2022 population: 158,636
( 11,913 from 2010
, 2,926 from 2020)
Land area: 3328.7 square miles
Population density: 47.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 127,199 | 80.18% | 4.3% |
Black: | 1,129 | 0.71% | 45.5% |
Indian: | 1,027 | 0.65% | 14.6% |
Asian: | 1,752 | 1.10% | 44.9% |
2+ races: | 2,901 | 1.83% | 31.1% |
Hispanic: | 24,628 | 15.52% | 26.0% |
Total non-White: | 31,437 | 19.82% | 26.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 3,437 | 11.0 |
Deaths: | 4,317 | 13.9 |
Net Migration: | 3,678 | 11.8 |
Net Immigration: | 89 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 5,255 | 3.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,658 | 4.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 67,708 | |
Median Value | $312,600 | |
Occupied | 63,098 | 93.2% |
Vacant | 4,610 | 6.8% |
Owned | 45,317 | 71.8% |
Rented | 17,781 | 28.2% |
Median Rent | $1,089 | |
Single-Family Units | 50,641 | 74.8% |
Detached | 47,893 | 70.7% |
Attached | 2,748 | 4.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 5,795 | 8.6% |
Mobile Homes | 6,275 | 9.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 3,202 | 5.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,018 | 3.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,185 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,618 | 4.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,831 | 4.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,428 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 2,435 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,618 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,520 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,631 | 8.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,733 | 10.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 8,818 | 14.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 5,944 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 4,051 | 6.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4,731 | 7.5% |
$200,000 or more | 4,335 | 6.9% |
Median Household Income | 68,077 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,303 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 78 | |
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 2,226 | 3.5% |
Public Assistance | 1,034 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 6,674 | 10.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 58,480 | 72.0% |
Unemployed | 3,083 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 47 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 61,610 | 75.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 19,611 | 24.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 26,000 | 20,923 | 55.4% |
Non-Profit | 2,598 | 4,095 | 38.8% |
Self-Employed | 6,070 | 4,061 | 59.9% |
Local Government | 2,091 | 2,969 | 41.3% |
State Government | 1,364 | 1,581 | 46.3% |
Federal Government | 1,161 | 1,070 | 52.0% |
Total Private + Self | 32,070 | 24,984 | 56.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 7,214 | 9,715 | 42.6% |
Total | 39,284 | 34,699 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 11,734 | 15.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 15,016 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 16,215 | 21.9% |
Service Occupations | 13,000 | 17.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 371 | 0.5% |
All others | 18,239 | 24.6% |
White Collar | 57.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 12,373 | 16.7% |
Retail trade | 9,275 | 12.5% |
Construction | 7,269 | 9.8% |
Educational services | 6,147 | 8.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 5,383 | 7.3% |
Manufacturing | 4,299 | 5.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 4,196 | 5.7% |
Other services | 3,532 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 3,452 | 4.7% |
Public administration | 3,011 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,998 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 2,177 | 2.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,898 | 2.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,725 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 1,710 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,511 | 2.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,488 | 2.0% |
Information | 1,137 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 542 | 0.7% |
Management | 81 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 14,368 | 9.20% |
Puerto Rican | 877 | 0.56% |
Cuban | 194 | 0.12% |
Dominican | 8 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 399 | 0.26% |
Costa Rican | 48 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 34 | 0.02% |
Honduran | 36 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 56 | 0.04% |
Panamanian | 107 | 0.07% |
Salvadoran | 105 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 13 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 788 | 0.50% |
Argentinean | 133 | 0.09% |
Bolivian | 30 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 57 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 23 | 0.01% |
Ecuadorian | 0 | 0.00% |
Paraguayan | 34 | 0.02% |
Peruvian | 10 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 175 | 0.11% |
Other South American | 326 | 0.21% |
Other Hispanic | 7,001 | 4.48% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 503 | 0.32% |
Chinese | 321 | 0.21% |
Japanese | 157 | 0.10% |
Indian | 130 | 0.08% |
Korean | 104 | 0.07% |
Cambodian | 102 | 0.07% |
Taiwanese | 68 | 0.04% |
Vietnamese | 67 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 138,104 | 93.4% |
Spanish | 7,372 | 5.0% |
German, other Germanic | 634 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 420 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 392 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 315 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 224 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 216 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 144 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 33,048 | 21.2% |
English | 21,102 | 13.5% |
Irish | 18,945 | 12.1% |
Italian | 8,286 | 5.3% |
American | 6,573 | 4.2% |
Swedish | 3,875 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 3,834 | 2.5% |
French | 3,596 | 2.3% |
Norwegian | 3,417 | 2.2% |
European | 3,390 | 2.2% |
Dutch | 3,050 | 2.0% |
Polish | 3,050 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,178 | 1.4% |
Welsh | 1,829 | 1.2% |
Danish | 1,781 | 1.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 152,635 | 97.8% |
Not a citizen | 3,496 | 2.2% |
Native | 150,041 | 96.1% |
Foreign-born | 6,090 | 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 | ||||||
2,102 | 1.9% | 6,352 | 5.8% | 31,580 | 28.8% | 36,556 | 33.4% | 22,061 | 20.2% | 10,814 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,102 | 1.9% |
9-12 Years | 6,352 | 5.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 31,580 | 28.8% |
Some College | 36,556 | 33.4% |
Bach. Degree | 22,061 | 20.2% |
Grad Degree | 10,814 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 44,898 | 42,237 | 2,661 | 5.9% | 5.1% |
1991 | 46,660 | 43,464 | 3,196 | 6.8% | 5.3% |
1992 | 48,111 | 44,271 | 3,840 | 8.0% | 6.1% |
1993 | 49,836 | 46,303 | 3,533 | 7.1% | 5.4% |
1994 | 51,769 | 48,905 | 2,864 | 5.5% | 4.2% |
1995 | 54,537 | 51,632 | 2,905 | 5.3% | 4.0% |
1996 | 55,815 | 52,841 | 2,974 | 5.3% | 4.2% |
1997 | 57,647 | 55,056 | 2,591 | 4.5% | 3.4% |
1998 | 59,960 | 57,140 | 2,820 | 4.7% | 3.6% |
1999 | 60,560 | 58,201 | 2,359 | 3.9% | 3.0% |
2000 | 58,850 | 56,913 | 1,937 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
2001 | 60,414 | 58,095 | 2,319 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
2002 | 63,939 | 60,768 | 3,171 | 5.0% | 5.7% |
2003 | 66,928 | 63,205 | 3,723 | 5.6% | 6.1% |
2004 | 69,539 | 65,746 | 3,793 | 5.5% | 5.6% |
2005 | 71,044 | 67,545 | 3,499 | 4.9% | 5.1% |
2006 | 74,675 | 71,754 | 2,921 | 3.9% | 4.2% |
2007 | 78,551 | 76,092 | 2,459 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
2008 | 82,329 | 79,116 | 3,213 | 3.9% | 4.9% |
2009 | 82,368 | 74,934 | 7,434 | 9.0% | 7.9% |
2010 | 75,893 | 67,247 | 8,646 | 11.4% | 9.2% |
2011 | 75,347 | 67,366 | 7,981 | 10.6% | 8.7% |
2012 | 74,728 | 67,409 | 7,319 | 9.8% | 8.0% |
2013 | 73,481 | 67,161 | 6,320 | 8.6% | 6.7% |
2014 | 73,179 | 68,640 | 4,539 | 6.2% | 5.0% |
2015 | 71,758 | 67,929 | 3,829 | 5.3% | 3.7% |
2016 | 72,044 | 68,374 | 3,670 | 5.1% | 3.1% |
2017 | 73,440 | 70,735 | 2,705 | 3.7% | 2.6% |
2018 | 75,367 | 72,523 | 2,844 | 3.8% | 3.0% |
2019 | 76,000 | 73,490 | 2,510 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
2020 | 75,551 | 69,917 | 5,634 | 7.5% | 7.3% |
2021 | 77,004 | 72,514 | 4,490 | 5.8% | 5.4% |
2022 | 76,866 | 74,254 | 2,612 | 3.4% | 3.0% |
2023 | 76,553 | 73,894 | 2,659 | 3.5% | 3.2% |