2022 population: 520,710
( 96,603 from 2010
, 33,048 from 2020)
Land area: 1115.5 square miles
Population density: 466.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 313,545 | 60.21% | 9.0% |
Black: | 84,678 | 16.26% | 43.8% |
Indian: | 1,109 | 0.21% | 21.6% |
Asian: | 9,787 | 1.88% | 65.5% |
2+ races: | 9,135 | 1.75% | 52.5% |
Hispanic: | 102,456 | 19.68% | 60.4% |
Total non-White: | 207,165 | 39.79% | 51.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 9,969 | 10.2 |
Deaths: | 14,960 | 15.3 |
Net Migration: | 37,047 | 38.0 |
Net Immigration: | 1,309 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | 25,981 | 6.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 70,622 | 16.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 231,647 | |
Median Value | $305,241 | |
Occupied | 193,167 | 83.4% |
Vacant | 38,480 | 16.6% |
Owned | 151,127 | 78.2% |
Rented | 42,040 | 21.8% |
Median Rent | $1,367 | |
Single-Family Units | 161,289 | 69.6% |
Detached | 150,598 | 65.0% |
Attached | 10,691 | 4.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 38,505 | 16.6% |
Mobile Homes | 17,922 | 7.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,444 | 4.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,865 | 3.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,738 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,424 | 3.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,742 | 4.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,563 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,874 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,112 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,631 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 15,506 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 20,296 | 10.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 27,211 | 14.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 19,286 | 10.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 14,343 | 7.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 12,573 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 15,559 | 8.1% |
Median Household Income | 70,209 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,684 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 94 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 10,666 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 5,908 | 3.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 22,705 | 11.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 151,816 | 68.3% |
Unemployed | 8,684 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 275 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 160,775 | 72.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 61,464 | 27.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 78,400 | 67,213 | 53.8% |
Non-Profit | 4,810 | 9,842 | 32.8% |
Self-Employed | 16,966 | 11,090 | 60.5% |
Local Government | 7,646 | 8,528 | 47.3% |
State Government | 1,827 | 2,784 | 39.6% |
Federal Government | 1,452 | 925 | 61.1% |
Total Private + Self | 95,366 | 78,303 | 54.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 15,735 | 22,079 | 41.6% |
Total | 111,101 | 100,382 | 52.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 32,622 | 15.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 51,179 | 24.1% |
Professional, Technical | 40,306 | 19.0% |
Service Occupations | 42,583 | 20.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 806 | 0.4% |
All others | 45,355 | 21.4% |
White Collar | 58.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 32,497 | 15.3% |
Retail trade | 26,867 | 12.7% |
Construction | 19,967 | 9.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 15,846 | 7.5% |
Educational services | 14,171 | 6.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 12,648 | 6.0% |
Other services | 12,377 | 5.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 12,326 | 5.8% |
Manufacturing | 11,419 | 5.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 10,937 | 5.2% |
Public administration | 8,810 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 7,384 | 3.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 6,291 | 3.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,219 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 4,706 | 2.2% |
Information | 3,436 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 3,328 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,315 | 1.1% |
Management | 457 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 44 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 20,106 | 4.07% |
Puerto Rican | 22,453 | 4.54% |
Cuban | 10,401 | 2.11% |
Dominican | 6,083 | 1.23% |
Total Central American | 14,669 | 2.97% |
Costa Rican | 536 | 0.11% |
Guatemalan | 7,150 | 1.45% |
Honduran | 3,449 | 0.70% |
Nicaraguan | 1,516 | 0.31% |
Panamanian | 684 | 0.14% |
Salvadoran | 1,334 | 0.27% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 13,298 | 2.69% |
Argentinean | 685 | 0.14% |
Bolivian | 555 | 0.11% |
Chilean | 459 | 0.09% |
Colombian | 4,129 | 0.84% |
Ecuadorian | 1,941 | 0.39% |
Paraguayan | 309 | 0.06% |
Peruvian | 2,502 | 0.51% |
Uruguayan | 285 | 0.06% |
Venezuelan | 2,411 | 0.49% |
Other South American | 22 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,856 | 0.98% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 3,116 | 0.63% |
Indian | 2,029 | 0.41% |
Chinese | 1,259 | 0.25% |
Vietnamese | 981 | 0.20% |
Thai | 414 | 0.08% |
Korean | 324 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 196 | 0.04% |
Cambodian | 121 | 0.02% |
Laotian | 23 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 375,722 | 79.7% |
Spanish | 63,690 | 13.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 13,930 | 3.0% |
Other Indo-European | 7,231 | 1.5% |
Tagalog | 1,866 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,840 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 1,777 | 0.4% |
Other | 1,612 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 979 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 82,469 | 16.7% |
Irish | 55,435 | 11.2% |
German | 53,412 | 10.8% |
Italian | 44,189 | 8.9% |
English | 41,440 | 8.4% |
Polish | 14,145 | 2.9% |
Haitian | 12,928 | 2.6% |
European | 11,387 | 2.3% |
French | 9,836 | 2.0% |
Jamaican | 8,829 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 6,833 | 1.4% |
Swedish | 3,990 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 3,970 | 0.8% |
Norwegian | 3,764 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 3,670 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 468,161 | 94.8% |
Not a citizen | 25,920 | 5.2% |
Native | 419,884 | 85.0% |
Foreign-born | 74,197 | 15.0% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
14,300 | 3.9% | 23,056 | 6.3% | 106,142 | 28.8% | 120,420 | 32.7% | 67,842 | 18.4% | 36,876 | 10.0% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 14,300 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 23,056 | 6.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 106,142 | 28.8% |
Some College | 120,420 | 32.7% |
Bach. Degree | 67,842 | 18.4% |
Grad Degree | 36,876 | 10.0% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 237,348 | 210,994 | 26,354 | 11.1% | |
1991 | 234,140 | 204,012 | 30,128 | 12.9% | |
1992 | 237,854 | 203,004 | 34,850 | 14.7% | |
1993 | 240,276 | 210,526 | 29,750 | 12.4% | |
1994 | 243,320 | 213,550 | 29,770 | 12.2% | |
1995 | 245,412 | 218,990 | 26,422 | 10.8% | |
1996 | 251,428 | 224,196 | 27,232 | 10.8% | |
1997 | 251,896 | 227,336 | 24,560 | 9.8% | |
1998 | 257,198 | 233,676 | 23,522 | 9.1% | |
1999 | 263,792 | 242,810 | 20,982 | 8.0% | |
2000 | 290,230 | 275,200 | 15,030 | 5.2% | |
2001 | 300,980 | 283,710 | 17,270 | 5.7% | |
2002 | 306,956 | 288,446 | 18,510 | 6.0% | |
2003 | 315,686 | 298,558 | 17,128 | 5.4% | |
2004 | 329,198 | 313,116 | 16,082 | 4.9% | |
2005 | 351,834 | 339,510 | 12,324 | 3.5% | |
2006 | 365,970 | 354,906 | 11,064 | 3.0% | |
2007 | 374,628 | 358,270 | 16,358 | 4.4% | |
2008 | 373,138 | 344,918 | 28,220 | 7.6% | |
2009 | 368,346 | 325,318 | 43,028 | 11.7% | |
2010 | 386,984 | 339,256 | 47,728 | 12.3% | |
2011 | 388,640 | 343,408 | 45,232 | 11.6% | |
2012 | 390,138 | 349,772 | 40,366 | 10.3% | |
2013 | 392,714 | 355,814 | 36,900 | 9.4% | |
2014 | 397,952 | 367,918 | 30,034 | 7.5% | |
2015 | 403,184 | 378,666 | 24,518 | 6.1% | |
2016 | 413,564 | 390,764 | 22,800 | 5.5% | |
2017 | 422,138 | 401,526 | 20,612 | 4.9% | |
2018 | 430,864 | 412,784 | 18,080 | 4.2% | |
2019 | 439,880 | 422,878 | 17,002 | 3.9% | |
2020 | 435,086 | 403,712 | 31,374 | 7.2% | |
2021 | 449,024 | 428,672 | 20,352 | 4.5% | |
2022 | 463,330 | 448,614 | 14,716 | 3.2% | |
2023 | 474,582 | 458,880 | 15,702 | 3.3% |