2024 population: 538,928
(
235,555 from 2020)
Land area: 1669.4 square miles
Population density: 322.8 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 372,378 | 69.10% | 4.1% |
| Black: | 85,743 | 15.91% | 1.3% |
| Indian: | 3,870 | 0.72% | 6.8% |
| Asian: | 17,092 | 3.17% | 13.7% |
| 2+ races: | 19,111 | 3.55% | 16.7% |
| Hispanic: | 40,734 | 7.56% | 25.3% |
| Total non-White: | 166,550 | 30.90% | 9.4% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
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| Births: | 11,979 | 9.9 |
| Deaths: | 15,955 | 13.1 |
| Net Migration: | 42,252 | 34.8 |
| Net Immigration: | 2,670 | 2.2 |
| Change in White population: | 14,685 | 2.9 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 14,341 | 2.8 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 222,708 | |
| Median Value | $229,131 | |
| Occupied | 196,061 | 88.0% |
| Vacant | 26,647 | 12.0% |
| Owned | 134,369 | 68.5% |
| Rented | 61,692 | 31.5% |
| Median Rent | $1,244 | |
| Single-Family Units | 166,477 | 74.8% |
| Detached | 161,417 | 72.5% |
| Attached | 5,060 | 2.3% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 26,953 | 12.1% |
| Mobile Homes | 15,174 | 6.8% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 9,036 | 4.6% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 7,796 | 4.0% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 6,207 | 3.2% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 7,212 | 3.7% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 7,991 | 4.1% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 8,067 | 4.1% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 8,347 | 4.3% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 8,088 | 4.1% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 7,583 | 3.9% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 15,197 | 7.8% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 19,617 | 10.0% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 27,794 | 14.2% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 20,583 | 10.5% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 13,674 | 7.0% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 13,901 | 7.1% |
| $200,000 or more | 14,968 | 7.6% |
| Median Household Income | 69,823 | |
| Per Capita Income | 35,601 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 85 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 9,610 | 4.9% |
| Public Assistance | 4,334 | 2.2% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 27,294 | 13.9% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 195,523 | 63.8% |
| Unemployed | 11,904 | 3.9% |
| In Armed Forces | 12,850 | 4.2% |
| Total Labor Force | 220,277 | 71.9% |
| Not in Labor Force | 86,081 | 28.1% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 32.0% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 75,868 | 66,504 | 53.3% |
| Non-Profit | 8,129 | 14,971 | 35.2% |
| Self-Employed | 14,575 | 8,531 | 63.1% |
| Local Government | 5,978 | 8,166 | 42.3% |
| State Government | 2,666 | 3,475 | 43.4% |
| Federal Government | 7,728 | 3,954 | 66.2% |
| Total Private + Self | 90,443 | 75,035 | 54.7% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 24,501 | 30,566 | 44.5% |
| Total | 114,944 | 105,601 | 52.1% |
| Pct. Govt. | 14.5% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 32,076 | 14.5% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 50,784 | 23.0% |
| Professional, Technical | 50,675 | 22.9% |
| Service Occupations | 41,859 | 18.9% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 778 | 0.4% |
| All others | 45,548 | 20.6% |
| White Collar | 60.4% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 31,892 | 14.4% |
| Retail trade | 27,020 | 12.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 20,289 | 9.2% |
| Educational services | 18,600 | 8.4% |
| Construction | 17,973 | 8.1% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 15,100 | 6.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 15,071 | 6.8% |
| Public administration | 13,210 | 6.0% |
| Other services | 10,808 | 4.9% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 10,241 | 4.6% |
| Manufacturing | 10,233 | 4.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 9,798 | 4.4% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,423 | 2.5% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,244 | 1.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 4,154 | 1.9% |
| Information | 2,877 | 1.3% |
| Utilities | 2,130 | 1.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,286 | 0.6% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 507 | 0.2% |
| Management | 86 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 11,841 | 2.32% |
| Puerto Rican | 5,848 | 1.15% |
| Cuban | 2,530 | 0.50% |
| Dominican | 681 | 0.13% |
| Total Central American | 3,733 | 0.73% |
| Costa Rican | 217 | 0.04% |
| Guatemalan | 474 | 0.09% |
| Honduran | 1,259 | 0.25% |
| Nicaraguan | 298 | 0.06% |
| Panamanian | 826 | 0.16% |
| Salvadoran | 653 | 0.13% |
| Other Central American | 6 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 2,455 | 0.48% |
| Argentinean | 123 | 0.02% |
| Bolivian | 8 | 0.00% |
| Chilean | 242 | 0.05% |
| Colombian | 1,045 | 0.20% |
| Ecuadorian | 261 | 0.05% |
| Paraguayan | 22 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 370 | 0.07% |
| Uruguayan | 43 | 0.01% |
| Venezuelan | 341 | 0.07% |
| Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Hispanic | 4,200 | 0.82% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Filipino | 5,251 | 1.03% |
| Vietnamese | 2,340 | 0.46% |
| Chinese | 2,184 | 0.43% |
| Korean | 837 | 0.16% |
| Japanese | 809 | 0.16% |
| Indian | 711 | 0.14% |
| Cambodian | 275 | 0.05% |
| Burmese | 155 | 0.03% |
| Thai | 104 | 0.02% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 446,967 | 92.8% |
| Spanish | 16,180 | 3.4% |
| Tagalog | 3,156 | 0.7% |
| Other Indo-European | 2,751 | 0.6% |
| Chinese | 1,925 | 0.4% |
| German, other Germanic | 1,910 | 0.4% |
| Vietnamese | 1,788 | 0.4% |
| Other Asian | 1,647 | 0.3% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,598 | 0.3% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 61,362 | 12.0% |
| English | 58,565 | 11.5% |
| Irish | 57,556 | 11.3% |
| American | 34,627 | 6.8% |
| Italian | 20,879 | 4.1% |
| European | 13,530 | 2.7% |
| French | 12,423 | 2.4% |
| Scottish | 11,259 | 2.2% |
| Scotch-Irish | 8,375 | 1.6% |
| Polish | 7,258 | 1.4% |
| Norwegian | 4,904 | 1.0% |
| Swedish | 3,984 | 0.8% |
| Dutch | 3,884 | 0.8% |
| Welsh | 3,466 | 0.7% |
| British | 3,369 | 0.7% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 499,600 | 97.9% |
| Not a citizen | 10,690 | 2.1% |
| Native | 483,835 | 94.8% |
| Foreign-born | 26,455 | 5.2% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 7,754 | 2.2% | 22,221 | 6.3% | 96,491 | 27.5% | 123,876 | 35.2% | 64,318 | 18.3% | 36,767 | 10.5% |
| Average years of education: 13.6 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 7,754 | 2.2% |
| 9-12 Years | 22,221 | 6.3% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 96,491 | 27.5% |
| Some College | 123,876 | 35.2% |
| Bach. Degree | 64,318 | 18.3% |
| Grad Degree | 36,767 | 10.5% |
| 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 | 322,850 | 303,934 | 18,916 | 5.9% | |
| 1991 | 324,602 | 305,042 | 19,560 | 6.0% | |
| 1992 | 330,280 | 311,092 | 19,188 | 5.8% | |
| 1993 | 334,942 | 317,812 | 17,130 | 5.1% | |
| 1994 | 341,496 | 326,014 | 15,482 | 4.5% | |
| 1995 | 344,250 | 329,520 | 14,730 | 4.3% | |
| 1996 | 345,262 | 331,066 | 14,196 | 4.1% | |
| 1997 | 349,912 | 334,966 | 14,946 | 4.3% | |
| 1998 | 358,272 | 343,248 | 15,024 | 4.2% | |
| 1999 | 362,390 | 348,278 | 14,112 | 3.9% | |
| 2000 | 378,280 | 363,100 | 15,180 | 4.0% | |
| 2001 | 376,700 | 358,722 | 17,978 | 4.8% | |
| 2002 | 372,818 | 355,006 | 17,812 | 4.8% | |
| 2003 | 379,092 | 362,978 | 16,114 | 4.3% | |
| 2004 | 386,794 | 371,810 | 14,984 | 3.9% | |
| 2005 | 403,088 | 391,246 | 11,842 | 2.9% | |
| 2006 | 412,924 | 403,108 | 9,816 | 2.4% | |
| 2007 | 418,750 | 405,488 | 13,262 | 3.2% | |
| 2008 | 414,140 | 391,516 | 22,624 | 5.5% | |
| 2009 | 410,110 | 373,664 | 36,446 | 8.9% | |
| 2010 | 418,842 | 379,114 | 39,728 | 9.5% | |
| 2011 | 424,264 | 384,874 | 39,390 | 9.3% | |
| 2012 | 421,900 | 386,638 | 35,262 | 8.4% | |
| 2013 | 422,948 | 392,258 | 30,690 | 7.3% | |
| 2014 | 424,238 | 397,596 | 26,642 | 6.3% | |
| 2015 | 425,834 | 402,930 | 22,904 | 5.4% | |
| 2016 | 435,580 | 414,478 | 21,102 | 4.8% | |
| 2017 | 441,832 | 423,590 | 18,242 | 4.1% | |
| 2018 | 448,494 | 432,546 | 15,948 | 3.6% | |
| 2019 | 457,354 | 442,294 | 15,060 | 3.3% | |
| 2020 | 454,852 | 426,912 | 27,940 | 6.1% | |
| 2021 | 461,340 | 441,890 | 19,450 | 4.2% | |
| 2022 | 473,174 | 459,430 | 13,744 | 2.9% | |
| 2023 | 487,040 | 472,484 | 14,556 | 3.0% | |
| 2024 | 480,530 | 463,514 | 17,016 | 3.5% | |