1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | ||||||
No in 1000s | % | No in 1000s | % | No in 1000s | % | No in 1000s | % | No in 1000s | % | |
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||||
Estimated population size | 151 930 | NA | 175 234 | NA | 194 028 | NA | 219 290 | NA | 234 989 | NA |
Age group | ||||||||||
18–44 | 88 608 | 58.3 | 105 082 | 60.0 | 108 426 | 55.9 | 110 560 | 50.4 | 113 596 | 48.3 |
(57.4 to 59.2) | (58.9 to 61.0) | (55.2 to 56.6) | (49.5 to 51.3) | (47.4 to 49.3) | ||||||
45–64 | 43 534 | 28.7 | 46 585 | 26.6 | 60 455 | 31.2 | 80 173 | 36.6 | 83 447 | 35.5 |
(27.9 to 29.4) | (25.7 to 27.5) | (30.5 to 31.8) | (35.8 to 37.3) | (34.7 to 36.3) | ||||||
65–79 | 19 788 | 13.0 | 23 567 | 13.4 | 25 147 | 13.0 | 28 557 | 13.0 | 37 945 | 16.1 |
(12.4 to 13.7) | (12.7 to 14.2) | (12.5 to 13.5) | (12.5 to 13.6) | (15.6 to 16.8) | ||||||
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 72 059 | 47.4 | 84 051 | 48.0 | 93 845 | 48.4 | 107 221 | 48.9 | 114 166 | 48.6 |
(47.0 to 47.9) | (47.4 to 48.6) | (47.7 to 49.0) | (48.1 to 49.7) | (47.8 to 49.4) | ||||||
Female | 79 871 | 52.6 | 91 184 | 52.0 | 100 182 | 51.6 | 112 069 | 51.1 | 120 823 | 51.4 |
(52.1 to 53.0) | (51.4 to 52.6) | (51.0 to 52.3) | (50.3 to 51.9) | (50.6 to 52.2) | ||||||
Education | ||||||||||
<High school | 43 192 | 28.4 | 35 520 | 20.3 | 33 023 | 17.0 | 30 268 | 13.8 | 26 553 | 11.3 |
(27.4 to 29.5) | (19.3 to 21.2) | (16.4 to 17.6) | (13.2 to 14.4) | (10.6 to 12.0) | ||||||
High school | 58 873 | 38.8 | 68 113 | 38.9 | 58 716 | 30.3 | 57 912 | 26.4 | 55 986 | 23.8 |
(37.8 to 39.7) | (37.8 to 39.9) | (29.6 to 31.0) | (25.7 to 27.1) | (23.0 to 24.7) | ||||||
>High school | 47 749 | 31.4 | 69 945 | 39.9 | 100 497 | 51.8 | 130 243 | 59.4 | 151 568 | 64.5 |
(30.3 to 32.5) | (38.7 to 41.2) | (51.0 to 52.6) | (58.5 to 60.3) | (63.4 to 65.6) | ||||||
Race/ethnicity†‡ | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic white | 141 952 | 73.2 | 147 554 | 67.3 | 148 259 | 63.1 | ||||
(72.4 to 73.9) | (66.3 to 68.3) | (61.3 to 64.8) | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic black | 21 913 | 11.3 | 25 928 | 11.8 | 28 234 | 12.0 | ||||
(10.7 to 11.9) | (11.1 to 12.5) | (11.0 to 13.1) | ||||||||
Non-Hispanic Asian | 6427 | 3.3 | 10 270 | 4.7 | 13 983 | 6.0 | ||||
(3.0 to 3.7) | (4.4 to 5.0) | (5.3 to 6.6) | ||||||||
Hispanic | 20 962 | 10.8 | 31 527 | 14.4 | 38 565 | 16.4 | ||||
(10.3 to 11.3) | (13.7 to 15.0) | (15.0 to 17.9) |
*Data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Health Interview Survey; percentages are weighted.
†Column percentages do not sum to 100 because other race not shown.
‡Reliable data for race/ethnicity were not available until 1999.
NA, not applicable.