2022 population: 861,418
( 51,560 from 2010
, 1,765 from 2020)
Land area: 309.2 square miles
Population density: 2785.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 334,783 | 38.86% | 16.0% |
Black: | 89,159 | 10.35% | 24.6% |
Indian: | 1,619 | 0.19% | 35.7% |
Asian: | 222,565 | 25.84% | 28.9% |
2+ races: | 13,659 | 1.59% | 2.4% |
Hispanic: | 199,633 | 23.17% | 34.0% |
Total non-White: | 526,635 | 61.14% | 28.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 19,527 | 11.3 |
Deaths: | 16,483 | 9.5 |
Net Migration: | -13,101 | -7.6 |
Net Immigration: | 7,685 | 4.5 |
Change in White population: | -63,941 | -7.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 115,501 | 14.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 314,752 | |
Median Value | $411,900 | |
Occupied | 301,967 | 95.9% |
Vacant | 12,785 | 4.1% |
Owned | 192,805 | 63.8% |
Rented | 109,162 | 36.2% |
Median Rent | $1,739 | |
Single-Family Units | 199,648 | 63.4% |
Detached | 165,124 | 52.5% |
Attached | 34,524 | 11.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 74,818 | 23.8% |
Mobile Homes | 2,593 | 0.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 9,873 | 3.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7,508 | 2.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 6,486 | 2.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 7,630 | 2.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 6,750 | 2.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 6,897 | 2.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 8,725 | 2.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 7,629 | 2.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,152 | 2.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 16,128 | 5.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 22,629 | 7.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 36,601 | 12.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 33,013 | 10.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 27,661 | 9.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 39,876 | 13.2% |
$200,000 or more | 57,409 | 19.0% |
Median Household Income | 105,206 | |
Per Capita Income | 47,196 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 106 | |
Compared to U.S. | 115 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 12,031 | 4.0% |
Public Assistance | 5,786 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 24,087 | 8.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 315,145 | 72.3% |
Unemployed | 19,418 | 4.5% |
In Armed Forces | 99 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 334,662 | 76.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 101,266 | 23.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 174,051 | 134,389 | 56.4% |
Non-Profit | 12,876 | 19,383 | 39.9% |
Self-Employed | 21,256 | 10,729 | 66.5% |
Local Government | 12,561 | 18,138 | 40.9% |
State Government | 10,039 | 12,207 | 45.1% |
Federal Government | 4,003 | 2,897 | 58.0% |
Total Private + Self | 195,307 | 145,118 | 57.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 39,479 | 52,625 | 42.9% |
Total | 234,786 | 197,743 | 54.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 82,029 | 18.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 87,559 | 20.2% |
Professional, Technical | 128,116 | 29.6% |
Service Occupations | 51,563 | 11.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 391 | 0.1% |
All others | 83,815 | 19.4% |
White Collar | 68.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 53,257 | 12.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 51,949 | 12.0% |
Educational services | 46,850 | 10.8% |
Retail trade | 45,465 | 10.5% |
Manufacturing | 38,713 | 8.9% |
Finance and insurance | 32,670 | 7.5% |
Transportation and warehousing | 32,448 | 7.5% |
Construction | 22,295 | 5.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 18,113 | 4.2% |
Public administration | 17,117 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 16,706 | 3.9% |
Other services | 15,775 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 14,654 | 3.4% |
Information | 10,755 | 2.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,178 | 1.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,001 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 2,718 | 0.6% |
Management | 800 | 0.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 464 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 154 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 27,983 | 3.25% |
Puerto Rican | 46,500 | 5.41% |
Cuban | 5,508 | 0.64% |
Dominican | 50,147 | 5.83% |
Total Central American | 19,889 | 2.31% |
Costa Rican | 1,034 | 0.12% |
Guatemalan | 3,017 | 0.35% |
Honduran | 8,044 | 0.94% |
Nicaraguan | 1,017 | 0.12% |
Panamanian | 1,347 | 0.16% |
Salvadoran | 5,369 | 0.62% |
Other Central American | 61 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 31,156 | 3.62% |
Argentinean | 2,563 | 0.30% |
Bolivian | 354 | 0.04% |
Chilean | 405 | 0.05% |
Colombian | 10,285 | 1.20% |
Ecuadorian | 7,015 | 0.82% |
Paraguayan | 165 | 0.02% |
Peruvian | 7,767 | 0.90% |
Uruguayan | 457 | 0.05% |
Venezuelan | 1,899 | 0.22% |
Other South American | 246 | 0.03% |
Other Hispanic | 10,286 | 1.20% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 142,543 | 16.57% |
Chinese | 26,030 | 3.03% |
Filipino | 14,715 | 1.71% |
Korean | 6,238 | 0.73% |
Vietnamese | 2,444 | 0.28% |
Taiwanese | 1,801 | 0.21% |
Bangladeshi | 1,338 | 0.16% |
Japanese | 857 | 0.10% |
Indonesian | 536 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 436,060 | 53.7% |
Spanish | 145,498 | 17.9% |
Other Indo-European | 106,598 | 13.1% |
Other Asian | 39,291 | 4.8% |
Chinese | 22,338 | 2.7% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 17,602 | 2.2% |
Arabic | 11,660 | 1.4% |
Tagalog | 10,531 | 1.3% |
Other | 10,077 | 1.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 89,123 | 10.4% |
Irish | 70,328 | 8.2% |
German | 47,393 | 5.5% |
Polish | 44,692 | 5.2% |
American | 24,883 | 2.9% |
English | 19,549 | 2.3% |
Russian | 13,764 | 1.6% |
Hungarian | 13,463 | 1.6% |
Egyptian | 10,141 | 1.2% |
Portuguese | 8,586 | 1.0% |
Ukrainian | 7,272 | 0.8% |
Jamaican | 5,927 | 0.7% |
Greek | 5,684 | 0.7% |
French | 5,673 | 0.7% |
Eastern European | 4,998 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 740,904 | 86.1% |
Not a citizen | 119,243 | 13.9% |
Native | 566,795 | 65.9% |
Foreign-born | 293,352 | 34.1% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
30,351 | 5.1% | 30,654 | 5.2% | 139,214 | 23.5% | 124,331 | 21.0% | 156,153 | 26.4% | 110,615 | 18.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 30,351 | 5.1% |
9-12 Years | 30,654 | 5.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 139,214 | 23.5% |
Some College | 124,331 | 21.0% |
Bach. Degree | 156,153 | 26.4% |
Grad Degree | 110,615 | 18.7% |
Average years of education: 14.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 370,286 | 353,724 | 16,562 | 4.5% | 5.1% |
1991 | 377,164 | 355,070 | 22,094 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
1992 | 378,328 | 349,423 | 28,905 | 7.6% | 8.5% |
1993 | 377,632 | 351,149 | 26,483 | 7.0% | 7.8% |
1994 | 382,207 | 360,029 | 22,178 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
1995 | 388,431 | 367,010 | 21,421 | 5.5% | 6.4% |
1996 | 397,497 | 376,995 | 20,502 | 5.2% | 6.1% |
1997 | 408,736 | 391,055 | 17,681 | 4.3% | 5.3% |
1998 | 407,478 | 392,383 | 15,095 | 3.7% | 4.6% |
1999 | 415,449 | 400,604 | 14,845 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
2000 | 401,450 | 388,130 | 13,320 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
2001 | 405,170 | 389,008 | 16,162 | 4.0% | 4.2% |
2002 | 411,276 | 388,269 | 23,007 | 5.6% | 5.8% |
2003 | 409,298 | 386,772 | 22,526 | 5.5% | 5.8% |
2004 | 409,445 | 390,703 | 18,742 | 4.6% | 4.9% |
2005 | 414,326 | 396,968 | 17,358 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
2006 | 419,191 | 401,149 | 18,042 | 4.3% | 4.6% |
2007 | 419,879 | 403,901 | 15,978 | 3.8% | 4.2% |
2008 | 424,692 | 403,436 | 21,256 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
2009 | 426,829 | 390,883 | 35,946 | 8.4% | 9.0% |
2010 | 423,834 | 385,271 | 38,563 | 9.1% | 9.7% |
2011 | 426,013 | 388,648 | 37,365 | 8.8% | 9.4% |
2012 | 429,807 | 392,530 | 37,277 | 8.7% | 9.4% |
2013 | 429,609 | 396,541 | 33,068 | 7.7% | 8.4% |
2014 | 432,359 | 406,084 | 26,275 | 6.1% | 6.7% |
2015 | 436,039 | 413,881 | 22,158 | 5.1% | 5.7% |
2016 | 437,873 | 418,638 | 19,235 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2017 | 438,909 | 421,423 | 17,486 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 435,591 | 420,369 | 15,222 | 3.5% | 4.0% |
2019 | 440,256 | 427,054 | 13,202 | 3.0% | 3.4% |
2020 | 436,329 | 398,298 | 38,031 | 8.7% | 9.8% |
2021 | 453,523 | 426,211 | 27,312 | 6.0% | 6.6% |
2022 | 462,728 | 447,235 | 15,493 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
2023 | 470,487 | 451,218 | 19,269 | 4.1% | 4.4% |