2022 population: 1,567,258
( 41,252 from 2010
, 36,541 from 2020)
Land area: 134.4 square miles
Population density: 11665.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 531,328 | 33.90% | 5.6% |
Black: | 618,744 | 39.48% | 4.0% |
Indian: | 3,273 | 0.21% | 6.4% |
Asian: | 126,462 | 8.07% | 31.8% |
2+ races: | 35,077 | 2.24% | 25.5% |
Hispanic: | 252,374 | 16.10% | 34.5% |
Total non-White: | 1,035,930 | 66.10% | 7.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 43,910 | 13.7 |
Deaths: | 39,511 | 12.3 |
Net Migration: | -52,475 | -16.4 |
Net Immigration: | 10,416 | 3.2 |
Change in White population: | -31,257 | -2.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 72,509 | 4.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 730,630 | |
Median Value | $215,500 | |
Occupied | 659,129 | 90.2% |
Vacant | 71,501 | 9.8% |
Owned | 344,149 | 52.2% |
Rented | 314,980 | 47.8% |
Median Rent | $1,250 | |
Single-Family Units | 478,502 | 65.5% |
Detached | 61,159 | 8.4% |
Attached | 417,343 | 57.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 146,752 | 20.1% |
Mobile Homes | 2,066 | 0.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 59,977 | 9.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 43,423 | 6.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 32,113 | 4.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 29,966 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 29,479 | 4.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 28,013 | 4.3% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 24,649 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 25,720 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 23,884 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 44,792 | 6.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 58,867 | 8.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 76,200 | 11.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 55,178 | 8.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 34,386 | 5.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 40,757 | 6.2% |
$200,000 or more | 51,725 | 7.8% |
Median Household Income | 57,537 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,553 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 92 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 63,066 | 9.6% |
Public Assistance | 38,838 | 5.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 180,712 | 27.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 605,274 | 67.0% |
Unemployed | 56,960 | 6.3% |
In Armed Forces | 539 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 662,773 | 73.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 240,426 | 26.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 241,537 | 237,447 | 50.4% |
Non-Profit | 41,237 | 75,389 | 35.4% |
Self-Employed | 31,083 | 19,098 | 61.9% |
Local Government | 23,812 | 29,656 | 44.5% |
State Government | 7,563 | 8,778 | 46.3% |
Federal Government | 9,853 | 10,189 | 49.2% |
Total Private + Self | 272,620 | 256,545 | 51.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 82,465 | 124,012 | 39.9% |
Total | 355,085 | 380,557 | 48.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 113,607 | 15.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 139,648 | 19.0% |
Professional, Technical | 199,168 | 27.0% |
Service Occupations | 161,692 | 21.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,249 | 0.2% |
All others | 122,622 | 16.6% |
White Collar | 61.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 159,070 | 21.6% |
Educational services | 79,523 | 10.8% |
Retail trade | 68,365 | 9.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 59,461 | 8.1% |
Manufacturing | 46,826 | 6.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 46,167 | 6.3% |
Public administration | 41,402 | 5.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 41,124 | 5.6% |
Other services | 35,687 | 4.8% |
Finance and insurance | 35,128 | 4.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 31,573 | 4.3% |
Construction | 29,770 | 4.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 15,424 | 2.1% |
Information | 14,170 | 1.9% |
Wholesale trade | 13,787 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 12,382 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 4,385 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,376 | 0.2% |
Management | 779 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 338 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 22,350 | 1.40% |
Puerto Rican | 136,731 | 8.58% |
Cuban | 4,094 | 0.26% |
Dominican | 38,964 | 2.45% |
Total Central American | 17,370 | 1.09% |
Costa Rican | 1,370 | 0.09% |
Guatemalan | 5,042 | 0.32% |
Honduran | 5,009 | 0.31% |
Nicaraguan | 1,612 | 0.10% |
Panamanian | 950 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 3,387 | 0.21% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 18,263 | 1.15% |
Argentinean | 2,149 | 0.13% |
Bolivian | 117 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 693 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 7,545 | 0.47% |
Ecuadorian | 2,896 | 0.18% |
Paraguayan | 65 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,653 | 0.10% |
Uruguayan | 285 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 2,701 | 0.17% |
Other South American | 159 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 11,951 | 0.75% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 40,448 | 2.54% |
Indian | 22,697 | 1.42% |
Vietnamese | 14,818 | 0.93% |
Cambodian | 8,969 | 0.56% |
Filipino | 6,383 | 0.40% |
Korean | 6,320 | 0.40% |
Indonesian | 2,008 | 0.13% |
Bangladeshi | 1,971 | 0.12% |
Taiwanese | 1,035 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,135,166 | 76.0% |
Spanish | 167,355 | 11.2% |
Other Indo-European | 36,305 | 2.4% |
Chinese | 35,414 | 2.4% |
Other Asian | 23,633 | 1.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 20,850 | 1.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 19,407 | 1.3% |
Other | 18,631 | 1.2% |
Vietnamese | 12,947 | 0.9% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 154,492 | 9.7% |
German | 109,882 | 6.9% |
Italian | 108,240 | 6.8% |
English | 46,908 | 2.9% |
Polish | 46,562 | 2.9% |
American | 37,580 | 2.4% |
African | 21,156 | 1.3% |
Russian | 19,529 | 1.2% |
Ukrainian | 13,782 | 0.9% |
Jamaican | 13,723 | 0.9% |
French | 11,952 | 0.8% |
Haitian | 11,327 | 0.7% |
Scottish | 10,070 | 0.6% |
European | 9,842 | 0.6% |
Eastern European | 7,564 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,480,941 | 93.0% |
Not a citizen | 112,267 | 7.0% |
Native | 1,360,403 | 85.4% |
Foreign-born | 232,805 | 14.6% |
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 | ||||||
54,306 | 5.0% | 88,451 | 8.1% | 330,553 | 30.3% | 250,392 | 23.0% | 204,967 | 18.8% | 161,343 | 14.8% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 54,306 | 5.0% |
9-12 Years | 88,451 | 8.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 330,553 | 30.3% |
Some College | 250,392 | 23.0% |
Bach. Degree | 204,967 | 18.8% |
Grad Degree | 161,343 | 14.8% |
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 | 698,381 | 653,919 | 44,462 | 6.4% | 5.5% |
1991 | 691,313 | 630,908 | 60,405 | 8.7% | 6.9% |
1992 | 683,079 | 619,908 | 63,171 | 9.2% | 7.5% |
1993 | 677,430 | 615,038 | 62,392 | 9.2% | 6.9% |
1994 | 664,369 | 610,112 | 54,257 | 8.2% | 6.3% |
1995 | 651,116 | 600,714 | 50,402 | 7.7% | 5.9% |
1996 | 651,028 | 603,372 | 47,656 | 7.3% | 5.5% |
1997 | 651,508 | 606,720 | 44,788 | 6.9% | 5.1% |
1998 | 646,647 | 605,766 | 40,881 | 6.3% | 4.7% |
1999 | 643,091 | 603,213 | 39,878 | 6.2% | 4.5% |
2000 | 637,148 | 601,393 | 35,755 | 5.6% | 4.2% |
2001 | 637,221 | 598,203 | 39,018 | 6.1% | 4.8% |
2002 | 634,720 | 588,544 | 46,176 | 7.3% | 5.6% |
2003 | 623,937 | 576,950 | 46,987 | 7.5% | 5.7% |
2004 | 619,762 | 574,928 | 44,834 | 7.2% | 5.4% |
2005 | 617,714 | 576,068 | 41,646 | 6.7% | 5.0% |
2006 | 616,516 | 577,310 | 39,206 | 6.4% | 4.7% |
2007 | 621,257 | 582,110 | 39,147 | 6.3% | 4.6% |
2008 | 629,517 | 584,793 | 44,724 | 7.1% | 5.3% |
2009 | 652,248 | 589,286 | 62,962 | 9.7% | 8.0% |
2010 | 685,108 | 614,806 | 70,302 | 10.3% | 8.2% |
2011 | 689,005 | 616,991 | 72,014 | 10.5% | 7.8% |
2012 | 697,305 | 623,043 | 74,262 | 10.6% | 7.7% |
2013 | 695,194 | 625,828 | 69,366 | 10.0% | 7.1% |
2014 | 690,526 | 633,842 | 56,684 | 8.2% | 5.9% |
2015 | 696,074 | 645,691 | 50,383 | 7.2% | 5.4% |
2016 | 704,284 | 657,187 | 47,097 | 6.7% | 5.3% |
2017 | 704,810 | 660,066 | 44,744 | 6.3% | 5.0% |
2018 | 710,522 | 669,685 | 40,837 | 5.7% | 4.4% |
2019 | 724,814 | 683,903 | 40,911 | 5.6% | 4.5% |
2020 | 723,938 | 634,409 | 89,529 | 12.4% | 9.1% |
2021 | 724,116 | 662,481 | 61,635 | 8.5% | 6.0% |
2022 | 731,792 | 692,255 | 39,537 | 5.4% | 4.4% |
2023 | 742,808 | 711,377 | 31,431 | 4.2% | 3.4% |