2022 population: 1,246,176
( 56,310 from 2010
, 25,691 from 2020)
Land area: 3203.4 square miles
Population density: 389.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 633,718 | 50.85% | 0.9% |
Black: | 429,315 | 34.45% | 6.3% |
Indian: | 4,681 | 0.38% | 7.7% |
Asian: | 37,869 | 3.04% | 18.8% |
2+ races: | 20,173 | 1.62% | 30.2% |
Hispanic: | 120,420 | 9.66% | 30.6% |
Total non-White: | 612,458 | 49.15% | 11.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 32,876 | 12.9 |
Deaths: | 32,161 | 12.6 |
Net Migration: | -31,967 | -12.6 |
Net Immigration: | 5,163 | 2.0 |
Change in White population: | -5,638 | -0.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 61,948 | 5.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 572,691 | |
Median Value | $251,472 | |
Occupied | 498,271 | 87.0% |
Vacant | 74,420 | 13.0% |
Owned | 317,844 | 63.8% |
Rented | 180,427 | 36.2% |
Median Rent | $1,160 | |
Single-Family Units | 389,149 | 68.0% |
Detached | 356,506 | 62.3% |
Attached | 32,643 | 5.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 87,983 | 15.4% |
Mobile Homes | 21,561 | 3.8% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 36,308 | 7.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 27,042 | 5.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 20,845 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 23,571 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 22,063 | 4.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 20,813 | 4.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 17,961 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 19,077 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 18,913 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 33,859 | 6.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 45,848 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 59,067 | 11.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 43,616 | 8.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 30,643 | 6.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 37,512 | 7.5% |
$200,000 or more | 41,133 | 8.3% |
Median Household Income | 62,892 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,745 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 32,966 | 6.6% |
Public Assistance | 9,871 | 2.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 74,663 | 15.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 489,866 | 66.9% |
Unemployed | 37,352 | 5.1% |
In Armed Forces | 4,131 | 0.6% |
Total Labor Force | 531,349 | 72.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 201,214 | 27.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 202,406 | 181,083 | 52.8% |
Non-Profit | 17,655 | 36,223 | 32.8% |
Self-Employed | 41,443 | 26,551 | 61.0% |
Local Government | 15,345 | 23,752 | 39.2% |
State Government | 8,714 | 14,381 | 37.7% |
Federal Government | 9,490 | 8,789 | 51.9% |
Total Private + Self | 243,849 | 207,634 | 54.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 51,204 | 83,145 | 38.1% |
Total | 295,053 | 290,779 | 50.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 90,900 | 15.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 119,873 | 20.4% |
Professional, Technical | 150,949 | 25.7% |
Service Occupations | 109,803 | 18.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,801 | 0.3% |
All others | 115,322 | 19.7% |
White Collar | 61.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 85,473 | 14.6% |
Retail trade | 60,041 | 10.2% |
Educational services | 59,329 | 10.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 53,065 | 9.0% |
Construction | 45,712 | 7.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 42,643 | 7.3% |
Manufacturing | 34,252 | 5.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 31,517 | 5.4% |
Other services | 31,063 | 5.3% |
Public administration | 30,006 | 5.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 24,889 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 21,847 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 16,593 | 2.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 15,336 | 2.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 11,390 | 1.9% |
Information | 9,184 | 1.6% |
Utilities | 5,854 | 1.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 5,513 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,620 | 0.4% |
Management | 520 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 21,021 | 1.66% |
Puerto Rican | 6,069 | 0.48% |
Cuban | 7,873 | 0.62% |
Dominican | 5,285 | 0.42% |
Total Central American | 53,971 | 4.27% |
Costa Rican | 805 | 0.06% |
Guatemalan | 4,916 | 0.39% |
Honduran | 35,836 | 2.83% |
Nicaraguan | 5,881 | 0.47% |
Panamanian | 633 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 3,834 | 0.30% |
Other Central American | 2,066 | 0.16% |
Total South American | 5,448 | 0.43% |
Argentinean | 386 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 346 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 160 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 1,607 | 0.13% |
Ecuadorian | 1,194 | 0.09% |
Paraguayan | 56 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 887 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 94 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 627 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 91 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 17,562 | 1.39% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 16,557 | 1.31% |
Chinese | 6,082 | 0.48% |
Indian | 3,549 | 0.28% |
Filipino | 3,057 | 0.24% |
Korean | 858 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 664 | 0.05% |
Cambodian | 431 | 0.03% |
Thai | 293 | 0.02% |
Taiwanese | 271 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,055,644 | 88.7% |
Spanish | 78,418 | 6.6% |
Vietnamese | 13,373 | 1.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 10,767 | 0.9% |
Other Indo-European | 8,496 | 0.7% |
Arabic | 6,460 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 4,832 | 0.4% |
Other | 2,993 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 2,797 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 133,967 | 10.6% |
German | 120,907 | 9.6% |
Irish | 99,570 | 7.9% |
Italian | 94,479 | 7.5% |
English | 75,950 | 6.0% |
American | 62,010 | 4.9% |
African | 23,589 | 1.9% |
European | 14,385 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 12,862 | 1.0% |
French Canadian | 12,516 | 1.0% |
Polish | 8,837 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 7,586 | 0.6% |
Cajun | 5,824 | 0.5% |
British | 5,636 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 4,845 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,211,264 | 95.8% |
Not a citizen | 53,093 | 4.2% |
Native | 1,167,306 | 92.3% |
Foreign-born | 97,051 | 7.7% |
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 | ||||||
35,877 | 4.1% | 66,142 | 7.5% | 231,429 | 26.3% | 255,414 | 29.0% | 179,980 | 20.4% | 112,547 | 12.8% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 35,877 | 4.1% |
9-12 Years | 66,142 | 7.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 231,429 | 26.3% |
Some College | 255,414 | 29.0% |
Bach. Degree | 179,980 | 20.4% |
Grad Degree | 112,547 | 12.8% |
Average years of education: 13.5 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 1,180,020 | 1,104,146 | 75,874 | 6.4% | |
1991 | 1,205,124 | 1,116,144 | 88,980 | 7.4% | |
1992 | 1,203,124 | 1,094,298 | 108,826 | 9.0% | |
1993 | 1,208,878 | 1,099,390 | 109,488 | 9.1% | |
1994 | 1,233,932 | 1,127,506 | 106,426 | 8.6% | |
1995 | 1,239,946 | 1,144,072 | 95,874 | 7.7% | |
1996 | 1,255,262 | 1,166,946 | 88,316 | 7.0% | |
1997 | 1,265,270 | 1,191,922 | 73,348 | 5.8% | |
1998 | 1,277,502 | 1,208,932 | 68,570 | 5.4% | |
1999 | 1,271,364 | 1,210,218 | 61,146 | 4.8% | |
2000 | 1,266,124 | 1,203,760 | 62,364 | 4.9% | |
2001 | 1,252,816 | 1,187,586 | 65,230 | 5.2% | |
2002 | 1,236,726 | 1,167,740 | 68,986 | 5.6% | |
2003 | 1,234,916 | 1,166,296 | 68,620 | 5.6% | |
2004 | 1,236,406 | 1,173,262 | 63,144 | 5.1% | |
2005 | 18,120 | 16,202 | 1,918 | 10.6% | |
2006 | 16,902 | 15,854 | 1,048 | 6.2% | |
2007 | 1,041,620 | 1,001,872 | 39,748 | 3.8% | |
2008 | 1,077,330 | 1,027,578 | 49,752 | 4.6% | |
2009 | 1,090,296 | 1,017,328 | 72,968 | 6.7% | |
2010 | 1,140,678 | 1,057,344 | 83,334 | 7.3% | |
2011 | 1,142,854 | 1,059,556 | 83,298 | 7.3% | |
2012 | 1,149,996 | 1,072,510 | 77,486 | 6.7% | |
2013 | 1,163,246 | 1,089,040 | 74,206 | 6.4% | |
2014 | 1,189,320 | 1,115,262 | 74,058 | 6.2% | |
2015 | 1,204,710 | 1,132,528 | 72,182 | 6.0% | |
2016 | 1,198,756 | 1,132,618 | 66,138 | 5.5% | |
2017 | 1,191,048 | 1,134,138 | 56,910 | 4.8% | |
2018 | 1,194,052 | 1,139,394 | 54,658 | 4.6% | |
2019 | 1,206,980 | 1,154,730 | 52,250 | 4.3% | |
2020 | 1,185,486 | 1,070,796 | 114,690 | 9.7% | |
2021 | 1,174,098 | 1,099,386 | 74,712 | 6.4% | |
2022 | 1,179,544 | 1,135,034 | 44,510 | 3.8% | |
2023 | 1,172,794 | 1,128,474 | 44,320 | 3.8% |