2022 population: 2,266,789
( 335,540 from 2010
, 2,878 from 2020)
Land area: 2115.2 square miles
Population density: 1071.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,246,196 | 54.98% | 0.4% |
Black: | 156,925 | 6.92% | 34.9% |
Indian: | 12,850 | 0.57% | 0.6% |
Asian: | 503,090 | 22.19% | 71.1% |
2+ races: | 109,994 | 4.85% | 38.3% |
Hispanic: | 237,734 | 10.49% | 37.9% |
Total non-White: | 1,020,593 | 45.02% | 50.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 52,960 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 33,930 | 7.5 |
Net Migration: | -52,450 | -11.6 |
Net Immigration: | 32,426 | 7.1 |
Change in White population: | -5,104 | -0.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 340,644 | 17.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 972,821 | |
Median Value | $761,500 | |
Occupied | 916,270 | 94.2% |
Vacant | 56,551 | 5.8% |
Owned | 514,957 | 56.2% |
Rented | 401,313 | 43.8% |
Median Rent | $1,950 | |
Single-Family Units | 552,291 | 56.8% |
Detached | 502,726 | 51.7% |
Attached | 49,565 | 5.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 350,776 | 36.1% |
Mobile Homes | 14,820 | 1.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 31,344 | 3.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 22,036 | 2.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 17,791 | 1.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 18,261 | 2.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 19,677 | 2.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 20,201 | 2.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 18,534 | 2.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 20,838 | 2.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 21,272 | 2.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 45,188 | 4.9% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 65,558 | 7.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 98,328 | 10.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 90,176 | 9.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 76,019 | 8.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 114,736 | 12.5% |
$200,000 or more | 236,311 | 25.8% |
Median Household Income | 116,340 | |
Per Capita Income | 66,811 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 123 | |
Compared to U.S. | 133 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 30,780 | 3.4% |
Public Assistance | 27,262 | 3.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 86,326 | 9.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,061,504 | 76.0% |
Unemployed | 50,397 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 1,960 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 1,113,861 | 79.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 283,273 | 20.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 513,297 | 352,890 | 59.3% |
Non-Profit | 38,467 | 72,456 | 34.7% |
Self-Employed | 66,141 | 50,900 | 56.5% |
Local Government | 27,919 | 41,939 | 40.0% |
State Government | 21,205 | 31,169 | 40.5% |
Federal Government | 11,000 | 8,975 | 55.1% |
Total Private + Self | 579,438 | 403,790 | 58.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 98,591 | 154,539 | 38.9% |
Total | 678,029 | 558,329 | 54.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 273,159 | 22.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 203,988 | 16.5% |
Professional, Technical | 424,122 | 34.2% |
Service Occupations | 166,299 | 13.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,630 | 0.2% |
All others | 171,161 | 13.8% |
White Collar | 72.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Professional, scientific, technical | 218,382 | 17.6% |
Retail trade | 150,788 | 12.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 144,233 | 11.6% |
Manufacturing | 99,980 | 8.1% |
Educational services | 99,455 | 8.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 76,920 | 6.2% |
Construction | 64,985 | 5.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 58,613 | 4.7% |
Information | 51,892 | 4.2% |
Other services | 51,272 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 45,850 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 42,528 | 3.4% |
Public administration | 34,741 | 2.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 29,657 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 28,897 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 26,217 | 2.1% |
Utilities | 5,921 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 5,249 | 0.4% |
Management | 2,905 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 244 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 152,918 | 6.78% |
Puerto Rican | 10,054 | 0.45% |
Cuban | 3,552 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 1,041 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 26,024 | 1.15% |
Costa Rican | 1,008 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 7,187 | 0.32% |
Honduran | 5,232 | 0.23% |
Nicaraguan | 1,287 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 1,311 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 9,769 | 0.43% |
Other Central American | 230 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 16,947 | 0.75% |
Argentinean | 1,916 | 0.08% |
Bolivian | 710 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 1,970 | 0.09% |
Colombian | 4,458 | 0.20% |
Ecuadorian | 1,372 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 162 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 4,125 | 0.18% |
Uruguayan | 244 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 1,952 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 38 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 18,337 | 0.81% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 117,205 | 5.20% |
Indian | 104,729 | 4.65% |
Filipino | 50,297 | 2.23% |
Vietnamese | 45,898 | 2.04% |
Korean | 33,202 | 1.47% |
Japanese | 20,922 | 0.93% |
Taiwanese | 9,638 | 0.43% |
Cambodian | 8,634 | 0.38% |
Laotian | 4,285 | 0.19% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,506,499 | 70.6% |
Spanish | 140,437 | 6.6% |
Chinese | 100,699 | 4.7% |
Other Indo-European | 88,899 | 4.2% |
Other Asian | 79,500 | 3.7% |
Other | 50,056 | 2.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 42,095 | 2.0% |
Vietnamese | 37,835 | 1.8% |
Tagalog | 27,311 | 1.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 279,775 | 12.4% |
English | 232,831 | 10.3% |
Irish | 195,660 | 8.7% |
Norwegian | 84,023 | 3.7% |
European | 80,804 | 3.6% |
Italian | 79,132 | 3.5% |
Swedish | 58,761 | 2.6% |
American | 57,673 | 2.6% |
French | 54,403 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 52,691 | 2.3% |
Polish | 43,938 | 1.9% |
Russian | 31,646 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 26,708 | 1.2% |
British | 23,182 | 1.0% |
Ukrainian | 22,882 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,962,426 | 87.0% |
Not a citizen | 291,945 | 13.0% |
Native | 1,701,032 | 75.5% |
Foreign-born | 553,339 | 24.5% |
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 | ||||||
51,587 | 3.2% | 49,162 | 3.0% | 238,296 | 14.7% | 393,642 | 24.3% | 519,110 | 32.0% | 370,839 | 22.9% |
Average years of education: 14.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 51,587 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 49,162 | 3.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 238,296 | 14.7% |
Some College | 393,642 | 24.3% |
Bach. Degree | 519,110 | 32.0% |
Grad Degree | 370,839 | 22.9% |
Average years of education: 14.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 856,290 | 824,999 | 31,291 | 3.7% | 5.1% |
1991 | 864,351 | 827,148 | 37,203 | 4.3% | 6.1% |
1992 | 895,264 | 847,584 | 47,680 | 5.3% | 7.2% |
1993 | 901,812 | 852,409 | 49,403 | 5.5% | 7.3% |
1994 | 896,617 | 856,851 | 39,766 | 4.4% | 6.3% |
1995 | 903,354 | 862,474 | 40,880 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
1996 | 930,596 | 891,379 | 39,217 | 4.2% | 5.9% |
1997 | 956,746 | 920,451 | 36,295 | 3.8% | 4.9% |
1998 | 966,641 | 932,930 | 33,711 | 3.5% | 4.8% |
1999 | 968,263 | 936,308 | 31,955 | 3.3% | 4.8% |
2000 | 993,205 | 955,128 | 38,077 | 3.8% | 5.1% |
2001 | 1,000,772 | 954,971 | 45,801 | 4.6% | 6.0% |
2002 | 986,493 | 930,117 | 56,376 | 5.7% | 7.1% |
2003 | 987,986 | 931,009 | 56,977 | 5.8% | 7.2% |
2004 | 992,385 | 943,570 | 48,815 | 4.9% | 6.3% |
2005 | 1,011,908 | 967,878 | 44,030 | 4.4% | 5.6% |
2006 | 1,047,216 | 1,009,037 | 38,179 | 3.6% | 5.0% |
2007 | 1,067,828 | 1,034,460 | 33,368 | 3.1% | 4.6% |
2008 | 1,088,536 | 1,047,485 | 41,051 | 3.8% | 5.2% |
2009 | 1,094,788 | 1,017,652 | 77,136 | 7.0% | 8.3% |
2010 | 1,097,736 | 1,005,539 | 92,197 | 8.4% | 9.1% |
2011 | 1,106,635 | 1,023,172 | 83,463 | 7.5% | 8.5% |
2012 | 1,127,689 | 1,056,990 | 70,699 | 6.3% | 7.7% |
2013 | 1,137,057 | 1,086,876 | 50,181 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
2014 | 1,164,823 | 1,112,394 | 52,429 | 4.5% | 5.9% |
2015 | 1,185,074 | 1,136,052 | 49,022 | 4.1% | 5.4% |
2016 | 1,213,173 | 1,166,951 | 46,222 | 3.8% | 5.2% |
2017 | 1,235,923 | 1,192,366 | 43,557 | 3.5% | 4.6% |
2018 | 1,268,039 | 1,226,711 | 41,328 | 3.3% | 4.4% |
2019 | 1,288,635 | 1,255,340 | 33,295 | 2.6% | 4.1% |
2020 | 1,286,608 | 1,190,168 | 96,440 | 7.5% | 8.4% |
2021 | 1,279,701 | 1,226,727 | 52,974 | 4.1% | 5.2% |
2022 | 1,319,911 | 1,281,609 | 38,302 | 2.9% | 4.2% |
2023 | 1,348,792 | 1,302,991 | 45,801 | 3.4% | 4.1% |