2022 population: 950,312
( 31,272 from 2010
, 3,932 from 2020)
Land area: 1042.7 square miles
Population density: 911.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 698,016 | 73.45% | 2.3% |
Black: | 124,223 | 13.07% | 3.6% |
Indian: | 5,353 | 0.56% | 3.0% |
Asian: | 45,392 | 4.78% | 90.8% |
2+ races: | 19,054 | 2.01% | 44.0% |
Hispanic: | 58,274 | 6.13% | 39.6% |
Total non-White: | 252,296 | 26.55% | 23.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 21,297 | 11.2 |
Deaths: | 24,225 | 12.7 |
Net Migration: | -4,800 | -2.5 |
Net Immigration: | 3,275 | 1.7 |
Change in White population: | -16,140 | -1.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 47,412 | 5.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 438,630 | |
Median Value | $197,400 | |
Occupied | 406,547 | 92.7% |
Vacant | 32,083 | 7.3% |
Owned | 264,980 | 65.2% |
Rented | 141,567 | 34.8% |
Median Rent | $984 | |
Single-Family Units | 272,979 | 62.2% |
Detached | 258,550 | 58.9% |
Attached | 14,429 | 3.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 58,233 | 13.3% |
Mobile Homes | 6,411 | 1.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 23,032 | 5.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 18,606 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 15,154 | 3.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 17,170 | 4.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 17,253 | 4.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 15,664 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 15,968 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 15,621 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 14,786 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 28,195 | 6.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 39,347 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 51,536 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 40,560 | 10.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 27,815 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 33,245 | 8.2% |
$200,000 or more | 32,595 | 8.0% |
Median Household Income | 68,014 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,703 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 72 | |
Compared to U.S. | 96 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 22,442 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 12,776 | 3.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 65,319 | 16.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 413,578 | 72.4% |
Unemployed | 21,328 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 539 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 435,445 | 76.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 135,599 | 23.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 161,969 | 138,192 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 18,287 | 36,421 | 33.4% |
Self-Employed | 21,572 | 11,951 | 64.3% |
Local Government | 16,749 | 23,712 | 41.4% |
State Government | 13,832 | 12,854 | 51.8% |
Federal Government | 5,094 | 4,924 | 50.8% |
Total Private + Self | 183,541 | 150,143 | 55.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 53,962 | 77,911 | 40.9% |
Total | 237,503 | 228,054 | 51.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 76,093 | 16.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 104,691 | 22.5% |
Professional, Technical | 123,355 | 26.5% |
Service Occupations | 80,100 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 850 | 0.2% |
All others | 81,789 | 17.6% |
White Collar | 65.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 79,867 | 17.1% |
Educational services | 52,960 | 11.4% |
Retail trade | 51,926 | 11.1% |
Manufacturing | 47,654 | 10.2% |
Finance and insurance | 32,072 | 6.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 31,129 | 6.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 30,783 | 6.6% |
Construction | 22,730 | 4.9% |
Public administration | 20,945 | 4.5% |
Other services | 20,641 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 19,120 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 16,740 | 3.6% |
Wholesale trade | 9,751 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,825 | 1.9% |
Information | 7,621 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,267 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 3,343 | 0.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,700 | 0.4% |
Management | 524 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 430 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 5,864 | 0.62% |
Puerto Rican | 35,719 | 3.76% |
Cuban | 1,470 | 0.15% |
Dominican | 3,945 | 0.41% |
Total Central American | 2,148 | 0.23% |
Costa Rican | 207 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 655 | 0.07% |
Honduran | 339 | 0.04% |
Nicaraguan | 103 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 162 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 613 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 69 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 3,515 | 0.37% |
Argentinean | 229 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 110 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 58 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 1,202 | 0.13% |
Ecuadorian | 1,085 | 0.11% |
Paraguayan | 82 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 510 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 235 | 0.02% |
Other South American | 4 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,050 | 0.43% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 12,002 | 1.26% |
Chinese | 6,320 | 0.66% |
Bangladeshi | 5,244 | 0.55% |
Burmese | 4,587 | 0.48% |
Korean | 2,007 | 0.21% |
Vietnamese | 1,715 | 0.18% |
Filipino | 1,056 | 0.11% |
Thai | 883 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 647 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 801,595 | 89.0% |
Spanish | 29,991 | 3.3% |
Other Indo-European | 20,487 | 2.3% |
Arabic | 9,941 | 1.1% |
Other Asian | 8,813 | 1.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 7,773 | 0.9% |
Other | 6,547 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 5,691 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 4,296 | 0.5% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 208,333 | 21.9% |
Polish | 151,895 | 16.0% |
Irish | 149,101 | 15.7% |
Italian | 139,612 | 14.7% |
English | 68,312 | 7.2% |
American | 26,225 | 2.8% |
French | 18,222 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 13,019 | 1.4% |
European | 9,251 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 7,314 | 0.8% |
Russian | 6,810 | 0.7% |
Hungarian | 6,394 | 0.7% |
African | 6,258 | 0.7% |
Ukrainian | 5,939 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 5,855 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 921,110 | 96.8% |
Not a citizen | 30,122 | 3.2% |
Native | 881,183 | 92.6% |
Foreign-born | 70,049 | 7.4% |
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 | ||||||
20,057 | 3.0% | 32,374 | 4.8% | 175,067 | 26.1% | 199,600 | 29.7% | 135,561 | 20.2% | 108,709 | 16.2% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 20,057 | 3.0% |
9-12 Years | 32,374 | 4.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 175,067 | 26.1% |
Some College | 199,600 | 29.7% |
Bach. Degree | 135,561 | 20.2% |
Grad Degree | 108,709 | 16.2% |
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 | 479,497 | 454,449 | 25,048 | 5.2% | 5.3% |
1991 | 477,074 | 443,915 | 33,159 | 7.0% | 7.3% |
1992 | 475,214 | 440,103 | 35,111 | 7.4% | 8.7% |
1993 | 471,737 | 440,342 | 31,395 | 6.7% | 7.9% |
1994 | 470,199 | 442,627 | 27,572 | 5.9% | 6.9% |
1995 | 466,397 | 442,138 | 24,259 | 5.2% | 6.3% |
1996 | 467,758 | 445,083 | 22,675 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
1997 | 476,350 | 452,301 | 24,049 | 5.0% | 6.4% |
1998 | 472,905 | 448,775 | 24,130 | 5.1% | 5.6% |
1999 | 467,758 | 443,876 | 23,882 | 5.1% | 5.2% |
2000 | 466,753 | 447,277 | 19,476 | 4.2% | 4.5% |
2001 | 460,435 | 438,908 | 21,527 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2002 | 470,243 | 444,593 | 25,650 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
2003 | 469,867 | 442,607 | 27,260 | 5.8% | 6.4% |
2004 | 470,981 | 443,783 | 27,198 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
2005 | 471,986 | 447,446 | 24,540 | 5.2% | 5.0% |
2006 | 471,307 | 448,164 | 23,143 | 4.9% | 4.5% |
2007 | 464,418 | 442,978 | 21,440 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2008 | 469,884 | 443,377 | 26,507 | 5.6% | 5.4% |
2009 | 470,857 | 432,055 | 38,802 | 8.2% | 8.4% |
2010 | 466,015 | 426,603 | 39,412 | 8.5% | 8.7% |
2011 | 459,408 | 422,449 | 36,959 | 8.0% | 8.3% |
2012 | 461,103 | 422,256 | 38,847 | 8.4% | 8.6% |
2013 | 459,781 | 424,800 | 34,981 | 7.6% | 7.8% |
2014 | 447,882 | 420,334 | 27,548 | 6.2% | 6.3% |
2015 | 447,913 | 423,855 | 24,058 | 5.4% | 5.2% |
2016 | 445,373 | 423,060 | 22,313 | 5.0% | 4.9% |
2017 | 443,713 | 420,911 | 22,802 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
2018 | 441,563 | 422,118 | 19,445 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
2019 | 440,795 | 422,846 | 17,949 | 4.1% | 3.8% |
2020 | 439,291 | 397,536 | 41,755 | 9.5% | 10.0% |
2021 | 442,602 | 418,604 | 23,998 | 5.4% | 7.0% |
2022 | 444,485 | 428,562 | 15,923 | 3.6% | 4.3% |
2023 | 449,836 | 432,741 | 17,095 | 3.8% | 4.2% |