2024 population: 243,971
(
3,172 from 2020)
Land area: 1224.4 square miles
Population density: 199.3 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 200,116 | 82.02% | 4.1% |
| Black: | 12,602 | 5.17% | 9.6% |
| Indian: | 505 | 0.21% | 12.0% |
| Asian: | 11,831 | 4.85% | 28.9% |
| 2+ races: | 6,152 | 2.52% | 4.2% |
| Hispanic: | 12,765 | 5.23% | 12.2% |
| Total non-White: | 43,855 | 17.98% | 14.2% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
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| Births: | 9,439 | 9.5 |
| Deaths: | 12,877 | 13.0 |
| Net Migration: | -2,563 | -2.6 |
| Net Immigration: | 2,824 | 2.9 |
| Change in White population: | -8,611 | -3.5 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,439 | 2.2 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 114,505 | |
| Median Value | $140,157 | |
| Occupied | 101,651 | 88.8% |
| Vacant | 12,854 | 11.2% |
| Owned | 68,569 | 67.5% |
| Rented | 33,082 | 32.5% |
| Median Rent | $884 | |
| Single-Family Units | 73,734 | 64.4% |
| Detached | 71,538 | 62.5% |
| Attached | 2,196 | 1.9% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 13,842 | 12.1% |
| Mobile Homes | 6,936 | 6.1% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 6,359 | 6.3% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 5,198 | 5.1% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 4,536 | 4.5% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 5,300 | 5.2% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 4,343 | 4.3% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 4,389 | 4.3% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 3,952 | 3.9% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 4,505 | 4.4% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 3,899 | 3.8% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 7,516 | 7.4% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 10,217 | 10.1% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 12,442 | 12.2% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 9,785 | 9.6% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 6,324 | 6.2% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 6,534 | 6.4% |
| $200,000 or more | 6,352 | 6.2% |
| Median Household Income | 60,736 | |
| Per Capita Income | 34,476 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 92 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 6,216 | 6.1% |
| Public Assistance | 3,421 | 3.4% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 16,043 | 15.8% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 97,862 | 65.7% |
| Unemployed | 7,280 | 4.9% |
| In Armed Forces | 39 | 0.0% |
| Total Labor Force | 105,181 | 70.6% |
| Not in Labor Force | 43,714 | 29.4% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 34.2% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 37,083 | 27,741 | 57.2% |
| Non-Profit | 5,150 | 9,065 | 36.2% |
| Self-Employed | 5,018 | 3,082 | 62.0% |
| Local Government | 4,558 | 6,812 | 40.1% |
| State Government | 4,729 | 5,286 | 47.2% |
| Federal Government | 640 | 700 | 47.8% |
| Total Private + Self | 42,101 | 30,823 | 57.7% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 15,077 | 21,863 | 40.8% |
| Total | 57,178 | 52,686 | 52.0% |
| Pct. Govt. | 20.7% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 15,199 | 13.8% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 22,106 | 20.1% |
| Professional, Technical | 29,253 | 26.6% |
| Service Occupations | 21,245 | 19.3% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 449 | 0.4% |
| All others | 22,221 | 20.2% |
| White Collar | 60.5% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 18,444 | 16.8% |
| Educational services | 16,746 | 15.2% |
| Retail trade | 13,136 | 11.9% |
| Manufacturing | 11,333 | 10.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 7,957 | 7.2% |
| Construction | 6,619 | 6.0% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 6,278 | 5.7% |
| Other services | 5,123 | 4.7% |
| Public administration | 4,778 | 4.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3,897 | 3.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,421 | 3.1% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,299 | 3.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,152 | 2.0% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,022 | 1.8% |
| Information | 1,324 | 1.2% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,181 | 1.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,034 | 0.9% |
| Utilities | 1,026 | 0.9% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 198 | 0.2% |
| Management | 56 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 1,437 | 0.58% |
| Puerto Rican | 4,652 | 1.89% |
| Cuban | 164 | 0.07% |
| Dominican | 1,038 | 0.42% |
| Total Central American | 523 | 0.21% |
| Costa Rican | 26 | 0.01% |
| Guatemalan | 122 | 0.05% |
| Honduran | 207 | 0.08% |
| Nicaraguan | 21 | 0.01% |
| Panamanian | 77 | 0.03% |
| Salvadoran | 46 | 0.02% |
| Other Central American | 24 | 0.01% |
| Total South American | 1,537 | 0.62% |
| Argentinean | 96 | 0.04% |
| Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Chilean | 98 | 0.04% |
| Colombian | 465 | 0.19% |
| Ecuadorian | 617 | 0.25% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 209 | 0.08% |
| Uruguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 23 | 0.01% |
| Other South American | 26 | 0.01% |
| Other Hispanic | 1,123 | 0.46% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Chinese | 4,100 | 1.66% |
| Indian | 2,596 | 1.05% |
| Korean | 744 | 0.30% |
| Vietnamese | 511 | 0.21% |
| Filipino | 418 | 0.17% |
| Laotian | 380 | 0.15% |
| Japanese | 195 | 0.08% |
| Bangladeshi | 154 | 0.06% |
| Thai | 101 | 0.04% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 214,642 | 91.5% |
| Spanish | 4,743 | 2.0% |
| Other Indo-European | 4,166 | 1.8% |
| Chinese | 3,124 | 1.3% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,685 | 0.7% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,572 | 0.7% |
| German, other Germanic | 1,112 | 0.5% |
| Other Asian | 1,093 | 0.5% |
| Arabic | 874 | 0.4% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Irish | 44,903 | 18.2% |
| German | 35,685 | 14.5% |
| English | 33,118 | 13.4% |
| Italian | 29,187 | 11.8% |
| Polish | 14,675 | 5.9% |
| American | 12,529 | 5.1% |
| Dutch | 5,145 | 2.1% |
| French | 4,863 | 2.0% |
| Slovak | 4,405 | 1.8% |
| Scottish | 3,713 | 1.5% |
| Welsh | 3,429 | 1.4% |
| Russian | 3,353 | 1.4% |
| European | 2,644 | 1.1% |
| Swedish | 1,825 | 0.7% |
| Ukrainian | 1,825 | 0.7% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 239,283 | 97.0% |
| Not a citizen | 7,426 | 3.0% |
| Native | 230,652 | 93.5% |
| Foreign-born | 16,057 | 6.5% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 4,619 | 2.8% | 10,504 | 6.3% | 51,781 | 31.2% | 50,756 | 30.6% | 26,177 | 15.8% | 22,106 | 13.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.6 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 4,619 | 2.8% |
| 9-12 Years | 10,504 | 6.3% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 51,781 | 31.2% |
| Some College | 50,756 | 30.6% |
| Bach. Degree | 26,177 | 15.8% |
| Grad Degree | 22,106 | 13.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.6 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 263,588 | 252,400 | 11,188 | 4.2% | |
| 1991 | 262,662 | 247,250 | 15,412 | 5.9% | |
| 1992 | 261,370 | 243,556 | 17,814 | 6.8% | |
| 1993 | 259,940 | 242,106 | 17,834 | 6.9% | |
| 1994 | 256,326 | 239,182 | 17,144 | 6.7% | |
| 1995 | 248,530 | 235,188 | 13,342 | 5.4% | |
| 1996 | 244,614 | 233,744 | 10,870 | 4.4% | |
| 1997 | 252,712 | 242,080 | 10,632 | 4.2% | |
| 1998 | 252,000 | 241,980 | 10,020 | 4.0% | |
| 1999 | 251,506 | 241,454 | 10,052 | 4.0% | |
| 2000 | 248,886 | 239,992 | 8,894 | 3.6% | |
| 2001 | 249,210 | 238,676 | 10,534 | 4.2% | |
| 2002 | 251,086 | 236,542 | 14,544 | 5.8% | |
| 2003 | 245,954 | 231,594 | 14,360 | 5.8% | |
| 2004 | 244,260 | 230,970 | 13,290 | 5.4% | |
| 2005 | 245,054 | 233,130 | 11,924 | 4.9% | |
| 2006 | 246,998 | 235,766 | 11,232 | 4.5% | |
| 2007 | 245,598 | 234,730 | 10,868 | 4.4% | |
| 2008 | 247,136 | 233,670 | 13,466 | 5.4% | |
| 2009 | 247,600 | 227,110 | 20,490 | 8.3% | |
| 2010 | 249,038 | 227,336 | 21,702 | 8.7% | |
| 2011 | 241,416 | 220,994 | 20,422 | 8.5% | |
| 2012 | 238,616 | 217,994 | 20,622 | 8.6% | |
| 2013 | 233,542 | 215,266 | 18,276 | 7.8% | |
| 2014 | 223,254 | 208,580 | 14,674 | 6.6% | |
| 2015 | 219,976 | 206,944 | 13,032 | 5.9% | |
| 2016 | 217,886 | 206,002 | 11,884 | 5.5% | |
| 2017 | 214,338 | 202,650 | 11,688 | 5.5% | |
| 2018 | 213,730 | 203,578 | 10,152 | 4.7% | |
| 2019 | 211,502 | 202,162 | 9,340 | 4.4% | |
| 2020 | 208,078 | 190,416 | 17,662 | 8.5% | |
| 2021 | 209,492 | 198,844 | 10,648 | 5.1% | |
| 2022 | 209,136 | 201,494 | 7,642 | 3.7% | |
| 2023 | 210,698 | 202,650 | 8,048 | 3.8% | |
| 2024 | 213,006 | 204,698 | 8,308 | 3.9% | |