2024 population: 605,615
(
35,588 from 2020)
Land area: 2623.4 square miles
Population density: 230.9 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 416,804 | 68.82% | 7.4% |
| Black: | 16,766 | 2.77% | 20.3% |
| Indian: | 7,513 | 1.24% | 6.5% |
| Asian: | 34,935 | 5.77% | 24.3% |
| 2+ races: | 15,767 | 2.60% | 17.6% |
| Hispanic: | 113,830 | 18.80% | 18.5% |
| Total non-White: | 188,811 | 31.18% | 19.1% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 32,479 | 14.2 |
| Deaths: | 20,581 | 9.0 |
| Net Migration: | 36,707 | 16.1 |
| Net Immigration: | 10,790 | 4.7 |
| Change in White population: | 28,611 | 5.2 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 30,275 | 5.5 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 223,045 | |
| Median Value | $241,994 | |
| Occupied | 204,195 | 91.5% |
| Vacant | 18,850 | 8.5% |
| Owned | 126,833 | 62.1% |
| Rented | 77,362 | 37.9% |
| Median Rent | $1,019 | |
| Single-Family Units | 164,208 | 73.6% |
| Detached | 154,495 | 69.3% |
| Attached | 9,713 | 4.4% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 33,469 | 15.0% |
| Mobile Homes | 11,044 | 5.0% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 8,451 | 4.1% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 6,268 | 3.1% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 6,409 | 3.1% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 8,226 | 4.0% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 7,163 | 3.5% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 7,653 | 3.7% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 8,582 | 4.2% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 8,284 | 4.1% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 7,644 | 3.7% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 15,639 | 7.7% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 20,272 | 9.9% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 28,508 | 14.0% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 20,956 | 10.3% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 13,407 | 6.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 15,447 | 7.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 21,286 | 10.4% |
| Median Household Income | 73,542 | |
| Per Capita Income | 38,825 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 81 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 6,701 | 3.3% |
| Public Assistance | 2,782 | 1.4% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 12,052 | 5.9% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 213,924 | 72.0% |
| Unemployed | 7,710 | 2.6% |
| In Armed Forces | 200 | 0.1% |
| Total Labor Force | 221,834 | 74.6% |
| Not in Labor Force | 75,466 | 25.4% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 28.0% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 110,258 | 81,372 | 57.5% |
| Non-Profit | 7,411 | 13,523 | 35.4% |
| Self-Employed | 18,074 | 11,208 | 61.7% |
| Local Government | 6,170 | 7,505 | 45.1% |
| State Government | 4,785 | 5,986 | 44.4% |
| Federal Government | 2,224 | 2,097 | 51.5% |
| Total Private + Self | 128,332 | 92,580 | 58.1% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 20,590 | 29,111 | 41.4% |
| Total | 148,922 | 121,691 | 55.0% |
| Pct. Govt. | 10.6% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 47,600 | 17.6% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 56,539 | 20.9% |
| Professional, Technical | 60,840 | 22.5% |
| Service Occupations | 40,259 | 14.9% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,046 | 0.4% |
| All others | 65,719 | 24.3% |
| White Collar | 60.9% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Retail trade | 46,665 | 17.2% |
| Manufacturing | 32,976 | 12.2% |
| Health care and social assistance | 31,544 | 11.6% |
| Educational services | 24,502 | 9.0% |
| Construction | 22,009 | 8.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 19,117 | 7.1% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 17,467 | 6.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 14,431 | 5.3% |
| Other services | 13,544 | 5.0% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 8,632 | 3.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 7,955 | 2.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 7,037 | 2.6% |
| Public administration | 6,606 | 2.4% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,833 | 1.8% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 3,978 | 1.5% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 3,423 | 1.3% |
| Information | 2,557 | 0.9% |
| Utilities | 1,790 | 0.7% |
| Management | 1,242 | 0.5% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 649 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 63,487 | 11.53% |
| Puerto Rican | 2,950 | 0.54% |
| Cuban | 874 | 0.16% |
| Dominican | 702 | 0.13% |
| Total Central American | 18,615 | 3.38% |
| Costa Rican | 128 | 0.02% |
| Guatemalan | 2,562 | 0.47% |
| Honduran | 1,328 | 0.24% |
| Nicaraguan | 209 | 0.04% |
| Panamanian | 259 | 0.05% |
| Salvadoran | 14,129 | 2.57% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 1,932 | 0.35% |
| Argentinean | 157 | 0.03% |
| Bolivian | 136 | 0.02% |
| Chilean | 104 | 0.02% |
| Colombian | 653 | 0.12% |
| Ecuadorian | 231 | 0.04% |
| Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 303 | 0.06% |
| Uruguayan | 27 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 321 | 0.06% |
| Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Hispanic | 5,029 | 0.91% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 7,534 | 1.37% |
| Chinese | 1,998 | 0.36% |
| Laotian | 1,780 | 0.32% |
| Filipino | 1,513 | 0.27% |
| Vietnamese | 1,500 | 0.27% |
| Hmong | 974 | 0.18% |
| Korean | 651 | 0.12% |
| Japanese | 407 | 0.07% |
| Thai | 283 | 0.05% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 435,068 | 84.5% |
| Spanish | 57,306 | 11.1% |
| Other Asian | 12,242 | 2.4% |
| Other Indo-European | 3,445 | 0.7% |
| Chinese | 1,422 | 0.3% |
| Vietnamese | 996 | 0.2% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 785 | 0.2% |
| German, other Germanic | 764 | 0.1% |
| Other | 721 | 0.1% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 61,988 | 11.3% |
| English | 57,924 | 10.5% |
| Irish | 47,933 | 8.7% |
| American | 27,735 | 5.0% |
| European | 11,977 | 2.2% |
| Scottish | 11,925 | 2.2% |
| Italian | 11,318 | 2.1% |
| French | 9,261 | 1.7% |
| Polish | 6,085 | 1.1% |
| Scotch-Irish | 5,531 | 1.0% |
| Dutch | 5,523 | 1.0% |
| British | 4,572 | 0.8% |
| Norwegian | 4,172 | 0.8% |
| Swedish | 3,454 | 0.6% |
| Welsh | 2,751 | 0.5% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 506,899 | 92.1% |
| Not a citizen | 43,697 | 7.9% |
| Native | 487,793 | 88.6% |
| Foreign-born | 62,803 | 11.4% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 20,352 | 5.8% | 19,680 | 5.6% | 101,874 | 29.0% | 89,027 | 25.3% | 74,685 | 21.3% | 45,825 | 13.0% |
| Average years of education: 13.4 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 20,352 | 5.8% |
| 9-12 Years | 19,680 | 5.6% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 101,874 | 29.0% |
| Some College | 89,027 | 25.3% |
| Bach. Degree | 74,685 | 21.3% |
| Grad Degree | 45,825 | 13.0% |
| Average years of education: 13.4 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 232,720 | 223,978 | 8,742 | 3.8% | |
| 1991 | 239,478 | 230,530 | 8,948 | 3.7% | |
| 1992 | 247,176 | 238,412 | 8,764 | 3.5% | |
| 1993 | 258,154 | 250,688 | 7,466 | 2.9% | |
| 1994 | 272,968 | 266,034 | 6,934 | 2.5% | |
| 1995 | 283,922 | 277,092 | 6,830 | 2.4% | |
| 1996 | 291,306 | 283,004 | 8,302 | 2.8% | |
| 1997 | 294,106 | 285,362 | 8,744 | 3.0% | |
| 1998 | 298,756 | 289,832 | 8,924 | 3.0% | |
| 1999 | 308,620 | 301,072 | 7,548 | 2.4% | |
| 2000 | 332,234 | 322,768 | 9,466 | 2.8% | |
| 2001 | 345,212 | 335,040 | 10,172 | 2.9% | |
| 2002 | 363,266 | 351,588 | 11,678 | 3.2% | |
| 2003 | 374,388 | 360,748 | 13,640 | 3.6% | |
| 2004 | 390,136 | 375,812 | 14,324 | 3.7% | |
| 2005 | 414,054 | 400,240 | 13,814 | 3.3% | |
| 2006 | 423,564 | 408,598 | 14,966 | 3.5% | |
| 2007 | 429,424 | 412,782 | 16,642 | 3.9% | |
| 2008 | 431,164 | 413,260 | 17,904 | 4.2% | |
| 2009 | 427,488 | 400,616 | 26,872 | 6.3% | |
| 2010 | 434,244 | 406,728 | 27,516 | 6.3% | |
| 2011 | 441,490 | 414,496 | 26,994 | 6.1% | |
| 2012 | 448,432 | 423,382 | 25,050 | 5.6% | |
| 2013 | 453,938 | 429,562 | 24,376 | 5.4% | |
| 2014 | 468,814 | 448,192 | 20,622 | 4.4% | |
| 2015 | 490,388 | 472,694 | 17,694 | 3.6% | |
| 2016 | 508,002 | 493,506 | 14,496 | 2.9% | |
| 2017 | 521,692 | 507,022 | 14,670 | 2.8% | |
| 2018 | 529,222 | 514,662 | 14,560 | 2.8% | |
| 2019 | 542,912 | 529,136 | 13,776 | 2.5% | |
| 2020 | 547,138 | 522,512 | 24,626 | 4.5% | |
| 2021 | 559,108 | 542,976 | 16,132 | 2.9% | |
| 2022 | 587,186 | 573,334 | 13,852 | 2.4% | |
| 2023 | 599,306 | 585,064 | 14,242 | 2.4% | |
| 2024 | 613,152 | 596,730 | 16,422 | 2.7% | |