2022 population: 1,458,855
( 119,357 from 2010
, 37,831 from 2020)
Land area: 9194.4 square miles
Population density: 158.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,274,396 | 87.36% | 5.8% |
Black: | 61,963 | 4.25% | 13.3% |
Indian: | 4,479 | 0.31% | 24.7% |
Asian: | 21,052 | 1.44% | 57.8% |
2+ races: | 26,469 | 1.81% | 44.9% |
Hispanic: | 70,496 | 4.83% | 61.1% |
Total non-White: | 184,459 | 12.64% | 36.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 33,474 | 11.8 |
Deaths: | 47,230 | 16.6 |
Net Migration: | 49,739 | 17.5 |
Net Immigration: | 1,443 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | 69,644 | 5.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 49,713 | 3.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 656,258 | |
Median Value | $206,463 | |
Occupied | 566,962 | 86.4% |
Vacant | 89,296 | 13.6% |
Owned | 400,751 | 70.7% |
Rented | 166,211 | 29.3% |
Median Rent | $909 | |
Single-Family Units | 473,534 | 72.2% |
Detached | 454,744 | 69.3% |
Attached | 18,790 | 2.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 69,202 | 10.5% |
Mobile Homes | 80,821 | 12.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 30,572 | 5.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 29,825 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 25,881 | 4.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 27,200 | 4.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 27,230 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 26,108 | 4.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 25,875 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 24,457 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 24,777 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 43,260 | 7.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 56,691 | 10.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 75,083 | 13.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 53,315 | 9.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 32,389 | 5.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 31,500 | 5.6% |
$200,000 or more | 32,799 | 5.8% |
Median Household Income | 60,724 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,647 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 34,917 | 6.2% |
Public Assistance | 17,017 | 3.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 74,259 | 13.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 565,692 | 66.7% |
Unemployed | 29,690 | 3.5% |
In Armed Forces | 1,198 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 596,580 | 70.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 251,351 | 29.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 239,371 | 198,691 | 54.6% |
Non-Profit | 16,521 | 30,091 | 35.4% |
Self-Employed | 37,215 | 20,085 | 64.9% |
Local Government | 18,190 | 26,543 | 40.7% |
State Government | 12,553 | 15,146 | 45.3% |
Federal Government | 11,334 | 6,609 | 63.2% |
Total Private + Self | 276,586 | 218,776 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 58,598 | 78,389 | 42.8% |
Total | 335,184 | 297,165 | 53.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 87,726 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 137,488 | 21.7% |
Professional, Technical | 137,136 | 21.6% |
Service Occupations | 108,701 | 17.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,569 | 0.4% |
All others | 162,530 | 25.7% |
White Collar | 57.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 87,101 | 13.7% |
Retail trade | 80,970 | 12.8% |
Manufacturing | 78,029 | 12.3% |
Educational services | 54,471 | 8.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 51,961 | 8.2% |
Construction | 49,132 | 7.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 36,177 | 5.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 29,461 | 4.6% |
Other services | 29,241 | 4.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 28,790 | 4.5% |
Finance and insurance | 24,772 | 3.9% |
Public administration | 23,955 | 3.8% |
Wholesale trade | 13,460 | 2.1% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 11,710 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 10,570 | 1.7% |
Information | 8,528 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 7,185 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 4,909 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,246 | 0.4% |
Management | 913 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 35,557 | 2.51% |
Puerto Rican | 5,280 | 0.37% |
Cuban | 2,603 | 0.18% |
Dominican | 304 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 11,957 | 0.84% |
Costa Rican | 67 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 5,201 | 0.37% |
Honduran | 4,625 | 0.33% |
Nicaraguan | 168 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 396 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 1,495 | 0.11% |
Other Central American | 5 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,929 | 0.21% |
Argentinean | 371 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 100 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 198 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 1,154 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 91 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 19 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 411 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 11 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 574 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,517 | 0.32% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 5,256 | 0.37% |
Chinese | 3,588 | 0.25% |
Filipino | 1,844 | 0.13% |
Vietnamese | 1,765 | 0.12% |
Korean | 1,546 | 0.11% |
Japanese | 668 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 427 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 392 | 0.03% |
Thai | 367 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,274,321 | 94.9% |
Spanish | 40,742 | 3.0% |
Other Indo-European | 6,607 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 3,541 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 2,978 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 2,781 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 2,407 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,188 | 0.2% |
Other | 2,123 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 178,022 | 12.6% |
American | 169,044 | 11.9% |
German | 149,579 | 10.6% |
Irish | 145,658 | 10.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 38,417 | 2.7% |
Scottish | 37,059 | 2.6% |
Italian | 31,568 | 2.2% |
European | 25,931 | 1.8% |
French | 22,196 | 1.6% |
Polish | 17,481 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 15,461 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 11,174 | 0.8% |
British | 9,503 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 7,324 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 6,825 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,385,606 | 97.8% |
Not a citizen | 31,737 | 2.2% |
Native | 1,363,207 | 96.2% |
Foreign-born | 54,136 | 3.8% |
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 | ||||||
44,483 | 4.5% | 72,530 | 7.3% | 338,136 | 33.9% | 285,695 | 28.6% | 157,568 | 15.8% | 99,160 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 44,483 | 4.5% |
9-12 Years | 72,530 | 7.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 338,136 | 33.9% |
Some College | 285,695 | 28.6% |
Bach. Degree | 157,568 | 15.8% |
Grad Degree | 99,160 | 9.9% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 487,587 | 456,713 | 30,874 | 6.3% | |
1991 | 494,669 | 457,290 | 37,379 | 7.6% | |
1992 | 515,189 | 477,687 | 37,502 | 7.3% | |
1993 | 533,541 | 498,820 | 34,721 | 6.5% | |
1994 | 560,481 | 529,762 | 30,719 | 5.5% | |
1995 | 570,464 | 537,511 | 32,953 | 5.8% | |
1996 | 572,290 | 540,382 | 31,908 | 5.6% | |
1997 | 572,198 | 540,017 | 32,181 | 5.6% | |
1998 | 578,954 | 552,039 | 26,915 | 4.6% | |
1999 | 585,100 | 560,563 | 24,537 | 4.2% | |
2000 | 576,044 | 552,349 | 23,695 | 4.1% | |
2001 | 585,534 | 557,830 | 27,704 | 4.7% | |
2002 | 601,424 | 570,527 | 30,897 | 5.1% | |
2003 | 603,613 | 571,340 | 32,273 | 5.3% | |
2004 | 605,315 | 574,397 | 30,918 | 5.1% | |
2005 | 607,239 | 575,078 | 32,161 | 5.3% | |
2006 | 633,239 | 600,965 | 32,274 | 5.1% | |
2007 | 640,013 | 611,430 | 28,583 | 4.5% | |
2008 | 645,993 | 604,971 | 41,022 | 6.4% | |
2009 | 642,140 | 577,355 | 64,785 | 10.1% | |
2010 | 635,071 | 572,735 | 62,336 | 9.8% | |
2011 | 638,514 | 579,818 | 58,696 | 9.2% | |
2012 | 630,072 | 578,014 | 52,058 | 8.3% | |
2013 | 620,329 | 569,482 | 50,847 | 8.2% | |
2014 | 610,084 | 567,985 | 42,099 | 6.9% | |
2015 | 611,731 | 576,257 | 35,474 | 5.8% | |
2016 | 621,758 | 590,747 | 31,011 | 5.0% | |
2017 | 627,191 | 602,637 | 24,554 | 3.9% | |
2018 | 635,491 | 612,915 | 22,576 | 3.6% | |
2019 | 648,954 | 626,163 | 22,791 | 3.5% | |
2020 | 640,686 | 596,193 | 44,493 | 6.9% | |
2021 | 648,882 | 622,977 | 25,905 | 4.0% | |
2022 | 657,494 | 635,371 | 22,123 | 3.4% | |
2023 | 662,779 | 640,816 | 21,963 | 3.3% |