2022 population: 862,927
( 64,375 from 2010
, 828 from 2020)
Land area: 1510.7 square miles
Population density: 571.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 637,088 | 73.83% | 1.1% |
Black: | 46,058 | 5.34% | 58.4% |
Indian: | 1,496 | 0.17% | 15.3% |
Asian: | 48,614 | 5.63% | 53.0% |
2+ races: | 16,815 | 1.95% | 28.9% |
Hispanic: | 112,856 | 13.08% | 49.6% |
Total non-White: | 225,839 | 26.17% | 46.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 19,130 | 11.1 |
Deaths: | 18,130 | 10.5 |
Net Migration: | -6,263 | -3.6 |
Net Immigration: | 5,736 | 3.3 |
Change in White population: | -7,211 | -0.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 71,586 | 9.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 351,506 | |
Median Value | $363,200 | |
Occupied | 330,319 | 94.0% |
Vacant | 21,187 | 6.0% |
Owned | 217,813 | 65.9% |
Rented | 112,506 | 34.1% |
Median Rent | $1,263 | |
Single-Family Units | 222,785 | 63.4% |
Detached | 200,240 | 57.0% |
Attached | 22,545 | 6.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 57,750 | 16.4% |
Mobile Homes | 2,736 | 0.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 13,361 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 11,773 | 3.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 10,422 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 10,603 | 3.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 10,861 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 10,427 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,663 | 2.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 8,931 | 2.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 9,694 | 2.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 19,626 | 5.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 27,248 | 8.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 39,682 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 34,085 | 10.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 27,112 | 8.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 38,093 | 11.5% |
$200,000 or more | 48,738 | 14.8% |
Median Household Income | 88,524 | |
Per Capita Income | 45,433 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 88 | |
Compared to U.S. | 111 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 19,855 | 6.0% |
Public Assistance | 11,655 | 3.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 50,767 | 15.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 366,677 | 74.4% |
Unemployed | 20,429 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 502 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 387,608 | 78.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 105,555 | 21.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 25.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 165,336 | 134,227 | 55.2% |
Non-Profit | 17,139 | 29,302 | 36.9% |
Self-Employed | 21,340 | 13,650 | 61.0% |
Local Government | 12,224 | 22,285 | 35.4% |
State Government | 8,585 | 10,258 | 45.6% |
Federal Government | 4,360 | 2,104 | 67.5% |
Total Private + Self | 186,676 | 147,877 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 42,308 | 63,949 | 39.8% |
Total | 228,984 | 211,826 | 51.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 78,791 | 17.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 84,050 | 19.0% |
Professional, Technical | 121,787 | 27.6% |
Service Occupations | 72,190 | 16.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 883 | 0.2% |
All others | 84,752 | 19.2% |
White Collar | 64.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 73,083 | 16.6% |
Manufacturing | 51,583 | 11.7% |
Educational services | 51,325 | 11.6% |
Retail trade | 49,240 | 11.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 37,405 | 8.5% |
Construction | 28,622 | 6.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 23,075 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 21,870 | 5.0% |
Other services | 18,974 | 4.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 17,115 | 3.9% |
Public administration | 16,465 | 3.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 15,056 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 10,138 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 7,819 | 1.8% |
Information | 7,516 | 1.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,606 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 4,148 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,808 | 0.4% |
Management | 618 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 104 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 6,404 | 0.75% |
Puerto Rican | 59,796 | 6.96% |
Cuban | 1,723 | 0.20% |
Dominican | 11,608 | 1.35% |
Total Central American | 10,785 | 1.26% |
Costa Rican | 152 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 2,381 | 0.28% |
Honduran | 832 | 0.10% |
Nicaraguan | 173 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 663 | 0.08% |
Salvadoran | 6,553 | 0.76% |
Other Central American | 31 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 11,530 | 1.34% |
Argentinean | 790 | 0.09% |
Bolivian | 262 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 236 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 2,951 | 0.34% |
Ecuadorian | 4,007 | 0.47% |
Paraguayan | 15 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 791 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 1,217 | 0.14% |
Venezuelan | 862 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 399 | 0.05% |
Other Hispanic | 5,355 | 0.62% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 16,193 | 1.89% |
Chinese | 8,296 | 0.97% |
Vietnamese | 7,854 | 0.91% |
Korean | 2,005 | 0.23% |
Filipino | 1,386 | 0.16% |
Laotian | 1,248 | 0.15% |
Japanese | 1,137 | 0.13% |
Cambodian | 1,008 | 0.12% |
Hmong | 694 | 0.08% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 641,500 | 78.8% |
Spanish | 74,202 | 9.1% |
Other Indo-European | 36,758 | 4.5% |
Other | 12,712 | 1.6% |
Other Asian | 9,558 | 1.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 8,772 | 1.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 7,034 | 0.9% |
Chinese | 6,967 | 0.9% |
Vietnamese | 6,595 | 0.8% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 153,028 | 17.8% |
Italian | 101,026 | 11.8% |
English | 80,241 | 9.3% |
French | 74,658 | 8.7% |
American | 46,499 | 5.4% |
French Canadian | 45,783 | 5.3% |
German | 45,547 | 5.3% |
Polish | 44,811 | 5.2% |
Swedish | 21,745 | 2.5% |
Scottish | 15,887 | 1.8% |
Portuguese | 15,194 | 1.8% |
Brazilian | 12,584 | 1.5% |
European | 9,250 | 1.1% |
Lithuanian | 8,574 | 1.0% |
Greek | 7,312 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 805,926 | 93.8% |
Not a citizen | 52,972 | 6.2% |
Native | 743,773 | 86.6% |
Foreign-born | 115,125 | 13.4% |
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 | ||||||
20,588 | 3.4% | 30,831 | 5.2% | 159,327 | 26.7% | 157,707 | 26.4% | 133,862 | 22.4% | 95,509 | 16.0% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 20,588 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 30,831 | 5.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 159,327 | 26.7% |
Some College | 157,707 | 26.4% |
Bach. Degree | 133,862 | 22.4% |
Grad Degree | 95,509 | 16.0% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 366,017 | 340,175 | 25,842 | 7.1% | 6.4% |
1991 | 361,413 | 326,115 | 35,298 | 9.8% | 8.8% |
1992 | 362,267 | 329,328 | 32,939 | 9.1% | 8.8% |
1993 | 364,361 | 338,346 | 26,015 | 7.1% | 7.3% |
1994 | 364,236 | 343,091 | 21,145 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
1995 | 360,966 | 341,571 | 19,395 | 5.4% | 5.5% |
1996 | 363,751 | 346,943 | 16,808 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
1997 | 372,975 | 357,994 | 14,981 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
1998 | 376,611 | 363,638 | 12,973 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
1999 | 377,013 | 363,880 | 13,133 | 3.5% | 3.3% |
2000 | 385,069 | 374,091 | 10,978 | 2.9% | 2.8% |
2001 | 391,332 | 375,880 | 15,452 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
2002 | 400,640 | 378,347 | 22,293 | 5.6% | 5.2% |
2003 | 402,443 | 377,890 | 24,553 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2004 | 401,519 | 379,513 | 22,006 | 5.5% | 5.1% |
2005 | 398,712 | 378,038 | 20,674 | 5.2% | 4.8% |
2006 | 401,310 | 380,991 | 20,319 | 5.1% | 4.7% |
2007 | 402,189 | 382,180 | 20,009 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2008 | 404,398 | 381,054 | 23,344 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
2009 | 406,052 | 370,065 | 35,987 | 8.9% | 8.1% |
2010 | 420,213 | 384,122 | 36,091 | 8.6% | 8.1% |
2011 | 419,765 | 387,531 | 32,234 | 7.7% | 7.2% |
2012 | 420,520 | 390,164 | 30,356 | 7.2% | 6.7% |
2013 | 420,916 | 390,996 | 29,920 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
2014 | 426,774 | 400,764 | 26,010 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2015 | 427,528 | 405,828 | 21,700 | 5.1% | 4.8% |
2016 | 430,052 | 411,765 | 18,287 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
2017 | 437,381 | 419,879 | 17,502 | 4.0% | 3.8% |
2018 | 446,142 | 429,840 | 16,302 | 3.7% | 3.4% |
2019 | 445,677 | 431,084 | 14,593 | 3.3% | 3.0% |
2020 | 432,005 | 394,081 | 37,924 | 8.8% | 8.9% |
2021 | 443,413 | 418,305 | 25,108 | 5.7% | 5.5% |
2022 | 442,688 | 425,380 | 17,308 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
2023 | 440,698 | 425,288 | 15,410 | 3.5% | 3.4% |