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Here are some suggestions from Horologium which can help for the Good Article nomination.
Although it is not a requirement, the guidelines at WikiProject Cities suggest that only one population figure should be cited in the opening. (Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities#Article structure example for a U.S. City). You have three, plus a two different figures for illegal immigrants. Pick one figure, please. You might want to use the most recent estimate in the lede, and use the 2000 census figure in the demographics section, since all that data is based off of the census.- There are no references at all in the "History" section. There are a lot of statements there that need some sort of reference.
The "Large and distinctive companies" section is roughly analogous to "Economy", and should be moved down after "Law and government". Additionally, ATMI does not have an article. Either a stub should be written up for the company, or it should be removed from the list. Having it listed without a wikilink does not imply any form of notability. Again there are no references in this section, only the external link to the ATMI website.- The "Geography" section needs to be expanded (and possibly referenced). Are there any notable geographic features in the area? Is there weather data on the city itself, or perhaps a neighboring city? It needs something more than a simple set of latitude and longitude measurements.
The "Historical Population" table needs a little formatting, as it runs into some of the text in the main body of the article. It might be a good idea to prune it back considerably (maybe every 30-50 years until 1970, then every ten years from that point on).- The "Colleges and Universities" section needs to be expanded, A single sentence is not sufficient.
You could change it to "Education"and include data about local public schools, or educational attainment of the population, or anything else that might apply. Make sure to add references as appropriate. - Prune back the "Sites of Interest". Most of the listed sites have no wikilinks or external references.
- "Sports" and "Transportation" both need references.
"Israel Ward Andrew" is a redlink. Consider creating a stub or deleting him from the list.- Reference #2 is to a blog; try to find a reliable source, or consider removing the link and the information that the link supports.
- Another thing I just noticed--there are two pictures in the history section that relate to some type of disaster (a flood?) that happened in 1869, yet there is no mention of it in the history. If it's important enough to dedicate two pictures, it is important enough to mention in the narrative, one would think.