2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 216,403. The median age was 33.3 years. 20.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.3 males age 18 and over. The racial makeup of the county was 49.6% White, 2.8%
Black or African American, 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 14.0%
Asian, 0.5%
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander, 15.7% from some other race, and 15.8% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 33.1% of the population. 92.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 8.0% lived in rural areas. There were 76,594 households in the county, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 28.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
2000 census As of the
census of 2000, 168,660 people, 59,375 households, and 37,465 families were residing in the county. The population density was . The 61,587 housing units had an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 67.7% White, 2.0% Black or African American, 1.2% Native American, 9.9% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 13.8% from other races, and 5.2% from two or more races. About 25.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. By ancestry, 10.0% were of
German, 6.6%
English and 6.4%
Irish descent according to
Census 2000. About 68.5% spoke
English, 19.5%
Spanish, 2.1%
Chinese or
Mandarin, and 1.8%
Russian as their first language. Of the 59,375 households, 33.6% had children under 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were not families. About 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25. In the county, the age distribution was 25.2% under 18, 18.3% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the county was $40,769, and for a family was $51,623. Males had a median income of $38,022 versus $30,687 for females. The
per capita income for the county was $19,365. About 9.5% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 16.0% of those under 18 and 7.4% of those 65 or over. ==Education==