2022 population: 889,146
( 303,771 from 2010
, 66,367 from 2020)
Land area: 861.7 square miles
Population density: 1031.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 260,262 | 29.27% | 23.0% |
Black: | 188,055 | 21.15% | 52.6% |
Indian: | 1,782 | 0.20% | 53.8% |
Asian: | 194,719 | 21.90% | 96.8% |
2+ races: | 17,318 | 1.95% | 72.7% |
Hispanic: | 227,010 | 25.53% | 63.4% |
Total non-White: | 628,884 | 70.73% | 68.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 20,166 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 10,810 | 6.6 |
Net Migration: | 48,449 | 29.4 |
Net Immigration: | 9,321 | 5.7 |
Change in White population: | 48,582 | 8.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 255,189 | 43.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 282,291 | |
Median Value | $329,600 | |
Occupied | 270,136 | 95.7% |
Vacant | 12,155 | 4.3% |
Owned | 209,960 | 77.7% |
Rented | 60,176 | 22.3% |
Median Rent | $1,669 | |
Single-Family Units | 241,669 | 85.6% |
Detached | 236,687 | 83.8% |
Attached | 4,982 | 1.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 28,266 | 10.0% |
Mobile Homes | 7,921 | 2.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 8,401 | 3.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,674 | 1.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 4,702 | 1.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 5,384 | 2.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 5,663 | 2.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 6,033 | 2.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 6,855 | 2.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 6,636 | 2.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 7,028 | 2.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 14,426 | 5.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 20,664 | 7.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 33,082 | 12.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 29,269 | 10.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 26,192 | 9.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 38,866 | 14.4% |
$200,000 or more | 53,261 | 19.7% |
Median Household Income | 109,987 | |
Per Capita Income | 45,172 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 116 | |
Compared to U.S. | 101 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 8,730 | 3.2% |
Public Assistance | 6,175 | 2.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 22,624 | 8.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 284,441 | 71.3% |
Unemployed | 16,328 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 67 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 300,836 | 75.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 97,908 | 24.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 160,815 | 119,500 | 57.4% |
Non-Profit | 8,702 | 16,061 | 35.1% |
Self-Employed | 26,929 | 16,660 | 61.8% |
Local Government | 10,864 | 20,187 | 35.0% |
State Government | 5,049 | 8,871 | 36.3% |
Federal Government | 3,286 | 3,841 | 46.1% |
Total Private + Self | 187,744 | 136,160 | 58.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,901 | 48,960 | 36.3% |
Total | 215,645 | 185,120 | 53.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 84,814 | 21.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 83,588 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 121,130 | 30.2% |
Service Occupations | 50,361 | 12.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 743 | 0.2% |
All others | 61,784 | 15.4% |
White Collar | 72.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 57,606 | 14.3% |
Retail trade | 43,882 | 10.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 40,146 | 10.0% |
Educational services | 40,084 | 10.0% |
Manufacturing | 35,936 | 8.9% |
Construction | 24,546 | 6.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 20,957 | 5.2% |
Finance and insurance | 20,813 | 5.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 17,900 | 4.5% |
Other services | 17,845 | 4.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 16,114 | 4.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 14,286 | 3.6% |
Public administration | 12,845 | 3.2% |
Wholesale trade | 11,286 | 2.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 8,705 | 2.2% |
Information | 5,527 | 1.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,400 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 5,266 | 1.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 1,431 | 0.4% |
Management | 1,102 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 131,883 | 15.84% |
Puerto Rican | 5,326 | 0.64% |
Cuban | 4,029 | 0.48% |
Dominican | 1,766 | 0.21% |
Total Central American | 24,407 | 2.93% |
Costa Rican | 332 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 1,948 | 0.23% |
Honduran | 3,474 | 0.42% |
Nicaraguan | 568 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 1,056 | 0.13% |
Salvadoran | 17,029 | 2.05% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 29,389 | 3.53% |
Argentinean | 1,364 | 0.16% |
Bolivian | 321 | 0.04% |
Chilean | 1,139 | 0.14% |
Colombian | 10,313 | 1.24% |
Ecuadorian | 661 | 0.08% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 3,517 | 0.42% |
Uruguayan | 202 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 11,872 | 1.43% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 12,310 | 1.48% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 68,088 | 8.18% |
Chinese | 33,399 | 4.01% |
Vietnamese | 24,589 | 2.95% |
Filipino | 14,354 | 1.72% |
Korean | 3,699 | 0.44% |
Taiwanese | 2,773 | 0.33% |
Japanese | 1,385 | 0.17% |
Bangladeshi | 983 | 0.12% |
Malaysian | 928 | 0.11% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 463,608 | 59.5% |
Spanish | 134,762 | 17.3% |
Other Indo-European | 55,678 | 7.1% |
Chinese | 29,287 | 3.8% |
Other Asian | 26,157 | 3.4% |
Other | 19,508 | 2.5% |
Vietnamese | 19,422 | 2.5% |
Arabic | 10,478 | 1.3% |
Tagalog | 9,170 | 1.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 50,716 | 6.1% |
English | 45,087 | 5.4% |
Irish | 34,646 | 4.2% |
American | 25,901 | 3.1% |
Nigerian | 19,796 | 2.4% |
Italian | 16,053 | 1.9% |
French | 11,391 | 1.4% |
European | 8,248 | 1.0% |
Polish | 7,855 | 0.9% |
Czech | 7,662 | 0.9% |
African | 7,166 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 7,040 | 0.8% |
British | 4,809 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 4,159 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 3,556 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 727,801 | 87.4% |
Not a citizen | 104,806 | 12.6% |
Native | 582,595 | 70.0% |
Foreign-born | 250,012 | 30.0% |
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 | ||||||
24,973 | 4.7% | 20,742 | 3.9% | 95,805 | 17.9% | 133,893 | 25.0% | 156,424 | 29.2% | 104,198 | 19.4% |
Average years of education: 14.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 24,973 | 4.7% |
9-12 Years | 20,742 | 3.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 95,805 | 17.9% |
Some College | 133,893 | 25.0% |
Bach. Degree | 156,424 | 29.2% |
Grad Degree | 104,198 | 19.4% |
Average years of education: 14.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 122,223 | 117,930 | 4,293 | 3.5% | 6.4% |
1991 | 128,319 | 123,532 | 4,787 | 3.7% | 7.0% |
1992 | 134,877 | 128,602 | 6,275 | 4.7% | 7.7% |
1993 | 140,983 | 134,150 | 6,833 | 4.8% | 7.2% |
1994 | 148,177 | 141,435 | 6,742 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
1995 | 153,958 | 148,273 | 5,685 | 3.7% | 6.1% |
1996 | 160,734 | 155,750 | 4,984 | 3.1% | 5.8% |
1997 | 169,597 | 164,315 | 5,282 | 3.1% | 5.4% |
1998 | 180,874 | 175,657 | 5,217 | 2.9% | 5.0% |
1999 | 188,895 | 182,777 | 6,118 | 3.2% | 4.7% |
2000 | 185,916 | 179,215 | 6,701 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
2001 | 194,327 | 186,778 | 7,549 | 3.9% | 5.0% |
2002 | 205,785 | 195,163 | 10,622 | 5.2% | 6.3% |
2003 | 216,109 | 202,842 | 13,267 | 6.1% | 6.7% |
2004 | 224,594 | 212,180 | 12,414 | 5.5% | 6.0% |
2005 | 236,025 | 223,492 | 12,533 | 5.3% | 5.5% |
2006 | 244,695 | 232,934 | 11,761 | 4.8% | 5.0% |
2007 | 253,156 | 242,821 | 10,335 | 4.1% | 4.4% |
2008 | 265,673 | 253,918 | 11,755 | 4.4% | 4.9% |
2009 | 277,586 | 257,850 | 19,736 | 7.1% | 7.5% |
2010 | 298,655 | 275,718 | 22,937 | 7.7% | 8.2% |
2011 | 308,200 | 285,580 | 22,620 | 7.3% | 8.0% |
2012 | 318,351 | 299,516 | 18,835 | 5.9% | 6.7% |
2013 | 332,589 | 314,182 | 18,407 | 5.5% | 6.3% |
2014 | 346,538 | 330,674 | 15,864 | 4.6% | 5.2% |
2015 | 356,003 | 340,720 | 15,283 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
2016 | 367,050 | 348,684 | 18,366 | 5.0% | 4.6% |
2017 | 375,587 | 358,014 | 17,573 | 4.7% | 4.3% |
2018 | 386,448 | 371,033 | 15,415 | 4.0% | 3.9% |
2019 | 399,949 | 386,098 | 13,851 | 3.5% | 3.5% |
2020 | 394,948 | 364,410 | 30,538 | 7.7% | 7.6% |
2021 | 409,802 | 385,666 | 24,136 | 5.9% | 5.6% |
2022 | 418,649 | 402,222 | 16,427 | 3.9% | 3.9% |
2023 | 432,297 | 415,144 | 17,153 | 4.0% | 3.9% |