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670,050 Population
61.1 square miles 10,961.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$65,808 ±$2,083 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$90,088 ±$3,477 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.5% ±1.4% (105,007  ±8,772) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.3 minutes ±1.9 (5,171,695  ±240,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

319,565 ±3,541 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2 ±0 (633,047  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.9% ±0.8% (7,874  ±1,555) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

357,482 ±47 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$669,900 ±$18,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

20.3% ±1.4% (133,859  ±9,342.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.8% ±2.3% (444,233  ±10,955.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
63.1% ±1.9% (301,852  ±8,906.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

17.3% ±0.4% (110,839  ±2,757.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

13.3% ±0.8% (89,226  ±5,624) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

3.6% ±0.4% (19,377  ±2,274) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
19,377 Total veterans ±2,274 16,511 Male ±2,060 2,866 Female ±926

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