5.8% from some other race, and 10.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race comprised 14.6% of the population.

There were 132,551 households in the county, of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 25.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.