 | 73.8% |
| Not in Labor Force | 32,708 | 26.2% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 30.0% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 52,385 | 37,954 | 58.0% |
| Non-Profit | 5,582 | 6,777 | 45.2% |
| Self-Employed | 7,370 | 4,738 | 60.9% |
| Local Government | 4,015 | 7,693 | 34.3% |
| State Government | 3,295 | 3,459 | 48.8% |
| Federal Government | 4,364 | 2,355 | 65.0% |
| Total Private + Self | 59,755 | 42,692 | 58.3% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 17,256 | 20,284 | 46.0% |
| Total | 77,011 | 62,976 | 55.0% |
| Pct. Govt. | 18.0% | ||
| Pct. Private + Self | 73.2% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 20,901 | 14.9% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 23,941 | 17.1% |
| Professional, Technical | 33,774 | 24.1% |
| Service Occupations | 23,084 | 16.5% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 6,690 | 4.8% |
| All others | 38,456 | 27.4% |
| White Collar | 56.1% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 18,064 | 12.9% |
| Retail trade | 15,483 | 11.0% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 13,017 | 9.3% |
| Educational services | 12,272 | 8.8% |
| Construction | 12,084 | 8.6% |
| Manufacturing | 10,254 | 7.3% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 9,809 | 7.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 8,633 | 6.2% |
| Public administration | 6,983 | 5.0% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 6,653 | 4.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,566 | 4.7% |
| Other services | 5,931 | 4.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,207 | 2.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,923 | 2.1% |
| Utilities | 2,789 | 2.0% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,171 | 1.5% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,869 | 1.3% |
| Information | 1,382 | 1.0% |
| Management | 49 | 0.0% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 17 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 97,351 | 31.22% |
| Puerto Rican | 762 | 0.24% |
| Cuban | 1,111 | 0.36% |
| Dominican | 307 | 0.10% |
| Total Central American | 4,065 | 1.30% |
| Costa Rican | 193 | 0.06% |
| Guatemalan | 1,702 | 0.55% |
| Honduran | 168 | 0.05% |
| Nicaraguan | 344 | 0.11% |
| Panamanian | 65 | 0.02% |
| Salvadoran | 1,593 | 0.51% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 1,135 | 0.36% |
| Argentinean | 53 | 0.02% |
| Bolivian | 26 | 0.01% |
| Chilean | 83 | 0.03% |
| Colombian | 477 | 0.15% |
| Ecuadorian | 114 | 0.04% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 324 | 0.10% |
| Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 58 | 0.02% |
| Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Hispanic | 4,479 | 1.44% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Vietnamese | 1,430 | 0.46% |
| Indian | 1,304 | 0.42% |
| Chinese | 1,276 | 0.41% |
| Filipino | 797 | 0.26% |
| Korean | 785 | 0.25% |
| Japanese | 439 | 0.14% |
| Burmese | 349 | 0.11% |
| Laotian | 299 | 0.10% |
| Hmong | 191 | 0.06% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 202,340 | 69.6% |
| Spanish | 75,202 | 25.9% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,105 | 1.1% |
| Other Indo-European | 1,897 | 0.7% |
| Arabic | 1,395 | 0.5% |
| Other Asian | 1,393 | 0.5% |
| Vietnamese | 1,299 | 0.4% |
| Chinese | 1,127 | 0.4% |
| German, other Germanic | 810 | 0.3% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 44,929 | 14.4% |
| English | 37,730 | 12.1% |
| Irish | 25,303 | 8.1% |
| American | 12,258 | 3.9% |
| Norwegian | 8,817 | 2.8% |
| Scottish | 7,515 | 2.4% |
| European | 7,004 | 2.2% |
| French | 6,636 | 2.1% |
| Italian | 6,340 | 2.0% |
| Swedish | 5,152 | 1.7% |
| Dutch | 3,910 | 1.3% |
| Welsh | 3,092 | 1.0% |
| Polish | 2,824 | 0.9% |
| Scotch-Irish | 2,495 | 0.8% |
| Danish | 2,059 | 0.7% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 284,583 | 91.3% |
| Not a citizen | 27,224 | 8.7% |
| Native | 266,860 | 85.6% |
| Foreign-born | 44,947 | 14.4% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 15,135 | 7.7% | 12,744 | 6.5% | 48,370 | 24.5% | 62,508 | 31.7% | 36,025 | 18.3% | 22,425 | 11.4% |
| Average years of education: 13.1 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 15,135 | 7.7% |
| 9-12 Years | 12,744 | 6.5% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 48,370 | 24.5% |
| Some College | 62,508 | 31.7% |
| Bach. Degree | 36,025 | 18.3% |
| Grad Degree | 22,425 | 11.4% |
| Average years of education: 13.1 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 160,716 | 149,152 | 11,564 | 7.2% | |
| 1991 | 165,044 | 151,802 | 13,242 | 8.0% | |
| 1992 | 171,702 | 157,118 | 14,584 | 8.5% | |
| 1993 | 180,854 | 165,978 | 14,876 | 8.2% | |
| 1994 | 189,246 | 177,006 | 12,240 | 6.5% | |
| 1995 | 190,340 | 174,582 | 15,758 | 8.3% | |
| 1996 | 190,790 | 174,254 | 16,536 | 8.7% | |
| 1997 | 189,890 | 176,418 | 13,472 | 7.1% | |
| 1998 | 194,350 | 180,616 | 13,734 | 7.1% | |
| 1999 | 196,832 | 184,130 | 12,702 | 6.5% | |
| 2000 | 201,016 | 189,224 | 11,792 | 5.9% | |
| 2001 | 203,748 | 190,926 | 12,822 | 6.3% | |
| 2002 | 210,784 | 196,678 | 14,106 | 6.7% | |
| 2003 | 217,732 | 201,758 | 15,974 | 7.3% | |
| 2004 | 223,998 | 209,244 | 14,754 | 6.6% | |
| 2005 | 228,106 | 213,358 | 14,748 | 6.5% | |
| 2006 | 226,598 | 211,804 | 14,794 | 6.5% | |
| 2007 | 236,766 | 223,130 | 13,636 | 5.8% | |
| 2008 | 245,660 | 231,920 | 13,740 | 5.6% | |
| 2009 | 253,908 | 236,180 | 17,728 | 7.0% | |
| 2010 | 260,188 | 241,080 | 19,108 | 7.3% | |
| 2011 | 260,904 | 241,142 | 19,762 | 7.6% | |
| 2012 | 261,174 | 238,616 | 22,558 | 8.6% | |
| 2013 | 257,032 | 234,232 | 22,800 | 8.9% | |
| 2014 | 255,438 | 236,244 | 19,194 | 7.5% | |
| 2015 | 261,382 | 243,770 | 17,612 | 6.7% | |
| 2016 | 268,452 | 250,912 | 17,540 | 6.5% | |
| 2017 | 275,298 | 259,710 | 15,588 | 5.7% | |
| 2018 | 281,418 | 266,194 | 15,224 | 5.4% | |
| 2019 | 291,488 | 275,278 | 16,210 | 5.6% | |
| 2020 | 291,280 | 266,692 | 24,588 | 8.4% | |
| 2021 | 294,376 | 276,764 | 17,612 | 6.0% | |
| 2022 | 300,994 | 284,824 | 16,170 | 5.4% | |
| 2023 | 299,738 | 285,114 | 14,624 | 4.9% | |
| 2024 | 294,536 | 279,894 | 14,642 | 5.0% | |