2022 population: 916,371
( 11,273 from 2010
, 13,351 from 2020)
Land area: 760.6 square miles
Population density: 1204.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 313,326 | 34.19% | 12.7% |
Black: | 494,700 | 53.98% | 2.8% |
Indian: | 1,402 | 0.15% | 22.3% |
Asian: | 27,021 | 2.95% | 25.6% |
2+ races: | 14,521 | 1.58% | 37.1% |
Hispanic: | 65,401 | 7.14% | 25.5% |
Total non-White: | 603,045 | 65.81% | 6.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 28,202 | 15.2 |
Deaths: | 24,880 | 13.4 |
Net Migration: | -18,837 | -10.1 |
Net Immigration: | 1,895 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | -45,780 | -4.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 34,507 | 3.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 401,041 | |
Median Value | $206,100 | |
Occupied | 357,839 | 89.2% |
Vacant | 43,202 | 10.8% |
Owned | 197,510 | 55.2% |
Rented | 160,329 | 44.8% |
Median Rent | $1,103 | |
Single-Family Units | 284,871 | 71.0% |
Detached | 266,810 | 66.5% |
Attached | 18,061 | 4.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 82,106 | 20.5% |
Mobile Homes | 4,287 | 1.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 26,193 | 7.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 18,354 | 5.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 14,573 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 16,688 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 16,775 | 4.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 14,774 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 16,267 | 4.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 14,827 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 14,299 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 27,153 | 7.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 32,399 | 9.1% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 40,402 | 11.3% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 28,719 | 8.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 22,606 | 6.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 23,028 | 6.4% |
$200,000 or more | 30,782 | 8.6% |
Median Household Income | 59,621 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,230 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 100 | |
Compared to U.S. | 81 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 23,672 | 6.6% |
Public Assistance | 6,038 | 1.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 59,382 | 16.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 375,184 | 67.8% |
Unemployed | 31,271 | 5.6% |
In Armed Forces | 1,961 | 0.4% |
Total Labor Force | 408,416 | 73.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 145,327 | 26.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 156,199 | 144,689 | 51.9% |
Non-Profit | 13,967 | 25,524 | 35.4% |
Self-Employed | 21,166 | 11,177 | 65.4% |
Local Government | 12,144 | 17,285 | 41.3% |
State Government | 5,083 | 8,069 | 38.6% |
Federal Government | 5,761 | 6,849 | 45.7% |
Total Private + Self | 177,365 | 155,866 | 53.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 36,955 | 57,727 | 39.0% |
Total | 214,320 | 213,593 | 50.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 66,968 | 15.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 92,138 | 21.5% |
Professional, Technical | 93,740 | 21.8% |
Service Occupations | 70,542 | 16.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 584 | 0.1% |
All others | 105,676 | 24.6% |
White Collar | 58.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 61,592 | 14.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 57,924 | 13.5% |
Retail trade | 44,636 | 10.4% |
Manufacturing | 39,784 | 9.3% |
Educational services | 35,842 | 8.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 31,142 | 7.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 23,383 | 5.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 22,771 | 5.3% |
Other services | 21,415 | 5.0% |
Construction | 20,645 | 4.8% |
Public administration | 19,859 | 4.6% |
Finance and insurance | 15,668 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 11,684 | 2.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,747 | 1.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 6,065 | 1.4% |
Information | 4,811 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 2,488 | 0.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 963 | 0.2% |
Management | 555 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 90 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 37,015 | 4.00% |
Puerto Rican | 3,172 | 0.34% |
Cuban | 1,628 | 0.18% |
Dominican | 712 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 13,061 | 1.41% |
Costa Rican | 40 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 5,657 | 0.61% |
Honduran | 3,984 | 0.43% |
Nicaraguan | 568 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 382 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 2,331 | 0.25% |
Other Central American | 99 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 3,849 | 0.42% |
Argentinean | 279 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 12 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 247 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 826 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 121 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 6 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 532 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 44 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 1,603 | 0.17% |
Other South American | 179 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 3,395 | 0.37% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 9,267 | 1.00% |
Vietnamese | 5,064 | 0.55% |
Chinese | 4,623 | 0.50% |
Filipino | 2,616 | 0.28% |
Korean | 1,140 | 0.12% |
Laotian | 527 | 0.06% |
Cambodian | 349 | 0.04% |
Japanese | 345 | 0.04% |
Taiwanese | 253 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 778,826 | 90.2% |
Spanish | 47,179 | 5.5% |
Other Indo-European | 6,543 | 0.8% |
Other | 6,178 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 5,347 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 4,998 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 3,922 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 3,818 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,769 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 58,011 | 6.3% |
American | 50,404 | 5.4% |
Irish | 46,225 | 5.0% |
German | 41,633 | 4.5% |
Italian | 19,843 | 2.1% |
European | 17,700 | 1.9% |
Scottish | 10,687 | 1.2% |
French | 9,618 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 8,670 | 0.9% |
African | 8,233 | 0.9% |
Polish | 6,785 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 3,641 | 0.4% |
British | 3,361 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 3,088 | 0.3% |
Nigerian | 2,997 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 888,324 | 95.9% |
Not a citizen | 38,116 | 4.1% |
Native | 863,391 | 93.2% |
Foreign-born | 63,049 | 6.8% |
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 | ||||||
21,304 | 3.5% | 42,000 | 6.9% | 168,477 | 27.6% | 172,618 | 28.3% | 123,239 | 20.2% | 83,138 | 13.6% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 21,304 | 3.5% |
9-12 Years | 42,000 | 6.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 168,477 | 27.6% |
Some College | 172,618 | 28.3% |
Bach. Degree | 123,239 | 20.2% |
Grad Degree | 83,138 | 13.6% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 397,372 | 379,596 | 17,776 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
1991 | 397,120 | 375,561 | 21,559 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
1992 | 398,231 | 375,127 | 23,104 | 5.8% | 6.5% |
1993 | 401,839 | 379,568 | 22,271 | 5.5% | 5.8% |
1994 | 415,215 | 395,741 | 19,474 | 4.7% | 4.8% |
1995 | 428,788 | 407,806 | 20,982 | 4.9% | 5.2% |
1996 | 434,168 | 415,097 | 19,071 | 4.4% | 5.2% |
1997 | 440,426 | 420,395 | 20,031 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
1998 | 445,470 | 428,159 | 17,311 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
1999 | 449,707 | 433,046 | 16,661 | 3.7% | 4.0% |
2000 | 438,974 | 422,267 | 16,707 | 3.8% | 3.9% |
2001 | 437,976 | 419,205 | 18,771 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
2002 | 439,007 | 416,197 | 22,810 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
2003 | 437,436 | 411,924 | 25,512 | 5.8% | 5.5% |
2004 | 429,443 | 403,712 | 25,731 | 6.0% | 5.3% |
2005 | 427,975 | 401,452 | 26,523 | 6.2% | 5.5% |
2006 | 441,584 | 415,888 | 25,696 | 5.8% | 5.3% |
2007 | 443,787 | 421,526 | 22,261 | 5.0% | 4.6% |
2008 | 440,899 | 410,833 | 30,066 | 6.8% | 6.5% |
2009 | 435,361 | 392,698 | 42,663 | 9.8% | 10.1% |
2010 | 449,117 | 404,611 | 44,506 | 9.9% | 9.8% |
2011 | 450,228 | 406,712 | 43,516 | 9.7% | 9.1% |
2012 | 445,583 | 406,551 | 39,032 | 8.8% | 8.0% |
2013 | 440,270 | 401,636 | 38,634 | 8.8% | 7.8% |
2014 | 430,546 | 397,700 | 32,846 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
2015 | 430,892 | 403,447 | 27,445 | 6.4% | 5.6% |
2016 | 434,502 | 411,215 | 23,287 | 5.4% | 4.7% |
2017 | 436,408 | 417,469 | 18,939 | 4.3% | 3.7% |
2018 | 441,190 | 422,970 | 18,220 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
2019 | 447,655 | 429,816 | 17,839 | 4.0% | 3.4% |
2020 | 447,769 | 404,507 | 43,262 | 9.7% | 7.5% |
2021 | 446,842 | 415,557 | 31,285 | 7.0% | 4.5% |
2022 | 437,751 | 417,985 | 19,766 | 4.5% | 3.4% |
2023 | 431,889 | 413,103 | 18,786 | 4.3% | 3.3% |