Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 689 |
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| 1880 | 4,911 | 612.8% | |
| 1890 | 23,853 | 385.7% | |
| 1900 | 24,671 | 3.4% | |
| 1910 | 52,450 | 112.6% | |
| 1920 | 72,217 | 37.7% | |
| 1930 | 111,110 | 53.9% | |
| 1940 | 114,966 | 3.5% | |
| 1950 | 168,279 | 46.4% | |
| 1960 | 254,698 | 51.4% | |
| 1970 | 276,554 | 8.6% | |
| 1980 | 279,272 | 1.0% | |
| 1990 | 304,011 | 8.9% | |
| 2000 | 344,284 | 13.2% | |
| 2010 | 382,368 | 11.1% | |
| Est. 2013 | 385,577 | 0.8% | |
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