2022 population: 1,525,465
( 32,115 from 2010
, 471 from 2020)
Land area: 911.2 square miles
Population density: 1674.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 981,757 | 64.36% | 8.1% |
Black: | 120,351 | 7.89% | 17.9% |
Indian: | 3,089 | 0.20% | 6.3% |
Asian: | 70,765 | 4.64% | 39.9% |
2+ races: | 22,593 | 1.48% | 14.4% |
Hispanic: | 326,910 | 21.43% | 32.8% |
Total non-White: | 543,708 | 35.64% | 28.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 33,395 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 33,301 | 10.9 |
Net Migration: | -5,772 | -1.9 |
Net Immigration: | 4,536 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | -86,971 | -5.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 119,086 | 8.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 578,977 | |
Median Value | $490,800 | |
Occupied | 510,686 | 88.2% |
Vacant | 68,291 | 11.8% |
Owned | 417,769 | 81.8% |
Rented | 92,917 | 18.2% |
Median Rent | $2,113 | |
Single-Family Units | 494,975 | 85.5% |
Detached | 462,303 | 79.8% |
Attached | 32,672 | 5.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 47,188 | 8.2% |
Mobile Homes | 7,143 | 1.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 15,588 | 3.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 9,072 | 1.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 9,170 | 1.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 10,206 | 2.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 11,340 | 2.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 9,341 | 1.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,761 | 1.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 10,075 | 2.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 11,319 | 2.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 22,613 | 4.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 34,022 | 6.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 54,161 | 10.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 53,725 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 50,556 | 9.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 75,620 | 14.8% |
$200,000 or more | 124,117 | 24.3% |
Median Household Income | 122,498 | |
Per Capita Income | 54,127 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 113 | |
Compared to U.S. | 151 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 21,787 | 4.3% |
Public Assistance | 11,216 | 2.2% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 37,116 | 7.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 574,258 | 73.7% |
Unemployed | 29,631 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 548 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 604,437 | 77.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 175,237 | 22.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 273,458 | 220,732 | 55.3% |
Non-Profit | 23,188 | 38,980 | 37.3% |
Self-Employed | 52,011 | 26,378 | 66.3% |
Local Government | 36,520 | 48,988 | 42.7% |
State Government | 18,078 | 23,998 | 43.0% |
Federal Government | 10,682 | 7,747 | 58.0% |
Total Private + Self | 325,469 | 247,110 | 56.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 88,468 | 119,713 | 42.5% |
Total | 413,937 | 366,823 | 53.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 130,219 | 16.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 171,510 | 21.9% |
Professional, Technical | 208,706 | 26.7% |
Service Occupations | 130,156 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,380 | 0.2% |
All others | 141,227 | 18.1% |
White Collar | 65.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 126,281 | 16.2% |
Educational services | 94,484 | 12.1% |
Retail trade | 85,327 | 10.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 66,685 | 8.5% |
Construction | 62,038 | 7.9% |
Manufacturing | 49,366 | 6.3% |
Finance and insurance | 42,670 | 5.5% |
Public administration | 39,700 | 5.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 37,719 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 37,298 | 4.8% |
Other services | 31,088 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 30,233 | 3.9% |
Wholesale trade | 21,573 | 2.8% |
Information | 17,726 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 16,019 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 13,551 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 6,198 | 0.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 3,012 | 0.4% |
Management | 744 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 106 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 18,984 | 1.25% |
Puerto Rican | 72,925 | 4.78% |
Cuban | 5,675 | 0.37% |
Dominican | 33,905 | 2.22% |
Total Central American | 92,321 | 6.06% |
Costa Rican | 2,579 | 0.17% |
Guatemalan | 11,857 | 0.78% |
Honduran | 12,745 | 0.84% |
Nicaraguan | 1,120 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 1,377 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 61,651 | 4.04% |
Other Central American | 992 | 0.07% |
Total South American | 64,552 | 4.23% |
Argentinean | 2,349 | 0.15% |
Bolivian | 600 | 0.04% |
Chilean | 2,184 | 0.14% |
Colombian | 21,678 | 1.42% |
Ecuadorian | 25,530 | 1.67% |
Paraguayan | 512 | 0.03% |
Peruvian | 9,897 | 0.65% |
Uruguayan | 557 | 0.04% |
Venezuelan | 992 | 0.07% |
Other South American | 253 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 25,009 | 1.64% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 17,925 | 1.18% |
Chinese | 16,606 | 1.09% |
Filipino | 5,772 | 0.38% |
Korean | 4,945 | 0.32% |
Bangladeshi | 2,812 | 0.18% |
Vietnamese | 1,189 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 584 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 584 | 0.04% |
Indonesian | 302 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,111,226 | 76.9% |
Spanish | 208,960 | 14.5% |
Other Indo-European | 46,816 | 3.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 16,876 | 1.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 14,610 | 1.0% |
Chinese | 13,412 | 0.9% |
Other Asian | 10,498 | 0.7% |
Other | 7,022 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 5,536 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 331,953 | 21.8% |
Irish | 251,818 | 16.5% |
German | 176,458 | 11.6% |
American | 80,634 | 5.3% |
Polish | 66,451 | 4.4% |
English | 65,492 | 4.3% |
Russian | 27,093 | 1.8% |
Greek | 19,879 | 1.3% |
French | 16,989 | 1.1% |
European | 14,076 | 0.9% |
Haitian | 12,547 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 11,697 | 0.8% |
Norwegian | 10,900 | 0.7% |
Jamaican | 10,685 | 0.7% |
Eastern European | 10,068 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,425,763 | 93.5% |
Not a citizen | 98,723 | 6.5% |
Native | 1,280,931 | 84.0% |
Foreign-born | 243,555 | 16.0% |
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 | ||||||
53,658 | 5.0% | 48,095 | 4.5% | 270,931 | 25.4% | 277,968 | 26.0% | 225,180 | 21.1% | 191,272 | 17.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 53,658 | 5.0% |
9-12 Years | 48,095 | 4.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 270,931 | 25.4% |
Some College | 277,968 | 26.0% |
Bach. Degree | 225,180 | 21.1% |
Grad Degree | 191,272 | 17.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 710,989 | 679,555 | 31,434 | 4.4% | 5.3% |
1991 | 700,102 | 651,565 | 48,537 | 6.9% | 7.3% |
1992 | 694,417 | 636,836 | 57,581 | 8.3% | 8.7% |
1993 | 695,848 | 644,796 | 51,052 | 7.3% | 7.9% |
1994 | 693,050 | 650,058 | 42,992 | 6.2% | 6.9% |
1995 | 692,933 | 655,694 | 37,239 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
1996 | 699,412 | 667,114 | 32,298 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
1997 | 716,210 | 685,812 | 30,398 | 4.2% | 6.4% |
1998 | 723,177 | 697,429 | 25,748 | 3.6% | 5.6% |
1999 | 731,672 | 705,693 | 25,979 | 3.6% | 5.2% |
2000 | 733,284 | 708,288 | 24,996 | 3.4% | 4.5% |
2001 | 737,297 | 709,201 | 28,096 | 3.8% | 4.9% |
2002 | 754,090 | 718,442 | 35,648 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
2003 | 760,406 | 723,488 | 36,918 | 4.9% | 6.4% |
2004 | 767,042 | 730,779 | 36,263 | 4.7% | 5.8% |
2005 | 777,197 | 744,496 | 32,701 | 4.2% | 5.0% |
2006 | 787,335 | 756,568 | 30,767 | 3.9% | 4.5% |
2007 | 786,514 | 756,666 | 29,848 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
2008 | 793,907 | 754,554 | 39,353 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
2009 | 792,114 | 733,488 | 58,626 | 7.4% | 8.4% |
2010 | 778,551 | 716,989 | 61,562 | 7.9% | 8.7% |
2011 | 771,638 | 712,479 | 59,159 | 7.7% | 8.3% |
2012 | 778,227 | 716,784 | 61,443 | 7.9% | 8.6% |
2013 | 780,519 | 727,742 | 52,777 | 6.8% | 7.8% |
2014 | 765,069 | 723,564 | 41,505 | 5.4% | 6.3% |
2015 | 774,850 | 738,096 | 36,754 | 4.7% | 5.2% |
2016 | 774,238 | 739,954 | 34,284 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2017 | 775,835 | 741,257 | 34,578 | 4.5% | 4.6% |
2018 | 775,521 | 745,813 | 29,708 | 3.8% | 4.1% |
2019 | 776,768 | 749,233 | 27,535 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
2020 | 764,564 | 699,613 | 64,951 | 8.5% | 10.0% |
2021 | 785,251 | 749,254 | 35,997 | 4.6% | 7.0% |
2022 | 800,832 | 775,848 | 24,984 | 3.1% | 4.3% |
2023 | 809,422 | 781,979 | 27,443 | 3.4% | 4.2% |