2024 population: 172,139
(
124,823 from 2020)
Land area: 502.8 square miles
Population density: 342.4 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 125,373 | 72.83% | 5.0% |
| Black: | 14,932 | 8.67% | 4.0% |
| Indian: | 397 | 0.23% | 4.7% |
| Asian: | 3,241 | 1.88% | 23.0% |
| 2+ races: | 2,778 | 1.61% | 24.9% |
| Hispanic: | 25,418 | 14.77% | 22.1% |
| Total non-White: | 46,766 | 27.17% | 15.7% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 2,127 | 11.2 |
| Deaths: | 3,131 | 16.5 |
| Net Migration: | 3,381 | 17.9 |
| Net Immigration: | 186 | 1.0 |
| Change in White population: | 5,998 | 3.8 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,352 | 4.0 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 83,801 | |
| Median Value | $284,400 | |
| Occupied | 65,735 | 78.4% |
| Vacant | 18,066 | 21.6% |
| Owned | 52,704 | 80.2% |
| Rented | 13,031 | 19.8% |
| Median Rent | $1,183 | |
| Single-Family Units | 58,719 | 70.1% |
| Detached | 54,808 | 65.4% |
| Attached | 3,911 | 4.7% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 15,198 | 18.1% |
| Mobile Homes | 5,953 | 7.1% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 3,179 | 4.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 2,287 | 3.5% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 2,086 | 3.2% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 2,962 | 4.5% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 2,923 | 4.4% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 2,315 | 3.5% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 3,015 | 4.6% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 3,270 | 5.0% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 2,459 | 3.7% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 4,811 | 7.3% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 7,266 | 11.1% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 8,600 | 13.1% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 5,445 | 8.3% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 3,995 | 6.1% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 5,160 | 7.8% |
| $200,000 or more | 5,962 | 9.1% |
| Median Household Income | 67,543 | |
| Per Capita Income | 44,102 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 86 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 3,442 | 5.2% |
| Public Assistance | 1,472 | 2.2% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 5,555 | 8.5% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 46,137 | 64.7% |
| Unemployed | 3,270 | 4.6% |
| In Armed Forces | 526 | 0.7% |
| Total Labor Force | 49,933 | 70.0% |
| Not in Labor Force | 21,403 | 30.0% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 34.6% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 22,492 | 20,446 | 52.4% |
| Non-Profit | 1,805 | 2,963 | 37.9% |
| Self-Employed | 4,720 | 3,936 | 54.5% |
| Local Government | 1,567 | 2,751 | 36.3% |
| State Government | 786 | 744 | 51.4% |
| Federal Government | 440 | 393 | 52.8% |
| Total Private + Self | 27,212 | 24,382 | 52.7% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,598 | 6,851 | 40.2% |
| Total | 31,810 | 31,233 | 50.5% |
| Pct. Govt. | 10.6% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 9,299 | 14.7% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 15,650 | 24.8% |
| Professional, Technical | 14,031 | 22.2% |
| Service Occupations | 12,279 | 19.4% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 642 | 1.0% |
| All others | 11,878 | 18.8% |
| White Collar | 61.7% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 9,446 | 15.0% |
| Retail trade | 8,530 | 13.5% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 5,631 | 8.9% |
| Construction | 5,155 | 8.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 4,925 | 7.8% |
| Educational services | 4,277 | 6.8% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,578 | 5.7% |
| Other services | 3,207 | 5.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 2,717 | 4.3% |
| Manufacturing | 2,577 | 4.1% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,507 | 4.0% |
| Public administration | 2,372 | 3.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,304 | 3.6% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,160 | 3.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 1,344 | 2.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,189 | 1.9% |
| Information | 741 | 1.2% |
| Utilities | 363 | 0.6% |
| Management | 114 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 7,314 | 4.54% |
| Puerto Rican | 4,020 | 2.50% |
| Cuban | 2,932 | 1.82% |
| Dominican | 166 | 0.10% |
| Total Central American | 1,299 | 0.81% |
| Costa Rican | 84 | 0.05% |
| Guatemalan | 250 | 0.16% |
| Honduran | 368 | 0.23% |
| Nicaraguan | 263 | 0.16% |
| Panamanian | 170 | 0.11% |
| Salvadoran | 164 | 0.10% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 4,233 | 2.63% |
| Argentinean | 590 | 0.37% |
| Bolivian | 5 | 0.00% |
| Chilean | 101 | 0.06% |
| Colombian | 1,540 | 0.96% |
| Ecuadorian | 214 | 0.13% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 464 | 0.29% |
| Uruguayan | 64 | 0.04% |
| Venezuelan | 1,126 | 0.70% |
| Other South American | 129 | 0.08% |
| Other Hispanic | 1,276 | 0.79% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Vietnamese | 713 | 0.44% |
| Indian | 514 | 0.32% |
| Chinese | 384 | 0.24% |
| Filipino | 250 | 0.16% |
| Japanese | 193 | 0.12% |
| Thai | 123 | 0.08% |
| Burmese | 92 | 0.06% |
| Hmong | 83 | 0.05% |
| Korean | 34 | 0.02% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 133,234 | 86.1% |
| Spanish | 14,866 | 9.6% |
| Other Indo-European | 1,853 | 1.2% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,591 | 1.0% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 768 | 0.5% |
| German, other Germanic | 569 | 0.4% |
| Other Asian | 542 | 0.4% |
| Vietnamese | 436 | 0.3% |
| Other | 277 | 0.2% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| English | 24,487 | 15.2% |
| German | 21,884 | 13.6% |
| Irish | 21,830 | 13.6% |
| Italian | 14,727 | 9.1% |
| American | 12,460 | 7.7% |
| Polish | 5,040 | 3.1% |
| French | 4,992 | 3.1% |
| Scottish | 4,439 | 2.8% |
| European | 4,358 | 2.7% |
| Swedish | 2,678 | 1.7% |
| Dutch | 1,725 | 1.1% |
| Norwegian | 1,653 | 1.0% |
| French Canadian | 1,612 | 1.0% |
| Scotch-Irish | 1,605 | 1.0% |
| Russian | 1,578 | 1.0% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 154,884 | 96.2% |
| Not a citizen | 6,102 | 3.8% |
| Native | 144,512 | 89.8% |
| Foreign-born | 16,474 | 10.2% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 3,737 | 3.0% | 7,048 | 5.6% | 33,615 | 26.7% | 40,324 | 32.0% | 25,090 | 19.9% | 16,124 | 12.8% |
| Average years of education: 13.7 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 3,737 | 3.0% |
| 9-12 Years | 7,048 | 5.6% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 33,615 | 26.7% |
| Some College | 40,324 | 32.0% |
| Bach. Degree | 25,090 | 19.9% |
| Grad Degree | 16,124 | 12.8% |
| Average years of education: 13.7 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 82,972 | 73,272 | 9,700 | 11.7% | |
| 1991 | 80,894 | 70,372 | 10,522 | 13.0% | |
| 1992 | 80,310 | 69,206 | 11,104 | 13.8% | |
| 1993 | 80,392 | 70,978 | 9,414 | 11.7% | |
| 1994 | 82,648 | 73,646 | 9,002 | 10.9% | |
| 1995 | 85,818 | 77,362 | 8,456 | 9.9% | |
| 1996 | 88,440 | 80,098 | 8,342 | 9.4% | |
| 1997 | 91,402 | 83,534 | 7,868 | 8.6% | |
| 1998 | 95,134 | 87,138 | 7,996 | 8.4% | |
| 1999 | 94,860 | 87,298 | 7,562 | 8.0% | |
| 2000 | 103,034 | 97,720 | 5,314 | 5.2% | |
| 2001 | 106,070 | 99,910 | 6,160 | 5.8% | |
| 2002 | 107,252 | 100,188 | 7,064 | 6.6% | |
| 2003 | 110,954 | 104,260 | 6,694 | 6.0% | |
| 2004 | 110,860 | 104,528 | 6,332 | 5.7% | |
| 2005 | 117,768 | 113,382 | 4,386 | 3.7% | |
| 2006 | 122,196 | 118,338 | 3,858 | 3.2% | |
| 2007 | 124,382 | 118,584 | 5,798 | 4.7% | |
| 2008 | 124,826 | 115,482 | 9,344 | 7.5% | |
| 2009 | 122,966 | 108,214 | 14,752 | 12.0% | |
| 2010 | 121,566 | 105,188 | 16,378 | 13.5% | |
| 2011 | 123,146 | 107,582 | 15,564 | 12.6% | |
| 2012 | 123,320 | 109,400 | 13,920 | 11.3% | |
| 2013 | 122,802 | 110,476 | 12,326 | 10.0% | |
| 2014 | 123,360 | 113,352 | 10,008 | 8.1% | |
| 2015 | 122,920 | 114,424 | 8,496 | 6.9% | |
| 2016 | 124,788 | 117,208 | 7,580 | 6.1% | |
| 2017 | 127,778 | 121,280 | 6,498 | 5.1% | |
| 2018 | 129,802 | 124,088 | 5,714 | 4.4% | |
| 2019 | 131,270 | 125,970 | 5,300 | 4.0% | |
| 2020 | 128,466 | 118,964 | 9,502 | 7.4% | |
| 2021 | 131,320 | 125,040 | 6,280 | 4.8% | |
| 2022 | 135,894 | 131,288 | 4,606 | 3.4% | |
| 2023 | 139,510 | 134,590 | 4,920 | 3.5% | |
| 2024 | 135,874 | 130,354 | 5,520 | 4.1% | |