2022 population: 1,413,065
( 22,179 from 2010
, 2,945 from 2020)
Land area: 10009.5 square miles
Population density: 141.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,150,312 | 81.41% | 3.8% |
Black: | 92,792 | 6.57% | 22.3% |
Indian: | 3,209 | 0.23% | 29.4% |
Asian: | 51,748 | 3.66% | 61.8% |
2+ races: | 31,948 | 2.26% | 28.0% |
Hispanic: | 83,056 | 5.88% | 49.5% |
Total non-White: | 262,753 | 18.59% | 34.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 28,294 | 10.0 |
Deaths: | 33,316 | 11.8 |
Net Migration: | 4,454 | 1.6 |
Net Immigration: | 3,706 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | -45,252 | -3.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 67,431 | 4.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 698,806 | |
Median Value | $243,022 | |
Occupied | 583,529 | 83.5% |
Vacant | 115,277 | 16.5% |
Owned | 388,856 | 66.6% |
Rented | 194,673 | 33.4% |
Median Rent | $1,107 | |
Single-Family Units | 455,461 | 65.2% |
Detached | 431,294 | 61.7% |
Attached | 24,167 | 3.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 90,761 | 13.0% |
Mobile Homes | 28,661 | 4.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 24,742 | 4.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 21,535 | 3.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 21,075 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 19,948 | 3.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 20,103 | 3.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 20,121 | 3.4% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 20,965 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 18,974 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 19,397 | 3.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 40,950 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 53,512 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 78,851 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 61,947 | 10.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 46,204 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 56,861 | 9.7% |
$200,000 or more | 58,344 | 10.0% |
Median Household Income | 78,580 | |
Per Capita Income | 43,409 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 104 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 29,680 | 5.1% |
Public Assistance | 15,868 | 2.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 70,493 | 12.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 615,894 | 72.4% |
Unemployed | 31,675 | 3.7% |
In Armed Forces | 2,168 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 649,737 | 76.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 201,440 | 23.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 225,102 | 177,226 | 55.9% |
Non-Profit | 32,190 | 61,754 | 34.3% |
Self-Employed | 38,946 | 24,510 | 61.4% |
Local Government | 24,297 | 36,636 | 39.9% |
State Government | 30,618 | 33,626 | 47.7% |
Federal Government | 7,592 | 5,827 | 56.6% |
Total Private + Self | 264,048 | 201,736 | 56.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 94,697 | 137,843 | 40.7% |
Total | 358,745 | 339,579 | 51.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 116,488 | 16.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 143,576 | 20.5% |
Professional, Technical | 194,433 | 27.8% |
Service Occupations | 117,265 | 16.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 3,123 | 0.4% |
All others | 127,880 | 18.3% |
White Collar | 65.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 109,127 | 617.5% |
Educational services | 80,498 | 455.5% |
Retail trade | 76,457 | 432.6% |
Manufacturing | 58,886 | 333.2% |
Public administration | 57,327 | 324.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 54,668 | 309.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 43,573 | 246.6% |
Construction | 42,801 | 242.2% |
Finance and insurance | 33,316 | 188.5% |
Other services | 32,031 | 181.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 26,090 | 147.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 20,953 | 118.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 14,861 | 84.1% |
Wholesale trade | 12,556 | 71.0% |
Information | 12,202 | 69.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 10,982 | 62.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 6,721 | 38.0% |
Utilities | 5,041 | 28.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 907 | 5.1% |
Management | 645 | 3.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 10,027 | 0.71% |
Puerto Rican | 36,067 | 2.55% |
Cuban | 2,625 | 0.19% |
Dominican | 6,703 | 0.47% |
Total Central American | 7,337 | 0.52% |
Costa Rican | 679 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 1,169 | 0.08% |
Honduran | 1,682 | 0.12% |
Nicaraguan | 138 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 824 | 0.06% |
Salvadoran | 2,639 | 0.19% |
Other Central American | 206 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 8,138 | 0.58% |
Argentinean | 756 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 175 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 566 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 1,869 | 0.13% |
Ecuadorian | 2,457 | 0.17% |
Paraguayan | 55 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,547 | 0.11% |
Uruguayan | 193 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 362 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 158 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 7,941 | 0.56% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 16,390 | 1.16% |
Chinese | 10,797 | 0.76% |
Filipino | 3,915 | 0.28% |
Korean | 2,955 | 0.21% |
Burmese | 1,876 | 0.13% |
Vietnamese | 1,433 | 0.10% |
Japanese | 936 | 0.07% |
Bangladeshi | 831 | 0.06% |
Thai | 679 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,230,172 | 91.4% |
Spanish | 36,858 | 2.7% |
Other Indo-European | 22,196 | 1.6% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 9,208 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 8,927 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 8,818 | 0.7% |
German, other Germanic | 7,879 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 6,557 | 0.5% |
Other | 4,737 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 279,258 | 19.8% |
German | 202,030 | 14.3% |
Italian | 201,594 | 14.3% |
English | 158,232 | 11.2% |
French | 80,129 | 5.7% |
Polish | 78,492 | 5.6% |
American | 74,924 | 5.3% |
Dutch | 37,123 | 2.6% |
French Canadian | 30,170 | 2.1% |
Scottish | 27,935 | 2.0% |
European | 18,470 | 1.3% |
Russian | 15,860 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 11,301 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 10,117 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 10,067 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,372,937 | 97.2% |
Not a citizen | 39,405 | 2.8% |
Native | 1,314,986 | 93.1% |
Foreign-born | 97,356 | 6.9% |
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 | ||||||
27,568 | 2.7% | 52,208 | 5.2% | 275,084 | 27.4% | 283,395 | 28.2% | 199,293 | 19.8% | 167,582 | 16.7% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 27,568 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 52,208 | 5.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 275,084 | 27.4% |
Some College | 283,395 | 28.2% |
Bach. Degree | 199,293 | 19.8% |
Grad Degree | 167,582 | 16.7% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 682,424 | 651,635 | 30,789 | 4.5% | |
1991 | 684,610 | 638,796 | 45,814 | 6.7% | |
1992 | 683,952 | 635,476 | 48,476 | 7.1% | |
1993 | 686,773 | 646,485 | 40,288 | 5.9% | |
1994 | 690,825 | 652,504 | 38,321 | 5.5% | |
1995 | 685,484 | 648,561 | 36,923 | 5.4% | |
1996 | 681,985 | 647,909 | 34,076 | 5.0% | |
1997 | 693,481 | 661,353 | 32,128 | 4.6% | |
1998 | 692,425 | 664,439 | 27,986 | 4.0% | |
1999 | 691,052 | 664,565 | 26,487 | 3.8% | |
2000 | 692,416 | 667,816 | 24,600 | 3.6% | |
2001 | 695,945 | 670,211 | 25,734 | 3.7% | |
2002 | 710,719 | 679,521 | 31,198 | 4.4% | |
2003 | 711,916 | 678,734 | 33,182 | 4.7% | |
2004 | 716,706 | 684,062 | 32,644 | 4.6% | |
2005 | 724,839 | 694,425 | 30,414 | 4.2% | |
2006 | 731,132 | 701,214 | 29,918 | 4.1% | |
2007 | 724,422 | 694,375 | 30,047 | 4.1% | |
2008 | 729,756 | 692,394 | 37,362 | 5.1% | |
2009 | 730,241 | 675,898 | 54,343 | 7.4% | |
2010 | 718,751 | 661,743 | 57,008 | 7.9% | |
2011 | 704,972 | 650,846 | 54,126 | 7.7% | |
2012 | 708,642 | 653,235 | 55,407 | 7.8% | |
2013 | 705,953 | 657,048 | 48,905 | 6.9% | |
2014 | 689,497 | 651,193 | 38,304 | 5.6% | |
2015 | 691,266 | 658,079 | 33,187 | 4.8% | |
2016 | 691,337 | 660,748 | 30,589 | 4.4% | |
2017 | 689,930 | 659,272 | 30,658 | 4.4% | |
2018 | 689,804 | 662,570 | 27,234 | 3.9% | |
2019 | 686,604 | 661,479 | 25,125 | 3.7% | |
2020 | 682,747 | 631,690 | 51,057 | 7.5% | |
2021 | 689,514 | 657,335 | 32,179 | 4.7% | |
2022 | 692,754 | 670,412 | 22,342 | 3.2% | |
2023 | 696,794 | 673,263 | 23,531 | 3.4% |