2022 population: 2,278,029
( 47,307 from 2010
, 127,435 from 2020)
Land area: 108.7 square miles
Population density: 20952.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 543,961 | 23.88% | 11.8% |
Black: | 405,672 | 17.81% | 2.5% |
Indian: | 8,474 | 0.37% | 30.6% |
Asian: | 629,019 | 27.61% | 23.5% |
2+ races: | 48,707 | 2.14% | 13.2% |
Hispanic: | 642,196 | 28.19% | 4.6% |
Total non-White: | 1,734,068 | 76.12% | 7.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 55,466 | 11.5 |
Deaths: | 46,692 | 9.7 |
Net Migration: | -158,356 | -32.9 |
Net Immigration: | 23,886 | 5.0 |
Change in White population: | -72,766 | -3.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 120,073 | 5.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 896,825 | |
Median Value | $677,700 | |
Occupied | 816,859 | 91.1% |
Vacant | 79,966 | 8.9% |
Owned | 369,150 | 45.2% |
Rented | 447,709 | 54.8% |
Median Rent | $1,847 | |
Single-Family Units | 253,201 | 28.2% |
Detached | 171,767 | 19.2% |
Attached | 81,434 | 9.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 372,344 | 41.5% |
Mobile Homes | 2,025 | 0.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 39,676 | 4.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 28,600 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 23,109 | 2.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 26,558 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 28,948 | 3.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 27,137 | 3.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 25,408 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 23,504 | 2.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 26,081 | 3.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 53,029 | 6.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 71,734 | 8.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 104,087 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 85,222 | 10.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 64,767 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 87,801 | 10.7% |
$200,000 or more | 101,198 | 12.4% |
Median Household Income | 82,431 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,201 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 104 | |
Compared to U.S. | 139 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 44,817 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 35,194 | 4.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 124,521 | 15.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 774,069 | 69.9% |
Unemployed | 58,504 | 5.3% |
In Armed Forces | 496 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 833,069 | 75.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 274,552 | 24.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 416,367 | 352,890 | 54.1% |
Non-Profit | 38,627 | 62,494 | 38.2% |
Self-Employed | 73,281 | 41,151 | 64.0% |
Local Government | 49,702 | 60,064 | 45.3% |
State Government | 15,074 | 14,415 | 51.1% |
Federal Government | 12,349 | 11,115 | 52.6% |
Total Private + Self | 489,648 | 394,041 | 55.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 115,752 | 148,088 | 43.9% |
Total | 605,400 | 542,129 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 166,166 | 14.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 223,702 | 19.5% |
Professional, Technical | 268,042 | 23.3% |
Service Occupations | 265,572 | 23.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 749 | 0.1% |
All others | 226,086 | 19.7% |
White Collar | 57.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 207,798 | 18.1% |
Retail trade | 106,858 | 9.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 96,771 | 8.4% |
Educational services | 96,109 | 8.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 94,973 | 8.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 88,070 | 7.7% |
Construction | 85,474 | 7.4% |
Other services | 68,112 | 5.9% |
Finance and insurance | 58,093 | 5.1% |
Public administration | 50,483 | 4.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 49,657 | 4.3% |
Manufacturing | 37,347 | 3.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 30,358 | 2.6% |
Information | 29,829 | 2.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 22,442 | 2.0% |
Wholesale trade | 20,991 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 4,576 | 0.4% |
Management | 794 | 0.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 652 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 181 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 95,455 | 4.04% |
Puerto Rican | 105,355 | 4.46% |
Cuban | 8,588 | 0.36% |
Dominican | 114,108 | 4.83% |
Total Central American | 64,376 | 2.73% |
Costa Rican | 1,791 | 0.08% |
Guatemalan | 17,851 | 0.76% |
Honduran | 12,118 | 0.51% |
Nicaraguan | 3,352 | 0.14% |
Panamanian | 4,477 | 0.19% |
Salvadoran | 24,644 | 1.04% |
Other Central American | 143 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 236,513 | 10.02% |
Argentinean | 6,257 | 0.27% |
Bolivian | 2,478 | 0.10% |
Chilean | 3,430 | 0.15% |
Colombian | 73,103 | 3.10% |
Ecuadorian | 115,862 | 4.91% |
Paraguayan | 3,522 | 0.15% |
Peruvian | 22,741 | 0.96% |
Uruguayan | 1,273 | 0.05% |
Venezuelan | 6,640 | 0.28% |
Other South American | 1,207 | 0.05% |
Other Hispanic | 37,412 | 1.58% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 245,567 | 10.40% |
Indian | 134,620 | 5.70% |
Bangladeshi | 58,706 | 2.49% |
Korean | 46,920 | 1.99% |
Filipino | 43,375 | 1.84% |
Japanese | 6,791 | 0.29% |
Taiwanese | 6,383 | 0.27% |
Vietnamese | 5,217 | 0.22% |
Thai | 4,930 | 0.21% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 992,345 | 44.6% |
Spanish | 520,084 | 23.4% |
Other Indo-European | 225,329 | 10.1% |
Chinese | 210,561 | 9.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 72,344 | 3.3% |
Korean | 40,905 | 1.8% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 38,745 | 1.7% |
Other Asian | 37,359 | 1.7% |
Tagalog | 32,305 | 1.5% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 121,650 | 5.2% |
Irish | 86,959 | 3.7% |
Guyanese | 68,064 | 2.9% |
Jamaican | 66,816 | 2.8% |
American | 65,939 | 2.8% |
German | 54,269 | 2.3% |
Polish | 51,435 | 2.2% |
Haitian | 34,260 | 1.5% |
Russian | 33,101 | 1.4% |
Greek | 30,882 | 1.3% |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 21,770 | 0.9% |
English | 21,582 | 0.9% |
West Indian | 18,794 | 0.8% |
European | 11,327 | 0.5% |
French | 10,088 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,907,613 | 80.8% |
Not a citizen | 453,213 | 19.2% |
Native | 1,247,979 | 52.9% |
Foreign-born | 1,112,847 | 47.1% |
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 | ||||||
174,351 | 10.2% | 119,876 | 7.0% | 444,621 | 26.0% | 376,448 | 22.0% | 365,140 | 21.4% | 229,323 | 13.4% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 174,351 | 10.2% |
9-12 Years | 119,876 | 7.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 444,621 | 26.0% |
Some College | 376,448 | 22.0% |
Bach. Degree | 365,140 | 21.4% |
Grad Degree | 229,323 | 13.4% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 954,691 | 897,549 | 57,142 | 6.0% | 5.3% |
1991 | 940,996 | 864,171 | 76,825 | 8.2% | 7.3% |
1992 | 953,966 | 852,964 | 101,002 | 10.6% | 8.7% |
1993 | 948,385 | 856,751 | 91,634 | 9.7% | 7.9% |
1994 | 946,236 | 868,178 | 78,058 | 8.2% | 6.9% |
1995 | 947,926 | 875,345 | 72,581 | 7.7% | 6.3% |
1996 | 977,553 | 898,752 | 78,801 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
1997 | 1,011,779 | 926,192 | 85,587 | 8.5% | 6.4% |
1998 | 1,022,986 | 952,755 | 70,231 | 6.9% | 5.6% |
1999 | 1,036,623 | 973,349 | 63,274 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
2000 | 1,062,379 | 1,006,177 | 56,202 | 5.3% | 4.5% |
2001 | 1,055,645 | 998,612 | 57,033 | 5.4% | 4.9% |
2002 | 1,071,287 | 994,972 | 76,315 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
2003 | 1,061,961 | 984,158 | 77,803 | 7.3% | 6.4% |
2004 | 1,077,735 | 1,010,578 | 67,157 | 6.2% | 5.8% |
2005 | 1,089,621 | 1,033,838 | 55,783 | 5.1% | 5.0% |
2006 | 1,094,560 | 1,046,315 | 48,245 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
2007 | 1,102,462 | 1,054,783 | 47,679 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
2008 | 1,126,326 | 1,070,035 | 56,291 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
2009 | 1,133,603 | 1,038,748 | 94,855 | 8.4% | 8.4% |
2010 | 1,114,830 | 1,018,207 | 96,623 | 8.7% | 8.7% |
2011 | 1,112,280 | 1,021,978 | 90,302 | 8.1% | 8.3% |
2012 | 1,123,639 | 1,029,794 | 93,845 | 8.4% | 8.6% |
2013 | 1,137,783 | 1,049,995 | 87,788 | 7.7% | 7.8% |
2014 | 1,149,271 | 1,077,982 | 71,289 | 6.2% | 6.3% |
2015 | 1,152,142 | 1,095,485 | 56,657 | 4.9% | 5.2% |
2016 | 1,150,751 | 1,099,048 | 51,703 | 4.5% | 4.9% |
2017 | 1,160,804 | 1,114,985 | 45,819 | 3.9% | 4.6% |
2018 | 1,140,984 | 1,100,026 | 40,958 | 3.6% | 4.1% |
2019 | 1,135,501 | 1,096,976 | 38,525 | 3.4% | 3.8% |
2020 | 1,098,937 | 961,214 | 137,723 | 12.5% | 10.0% |
2021 | 1,140,951 | 1,029,434 | 111,517 | 9.8% | 7.0% |
2022 | 1,141,061 | 1,081,470 | 59,591 | 5.2% | 4.3% |
2023 | 1,153,534 | 1,100,437 | 53,097 | 4.6% | 4.2% |