2022 population: 3,475,470
( 517,820 from 2010
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103,099 from 2020)
Land area: 10354.9 square miles
Population density: 335.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 2,165,318 | 62.30% | ![]() |
Black: | 716,509 | 20.62% | ![]() |
Indian: | 12,502 | 0.36% | ![]() |
Asian: | 144,838 | 4.17% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 71,345 | 2.05% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 364,958 | 10.50% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 1,310,152 | 37.70% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 86,860 | 12.9 |
Deaths: | 76,840 | 11.4 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 76,886 | 11.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 15,397 | 2.3 |
Change in White population: | 153,343 | 5.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 364,477 | 12.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,454,857 | |
Median Value | $264,381 | |
Occupied | 1,305,125 | 89.7% |
Vacant | 149,732 | 10.3% |
Owned | 879,055 | 67.4% |
Rented | 426,070 | 32.6% |
Median Rent | $1,132 | |
Single-Family Units | 1,042,814 | 71.7% |
Detached | 976,434 | 67.1% |
Attached | 66,380 | 4.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 223,316 | 15.3% |
Mobile Homes | 131,402 | 9.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 57,707 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 47,411 | 3.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 47,100 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 48,886 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 51,533 | 3.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 52,235 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 49,072 | 3.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 53,511 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 52,336 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 97,419 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 128,217 | 9.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 170,106 | 13.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 125,479 | 9.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 90,142 | 6.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 102,819 | 7.9% |
$200,000 or more | 131,152 | 10.0% |
Median Household Income | 72,150 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,147 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 53,691 | 4.1% |
Public Assistance | 19,377 | 1.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 145,057 | 11.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,435,930 | 72.3% |
Unemployed | 78,099 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 2,954 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 1,516,983 | 76.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 468,728 | 23.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 676,168 | 551,643 | 55.1% |
Non-Profit | 39,275 | 72,003 | 35.3% |
Self-Employed | 96,656 | 59,080 | 62.1% |
Local Government | 38,310 | 57,341 | 40.1% |
State Government | 23,467 | 40,516 | 36.7% |
Federal Government | 10,523 | 10,430 | 50.2% |
Total Private + Self | 772,824 | 610,723 | 55.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 111,575 | 180,290 | 38.2% |
Total | 884,399 | 791,013 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 316,403 | 18.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 350,125 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 365,114 | 21.7% |
Service Occupations | 242,965 | 14.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 5,708 | 0.3% |
All others | 404,657 | 24.1% |
White Collar | 61.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 220,571 | 13.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 202,404 | 12.1% |
Retail trade | 191,937 | 11.4% |
Educational services | 124,547 | 7.4% |
Finance and insurance | 124,228 | 7.4% |
Construction | 121,417 | 7.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 117,642 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 110,011 | 6.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 85,716 | 5.1% |
Other services | 85,381 | 5.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 73,947 | 4.4% |
Public administration | 48,067 | 2.9% |
Wholesale trade | 47,382 | 2.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 32,324 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 29,940 | 1.8% |
Information | 29,887 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 18,265 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 11,534 | 0.7% |
Management | 2,369 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,695 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 150,765 | 4.46% |
Puerto Rican | 32,706 | 0.97% |
Cuban | 11,746 | 0.35% |
Dominican | 13,217 | 0.39% |
Total Central American | 73,530 | 2.17% |
Costa Rican | 3,031 | 0.09% |
Guatemalan | 13,532 | 0.40% |
Honduran | 28,269 | 0.84% |
Nicaraguan | 3,117 | 0.09% |
Panamanian | 2,273 | 0.07% |
Salvadoran | 23,148 | 0.68% |
Other Central American | 160 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 36,162 | 1.07% |
Argentinean | 1,653 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 452 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 1,434 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 13,030 | 0.39% |
Ecuadorian | 8,548 | 0.25% |
Paraguayan | 55 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 4,376 | 0.13% |
Uruguayan | 938 | 0.03% |
Venezuelan | 5,483 | 0.16% |
Other South American | 193 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 18,102 | 0.54% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 47,034 | 1.39% |
Vietnamese | 15,401 | 0.46% |
Chinese | 14,688 | 0.43% |
Hmong | 11,263 | 0.33% |
Filipino | 7,491 | 0.22% |
Korean | 5,819 | 0.17% |
Laotian | 3,011 | 0.09% |
Japanese | 2,201 | 0.07% |
Burmese | 2,130 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,771,217 | 86.9% |
Spanish | 257,264 | 8.1% |
Other Indo-European | 40,095 | 1.3% |
Other Asian | 36,899 | 1.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 13,178 | 0.4% |
Other | 12,673 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 12,274 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 10,464 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 10,397 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 362,116 | 10.7% |
German | 360,522 | 10.7% |
English | 330,941 | 9.8% |
Irish | 282,803 | 8.4% |
Italian | 113,091 | 3.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 81,009 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 72,655 | 2.1% |
European | 56,274 | 1.7% |
Polish | 53,735 | 1.6% |
French | 47,171 | 1.4% |
African | 31,312 | 0.9% |
Dutch | 25,918 | 0.8% |
British | 18,373 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 17,709 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 17,387 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 3,199,446 | 94.6% |
Not a citizen | 183,186 | 5.4% |
Native | 3,066,787 | 90.7% |
Foreign-born | 315,845 | 9.3% |
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 | ||||||
94,896 | 4.1% | 151,141 | 6.5% | 574,531 | 24.8% | 694,918 | 30.0% | 524,783 | 22.7% | 273,061 | 11.8% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 94,896 | 4.1% |
9-12 Years | 151,141 | 6.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 574,531 | 24.8% |
Some College | 694,918 | 30.0% |
Bach. Degree | 524,783 | 22.7% |
Grad Degree | 273,061 | 11.8% |
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 | 1,086,539 | 1,044,927 | 41,612 | 3.8% | |
1991 | 1,099,647 | 1,033,256 | 66,391 | 6.0% | |
1992 | 1,115,698 | 1,045,899 | 69,799 | 6.3% | |
1993 | 1,126,516 | 1,069,196 | 57,320 | 5.1% | |
1994 | 1,146,759 | 1,098,892 | 47,867 | 4.2% | |
1995 | 1,169,949 | 1,122,022 | 47,927 | 4.1% | |
1996 | 1,205,329 | 1,152,696 | 52,633 | 4.4% | |
1997 | 1,225,018 | 1,178,828 | 46,190 | 3.8% | |
1998 | 1,225,345 | 1,185,916 | 39,429 | 3.2% | |
1999 | 1,258,323 | 1,221,223 | 37,100 | 2.9% | |
2000 | 1,297,925 | 1,251,672 | 46,253 | 3.6% | |
2001 | 1,321,248 | 1,245,552 | 75,696 | 5.7% | |
2002 | 1,322,864 | 1,229,100 | 93,764 | 7.1% | |
2003 | 1,342,212 | 1,244,916 | 97,296 | 7.2% | |
2004 | 1,340,067 | 1,252,462 | 87,605 | 6.5% | |
2005 | 1,355,272 | 1,272,788 | 82,484 | 6.1% | |
2006 | 1,401,801 | 1,323,113 | 78,688 | 5.6% | |
2007 | 1,424,501 | 1,344,300 | 80,201 | 5.6% | |
2008 | 1,440,258 | 1,341,824 | 98,434 | 6.8% | |
2009 | 1,451,912 | 1,266,453 | 185,459 | 12.8% | |
2010 | 1,498,233 | 1,318,609 | 179,624 | 12.0% | |
2011 | 1,508,163 | 1,344,148 | 164,015 | 10.9% | |
2012 | 1,529,880 | 1,381,613 | 148,267 | 9.7% | |
2013 | 1,530,522 | 1,410,545 | 119,977 | 7.8% | |
2014 | 1,543,040 | 1,449,123 | 93,917 | 6.1% | |
2015 | 1,577,961 | 1,491,454 | 86,507 | 5.5% | |
2016 | 1,616,999 | 1,538,590 | 78,409 | 4.8% | |
2017 | 1,657,134 | 1,585,747 | 71,387 | 4.3% | |
2018 | 1,682,934 | 1,619,607 | 63,327 | 3.8% | |
2019 | 1,723,447 | 1,662,937 | 60,510 | 3.5% | |
2020 | 1,700,145 | 1,575,635 | 124,510 | 7.3% | |
2021 | 1,708,099 | 1,628,402 | 79,697 | 4.7% | |
2022 | 1,779,602 | 1,718,030 | 61,572 | 3.5% | |
2023 | 1,813,659 | 1,754,469 | 59,190 | 3.3% | |
2024 | 1,816,364 | 1,750,305 | 66,059 | 3.6% |