2022 population: 2,108,945
( 128,198 from 2010
, 8,621 from 2020)
Land area: 8831.3 square miles
Population density: 238.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,662,309 | 78.82% | 2.5% |
Black: | 152,561 | 7.23% | 10.3% |
Indian: | 9,121 | 0.43% | 7.0% |
Asian: | 47,477 | 2.25% | 50.0% |
2+ races: | 53,588 | 2.54% | 36.7% |
Hispanic: | 183,889 | 8.72% | 32.3% |
Total non-White: | 446,636 | 21.18% | 24.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 52,761 | 12.6 |
Deaths: | 47,695 | 11.4 |
Net Migration: | -1,761 | -0.4 |
Net Immigration: | 4,463 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | 40,092 | 2.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 88,106 | 4.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 885,331 | |
Median Value | $209,613 | |
Occupied | 800,993 | 90.5% |
Vacant | 84,338 | 9.5% |
Owned | 593,785 | 74.1% |
Rented | 207,208 | 25.9% |
Median Rent | $996 | |
Single-Family Units | 663,332 | 74.9% |
Detached | 628,026 | 70.9% |
Attached | 35,306 | 4.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 114,611 | 12.9% |
Mobile Homes | 59,589 | 6.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 31,680 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 28,301 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 26,566 | 3.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 30,122 | 3.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 33,558 | 4.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 30,963 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 31,894 | 4.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 31,579 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 32,293 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 62,412 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 83,535 | 10.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 117,310 | 14.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 84,329 | 10.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 58,364 | 7.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 61,044 | 7.6% |
$200,000 or more | 57,043 | 7.1% |
Median Household Income | 71,366 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,989 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 39,048 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 20,163 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 91,906 | 11.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 889,306 | 72.7% |
Unemployed | 46,792 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 925 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 937,023 | 76.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 286,603 | 23.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 416,073 | 312,925 | 57.1% |
Non-Profit | 35,889 | 76,351 | 32.0% |
Self-Employed | 53,475 | 32,204 | 62.4% |
Local Government | 21,957 | 36,378 | 37.6% |
State Government | 10,523 | 13,930 | 43.0% |
Federal Government | 6,864 | 5,484 | 55.6% |
Total Private + Self | 469,548 | 345,129 | 57.6% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 75,233 | 132,143 | 36.3% |
Total | 544,781 | 477,272 | 53.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 9.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 154,932 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 199,753 | 19.5% |
Professional, Technical | 218,632 | 21.4% |
Service Occupations | 162,879 | 15.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 8,212 | 0.8% |
All others | 287,439 | 28.1% |
White Collar | 56.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 222,349 | 21.7% |
Health care and social assistance | 145,465 | 14.2% |
Retail trade | 110,699 | 10.8% |
Educational services | 82,106 | 8.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 70,327 | 6.9% |
Construction | 61,774 | 6.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 50,372 | 4.9% |
Other services | 48,633 | 4.8% |
Finance and insurance | 37,577 | 3.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 36,765 | 3.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 36,068 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 28,871 | 2.8% |
Public administration | 26,382 | 2.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 16,539 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 15,874 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 14,688 | 1.4% |
Information | 11,021 | 1.1% |
Utilities | 6,296 | 0.6% |
Management | 1,264 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 565 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 125,388 | 5.97% |
Puerto Rican | 14,113 | 0.67% |
Cuban | 5,050 | 0.24% |
Dominican | 3,464 | 0.17% |
Total Central American | 13,089 | 0.62% |
Costa Rican | 691 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 8,626 | 0.41% |
Honduran | 1,342 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 367 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 838 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 1,220 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 5 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 5,574 | 0.27% |
Argentinean | 336 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 69 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 629 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 2,313 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 550 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 87 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 898 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 26 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 666 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 10,348 | 0.49% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 8,276 | 0.39% |
Vietnamese | 6,340 | 0.30% |
Chinese | 5,602 | 0.27% |
Korean | 5,276 | 0.25% |
Burmese | 3,974 | 0.19% |
Filipino | 3,125 | 0.15% |
Laotian | 1,897 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 1,656 | 0.08% |
Cambodian | 1,135 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,807,822 | 91.5% |
Spanish | 94,543 | 4.8% |
German, other Germanic | 11,605 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 11,530 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 10,232 | 0.5% |
Other | 9,044 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 6,726 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 5,651 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 4,929 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 393,967 | 18.8% |
Dutch | 276,988 | 13.2% |
English | 209,575 | 10.0% |
Irish | 198,873 | 9.5% |
Polish | 113,616 | 5.4% |
American | 84,215 | 4.0% |
Italian | 58,410 | 2.8% |
French | 50,738 | 2.4% |
European | 46,951 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 36,235 | 1.7% |
Swedish | 33,926 | 1.6% |
Norwegian | 18,936 | 0.9% |
French Canadian | 15,769 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 12,037 | 0.6% |
Danish | 11,666 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 2,038,656 | 97.1% |
Not a citizen | 60,721 | 2.9% |
Native | 1,988,854 | 94.7% |
Foreign-born | 110,523 | 5.3% |
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 | ||||||
39,679 | 2.8% | 71,315 | 5.1% | 416,572 | 29.7% | 445,644 | 31.8% | 278,184 | 19.9% | 149,724 | 10.7% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 39,679 | 2.8% |
9-12 Years | 71,315 | 5.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 416,572 | 29.7% |
Some College | 445,644 | 31.8% |
Bach. Degree | 278,184 | 19.9% |
Grad Degree | 149,724 | 10.7% |
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 | 867,314 | 808,932 | 58,382 | 6.7% | |
1991 | 858,457 | 790,208 | 68,249 | 8.0% | |
1992 | 868,870 | 800,386 | 68,484 | 7.9% | |
1993 | 896,846 | 839,731 | 57,115 | 6.4% | |
1994 | 930,572 | 880,698 | 49,874 | 5.4% | |
1995 | 940,621 | 897,422 | 43,199 | 4.6% | |
1996 | 952,568 | 910,525 | 42,043 | 4.4% | |
1997 | 980,472 | 944,233 | 36,239 | 3.7% | |
1998 | 996,741 | 964,652 | 32,089 | 3.2% | |
1999 | 1,017,742 | 984,949 | 32,793 | 3.2% | |
2000 | 1,024,116 | 988,615 | 35,501 | 3.5% | |
2001 | 1,029,871 | 978,346 | 51,525 | 5.0% | |
2002 | 1,004,021 | 943,253 | 60,768 | 6.1% | |
2003 | 1,006,507 | 936,896 | 69,611 | 6.9% | |
2004 | 1,019,474 | 953,699 | 65,775 | 6.5% | |
2005 | 1,032,384 | 969,292 | 63,092 | 6.1% | |
2006 | 1,036,962 | 970,347 | 66,615 | 6.4% | |
2007 | 1,027,399 | 961,360 | 66,039 | 6.4% | |
2008 | 1,015,232 | 940,769 | 74,463 | 7.3% | |
2009 | 995,812 | 877,644 | 118,168 | 11.9% | |
2010 | 986,516 | 879,012 | 107,504 | 10.9% | |
2011 | 978,799 | 893,374 | 85,425 | 8.7% | |
2012 | 985,289 | 910,208 | 75,081 | 7.6% | |
2013 | 999,395 | 928,066 | 71,329 | 7.1% | |
2014 | 1,022,595 | 963,950 | 58,645 | 5.7% | |
2015 | 1,037,081 | 990,989 | 46,092 | 4.4% | |
2016 | 1,051,342 | 1,008,042 | 43,300 | 4.1% | |
2017 | 1,057,769 | 1,015,728 | 42,041 | 4.0% | |
2018 | 1,066,892 | 1,030,026 | 36,866 | 3.5% | |
2019 | 1,069,414 | 1,034,579 | 34,835 | 3.3% | |
2020 | 1,058,195 | 973,685 | 84,510 | 8.0% | |
2021 | 1,033,375 | 981,117 | 52,258 | 5.1% | |
2022 | 1,057,125 | 1,015,679 | 41,446 | 3.9% | |
2023 | 1,099,078 | 1,059,626 | 39,452 | 3.6% |