2022 population: 812,271
( 1,934 from 2010
, 6,149 from 2020)
Land area: 8427.6 square miles
Population density: 96.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 492,606 | 60.65% | 2.7% |
Black: | 201,342 | 24.79% | 5.8% |
Indian: | 3,767 | 0.46% | 21.4% |
Asian: | 13,917 | 1.71% | 36.8% |
2+ races: | 20,354 | 2.51% | 38.7% |
Hispanic: | 80,285 | 9.88% | 31.1% |
Total non-White: | 319,665 | 39.35% | 5.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 23,725 | 14.7 |
Deaths: | 21,984 | 13.6 |
Net Migration: | 3,572 | 2.2 |
Net Immigration: | 817 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | -13,762 | -1.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 15,696 | 1.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 389,011 | |
Median Value | $178,733 | |
Occupied | 316,810 | 81.4% |
Vacant | 72,201 | 18.6% |
Owned | 198,536 | 62.7% |
Rented | 118,274 | 37.3% |
Median Rent | $952 | |
Single-Family Units | 257,451 | 66.2% |
Detached | 234,809 | 60.4% |
Attached | 22,642 | 5.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 42,462 | 10.9% |
Mobile Homes | 69,469 | 17.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 20,030 | 6.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 17,516 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 15,386 | 4.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 14,460 | 4.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 15,437 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 15,827 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 16,214 | 5.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 16,046 | 5.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 13,649 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 24,768 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 32,710 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 41,561 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 26,745 | 8.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 17,043 | 5.4% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 15,979 | 5.0% |
$200,000 or more | 13,439 | 4.2% |
Median Household Income | 55,936 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,941 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 84 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 19,131 | 6.0% |
Public Assistance | 8,117 | 2.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 50,245 | 15.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 274,429 | 60.1% |
Unemployed | 19,478 | 4.3% |
In Armed Forces | 35,874 | 7.9% |
Total Labor Force | 329,781 | 72.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 126,662 | 27.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.0% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 108,341 | 96,354 | 52.9% |
Non-Profit | 7,222 | 14,163 | 33.8% |
Self-Employed | 19,927 | 11,342 | 63.7% |
Local Government | 9,887 | 14,571 | 40.4% |
State Government | 8,557 | 13,889 | 38.1% |
Federal Government | 10,143 | 5,963 | 63.0% |
Total Private + Self | 128,268 | 107,696 | 54.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 35,809 | 48,586 | 42.4% |
Total | 164,077 | 156,282 | 51.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 19.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 40,435 | 12.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 63,777 | 19.9% |
Professional, Technical | 71,445 | 22.3% |
Service Occupations | 60,808 | 18.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 3,854 | 1.2% |
All others | 84,541 | 26.3% |
White Collar | 54.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 48,157 | 15.0% |
Retail trade | 38,392 | 12.0% |
Manufacturing | 33,825 | 10.5% |
Educational services | 31,014 | 9.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 27,776 | 8.7% |
Construction | 24,584 | 7.7% |
Public administration | 20,674 | 6.4% |
Other services | 14,981 | 4.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 13,540 | 4.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 13,380 | 4.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 13,359 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 8,571 | 2.7% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 7,225 | 2.3% |
Wholesale trade | 6,585 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,167 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,766 | 1.5% |
Information | 4,090 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 2,675 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,106 | 0.3% |
Management | 139 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 43,233 | 5.44% |
Puerto Rican | 12,460 | 1.57% |
Cuban | 2,486 | 0.31% |
Dominican | 1,759 | 0.22% |
Total Central American | 8,933 | 1.12% |
Costa Rican | 231 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 2,294 | 0.29% |
Honduran | 3,504 | 0.44% |
Nicaraguan | 206 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 222 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 2,459 | 0.31% |
Other Central American | 17 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,819 | 0.48% |
Argentinean | 285 | 0.04% |
Bolivian | 20 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 319 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 1,209 | 0.15% |
Ecuadorian | 636 | 0.08% |
Paraguayan | 198 | 0.02% |
Peruvian | 395 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 24 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 726 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 7 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,692 | 0.46% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 2,184 | 0.27% |
Korean | 1,724 | 0.22% |
Indian | 1,412 | 0.18% |
Chinese | 1,411 | 0.18% |
Vietnamese | 1,130 | 0.14% |
Japanese | 1,085 | 0.14% |
Burmese | 928 | 0.12% |
Cambodian | 304 | 0.04% |
Hmong | 169 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 679,757 | 91.0% |
Spanish | 50,484 | 6.8% |
Other Asian | 3,474 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,148 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 1,923 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 1,736 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 1,335 | 0.2% |
Other | 1,293 | 0.2% |
Korean | 1,035 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 96,562 | 12.2% |
Irish | 69,807 | 8.8% |
German | 65,555 | 8.3% |
American | 61,451 | 7.7% |
Italian | 25,679 | 3.2% |
Scottish | 14,069 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 11,742 | 1.5% |
French | 11,078 | 1.4% |
European | 10,914 | 1.4% |
Polish | 10,663 | 1.3% |
African | 6,254 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 4,503 | 0.6% |
British | 4,103 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 3,826 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 3,762 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 773,453 | 97.4% |
Not a citizen | 20,847 | 2.6% |
Native | 758,024 | 95.4% |
Foreign-born | 36,276 | 4.6% |
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 | ||||||
20,601 | 4.0% | 39,928 | 7.8% | 148,022 | 28.7% | 179,885 | 34.9% | 80,756 | 15.7% | 45,726 | 8.9% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 20,601 | 4.0% |
9-12 Years | 39,928 | 7.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 148,022 | 28.7% |
Some College | 179,885 | 34.9% |
Bach. Degree | 80,756 | 15.7% |
Grad Degree | 45,726 | 8.9% |
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 | 275,863 | 262,968 | 12,895 | 4.7% | |
1991 | 281,489 | 263,948 | 17,541 | 6.2% | |
1992 | 285,561 | 265,728 | 19,833 | 6.9% | |
1993 | 282,893 | 265,476 | 17,417 | 6.2% | |
1994 | 285,615 | 269,338 | 16,277 | 5.7% | |
1995 | 293,975 | 277,363 | 16,612 | 5.7% | |
1996 | 301,153 | 284,124 | 17,029 | 5.7% | |
1997 | 308,139 | 292,614 | 15,525 | 5.0% | |
1998 | 306,876 | 290,923 | 15,953 | 5.2% | |
1999 | 314,061 | 297,902 | 16,159 | 5.1% | |
2000 | 312,883 | 298,152 | 14,731 | 4.7% | |
2001 | 311,864 | 292,137 | 19,727 | 6.3% | |
2002 | 311,304 | 288,854 | 22,450 | 7.2% | |
2003 | 321,914 | 299,773 | 22,141 | 6.9% | |
2004 | 324,406 | 304,975 | 19,431 | 6.0% | |
2005 | 328,059 | 308,600 | 19,459 | 5.9% | |
2006 | 333,127 | 315,220 | 17,907 | 5.4% | |
2007 | 341,853 | 324,063 | 17,790 | 5.2% | |
2008 | 342,988 | 321,488 | 21,500 | 6.3% | |
2009 | 349,513 | 313,317 | 36,196 | 10.4% | |
2010 | 346,850 | 311,738 | 35,112 | 10.1% | |
2011 | 346,557 | 311,492 | 35,065 | 10.1% | |
2012 | 350,938 | 317,294 | 33,644 | 9.6% | |
2013 | 347,423 | 319,434 | 27,989 | 8.1% | |
2014 | 344,568 | 322,252 | 22,316 | 6.5% | |
2015 | 344,415 | 323,426 | 20,989 | 6.1% | |
2016 | 344,849 | 325,526 | 19,323 | 5.6% | |
2017 | 345,850 | 328,760 | 17,090 | 4.9% | |
2018 | 344,435 | 328,829 | 15,606 | 4.5% | |
2019 | 347,167 | 332,674 | 14,493 | 4.2% | |
2020 | 338,330 | 315,946 | 22,384 | 6.6% | |
2021 | 334,804 | 318,006 | 16,798 | 5.0% | |
2022 | 345,563 | 331,908 | 13,655 | 4.0% | |
2023 | 349,715 | 336,624 | 13,091 | 3.7% |