2022 population: 567,998
( 4,367 from 2010
, 401 from 2020)
Land area: 1746.0 square miles
Population density: 325.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 445,100 | 78.36% | 11.4% |
Black: | 23,418 | 4.12% | 61.3% |
Indian: | 676 | 0.12% | 22.7% |
Asian: | 11,496 | 2.02% | 67.6% |
2+ races: | 8,603 | 1.51% | 44.4% |
Hispanic: | 78,705 | 13.86% | 141.4% |
Total non-White: | 122,898 | 21.64% | 101.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 12,340 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 18,284 | 16.1 |
Net Migration: | 4,355 | 3.8 |
Net Immigration: | 1,902 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | -57,478 | -10.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 61,845 | 11.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 263,631 | |
Median Value | $163,290 | |
Occupied | 231,292 | 87.7% |
Vacant | 32,339 | 12.3% |
Owned | 155,095 | 67.1% |
Rented | 76,197 | 32.9% |
Median Rent | $908 | |
Single-Family Units | 199,543 | 75.7% |
Detached | 170,969 | 64.9% |
Attached | 28,574 | 10.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 21,105 | 8.0% |
Mobile Homes | 8,434 | 3.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 12,191 | 5.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 11,762 | 5.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 10,122 | 4.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 10,268 | 4.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 10,700 | 4.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 10,880 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,916 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 9,249 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 9,434 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 17,031 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 22,925 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 31,546 | 13.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 21,840 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 14,814 | 6.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 15,618 | 6.8% |
$200,000 or more | 12,996 | 5.6% |
Median Household Income | 62,271 | |
Per Capita Income | 34,344 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 12,925 | 5.6% |
Public Assistance | 8,751 | 3.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 43,392 | 18.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 219,503 | 70.7% |
Unemployed | 11,709 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 249 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 231,461 | 74.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 78,992 | 25.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 101,170 | 87,226 | 53.7% |
Non-Profit | 9,636 | 17,462 | 35.6% |
Self-Employed | 12,781 | 6,149 | 67.5% |
Local Government | 7,536 | 9,038 | 45.5% |
State Government | 4,874 | 3,788 | 56.3% |
Federal Government | 4,659 | 3,410 | 57.7% |
Total Private + Self | 113,951 | 93,375 | 55.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 26,705 | 33,698 | 44.2% |
Total | 140,656 | 127,073 | 52.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 34,258 | 12.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 56,651 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 58,445 | 21.8% |
Service Occupations | 47,629 | 17.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 748 | 0.3% |
All others | 71,064 | 26.5% |
White Collar | 55.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 45,546 | 17.0% |
Retail trade | 33,542 | 12.5% |
Manufacturing | 31,343 | 11.7% |
Educational services | 22,895 | 8.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 17,463 | 6.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 16,596 | 6.2% |
Construction | 14,945 | 5.6% |
Public administration | 13,649 | 5.1% |
Finance and insurance | 12,228 | 4.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 11,960 | 4.5% |
Other services | 11,533 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 10,343 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 8,750 | 3.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,995 | 1.9% |
Information | 4,049 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 2,956 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 2,851 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,346 | 0.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 786 | 0.3% |
Management | 271 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 10,538 | 1.86% |
Puerto Rican | 21,985 | 3.88% |
Cuban | 665 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 24,836 | 4.38% |
Total Central American | 3,924 | 0.69% |
Costa Rican | 27 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 608 | 0.11% |
Honduran | 1,521 | 0.27% |
Nicaraguan | 347 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 236 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 1,040 | 0.18% |
Other Central American | 145 | 0.03% |
Total South American | 3,447 | 0.61% |
Argentinean | 146 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 52 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 359 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 1,018 | 0.18% |
Ecuadorian | 1,100 | 0.19% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 238 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 169 | 0.03% |
Venezuelan | 365 | 0.06% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,621 | 0.64% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 4,150 | 0.73% |
Chinese | 1,181 | 0.21% |
Filipino | 951 | 0.17% |
Korean | 695 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 472 | 0.08% |
Hmong | 226 | 0.04% |
Bhutanese | 214 | 0.04% |
Laotian | 133 | 0.02% |
Japanese | 111 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 472,828 | 87.9% |
Spanish | 46,549 | 8.7% |
Other Indo-European | 7,641 | 1.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,040 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 2,089 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 1,341 | 0.2% |
Other | 1,054 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 977 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 744 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 110,952 | 19.6% |
Italian | 95,059 | 16.8% |
Polish | 90,494 | 16.0% |
German | 86,113 | 15.2% |
English | 35,687 | 6.3% |
Welsh | 21,799 | 3.8% |
American | 17,307 | 3.1% |
Russian | 16,757 | 3.0% |
Slovak | 15,779 | 2.8% |
Lithuanian | 11,831 | 2.1% |
Dutch | 6,658 | 1.2% |
French | 5,931 | 1.0% |
Ukrainian | 5,873 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 4,661 | 0.8% |
Pennsylvania German | 3,938 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 546,661 | 96.4% |
Not a citizen | 20,626 | 3.6% |
Native | 527,477 | 93.0% |
Foreign-born | 39,810 | 7.0% |
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 | ||||||
12,470 | 3.1% | 23,738 | 5.9% | 150,035 | 37.3% | 109,664 | 27.3% | 65,329 | 16.2% | 40,926 | 10.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 12,470 | 3.1% |
9-12 Years | 23,738 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 150,035 | 37.3% |
Some College | 109,664 | 27.3% |
Bach. Degree | 65,329 | 16.2% |
Grad Degree | 40,926 | 10.2% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 552,078 | 511,274 | 40,804 | 7.4% | |
1991 | 555,266 | 506,880 | 48,386 | 8.7% | |
1992 | 564,964 | 510,352 | 54,612 | 9.7% | |
1993 | 563,030 | 514,092 | 48,938 | 8.7% | |
1994 | 562,348 | 516,142 | 46,206 | 8.2% | |
1995 | 562,790 | 518,986 | 43,804 | 7.8% | |
1996 | 564,018 | 522,488 | 41,530 | 7.4% | |
1997 | 569,024 | 528,110 | 40,914 | 7.2% | |
1998 | 561,912 | 526,506 | 35,406 | 6.3% | |
1999 | 557,280 | 525,520 | 31,760 | 5.7% | |
2000 | 547,736 | 520,666 | 27,070 | 4.9% | |
2001 | 549,982 | 519,360 | 30,622 | 5.6% | |
2002 | 546,364 | 512,132 | 34,232 | 6.3% | |
2003 | 545,328 | 511,300 | 34,028 | 6.2% | |
2004 | 550,842 | 516,110 | 34,732 | 6.3% | |
2005 | 554,526 | 523,562 | 30,964 | 5.6% | |
2006 | 557,508 | 527,896 | 29,612 | 5.3% | |
2007 | 561,308 | 532,688 | 28,620 | 5.1% | |
2008 | 568,636 | 533,968 | 34,668 | 6.1% | |
2009 | 565,840 | 517,208 | 48,632 | 8.6% | |
2010 | 560,286 | 508,482 | 51,804 | 9.2% | |
2011 | 561,512 | 510,590 | 50,922 | 9.1% | |
2012 | 564,306 | 512,494 | 51,812 | 9.2% | |
2013 | 563,158 | 514,492 | 48,666 | 8.6% | |
2014 | 559,496 | 519,852 | 39,644 | 7.1% | |
2015 | 558,900 | 523,634 | 35,266 | 6.3% | |
2016 | 560,824 | 527,314 | 33,510 | 6.0% | |
2017 | 556,446 | 524,954 | 31,492 | 5.7% | |
2018 | 553,928 | 524,932 | 28,996 | 5.2% | |
2019 | 554,654 | 524,444 | 30,210 | 5.4% | |
2020 | 548,720 | 492,394 | 56,326 | 10.3% | |
2021 | 549,716 | 510,330 | 39,386 | 7.2% | |
2022 | 554,022 | 525,924 | 28,098 | 5.1% | |
2023 | 555,860 | 533,166 | 22,694 | 4.1% |