2022 population: 1,101,167
( 61,788 from 2010
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15,378 from 2020)
Land area: 6669.5 square miles
Population density: 165.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 569,536 | 51.72% | ![]() |
Black: | 419,984 | 38.14% | ![]() |
Indian: | 3,635 | 0.33% | ![]() |
Asian: | 24,456 | 2.22% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 21,896 | 1.99% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 61,660 | 5.60% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 531,631 | 48.28% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 26,794 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 30,050 | 13.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 15,555 | 7.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 2,919 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | 6,356 | 0.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 55,432 | 5.3 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 489,019 | |
Median Value | $176,292 | |
Occupied | 427,911 | 87.5% |
Vacant | 61,108 | 12.5% |
Owned | 292,979 | 68.5% |
Rented | 134,932 | 31.5% |
Median Rent | $1,016 | |
Single-Family Units | 332,011 | 67.9% |
Detached | 320,343 | 65.5% |
Attached | 11,668 | 2.4% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 55,101 | 11.3% |
Mobile Homes | 77,626 | 15.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 31,261 | 7.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 19,700 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 17,864 | 4.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 19,080 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 18,189 | 4.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 19,939 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 20,374 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 16,569 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 18,752 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 34,938 | 8.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 41,049 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 54,207 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 36,529 | 8.5% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 25,059 | 5.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 27,919 | 6.5% |
$200,000 or more | 26,482 | 6.2% |
Median Household Income | 60,015 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,391 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 84 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 23,829 | 5.6% |
Public Assistance | 7,569 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 55,916 | 13.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 440,805 | 66.5% |
Unemployed | 30,205 | 4.6% |
In Armed Forces | 12,795 | 1.9% |
Total Labor Force | 483,805 | 73.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 179,168 | 27.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 31.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 168,658 | 148,357 | 53.2% |
Non-Profit | 11,700 | 22,411 | 34.3% |
Self-Employed | 26,790 | 15,735 | 63.0% |
Local Government | 13,240 | 21,156 | 38.5% |
State Government | 17,588 | 29,945 | 37.0% |
Federal Government | 8,374 | 7,991 | 51.2% |
Total Private + Self | 195,448 | 164,092 | 54.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 50,902 | 81,503 | 38.4% |
Total | 246,350 | 245,595 | 50.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 20.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 74,300 | 15.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 106,366 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 114,814 | 23.3% |
Service Occupations | 82,949 | 16.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,389 | 0.5% |
All others | 114,952 | 23.3% |
White Collar | 59.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 68,601 | 163.2% |
Retail trade | 54,161 | 128.9% |
Manufacturing | 54,143 | 128.8% |
Educational services | 50,979 | 121.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 34,908 | 83.1% |
Public administration | 33,782 | 80.4% |
Construction | 30,758 | 73.2% |
Other services | 27,230 | 64.8% |
Finance and insurance | 24,778 | 59.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 23,951 | 57.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 23,850 | 56.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 21,359 | 50.8% |
Wholesale trade | 10,559 | 25.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 8,129 | 19.3% |
Information | 7,521 | 17.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 7,130 | 17.0% |
Utilities | 5,901 | 14.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 4,635 | 11.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 581 | 1.4% |
Management | 425 | 1.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 28,624 | 2.63% |
Puerto Rican | 10,453 | 0.96% |
Cuban | 2,222 | 0.20% |
Dominican | 917 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 6,974 | 0.64% |
Costa Rican | 285 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 1,715 | 0.16% |
Honduran | 2,941 | 0.27% |
Nicaraguan | 394 | 0.04% |
Panamanian | 939 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 671 | 0.06% |
Other Central American | 29 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,908 | 0.36% |
Argentinean | 166 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 129 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 151 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 1,952 | 0.18% |
Ecuadorian | 311 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 421 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 31 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 747 | 0.07% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,394 | 0.40% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 7,163 | 0.66% |
Chinese | 3,615 | 0.33% |
Filipino | 2,716 | 0.25% |
Korean | 2,275 | 0.21% |
Vietnamese | 1,873 | 0.17% |
Japanese | 503 | 0.05% |
Thai | 453 | 0.04% |
Burmese | 372 | 0.03% |
Laotian | 301 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 952,912 | 92.8% |
Spanish | 42,235 | 4.1% |
Other Indo-European | 7,574 | 0.7% |
Other | 4,029 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 3,444 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 3,098 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 2,791 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,436 | 0.2% |
Korean | 2,075 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 96,442 | 8.9% |
English | 88,061 | 8.1% |
American | 72,641 | 6.7% |
Irish | 69,984 | 6.4% |
Italian | 22,676 | 2.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 19,199 | 1.8% |
European | 18,934 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 18,697 | 1.7% |
African | 14,493 | 1.3% |
French | 14,217 | 1.3% |
Polish | 12,444 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 5,690 | 0.5% |
British | 4,832 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 3,758 | 0.3% |
Swedish | 3,743 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,061,789 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 26,168 | 2.4% |
Native | 1,038,564 | 95.5% |
Foreign-born | 49,393 | 4.5% |
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 | ||||||
21,639 | 3.0% | 52,778 | 7.3% | 198,251 | 27.3% | 228,828 | 31.5% | 134,293 | 18.5% | 90,746 | 12.5% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 21,639 | 3.0% |
9-12 Years | 52,778 | 7.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 198,251 | 27.3% |
Some College | 228,828 | 31.5% |
Bach. Degree | 134,293 | 18.5% |
Grad Degree | 90,746 | 12.5% |
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 | 399,186 | 379,886 | 19,300 | 4.8% | |
1991 | 405,169 | 380,734 | 24,435 | 6.0% | |
1992 | 411,801 | 384,782 | 27,019 | 6.6% | |
1993 | 415,715 | 385,876 | 29,839 | 7.2% | |
1994 | 419,522 | 395,055 | 24,467 | 5.8% | |
1995 | 424,956 | 404,281 | 20,675 | 4.9% | |
1996 | 431,364 | 409,438 | 21,926 | 5.1% | |
1997 | 440,501 | 422,372 | 18,129 | 4.1% | |
1998 | 444,852 | 429,917 | 14,935 | 3.4% | |
1999 | 450,769 | 432,632 | 18,137 | 4.0% | |
2000 | 447,852 | 431,182 | 16,670 | 3.7% | |
2001 | 440,941 | 418,246 | 22,695 | 5.1% | |
2002 | 443,845 | 417,075 | 26,770 | 6.0% | |
2003 | 455,328 | 424,569 | 30,759 | 6.8% | |
2004 | 464,513 | 431,962 | 32,551 | 7.0% | |
2005 | 472,253 | 438,793 | 33,460 | 7.1% | |
2006 | 488,591 | 455,867 | 32,724 | 6.7% | |
2007 | 488,981 | 459,743 | 29,238 | 6.0% | |
2008 | 488,820 | 454,117 | 34,703 | 7.1% | |
2009 | 489,391 | 438,504 | 50,887 | 10.4% | |
2010 | 491,773 | 439,776 | 51,997 | 10.6% | |
2011 | 492,889 | 443,200 | 49,689 | 10.1% | |
2012 | 494,486 | 450,909 | 43,577 | 8.8% | |
2013 | 494,760 | 458,696 | 36,064 | 7.3% | |
2014 | 500,973 | 469,587 | 31,386 | 6.3% | |
2015 | 509,346 | 478,801 | 30,545 | 6.0% | |
2016 | 511,304 | 485,686 | 25,618 | 5.0% | |
2017 | 506,519 | 484,160 | 22,359 | 4.4% | |
2018 | 503,189 | 485,368 | 17,821 | 3.5% | |
2019 | 508,600 | 494,272 | 14,328 | 2.8% | |
2020 | 513,085 | 483,737 | 29,348 | 5.7% | |
2021 | 504,113 | 483,965 | 20,148 | 4.0% | |
2022 | 504,546 | 487,893 | 16,653 | 3.3% | |
2023 | 517,695 | 501,974 | 15,721 | 3.0% |