2024 population: 279,114
(
4,581 from 2020)
Land area: 555.5 square miles
Population density: 502.4 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 150,256 | 53.83% | 1.7% |
| Black: | 40,027 | 14.34% | 0.0% |
| Indian: | 469 | 0.17% | 8.4% |
| Asian: | 22,819 | 8.18% | 4.6% |
| 2+ races: | 5,953 | 2.13% | 5.6% |
| Hispanic: | 59,590 | 21.35% | 11.0% |
| Total non-White: | 128,858 | 46.17% | 5.9% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 11,681 | 10.6 |
| Deaths: | 13,508 | 12.3 |
| Net Migration: | 343 | 0.3 |
| Net Immigration: | 6,056 | 5.5 |
| Change in White population: | -2,579 | -0.9 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 7,160 | 2.6 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 131,786 | |
| Median Value | $254,100 | |
| Occupied | 106,640 | 80.9% |
| Vacant | 25,146 | 19.1% |
| Owned | 72,378 | 67.9% |
| Rented | 34,262 | 32.1% |
| Median Rent | $1,268 | |
| Single-Family Units | 88,608 | 67.2% |
| Detached | 76,267 | 57.9% |
| Attached | 12,341 | 9.4% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 26,992 | 20.5% |
| Mobile Homes | 3,928 | 3.0% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 5,185 | 4.9% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 3,774 | 3.5% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 3,636 | 3.4% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 4,421 | 4.1% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 4,477 | 4.2% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 3,976 | 3.7% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 4,460 | 4.2% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 3,639 | 3.4% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 3,837 | 3.6% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 7,420 | 7.0% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 9,772 | 9.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 12,580 | 11.8% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 11,632 | 10.9% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 7,757 | 7.3% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 9,408 | 8.8% |
| $200,000 or more | 10,666 | 10.0% |
| Median Household Income | 73,113 | |
| Per Capita Income | 39,699 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 104 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 6,122 | 5.7% |
| Public Assistance | 2,730 | 2.6% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 13,838 | 13.0% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 96,471 | 69.9% |
| Unemployed | 8,253 | 6.0% |
| In Armed Forces | 485 | 0.4% |
| Total Labor Force | 105,209 | 76.3% |
| Not in Labor Force | 32,722 | 23.7% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 29.7% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 46,262 | 42,691 | 52.0% |
| Non-Profit | 3,609 | 5,555 | 39.4% |
| Self-Employed | 7,141 | 3,234 | 68.8% |
| Local Government | 5,105 | 7,636 | 40.1% |
| State Government | 2,662 | 2,743 | 49.3% |
| Federal Government | 1,775 | 1,046 | 62.9% |
| Total Private + Self | 53,403 | 45,925 | 53.8% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 13,151 | 16,980 | 43.6% |
| Total | 66,554 | 62,905 | 51.4% |
| Pct. Govt. | 16.2% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 15,565 | 12.0% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 27,207 | 21.0% |
| Professional, Technical | 30,708 | 23.7% |
| Service Occupations | 33,486 | 25.8% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 254 | 0.2% |
| All others | 22,645 | 17.5% |
| White Collar | 56.7% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 18,183 | 14.0% |
| Retail trade | 15,789 | 12.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 15,369 | 11.9% |
| Educational services | 13,120 | 10.1% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 10,588 | 8.2% |
| Construction | 8,189 | 6.3% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 7,907 | 6.1% |
| Public administration | 6,839 | 5.3% |
| Manufacturing | 6,108 | 4.7% |
| Other services | 5,624 | 4.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 5,378 | 4.1% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 5,125 | 4.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 4,416 | 3.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,184 | 1.7% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,791 | 1.4% |
| Information | 1,668 | 1.3% |
| Utilities | 777 | 0.6% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 443 | 0.3% |
| Management | 110 | 0.1% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 3 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 13,363 | 4.87% |
| Puerto Rican | 19,327 | 7.04% |
| Cuban | 1,280 | 0.47% |
| Dominican | 8,155 | 2.97% |
| Total Central American | 5,484 | 2.00% |
| Costa Rican | 150 | 0.05% |
| Guatemalan | 719 | 0.26% |
| Honduran | 2,653 | 0.97% |
| Nicaraguan | 507 | 0.18% |
| Panamanian | 187 | 0.07% |
| Salvadoran | 1,268 | 0.46% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 4,908 | 1.79% |
| Argentinean | 135 | 0.05% |
| Bolivian | 25 | 0.01% |
| Chilean | 95 | 0.03% |
| Colombian | 2,335 | 0.85% |
| Ecuadorian | 495 | 0.18% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 1,630 | 0.59% |
| Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 178 | 0.06% |
| Other South American | 15 | 0.01% |
| Other Hispanic | 1,661 | 0.61% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 6,819 | 2.49% |
| Chinese | 4,024 | 1.47% |
| Filipino | 3,442 | 1.25% |
| Vietnamese | 2,492 | 0.91% |
| Bangladeshi | 1,367 | 0.50% |
| Korean | 1,286 | 0.47% |
| Japanese | 297 | 0.11% |
| Thai | 179 | 0.07% |
| Laotian | 74 | 0.03% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 190,407 | 73.3% |
| Spanish | 40,153 | 15.4% |
| Other Indo-European | 11,238 | 4.3% |
| Chinese | 3,422 | 1.3% |
| Tagalog | 2,825 | 1.1% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,766 | 1.1% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,417 | 0.9% |
| Vietnamese | 2,007 | 0.8% |
| Other Asian | 1,029 | 0.4% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Italian | 45,681 | 16.7% |
| Irish | 41,894 | 15.3% |
| German | 34,187 | 12.5% |
| English | 18,999 | 6.9% |
| Polish | 10,755 | 3.9% |
| American | 7,209 | 2.6% |
| Russian | 3,182 | 1.2% |
| French | 2,903 | 1.1% |
| European | 2,811 | 1.0% |
| Scottish | 2,465 | 0.9% |
| Ukrainian | 1,775 | 0.6% |
| Dutch | 1,706 | 0.6% |
| Scotch-Irish | 1,500 | 0.5% |
| Hungarian | 1,495 | 0.5% |
| Haitian | 1,442 | 0.5% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 255,803 | 93.2% |
| Not a citizen | 18,536 | 6.8% |
| Native | 231,028 | 84.2% |
| Foreign-born | 43,311 | 15.8% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 9,134 | 4.8% | 13,123 | 6.8% | 62,259 | 32.5% | 49,436 | 25.8% | 37,957 | 19.8% | 19,674 | 10.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.3 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9,134 | 4.8% |
| 9-12 Years | 13,123 | 6.8% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 62,259 | 32.5% |
| Some College | 49,436 | 25.8% |
| Bach. Degree | 37,957 | 19.8% |
| Grad Degree | 19,674 | 10.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.3 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 244,932 | 229,778 | 15,154 | 6.2% | |
| 1991 | 248,066 | 226,018 | 22,048 | 8.9% | |
| 1992 | 247,206 | 221,532 | 25,674 | 10.4% | |
| 1993 | 245,066 | 221,218 | 23,848 | 9.7% | |
| 1994 | 246,416 | 224,870 | 21,546 | 8.7% | |
| 1995 | 250,694 | 229,206 | 21,488 | 8.6% | |
| 1996 | 256,146 | 234,936 | 21,210 | 8.3% | |
| 1997 | 261,238 | 241,254 | 19,984 | 7.6% | |
| 1998 | 259,918 | 239,814 | 20,104 | 7.7% | |
| 1999 | 260,258 | 242,286 | 17,972 | 6.9% | |
| 2000 | 257,960 | 245,990 | 11,970 | 4.6% | |
| 2001 | 258,800 | 246,608 | 12,192 | 4.7% | |
| 2002 | 262,150 | 246,504 | 15,646 | 6.0% | |
| 2003 | 264,412 | 248,006 | 16,406 | 6.2% | |
| 2004 | 268,196 | 253,096 | 15,100 | 5.6% | |
| 2005 | 272,336 | 257,886 | 14,450 | 5.3% | |
| 2006 | 276,470 | 260,824 | 15,646 | 5.7% | |
| 2007 | 269,792 | 254,184 | 15,608 | 5.8% | |
| 2008 | 271,032 | 252,206 | 18,826 | 6.9% | |
| 2009 | 273,458 | 241,258 | 32,200 | 11.8% | |
| 2010 | 281,190 | 246,112 | 35,078 | 12.5% | |
| 2011 | 278,530 | 243,582 | 34,948 | 12.5% | |
| 2012 | 280,426 | 244,626 | 35,800 | 12.8% | |
| 2013 | 274,052 | 241,416 | 32,636 | 11.9% | |
| 2014 | 263,406 | 235,694 | 27,712 | 10.5% | |
| 2015 | 252,556 | 228,636 | 23,920 | 9.5% | |
| 2016 | 245,784 | 227,660 | 18,124 | 7.4% | |
| 2017 | 238,030 | 221,208 | 16,822 | 7.1% | |
| 2018 | 238,788 | 225,252 | 13,536 | 5.7% | |
| 2019 | 243,458 | 231,622 | 11,836 | 4.9% | |
| 2020 | 242,074 | 199,092 | 42,982 | 17.8% | |
| 2021 | 244,886 | 220,852 | 24,034 | 9.8% | |
| 2022 | 245,692 | 233,072 | 12,620 | 5.1% | |
| 2023 | 248,470 | 233,892 | 14,578 | 5.9% | |
| 2024 | 271,012 | 255,672 | 15,340 | 5.7% | |