2022 population: 73,810
( 6,719 from 2010
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516 from 2020)
Land area: 619.9 square miles
Population density: 119.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 21,376 | 28.96% | ![]() |
Black: | 511 | 0.69% | ![]() |
Indian: | 189 | 0.26% | ![]() |
Asian: | 27,347 | 37.05% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 15,726 | 21.31% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 8,661 | 11.73% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 52,434 | 71.04% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,708 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 1,321 | 9.0 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -265 | -1.8 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 380 | 2.6 |
Change in White population: | 765 | 1.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 5,954 | 8.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 30,236 | |
Median Value | $742,900 | |
Occupied | 22,978 | 76.0% |
Vacant | 7,258 | 24.0% |
Owned | 14,896 | 64.8% |
Rented | 8,082 | 35.2% |
Median Rent | $1,686 | |
Single-Family Units | 22,861 | 75.6% |
Detached | 21,012 | 69.5% |
Attached | 1,849 | 6.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 5,261 | 17.4% |
Mobile Homes | 131 | 0.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,081 | 4.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 485 | 2.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 535 | 2.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 587 | 2.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 614 | 2.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 812 | 3.5% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 596 | 2.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 614 | 2.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 597 | 2.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,635 | 7.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,253 | 9.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,880 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,618 | 11.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,115 | 9.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,545 | 11.1% |
$200,000 or more | 3,011 | 13.1% |
Median Household Income | 88,869 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,372 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 101 | |
Compared to U.S. | 130 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 803 | 3.5% |
Public Assistance | 1,028 | 4.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,020 | 13.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 28,781 | 73.7% |
Unemployed | 1,277 | 3.3% |
In Armed Forces | 208 | 0.5% |
Total Labor Force | 30,266 | 77.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 8,768 | 22.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 11,328 | 10,516 | 51.9% |
Non-Profit | 554 | 1,651 | 25.1% |
Self-Employed | 2,855 | 2,474 | 53.6% |
Local Government | 1,204 | 753 | 61.5% |
State Government | 882 | 2,223 | 28.4% |
Federal Government | 763 | 307 | 71.3% |
Total Private + Self | 14,183 | 12,990 | 52.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 3,403 | 4,934 | 40.8% |
Total | 17,586 | 17,924 | 49.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 4,711 | 13.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 7,623 | 21.4% |
Professional, Technical | 6,069 | 17.0% |
Service Occupations | 10,593 | 29.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 455 | 1.3% |
All others | 6,687 | 18.7% |
White Collar | 51.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Accommodation and food services | 6,182 | 17.3% |
Retail trade | 4,035 | 11.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 3,619 | 10.1% |
Construction | 2,709 | 7.6% |
Educational services | 2,678 | 7.5% |
Public administration | 2,630 | 7.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 2,113 | 5.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,016 | 5.6% |
Other services | 1,913 | 5.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,474 | 4.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,449 | 4.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1,351 | 3.8% |
Finance and insurance | 902 | 2.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 807 | 2.3% |
Manufacturing | 671 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 453 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 364 | 1.0% |
Information | 296 | 0.8% |
Management | 21 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,799 | 2.45% |
Puerto Rican | 2,570 | 3.50% |
Cuban | 7 | 0.01% |
Dominican | 47 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 389 | 0.53% |
Costa Rican | 49 | 0.07% |
Guatemalan | 53 | 0.07% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 287 | 0.39% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 418 | 0.57% |
Argentinean | 28 | 0.04% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 12 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 148 | 0.20% |
Ecuadorian | 23 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 177 | 0.24% |
Uruguayan | 10 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 20 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,271 | 4.45% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 12,934 | 17.59% |
Japanese | 6,211 | 8.45% |
Chinese | 553 | 0.75% |
Korean | 188 | 0.26% |
Okinawan | 71 | 0.10% |
Thai | 52 | 0.07% |
Indian | 47 | 0.06% |
Vietnamese | 15 | 0.02% |
Malaysian | 12 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 56,049 | 80.7% |
Other Asian | 6,940 | 10.0% |
Tagalog | 3,397 | 4.9% |
Spanish | 1,088 | 1.6% |
Other | 701 | 1.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 252 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 223 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 189 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 189 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 5,200 | 7.1% |
Irish | 4,897 | 6.7% |
Portuguese | 4,125 | 5.6% |
English | 3,585 | 4.9% |
Italian | 2,814 | 3.8% |
French | 1,598 | 2.2% |
European | 1,153 | 1.6% |
American | 1,118 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 747 | 1.0% |
Polish | 684 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 666 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 573 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 555 | 0.8% |
Scandinavian | 403 | 0.5% |
Czech | 343 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 68,158 | 92.7% |
Not a citizen | 5,353 | 7.3% |
Native | 62,336 | 84.8% |
Foreign-born | 11,175 | 15.2% |
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 | ||||||
2,052 | 3.9% | 1,898 | 3.6% | 15,223 | 28.9% | 17,512 | 33.2% | 11,228 | 21.3% | 4,773 | 9.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,052 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 1,898 | 3.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 15,223 | 28.9% |
Some College | 17,512 | 33.2% |
Bach. Degree | 11,228 | 21.3% |
Grad Degree | 4,773 | 9.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 26,112 | 25,111 | 1,001 | 3.8% | 2.6% |
1991 | 28,142 | 26,977 | 1,165 | 4.1% | 2.8% |
1992 | 28,944 | 26,208 | 2,736 | 9.5% | 4.1% |
1993 | 28,182 | 24,530 | 3,652 | 13.0% | 4.4% |
1994 | 28,455 | 24,929 | 3,526 | 12.4% | 5.2% |
1995 | 28,674 | 25,588 | 3,086 | 10.8% | 5.5% |
1996 | 28,956 | 25,652 | 3,304 | 11.4% | 5.9% |
1997 | 28,852 | 25,819 | 3,033 | 10.5% | 5.9% |
1998 | 28,981 | 26,298 | 2,683 | 9.3% | 5.8% |
1999 | 29,377 | 27,279 | 2,098 | 7.1% | 5.2% |
2000 | 30,202 | 28,745 | 1,457 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
2001 | 30,101 | 28,552 | 1,549 | 5.1% | 4.3% |
2002 | 30,015 | 28,705 | 1,310 | 4.4% | 4.0% |
2003 | 30,684 | 29,453 | 1,231 | 4.0% | 3.9% |
2004 | 31,241 | 30,171 | 1,070 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
2005 | 31,825 | 30,936 | 889 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
2006 | 32,327 | 31,525 | 802 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
2007 | 32,580 | 31,716 | 864 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
2008 | 32,737 | 31,261 | 1,476 | 4.5% | 4.0% |
2009 | 31,942 | 29,026 | 2,916 | 9.1% | 6.7% |
2010 | 34,970 | 31,983 | 2,987 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
2011 | 35,588 | 32,535 | 3,053 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
2012 | 34,727 | 32,275 | 2,452 | 7.1% | 5.9% |
2013 | 34,675 | 32,813 | 1,862 | 5.4% | 4.8% |
2014 | 35,343 | 33,718 | 1,625 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
2015 | 35,836 | 34,485 | 1,351 | 3.8% | 3.4% |
2016 | 36,587 | 35,468 | 1,119 | 3.1% | 2.9% |
2017 | 36,986 | 36,184 | 802 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
2018 | 36,599 | 35,725 | 874 | 2.4% | 2.4% |
2019 | 36,831 | 35,936 | 895 | 2.4% | 2.5% |
2020 | 35,337 | 29,618 | 5,719 | 16.2% | 11.6% |
2021 | 36,189 | 33,242 | 2,947 | 8.1% | 6.0% |
2022 | 36,657 | 35,336 | 1,321 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
2023 | 36,863 | 35,910 | 953 | 2.6% | 3.0% |