2022 population: 665,409
( 6,943 from 2010
, 8,946 from 2020)
Land area: 1111.5 square miles
Population density: 598.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 324,640 | 48.79% | 4.6% |
Black: | 288,514 | 43.36% | 4.7% |
Indian: | 1,308 | 0.20% | 8.6% |
Asian: | 12,672 | 1.90% | 37.2% |
2+ races: | 8,994 | 1.35% | 48.6% |
Hispanic: | 29,281 | 4.40% | 14.9% |
Total non-White: | 340,769 | 51.21% | 7.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 17,854 | 13.2 |
Deaths: | 19,790 | 14.7 |
Net Migration: | -8,196 | -6.1 |
Net Immigration: | 964 | 0.7 |
Change in White population: | -15,573 | -2.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 22,516 | 3.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 308,428 | |
Median Value | $208,900 | |
Occupied | 265,794 | 86.2% |
Vacant | 42,634 | 13.8% |
Owned | 170,356 | 64.1% |
Rented | 95,438 | 35.9% |
Median Rent | $1,086 | |
Single-Family Units | 221,151 | 71.7% |
Detached | 212,858 | 69.0% |
Attached | 8,293 | 2.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 62,075 | 20.1% |
Mobile Homes | 9,070 | 2.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 17,422 | 6.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 13,325 | 5.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 10,937 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 11,982 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 11,527 | 4.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 10,688 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 12,067 | 4.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 9,684 | 3.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 9,906 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 19,052 | 7.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 25,461 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 32,041 | 12.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 20,971 | 7.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 16,491 | 6.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 19,494 | 7.3% |
$200,000 or more | 24,746 | 9.3% |
Median Household Income | 63,595 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,224 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 110 | |
Compared to U.S. | 90 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 19,215 | 7.2% |
Public Assistance | 4,004 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 37,334 | 14.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 280,104 | 68.0% |
Unemployed | 16,495 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 569 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 297,168 | 72.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 114,486 | 27.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 112,028 | 97,460 | 53.5% |
Non-Profit | 9,174 | 19,658 | 31.8% |
Self-Employed | 15,269 | 9,436 | 61.8% |
Local Government | 8,861 | 13,153 | 40.3% |
State Government | 7,335 | 9,956 | 42.4% |
Federal Government | 3,187 | 5,233 | 37.9% |
Total Private + Self | 127,297 | 106,896 | 54.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 28,557 | 48,000 | 37.3% |
Total | 155,854 | 154,896 | 50.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 15.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 51,019 | 16.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 65,454 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 80,124 | 25.7% |
Service Occupations | 49,770 | 16.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 644 | 0.2% |
All others | 64,826 | 20.8% |
White Collar | 63.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 51,860 | 16.7% |
Retail trade | 34,019 | 10.9% |
Manufacturing | 28,853 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 28,216 | 9.1% |
Finance and insurance | 21,850 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 21,484 | 6.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 21,433 | 6.9% |
Construction | 16,429 | 5.3% |
Other services | 15,183 | 4.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 14,412 | 4.6% |
Public administration | 14,017 | 4.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 12,448 | 4.0% |
Wholesale trade | 8,479 | 2.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,374 | 1.7% |
Information | 5,372 | 1.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,852 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 4,693 | 1.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,033 | 0.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 678 | 0.2% |
Management | 508 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 17,620 | 2.62% |
Puerto Rican | 1,722 | 0.26% |
Cuban | 701 | 0.10% |
Dominican | 138 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 3,679 | 0.55% |
Costa Rican | 80 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 1,139 | 0.17% |
Honduran | 1,066 | 0.16% |
Nicaraguan | 111 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 282 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 821 | 0.12% |
Other Central American | 180 | 0.03% |
Total South American | 2,162 | 0.32% |
Argentinean | 124 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 37 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 311 | 0.05% |
Colombian | 515 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 206 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 10 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 259 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 670 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 30 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,928 | 0.29% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 4,011 | 0.60% |
Chinese | 3,003 | 0.45% |
Korean | 992 | 0.15% |
Filipino | 817 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 793 | 0.12% |
Japanese | 303 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 257 | 0.04% |
Malaysian | 243 | 0.04% |
Bangladeshi | 124 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 593,211 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 21,758 | 3.4% |
Other Indo-European | 4,560 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 2,150 | 0.3% |
Other | 1,560 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 1,459 | 0.2% |
Arabic | 1,384 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 1,360 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,118 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 81,872 | 12.2% |
English | 59,207 | 8.8% |
Irish | 38,401 | 5.7% |
German | 31,251 | 4.6% |
Scottish | 13,626 | 2.0% |
Italian | 12,192 | 1.8% |
European | 12,050 | 1.8% |
African | 11,203 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 8,516 | 1.3% |
French | 7,897 | 1.2% |
Polish | 3,351 | 0.5% |
British | 3,231 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 2,853 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 2,781 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 1,689 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 655,428 | 97.5% |
Not a citizen | 16,837 | 2.5% |
Native | 645,907 | 96.1% |
Foreign-born | 26,358 | 3.9% |
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 | ||||||
11,324 | 2.5% | 29,544 | 6.5% | 119,359 | 26.1% | 134,411 | 29.4% | 96,805 | 21.2% | 65,867 | 14.4% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 11,324 | 2.5% |
9-12 Years | 29,544 | 6.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 119,359 | 26.1% |
Some College | 134,411 | 29.4% |
Bach. Degree | 96,805 | 21.2% |
Grad Degree | 65,867 | 14.4% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 311,494 | 295,655 | 15,839 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
1991 | 311,796 | 294,636 | 17,160 | 5.5% | 7.3% |
1992 | 315,818 | 296,757 | 19,061 | 6.0% | 7.5% |
1993 | 317,054 | 299,295 | 17,759 | 5.6% | 7.2% |
1994 | 321,285 | 306,669 | 14,616 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
1995 | 325,100 | 311,200 | 13,900 | 4.3% | 5.9% |
1996 | 327,151 | 315,627 | 11,524 | 3.5% | 5.2% |
1997 | 333,350 | 321,345 | 12,005 | 3.6% | 4.9% |
1998 | 335,371 | 324,331 | 11,040 | 3.3% | 4.5% |
1999 | 334,042 | 322,633 | 11,409 | 3.4% | 4.7% |
2000 | 331,141 | 317,868 | 13,273 | 4.0% | 4.6% |
2001 | 327,780 | 313,445 | 14,335 | 4.4% | 5.2% |
2002 | 323,104 | 306,259 | 16,845 | 5.2% | 5.9% |
2003 | 322,328 | 304,626 | 17,702 | 5.5% | 6.0% |
2004 | 320,629 | 303,868 | 16,761 | 5.2% | 5.6% |
2005 | 316,522 | 302,586 | 13,936 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2006 | 317,080 | 304,463 | 12,617 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
2007 | 315,430 | 303,023 | 12,407 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
2008 | 311,643 | 294,233 | 17,410 | 5.6% | 5.8% |
2009 | 306,180 | 276,008 | 30,172 | 9.9% | 10.1% |
2010 | 318,651 | 286,248 | 32,403 | 10.2% | 10.4% |
2011 | 319,586 | 290,057 | 29,529 | 9.2% | 9.6% |
2012 | 316,771 | 292,662 | 24,109 | 7.6% | 8.2% |
2013 | 315,102 | 293,809 | 21,293 | 6.8% | 7.3% |
2014 | 312,706 | 293,144 | 19,562 | 6.3% | 6.7% |
2015 | 310,158 | 292,165 | 17,993 | 5.8% | 6.1% |
2016 | 308,632 | 290,887 | 17,745 | 5.7% | 5.9% |
2017 | 309,410 | 295,805 | 13,605 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
2018 | 314,427 | 302,800 | 11,627 | 3.7% | 3.9% |
2019 | 316,802 | 307,648 | 9,154 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
2020 | 315,957 | 296,282 | 19,675 | 6.2% | 5.9% |
2021 | 320,324 | 308,963 | 11,361 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
2022 | 323,290 | 314,943 | 8,347 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
2023 | 325,388 | 317,407 | 7,981 | 2.5% | 2.5% |