2022 population: 822,453
( 203,699 from 2010
, 61,633 from 2020)
Land area: 781.0 square miles
Population density: 1053.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 527,803 | 64.17% | 20.2% |
Black: | 66,475 | 8.08% | 39.2% |
Indian: | 1,748 | 0.21% | 35.3% |
Asian: | 14,702 | 1.79% | 74.0% |
2+ races: | 11,701 | 1.42% | 59.7% |
Hispanic: | 200,024 | 24.32% | 76.5% |
Total non-White: | 294,650 | 35.83% | 64.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 15,738 | 10.3 |
Deaths: | 20,599 | 13.5 |
Net Migration: | 62,246 | 40.9 |
Net Immigration: | 4,611 | 3.0 |
Change in White population: | 88,755 | 14.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 114,944 | 18.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 419,916 | |
Median Value | $290,900 | |
Occupied | 311,348 | 74.1% |
Vacant | 108,568 | 25.9% |
Owned | 228,142 | 73.3% |
Rented | 83,206 | 26.7% |
Median Rent | $1,466 | |
Single-Family Units | 256,221 | 61.0% |
Detached | 230,084 | 54.8% |
Attached | 26,137 | 6.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 91,985 | 21.9% |
Mobile Homes | 40,134 | 9.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 16,559 | 5.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 9,883 | 3.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 10,402 | 3.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 10,972 | 3.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 13,446 | 4.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 11,671 | 3.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 12,981 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 11,772 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 11,495 | 3.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 26,261 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 31,889 | 10.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 44,227 | 14.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 30,865 | 9.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 20,940 | 6.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 20,296 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 27,689 | 8.9% |
Median Household Income | 69,368 | |
Per Capita Income | 41,332 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 97 | |
Compared to U.S. | 94 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 13,358 | 4.3% |
Public Assistance | 5,774 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 28,925 | 9.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 218,239 | 69.7% |
Unemployed | 10,745 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 215 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 229,199 | 73.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 83,935 | 26.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 125,722 | 105,610 | 54.3% |
Non-Profit | 7,029 | 14,088 | 33.3% |
Self-Employed | 27,623 | 16,111 | 63.2% |
Local Government | 9,630 | 14,133 | 40.5% |
State Government | 2,684 | 4,326 | 38.3% |
Federal Government | 2,510 | 2,468 | 50.4% |
Total Private + Self | 153,345 | 121,721 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 21,853 | 35,015 | 38.4% |
Total | 175,198 | 156,736 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 48,541 | 14.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 81,133 | 24.4% |
Professional, Technical | 64,764 | 19.5% |
Service Occupations | 65,440 | 19.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,124 | 0.3% |
All others | 72,629 | 21.8% |
White Collar | 58.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 47,694 | 14.3% |
Health care and social assistance | 45,817 | 13.8% |
Construction | 39,813 | 12.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 28,762 | 8.7% |
Educational services | 23,685 | 7.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 22,658 | 6.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 22,057 | 6.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 15,877 | 4.8% |
Other services | 15,650 | 4.7% |
Manufacturing | 11,612 | 3.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 11,371 | 3.4% |
Finance and insurance | 10,839 | 3.3% |
Public administration | 10,505 | 3.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 9,735 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 7,254 | 2.2% |
Information | 5,241 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,827 | 0.5% |
Utilities | 1,769 | 0.5% |
Management | 171 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 170 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 39,685 | 5.13% |
Puerto Rican | 36,060 | 4.67% |
Cuban | 48,320 | 6.25% |
Dominican | 8,363 | 1.08% |
Total Central American | 23,032 | 2.98% |
Costa Rican | 1,068 | 0.14% |
Guatemalan | 11,753 | 1.52% |
Honduran | 5,031 | 0.65% |
Nicaraguan | 3,218 | 0.42% |
Panamanian | 642 | 0.08% |
Salvadoran | 1,320 | 0.17% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 17,892 | 2.31% |
Argentinean | 1,099 | 0.14% |
Bolivian | 491 | 0.06% |
Chilean | 445 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 7,792 | 1.01% |
Ecuadorian | 2,015 | 0.26% |
Paraguayan | 45 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 2,511 | 0.32% |
Uruguayan | 635 | 0.08% |
Venezuelan | 2,816 | 0.36% |
Other South American | 43 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 5,450 | 0.71% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 2,786 | 0.36% |
Indian | 2,767 | 0.36% |
Filipino | 2,743 | 0.35% |
Vietnamese | 1,783 | 0.23% |
Laotian | 499 | 0.06% |
Korean | 476 | 0.06% |
Japanese | 278 | 0.04% |
Thai | 183 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 130 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 561,439 | 76.0% |
Spanish | 135,989 | 18.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 14,343 | 1.9% |
Other Indo-European | 9,421 | 1.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 4,044 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 3,856 | 0.5% |
Other Asian | 1,874 | 0.3% |
Tagalog | 1,852 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 1,726 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 103,517 | 13.4% |
American | 85,804 | 11.1% |
Irish | 83,076 | 10.7% |
English | 68,186 | 8.8% |
Italian | 60,577 | 7.8% |
Polish | 24,562 | 3.2% |
French | 15,135 | 2.0% |
Haitian | 14,380 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 12,926 | 1.7% |
European | 9,768 | 1.3% |
Swedish | 8,697 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 7,760 | 1.0% |
Norwegian | 7,378 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 6,583 | 0.9% |
Russian | 5,702 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 709,026 | 91.7% |
Not a citizen | 63,876 | 8.3% |
Native | 637,067 | 82.4% |
Foreign-born | 135,835 | 17.6% |
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 | ||||||
24,153 | 4.1% | 33,553 | 5.8% | 176,083 | 30.2% | 173,829 | 29.8% | 108,170 | 18.5% | 67,547 | 11.6% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 24,153 | 4.1% |
9-12 Years | 33,553 | 5.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 176,083 | 30.2% |
Some College | 173,829 | 29.8% |
Bach. Degree | 108,170 | 18.5% |
Grad Degree | 67,547 | 11.6% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 155,801 | 149,605 | 6,196 | 4.0% | 6.2% |
1991 | 157,578 | 147,443 | 10,135 | 6.4% | 7.6% |
1992 | 161,791 | 149,163 | 12,628 | 7.8% | 8.4% |
1993 | 165,395 | 155,440 | 9,955 | 6.0% | 7.4% |
1994 | 171,671 | 163,345 | 8,326 | 4.8% | 6.5% |
1995 | 175,310 | 167,899 | 7,411 | 4.2% | 5.6% |
1996 | 174,740 | 167,828 | 6,912 | 4.0% | 5.3% |
1997 | 177,361 | 170,987 | 6,374 | 3.6% | 4.9% |
1998 | 182,656 | 176,847 | 5,809 | 3.2% | 4.4% |
1999 | 187,066 | 181,944 | 5,122 | 2.7% | 3.9% |
2000 | 209,581 | 202,746 | 6,835 | 3.3% | 3.8% |
2001 | 220,981 | 212,798 | 8,183 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
2002 | 227,734 | 217,744 | 9,990 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2003 | 235,628 | 226,074 | 9,554 | 4.1% | 4.5% |
2004 | 249,838 | 241,402 | 8,436 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2005 | 270,977 | 264,219 | 6,758 | 2.5% | 2.9% |
2006 | 285,160 | 278,800 | 6,360 | 2.2% | 2.5% |
2007 | 288,940 | 277,702 | 11,238 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
2008 | 283,660 | 262,190 | 21,470 | 7.6% | 5.7% |
2009 | 275,235 | 243,832 | 31,403 | 11.4% | 9.6% |
2010 | 280,605 | 246,599 | 34,006 | 12.1% | 10.8% |
2011 | 285,363 | 254,435 | 30,928 | 10.8% | 10.0% |
2012 | 290,468 | 264,043 | 26,425 | 9.1% | 8.6% |
2013 | 298,348 | 275,689 | 22,659 | 7.6% | 7.5% |
2014 | 309,859 | 290,623 | 19,236 | 6.2% | 6.4% |
2015 | 320,586 | 303,892 | 16,694 | 5.2% | 5.5% |
2016 | 330,398 | 314,990 | 15,408 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 334,903 | 321,049 | 13,854 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
2018 | 341,068 | 329,120 | 11,948 | 3.5% | 3.6% |
2019 | 349,001 | 337,412 | 11,589 | 3.3% | 3.3% |
2020 | 345,417 | 320,161 | 25,256 | 7.3% | 7.7% |
2021 | 359,008 | 343,793 | 15,215 | 4.2% | 4.6% |
2022 | 375,434 | 363,742 | 11,692 | 3.1% | 2.9% |
2023 | 378,092 | 366,080 | 12,012 | 3.2% | 2.9% |