Population, 2007 estimate

16,496

1,499,402

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2007

8.7%

13.9%

Population, 2000

15,181

1,293,953

Persons under 5 years old, percent 2007

6.7%

7.9%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007

25.1%

27.2%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007

17.2%

11.7%

Female persons, percent, 2007

50.2%

49.7%

White persons, percent, 2007 (a)

97.0%

94.8%

Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)

0.1%

0.9%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)

1.0%

1.4%

Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)

0.5%

1.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)

0.1%

0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2007 (a)

3.2%

4.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007

1.3%

1.6%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)

8.1%

9.8%

White persons, not of Hispanic origin, percent, 2007

89.3%

85.6%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000

79.4%

84.7%

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000

11.4%

21.7%

Housing units, 2007

6,778

631,071

Homeownership rate, 2000

79.8%

72.4%

Households, 2000

5,539

469,645

Persons per household, 2000

2.70

2.69

Median household income, 2007

$41,392

$46,136

Persons below poverty, percent, 2007

13.0%

12.1%

Metropolitan Area

None