2022 population: 918,661
( 29,074 from 2010
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20,834 from 2020)
Land area: 241.5 square miles
Population density: 3804.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 450,726 | 49.06% | ![]() |
Black: | 239,142 | 26.03% | ![]() |
Indian: | 4,952 | 0.54% | ![]() |
Asian: | 47,655 | 5.19% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 23,720 | 2.58% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 152,466 | 16.60% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 467,935 | 50.94% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 27,740 | 14.8 |
Deaths: | 23,166 | 12.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -28,627 | -15.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 3,745 | 2.0 |
Change in White population: | -64,232 | -6.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 35,158 | 3.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 423,764 | |
Median Value | $200,000 | |
Occupied | 389,247 | 91.9% |
Vacant | 34,517 | 8.1% |
Owned | 192,212 | 49.4% |
Rented | 197,035 | 50.6% |
Median Rent | $1,012 | |
Single-Family Units | 210,820 | 49.7% |
Detached | 192,261 | 45.4% |
Attached | 18,559 | 4.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 114,003 | 26.9% |
Mobile Homes | 2,234 | 0.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 24,979 | 6.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 22,102 | 5.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 15,215 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 17,480 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 19,756 | 5.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 16,609 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 15,942 | 4.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 15,881 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 16,146 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 32,504 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 37,796 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 48,838 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 35,343 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 22,933 | 5.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 24,482 | 6.3% |
$200,000 or more | 23,241 | 6.0% |
Median Household Income | 59,319 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,039 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 92 | |
Compared to U.S. | 86 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 27,029 | 6.9% |
Public Assistance | 9,562 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 80,289 | 20.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 365,777 | 71.9% |
Unemployed | 18,377 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 431 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 384,585 | 75.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 124,136 | 24.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 172,881 | 145,488 | 54.3% |
Non-Profit | 16,221 | 38,733 | 29.5% |
Self-Employed | 16,971 | 11,563 | 59.5% |
Local Government | 12,373 | 17,580 | 41.3% |
State Government | 5,269 | 7,283 | 42.0% |
Federal Government | 3,354 | 4,532 | 42.5% |
Total Private + Self | 189,852 | 157,051 | 54.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 37,217 | 68,128 | 35.3% |
Total | 227,069 | 225,179 | 50.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 66,004 | 14.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 88,781 | 19.6% |
Professional, Technical | 108,665 | 24.0% |
Service Occupations | 82,665 | 18.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,121 | 0.2% |
All others | 106,723 | 23.6% |
White Collar | 58.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 76,460 | 16.9% |
Manufacturing | 69,082 | 15.3% |
Retail trade | 47,626 | 10.5% |
Educational services | 41,558 | 9.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 30,862 | 6.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 27,144 | 6.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 23,309 | 5.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 22,888 | 5.1% |
Finance and insurance | 22,195 | 4.9% |
Other services | 19,728 | 4.4% |
Construction | 19,385 | 4.3% |
Public administration | 14,478 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 9,601 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,787 | 1.9% |
Information | 7,206 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,550 | 1.4% |
Utilities | 2,864 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,015 | 0.4% |
Management | 987 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 113 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 98,100 | 10.51% |
Puerto Rican | 37,279 | 4.00% |
Cuban | 1,376 | 0.15% |
Dominican | 1,633 | 0.18% |
Total Central American | 5,127 | 0.55% |
Costa Rican | 255 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 1,226 | 0.13% |
Honduran | 637 | 0.07% |
Nicaraguan | 945 | 0.10% |
Panamanian | 423 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 1,621 | 0.17% |
Other Central American | 20 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,555 | 0.38% |
Argentinean | 317 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 343 | 0.04% |
Chilean | 281 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 1,073 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 286 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 48 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 712 | 0.08% |
Uruguayan | 13 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 445 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 37 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,941 | 0.32% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Hmong | 12,640 | 1.35% |
Indian | 7,499 | 0.80% |
Burmese | 5,369 | 0.58% |
Chinese | 4,771 | 0.51% |
Filipino | 2,394 | 0.26% |
Laotian | 1,837 | 0.20% |
Vietnamese | 1,648 | 0.18% |
Korean | 1,315 | 0.14% |
Thai | 661 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 713,967 | 81.9% |
Spanish | 100,502 | 11.5% |
Other Asian | 17,408 | 2.0% |
Other Indo-European | 11,222 | 1.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 5,704 | 0.7% |
Other | 5,192 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 4,623 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 3,553 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 3,379 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 213,483 | 22.9% |
Polish | 86,080 | 9.2% |
Irish | 71,513 | 7.7% |
English | 33,553 | 3.6% |
Italian | 33,344 | 3.6% |
Norwegian | 21,633 | 2.3% |
French | 16,206 | 1.7% |
American | 15,897 | 1.7% |
European | 12,583 | 1.3% |
Swedish | 10,274 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 8,049 | 0.9% |
Czech | 6,243 | 0.7% |
Russian | 6,041 | 0.6% |
Scottish | 5,632 | 0.6% |
African | 5,503 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 884,677 | 94.8% |
Not a citizen | 48,386 | 5.2% |
Native | 845,100 | 90.6% |
Foreign-born | 87,963 | 9.4% |
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 | ||||||
24,165 | 3.9% | 41,012 | 6.6% | 175,703 | 28.3% | 174,424 | 28.1% | 130,326 | 21.0% | 75,010 | 12.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 24,165 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 41,012 | 6.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 175,703 | 28.3% |
Some College | 174,424 | 28.1% |
Bach. Degree | 130,326 | 21.0% |
Grad Degree | 75,010 | 12.1% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 477,120 | 454,999 | 22,121 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
1991 | 470,899 | 445,569 | 25,330 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
1992 | 476,423 | 452,104 | 24,319 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
1993 | 476,731 | 454,901 | 21,830 | 4.6% | 4.3% |
1994 | 480,819 | 458,577 | 22,242 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
1995 | 480,801 | 461,610 | 19,191 | 4.0% | 3.7% |
1996 | 483,975 | 463,756 | 20,219 | 4.2% | 3.6% |
1997 | 486,787 | 466,985 | 19,802 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
1998 | 483,757 | 465,006 | 18,751 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
1999 | 480,589 | 462,043 | 18,546 | 3.9% | 3.1% |
2000 | 476,716 | 456,488 | 20,228 | 4.2% | 3.4% |
2001 | 473,934 | 448,487 | 25,447 | 5.4% | 4.4% |
2002 | 466,959 | 436,149 | 30,810 | 6.6% | 5.3% |
2003 | 464,830 | 432,283 | 32,547 | 7.0% | 5.6% |
2004 | 458,517 | 429,919 | 28,598 | 6.2% | 5.0% |
2005 | 452,601 | 426,508 | 26,093 | 5.8% | 4.8% |
2006 | 455,915 | 430,420 | 25,495 | 5.6% | 4.7% |
2007 | 469,623 | 442,863 | 26,760 | 5.7% | 4.8% |
2008 | 470,352 | 443,464 | 26,888 | 5.7% | 4.9% |
2009 | 469,652 | 423,341 | 46,311 | 9.9% | 9.0% |
2010 | 476,599 | 429,808 | 46,791 | 9.8% | 8.5% |
2011 | 476,301 | 433,145 | 43,156 | 9.1% | 7.6% |
2012 | 475,758 | 435,411 | 40,347 | 8.5% | 6.9% |
2013 | 478,784 | 438,862 | 39,922 | 8.3% | 6.7% |
2014 | 478,001 | 445,584 | 32,417 | 6.8% | 5.3% |
2015 | 475,735 | 448,993 | 26,742 | 5.6% | 4.4% |
2016 | 475,320 | 452,193 | 23,127 | 4.9% | 3.9% |
2017 | 473,509 | 454,446 | 19,063 | 4.0% | 3.3% |
2018 | 466,786 | 449,692 | 17,094 | 3.7% | 3.0% |
2019 | 463,698 | 445,487 | 18,211 | 3.9% | 3.3% |
2020 | 463,420 | 425,483 | 37,937 | 8.2% | 6.3% |
2021 | 464,620 | 439,453 | 25,167 | 5.4% | 3.8% |
2022 | 459,063 | 442,178 | 16,885 | 3.7% | 2.9% |
2023 | 466,290 | 448,733 | 17,557 | 3.8% | 3.0% |