2022 population: 6,801,810
( 479,377 from 2010
, 28,610 from 2020)
Land area: 9243.8 square miles
Population density: 735.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 4,891,559 | 71.92% | 0.9% |
Black: | 464,121 | 6.82% | 34.3% |
Indian: | 12,154 | 0.18% | 15.7% |
Asian: | 532,358 | 7.83% | 54.0% |
2+ races: | 132,173 | 1.94% | 17.0% |
Hispanic: | 769,445 | 11.31% | 48.5% |
Total non-White: | 1,910,251 | 28.08% | 37.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 149,950 | 11.0 |
Deaths: | 140,034 | 10.3 |
Net Migration: | -98,320 | -7.2 |
Net Immigration: | 59,820 | 4.4 |
Change in White population: | -43,387 | -0.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 522,764 | 8.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 2,925,522 | |
Median Value | $528,037 | |
Occupied | 2,657,285 | 90.8% |
Vacant | 268,237 | 9.2% |
Owned | 1,696,378 | 63.8% |
Rented | 960,907 | 36.2% |
Median Rent | $1,673 | |
Single-Family Units | 1,711,051 | 58.5% |
Detached | 1,533,153 | 52.4% |
Attached | 177,898 | 6.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 638,844 | 21.8% |
Mobile Homes | 39,995 | 1.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 105,664 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 86,528 | 3.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 71,266 | 2.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 70,627 | 2.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 70,824 | 2.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 67,778 | 2.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 65,565 | 2.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 67,167 | 2.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 67,953 | 2.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 139,571 | 5.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 195,412 | 7.4% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 303,788 | 11.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 262,411 | 9.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 218,812 | 8.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 324,040 | 12.2% |
$200,000 or more | 539,879 | 20.3% |
Median Household Income | 102,634 | |
Per Capita Income | 55,348 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 132 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 130,225 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 79,847 | 3.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 315,332 | 11.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 3,038,176 | 76.3% |
Unemployed | 145,168 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 5,186 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 3,188,530 | 80.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 794,216 | 19.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 1,320,219 | 1,080,128 | 55.0% |
Non-Profit | 173,722 | 307,437 | 36.1% |
Self-Employed | 197,542 | 125,139 | 61.2% |
Local Government | 94,071 | 159,526 | 37.1% |
State Government | 55,567 | 65,717 | 45.8% |
Federal Government | 38,881 | 24,379 | 61.5% |
Total Private + Self | 1,517,761 | 1,205,267 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 362,241 | 557,059 | 39.4% |
Total | 1,880,002 | 1,762,326 | 51.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 741,951 | 20.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 673,062 | 18.4% |
Professional, Technical | 1,105,020 | 30.3% |
Service Occupations | 551,765 | 15.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 7,051 | 0.2% |
All others | 576,466 | 15.8% |
White Collar | 69.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 564,305 | 15.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 435,987 | 12.0% |
Educational services | 411,631 | 11.3% |
Retail trade | 367,421 | 10.1% |
Manufacturing | 347,004 | 9.5% |
Construction | 221,695 | 6.1% |
Finance and insurance | 210,595 | 5.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 209,967 | 5.8% |
Other services | 154,822 | 4.2% |
Public administration | 137,154 | 3.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 135,476 | 3.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 121,719 | 3.3% |
Information | 80,573 | 2.2% |
Wholesale trade | 73,200 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 71,426 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 61,024 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 24,086 | 0.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 13,455 | 0.4% |
Management | 5,205 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,519 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 51,028 | 0.75% |
Puerto Rican | 208,994 | 3.07% |
Cuban | 15,499 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 171,217 | 2.52% |
Total Central American | 147,883 | 2.18% |
Costa Rican | 3,644 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 45,977 | 0.68% |
Honduran | 19,400 | 0.29% |
Nicaraguan | 2,368 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 3,030 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 69,871 | 1.03% |
Other Central American | 3,593 | 0.05% |
Total South American | 88,399 | 1.30% |
Argentinean | 5,165 | 0.08% |
Bolivian | 1,657 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 3,897 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 39,012 | 0.57% |
Ecuadorian | 16,052 | 0.24% |
Paraguayan | 664 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 11,062 | 0.16% |
Uruguayan | 2,268 | 0.03% |
Venezuelan | 7,117 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 1,505 | 0.02% |
Other Hispanic | 55,149 | 0.81% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 167,834 | 2.47% |
Indian | 127,180 | 1.87% |
Vietnamese | 51,135 | 0.75% |
Cambodian | 26,966 | 0.40% |
Korean | 26,135 | 0.38% |
Filipino | 15,390 | 0.23% |
Japanese | 9,584 | 0.14% |
Taiwanese | 5,948 | 0.09% |
Bangladeshi | 3,762 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 5,001,655 | 77.5% |
Spanish | 533,520 | 8.3% |
Other Indo-European | 322,730 | 5.0% |
Chinese | 138,689 | 2.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 133,755 | 2.1% |
Other Asian | 81,115 | 1.3% |
Other | 61,583 | 1.0% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 57,882 | 0.9% |
Vietnamese | 42,230 | 0.7% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 1,346,240 | 19.8% |
Italian | 799,082 | 11.8% |
English | 729,088 | 10.7% |
German | 412,407 | 6.1% |
French | 372,070 | 5.5% |
French Canadian | 254,010 | 3.7% |
American | 250,571 | 3.7% |
Polish | 233,027 | 3.4% |
Scottish | 150,160 | 2.2% |
Portuguese | 134,633 | 2.0% |
Swedish | 103,873 | 1.5% |
European | 87,940 | 1.3% |
Russian | 87,650 | 1.3% |
Greek | 86,536 | 1.3% |
Brazilian | 80,728 | 1.2% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 6,266,694 | 92.2% |
Not a citizen | 531,729 | 7.8% |
Native | 5,639,364 | 83.0% |
Foreign-born | 1,159,059 | 17.0% |
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 | ||||||
176,938 | 3.7% | 192,621 | 4.0% | 1,077,088 | 22.4% | 1,083,628 | 22.5% | 1,257,204 | 26.1% | 1,026,517 | 21.3% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 176,938 | 3.7% |
9-12 Years | 192,621 | 4.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 1,077,088 | 22.4% |
Some College | 1,083,628 | 22.5% |
Bach. Degree | 1,257,204 | 26.1% |
Grad Degree | 1,026,517 | 21.3% |
Average years of education: 14.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 3,103,190 | 2,919,522 | 183,668 | 5.9% | |
1991 | 3,057,964 | 2,810,272 | 247,692 | 8.1% | |
1992 | 3,058,756 | 2,807,435 | 251,321 | 8.2% | |
1993 | 3,064,976 | 2,859,139 | 205,837 | 6.7% | |
1994 | 3,080,157 | 2,907,580 | 172,577 | 5.6% | |
1995 | 3,099,472 | 2,948,326 | 151,146 | 4.9% | |
1996 | 3,136,184 | 3,004,689 | 131,495 | 4.2% | |
1997 | 3,208,435 | 3,089,505 | 118,930 | 3.7% | |
1998 | 3,243,004 | 3,142,559 | 100,445 | 3.1% | |
1999 | 3,281,321 | 3,181,427 | 99,894 | 3.0% | |
2000 | 3,256,202 | 3,169,113 | 87,089 | 2.7% | |
2001 | 3,301,050 | 3,180,814 | 120,236 | 3.6% | |
2002 | 3,341,921 | 3,172,251 | 169,670 | 5.1% | |
2003 | 3,330,670 | 3,148,869 | 181,801 | 5.5% | |
2004 | 3,318,147 | 3,159,572 | 158,575 | 4.8% | |
2005 | 3,313,882 | 3,165,974 | 147,908 | 4.5% | |
2006 | 3,340,258 | 3,195,045 | 145,213 | 4.3% | |
2007 | 3,367,309 | 3,226,598 | 140,711 | 4.2% | |
2008 | 3,401,326 | 3,237,214 | 164,112 | 4.8% | |
2009 | 3,403,241 | 3,148,227 | 255,014 | 7.5% | |
2010 | 3,429,542 | 3,174,516 | 255,026 | 7.4% | |
2011 | 3,433,755 | 3,206,750 | 227,005 | 6.6% | |
2012 | 3,458,545 | 3,243,890 | 214,655 | 6.2% | |
2013 | 3,473,079 | 3,260,703 | 212,376 | 6.1% | |
2014 | 3,521,549 | 3,337,357 | 184,192 | 5.2% | |
2015 | 3,543,735 | 3,389,914 | 153,821 | 4.3% | |
2016 | 3,577,598 | 3,447,784 | 129,814 | 3.6% | |
2017 | 3,635,097 | 3,508,994 | 126,103 | 3.5% | |
2018 | 3,713,429 | 3,596,472 | 116,957 | 3.1% | |
2019 | 3,742,234 | 3,637,399 | 104,835 | 2.8% | |
2020 | 3,631,676 | 3,329,917 | 301,759 | 8.3% | |
2021 | 3,695,087 | 3,510,062 | 185,025 | 5.0% | |
2022 | 3,709,118 | 3,583,129 | 125,989 | 3.4% | |
2023 | 3,716,269 | 3,602,522 | 113,747 | 3.1% |