2022 population: 277,494
( 47,332 from 2010
, 8,809 from 2020)
Land area: 3493.3 square miles
Population density: 79.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 159,471 | 57.47% | 10.9% |
Black: | 98,387 | 35.46% | 31.5% |
Indian: | 601 | 0.22% | 18.8% |
Asian: | 4,267 | 1.54% | 75.0% |
2+ races: | 3,421 | 1.23% | 73.7% |
Hispanic: | 11,347 | 4.09% | 77.2% |
Total non-White: | 118,023 | 42.53% | 36.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 6,660 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 6,854 | 12.8 |
Net Migration: | 9,395 | 17.5 |
Net Immigration: | 476 | 0.9 |
Change in White population: | 15,620 | 6.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 31,712 | 13.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 121,779 | |
Median Value | $200,451 | |
Occupied | 100,101 | 82.2% |
Vacant | 21,678 | 17.8% |
Owned | 64,344 | 64.3% |
Rented | 35,757 | 35.7% |
Median Rent | $917 | |
Single-Family Units | 75,017 | 61.6% |
Detached | 73,355 | 60.2% |
Attached | 1,662 | 1.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 24,536 | 20.1% |
Mobile Homes | 15,459 | 12.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 8,206 | 8.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,491 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,093 | 5.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 4,632 | 4.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 4,677 | 4.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 4,765 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,712 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 3,828 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 4,092 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 6,836 | 6.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 9,300 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 12,202 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 8,497 | 8.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 6,763 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 6,507 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 5,500 | 5.5% |
Median Household Income | 58,271 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,991 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 84 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 5,647 | 5.6% |
Public Assistance | 3,724 | 3.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 13,275 | 13.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 115,244 | 65.3% |
Unemployed | 6,681 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 255 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 122,180 | 69.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 54,382 | 30.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 45,233 | 36,555 | 55.3% |
Non-Profit | 2,286 | 6,601 | 25.7% |
Self-Employed | 7,220 | 3,579 | 66.9% |
Local Government | 2,960 | 4,957 | 37.4% |
State Government | 6,018 | 6,476 | 48.2% |
Federal Government | 1,024 | 1,682 | 37.8% |
Total Private + Self | 52,453 | 40,134 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 12,288 | 19,716 | 38.4% |
Total | 64,741 | 59,850 | 52.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 15,827 | 12.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 24,456 | 19.6% |
Professional, Technical | 30,183 | 24.2% |
Service Occupations | 19,515 | 15.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 571 | 0.5% |
All others | 34,746 | 27.9% |
White Collar | 56.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 19,985 | 16.0% |
Health care and social assistance | 17,897 | 14.3% |
Educational services | 17,249 | 13.8% |
Retail trade | 14,049 | 11.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 9,978 | 8.0% |
Construction | 8,284 | 6.6% |
Other services | 5,804 | 4.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 5,471 | 4.4% |
Public administration | 4,471 | 3.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,344 | 3.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 4,137 | 3.3% |
Finance and insurance | 3,022 | 2.4% |
Wholesale trade | 2,346 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,095 | 1.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,406 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 1,184 | 0.9% |
Information | 1,103 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 945 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 841 | 0.7% |
Management | 116 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 5,311 | 1.95% |
Puerto Rican | 900 | 0.33% |
Cuban | 571 | 0.21% |
Dominican | 274 | 0.10% |
Total Central American | 1,728 | 0.63% |
Costa Rican | 18 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 1,244 | 0.46% |
Honduran | 242 | 0.09% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 14 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 210 | 0.08% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 467 | 0.17% |
Argentinean | 222 | 0.08% |
Bolivian | 4 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 78 | 0.03% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 130 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 33 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,046 | 0.38% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 1,113 | 0.41% |
Indian | 822 | 0.30% |
Vietnamese | 633 | 0.23% |
Filipino | 338 | 0.12% |
Korean | 208 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 157 | 0.06% |
Bangladeshi | 80 | 0.03% |
Thai | 12 | 0.00% |
Burmese | 9 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 245,074 | 95.1% |
Spanish | 7,121 | 2.8% |
Other Indo-European | 1,427 | 0.6% |
German, other Germanic | 1,041 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 943 | 0.4% |
Vietnamese | 367 | 0.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 344 | 0.1% |
Other | 338 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 215 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 28,402 | 10.4% |
English | 21,976 | 8.1% |
Irish | 17,082 | 6.3% |
German | 14,548 | 5.3% |
Scottish | 5,229 | 1.9% |
European | 4,103 | 1.5% |
Italian | 3,647 | 1.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,261 | 1.2% |
French | 3,242 | 1.2% |
African | 1,814 | 0.7% |
British | 1,253 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 1,192 | 0.4% |
Polish | 1,135 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 977 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 726 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 267,359 | 98.0% |
Not a citizen | 5,572 | 2.0% |
Native | 263,784 | 96.6% |
Foreign-born | 9,147 | 3.4% |
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 | ||||||
5,133 | 3.0% | 13,126 | 7.7% | 53,133 | 31.1% | 51,239 | 30.0% | 28,725 | 16.8% | 19,624 | 11.5% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,133 | 3.0% |
9-12 Years | 13,126 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 53,133 | 31.1% |
Some College | 51,239 | 30.0% |
Bach. Degree | 28,725 | 16.8% |
Grad Degree | 19,624 | 11.5% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 177,472 | 167,578 | 9,894 | 5.6% | |
1991 | 178,406 | 167,280 | 11,126 | 6.2% | |
1992 | 179,470 | 166,850 | 12,620 | 7.0% | |
1993 | 184,484 | 172,444 | 12,040 | 6.5% | |
1994 | 189,860 | 178,850 | 11,010 | 5.8% | |
1995 | 192,012 | 181,392 | 10,620 | 5.5% | |
1996 | 195,562 | 185,808 | 9,754 | 5.0% | |
1997 | 202,026 | 192,920 | 9,106 | 4.5% | |
1998 | 205,364 | 197,096 | 8,268 | 4.0% | |
1999 | 205,506 | 196,956 | 8,550 | 4.2% | |
2000 | 202,790 | 193,610 | 9,180 | 4.5% | |
2001 | 201,810 | 191,892 | 9,918 | 4.9% | |
2002 | 201,370 | 190,586 | 10,784 | 5.4% | |
2003 | 202,446 | 191,278 | 11,168 | 5.5% | |
2004 | 203,848 | 193,218 | 10,630 | 5.2% | |
2005 | 206,016 | 197,676 | 8,340 | 4.0% | |
2006 | 212,562 | 204,924 | 7,638 | 3.6% | |
2007 | 215,028 | 207,030 | 7,998 | 3.7% | |
2008 | 214,760 | 203,236 | 11,524 | 5.4% | |
2009 | 213,670 | 192,444 | 21,226 | 9.9% | |
2010 | 222,930 | 200,770 | 22,160 | 9.9% | |
2011 | 225,122 | 204,674 | 20,448 | 9.1% | |
2012 | 224,500 | 206,932 | 17,568 | 7.8% | |
2013 | 224,392 | 208,420 | 15,972 | 7.1% | |
2014 | 228,062 | 213,458 | 14,604 | 6.4% | |
2015 | 231,036 | 217,576 | 13,460 | 5.8% | |
2016 | 229,828 | 216,156 | 13,672 | 5.9% | |
2017 | 232,130 | 221,548 | 10,582 | 4.6% | |
2018 | 237,148 | 228,056 | 9,092 | 3.8% | |
2019 | 243,638 | 236,564 | 7,074 | 2.9% | |
2020 | 237,944 | 221,648 | 16,296 | 6.8% | |
2021 | 236,088 | 227,270 | 8,818 | 3.7% | |
2022 | 239,628 | 233,192 | 6,436 | 2.7% | |
2023 | 245,676 | 239,564 | 6,112 | 2.5% |