2022 population: 575,494
( 37,015 from 2010
, 4,773 from 2020)
Land area: 426.3 square miles
Population density: 1349.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 309,555 | 53.79% | 6.7% |
Black: | 149,504 | 25.98% | 20.2% |
Indian: | 1,085 | 0.19% | 10.3% |
Asian: | 35,912 | 6.24% | 54.6% |
2+ races: | 14,248 | 2.48% | 39.6% |
Hispanic: | 65,190 | 11.33% | 38.9% |
Total non-White: | 265,939 | 46.21% | 28.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 13,863 | 12.1 |
Deaths: | 13,355 | 11.7 |
Net Migration: | 1,442 | 1.3 |
Net Immigration: | 2,531 | 2.2 |
Change in White population: | -22,281 | -4.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 59,296 | 11.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 233,746 | |
Median Value | $312,000 | |
Occupied | 220,437 | 94.3% |
Vacant | 13,309 | 5.7% |
Owned | 150,245 | 68.2% |
Rented | 70,192 | 31.8% |
Median Rent | $1,327 | |
Single-Family Units | 174,359 | 74.6% |
Detached | 123,415 | 52.8% |
Attached | 50,944 | 21.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 44,273 | 18.9% |
Mobile Homes | 4,677 | 2.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 10,555 | 4.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5,909 | 2.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 5,135 | 2.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 6,155 | 2.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 7,659 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 7,579 | 3.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 7,127 | 3.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 6,733 | 3.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 6,811 | 3.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 14,276 | 6.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 19,785 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 29,435 | 13.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 22,854 | 10.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 18,802 | 8.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 23,645 | 10.7% |
$200,000 or more | 27,977 | 12.7% |
Median Household Income | 85,309 | |
Per Capita Income | 44,725 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 106 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 9,628 | 4.4% |
Public Assistance | 5,082 | 2.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 22,776 | 10.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 241,671 | 73.0% |
Unemployed | 13,981 | 4.2% |
In Armed Forces | 1,092 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 256,744 | 77.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 74,418 | 22.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 104,381 | 91,518 | 53.3% |
Non-Profit | 9,498 | 18,959 | 33.4% |
Self-Employed | 14,480 | 8,658 | 62.6% |
Local Government | 4,678 | 6,493 | 41.9% |
State Government | 9,406 | 12,961 | 42.1% |
Federal Government | 4,116 | 2,987 | 57.9% |
Total Private + Self | 118,861 | 100,176 | 54.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,698 | 41,400 | 40.1% |
Total | 146,559 | 141,576 | 50.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 54,637 | 18.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 56,455 | 19.5% |
Professional, Technical | 77,065 | 26.7% |
Service Occupations | 47,129 | 16.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 939 | 0.3% |
All others | 53,514 | 18.5% |
White Collar | 65.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 42,219 | 14.6% |
Retail trade | 31,867 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 29,581 | 10.2% |
Finance and insurance | 28,954 | 10.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 22,186 | 7.7% |
Manufacturing | 20,886 | 7.2% |
Construction | 17,206 | 6.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 16,773 | 5.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 16,339 | 5.7% |
Public administration | 14,228 | 4.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 12,724 | 4.4% |
Other services | 12,004 | 4.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,590 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 5,448 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,423 | 1.5% |
Information | 3,459 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 2,386 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,678 | 0.6% |
Management | 617 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 232 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 24,907 | 4.37% |
Puerto Rican | 19,157 | 3.36% |
Cuban | 841 | 0.15% |
Dominican | 4,582 | 0.80% |
Total Central American | 3,314 | 0.58% |
Costa Rican | 423 | 0.07% |
Guatemalan | 973 | 0.17% |
Honduran | 734 | 0.13% |
Nicaraguan | 191 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 521 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 460 | 0.08% |
Other Central American | 12 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 5,040 | 0.88% |
Argentinean | 764 | 0.13% |
Bolivian | 88 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 775 | 0.14% |
Colombian | 1,817 | 0.32% |
Ecuadorian | 647 | 0.11% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 580 | 0.10% |
Uruguayan | 40 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 324 | 0.06% |
Other South American | 5 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,844 | 0.67% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 15,258 | 2.67% |
Chinese | 7,412 | 1.30% |
Filipino | 2,654 | 0.47% |
Korean | 1,465 | 0.26% |
Vietnamese | 1,213 | 0.21% |
Bangladeshi | 828 | 0.15% |
Japanese | 624 | 0.11% |
Taiwanese | 385 | 0.07% |
Indonesian | 88 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 453,545 | 84.1% |
Spanish | 42,538 | 7.9% |
Other Indo-European | 11,222 | 2.1% |
Chinese | 7,298 | 1.4% |
Other Asian | 5,784 | 1.1% |
Other | 5,379 | 1.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,434 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 2,628 | 0.5% |
Tagalog | 1,842 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 79,591 | 13.9% |
German | 65,073 | 11.4% |
Italian | 53,858 | 9.4% |
English | 50,437 | 8.8% |
Polish | 24,801 | 4.3% |
American | 16,347 | 2.9% |
Scottish | 7,416 | 1.3% |
French | 6,464 | 1.1% |
African | 5,544 | 1.0% |
European | 5,142 | 0.9% |
Welsh | 4,470 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 4,151 | 0.7% |
Jamaican | 3,669 | 0.6% |
Russian | 3,529 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 3,510 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 539,975 | 94.6% |
Not a citizen | 30,592 | 5.4% |
Native | 503,358 | 88.2% |
Foreign-born | 67,209 | 11.8% |
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 | ||||||
11,319 | 2.9% | 18,351 | 4.6% | 112,020 | 28.3% | 102,388 | 25.9% | 86,580 | 21.9% | 64,765 | 16.4% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 11,319 | 2.9% |
9-12 Years | 18,351 | 4.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 112,020 | 28.3% |
Some College | 102,388 | 25.9% |
Bach. Degree | 86,580 | 21.9% |
Grad Degree | 64,765 | 16.4% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 239,872 | 228,419 | 11,453 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
1991 | 237,741 | 222,984 | 14,757 | 6.2% | 5.9% |
1992 | 237,619 | 224,805 | 12,814 | 5.4% | 5.2% |
1993 | 243,128 | 231,699 | 11,429 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
1994 | 248,171 | 236,943 | 11,228 | 4.5% | 4.7% |
1995 | 247,517 | 237,367 | 10,150 | 4.1% | 4.3% |
1996 | 249,789 | 236,894 | 12,895 | 5.2% | 5.0% |
1997 | 252,034 | 242,205 | 9,829 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
1998 | 256,142 | 247,466 | 8,676 | 3.4% | 3.5% |
1999 | 258,109 | 250,382 | 7,727 | 3.0% | 3.3% |
2000 | 270,201 | 260,831 | 9,370 | 3.5% | 3.6% |
2001 | 275,178 | 265,546 | 9,632 | 3.5% | 3.6% |
2002 | 268,702 | 256,933 | 11,769 | 4.4% | 4.3% |
2003 | 266,305 | 253,960 | 12,345 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
2004 | 266,557 | 254,421 | 12,136 | 4.6% | 4.3% |
2005 | 270,827 | 257,751 | 13,076 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
2006 | 276,128 | 264,775 | 11,353 | 4.1% | 3.9% |
2007 | 276,948 | 266,780 | 10,168 | 3.7% | 3.6% |
2008 | 279,751 | 265,800 | 13,951 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
2009 | 271,845 | 248,960 | 22,885 | 8.4% | 8.4% |
2010 | 272,650 | 249,470 | 23,180 | 8.5% | 8.7% |
2011 | 277,758 | 257,356 | 20,402 | 7.3% | 7.6% |
2012 | 278,591 | 259,505 | 19,086 | 6.9% | 7.1% |
2013 | 277,211 | 259,476 | 17,735 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
2014 | 282,923 | 267,664 | 15,259 | 5.4% | 5.6% |
2015 | 289,489 | 276,051 | 13,438 | 4.6% | 4.8% |
2016 | 291,757 | 278,853 | 12,904 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
2017 | 295,130 | 282,287 | 12,843 | 4.4% | 4.4% |
2018 | 297,424 | 286,739 | 10,685 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
2019 | 300,688 | 290,044 | 10,644 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
2020 | 298,640 | 275,601 | 23,039 | 7.7% | 7.8% |
2021 | 301,965 | 285,504 | 16,461 | 5.5% | 5.5% |
2022 | 304,561 | 291,284 | 13,277 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
2023 | 310,311 | 298,270 | 12,041 | 3.9% | 4.0% |