2022 population: 3,403,904
( 486,376 from 2010
, 100,016 from 2020)
Land area: 12479.7 square miles
Population density: 272.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,858,451 | 54.60% | 11.4% |
Black: | 879,794 | 25.85% | 10.6% |
Indian: | 23,861 | 0.70% | 9.6% |
Asian: | 162,116 | 4.76% | 85.4% |
2+ races: | 83,960 | 2.47% | 54.2% |
Hispanic: | 395,722 | 11.63% | 39.1% |
Total non-White: | 1,545,453 | 45.40% | 23.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 89,701 | 13.6 |
Deaths: | 69,465 | 10.5 |
Net Migration: | 66,061 | 10.0 |
Net Immigration: | 14,880 | 2.3 |
Change in White population: | 189,996 | 6.5 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 296,380 | 10.2 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,423,807 | |
Median Value | $274,211 | |
Occupied | 1,277,285 | 89.7% |
Vacant | 146,522 | 10.3% |
Owned | 825,816 | 64.7% |
Rented | 451,469 | 35.3% |
Median Rent | $1,153 | |
Single-Family Units | 984,437 | 69.1% |
Detached | 900,915 | 63.3% |
Attached | 83,522 | 5.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 220,912 | 15.5% |
Mobile Homes | 147,235 | 10.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 61,767 | 4.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 48,066 | 3.8% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 46,342 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 47,570 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 47,935 | 3.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 50,549 | 4.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 46,690 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 48,743 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 45,977 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 94,124 | 7.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 117,546 | 9.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 160,635 | 12.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 125,935 | 9.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 89,967 | 7.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 109,663 | 8.6% |
$200,000 or more | 135,776 | 10.6% |
Median Household Income | 75,645 | |
Per Capita Income | 40,326 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 92 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 57,220 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 20,514 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 156,237 | 12.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,329,492 | 69.4% |
Unemployed | 68,262 | 3.6% |
In Armed Forces | 40,922 | 2.1% |
Total Labor Force | 1,438,676 | 75.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 478,260 | 24.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 575,067 | 482,867 | 54.4% |
Non-Profit | 45,888 | 77,667 | 37.1% |
Self-Employed | 83,506 | 53,591 | 60.9% |
Local Government | 35,264 | 56,522 | 38.4% |
State Government | 44,097 | 71,640 | 38.1% |
Federal Government | 22,239 | 21,054 | 51.4% |
Total Private + Self | 658,573 | 536,458 | 55.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 147,488 | 226,883 | 39.4% |
Total | 806,061 | 763,341 | 51.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 292,179 | 18.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 299,958 | 19.1% |
Professional, Technical | 433,443 | 27.6% |
Service Occupations | 236,833 | 15.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 7,452 | 0.5% |
All others | 309,536 | 19.7% |
White Collar | 65.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 214,301 | 13.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 172,719 | 11.0% |
Retail trade | 165,512 | 10.5% |
Educational services | 161,943 | 10.3% |
Manufacturing | 160,241 | 10.2% |
Construction | 108,070 | 6.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 104,830 | 6.7% |
Public administration | 78,853 | 5.0% |
Finance and insurance | 70,906 | 4.5% |
Other services | 69,832 | 4.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 63,693 | 4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 55,434 | 3.5% |
Wholesale trade | 32,638 | 2.1% |
Information | 30,780 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 26,115 | 1.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 25,091 | 1.6% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 15,403 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 12,232 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,985 | 0.1% |
Management | 1,371 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 192,054 | 5.80% |
Puerto Rican | 49,566 | 1.50% |
Cuban | 10,833 | 0.33% |
Dominican | 12,196 | 0.37% |
Total Central American | 62,665 | 1.89% |
Costa Rican | 1,519 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 13,952 | 0.42% |
Honduran | 20,748 | 0.63% |
Nicaraguan | 2,269 | 0.07% |
Panamanian | 3,860 | 0.12% |
Salvadoran | 19,614 | 0.59% |
Other Central American | 703 | 0.02% |
Total South American | 24,462 | 0.74% |
Argentinean | 1,653 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 355 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 1,788 | 0.05% |
Colombian | 9,201 | 0.28% |
Ecuadorian | 3,385 | 0.10% |
Paraguayan | 189 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 3,546 | 0.11% |
Uruguayan | 363 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 3,727 | 0.11% |
Other South American | 255 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 20,670 | 0.62% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 58,717 | 1.77% |
Chinese | 23,814 | 0.72% |
Korean | 11,361 | 0.34% |
Filipino | 11,274 | 0.34% |
Vietnamese | 11,196 | 0.34% |
Japanese | 3,065 | 0.09% |
Thai | 1,604 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 1,547 | 0.05% |
Burmese | 1,325 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,665,580 | 85.6% |
Spanish | 269,228 | 8.6% |
Other Indo-European | 43,584 | 1.4% |
Other Asian | 29,172 | 0.9% |
Chinese | 20,455 | 0.7% |
Other | 16,880 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 14,747 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 13,575 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 9,344 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 358,663 | 10.8% |
German | 280,068 | 8.5% |
American | 257,193 | 7.8% |
Irish | 253,850 | 7.7% |
Italian | 114,966 | 3.5% |
Scottish | 69,617 | 2.1% |
European | 59,609 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 51,844 | 1.6% |
Polish | 51,589 | 1.6% |
French | 50,392 | 1.5% |
African | 23,269 | 0.7% |
British | 22,636 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 22,146 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 19,511 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 18,891 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 3,127,109 | 94.4% |
Not a citizen | 186,146 | 5.6% |
Native | 2,985,571 | 90.1% |
Foreign-born | 327,684 | 9.9% |
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 | ||||||
86,731 | 3.9% | 124,498 | 5.6% | 498,871 | 22.3% | 642,587 | 28.7% | 532,418 | 23.8% | 353,349 | 15.8% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 86,731 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 124,498 | 5.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 498,871 | 22.3% |
Some College | 642,587 | 28.7% |
Bach. Degree | 532,418 | 23.8% |
Grad Degree | 353,349 | 15.8% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 977,588 | 938,627 | 38,961 | 4.0% | |
1991 | 999,389 | 944,249 | 55,140 | 5.5% | |
1992 | 1,023,341 | 964,343 | 58,998 | 5.8% | |
1993 | 1,033,441 | 983,577 | 49,864 | 4.8% | |
1994 | 1,049,073 | 1,005,149 | 43,924 | 4.2% | |
1995 | 1,072,280 | 1,027,695 | 44,585 | 4.2% | |
1996 | 1,117,405 | 1,071,265 | 46,140 | 4.1% | |
1997 | 1,148,142 | 1,106,852 | 41,290 | 3.6% | |
1998 | 1,164,082 | 1,125,521 | 38,561 | 3.3% | |
1999 | 1,185,304 | 1,148,246 | 37,058 | 3.1% | |
2000 | 1,204,787 | 1,162,554 | 42,233 | 3.5% | |
2001 | 1,231,223 | 1,166,970 | 64,253 | 5.2% | |
2002 | 1,238,180 | 1,154,198 | 83,982 | 6.8% | |
2003 | 1,260,117 | 1,179,369 | 80,748 | 6.4% | |
2004 | 1,266,961 | 1,197,188 | 69,773 | 5.5% | |
2005 | 1,293,114 | 1,224,485 | 68,629 | 5.3% | |
2006 | 1,332,692 | 1,267,846 | 64,846 | 4.9% | |
2007 | 1,360,123 | 1,295,776 | 64,347 | 4.7% | |
2008 | 1,389,717 | 1,311,242 | 78,475 | 5.6% | |
2009 | 1,409,338 | 1,272,500 | 136,838 | 9.7% | |
2010 | 1,415,308 | 1,280,427 | 134,881 | 9.5% | |
2011 | 1,430,219 | 1,295,818 | 134,401 | 9.4% | |
2012 | 1,455,508 | 1,326,082 | 129,426 | 8.9% | |
2013 | 1,452,102 | 1,345,798 | 106,304 | 7.3% | |
2014 | 1,457,057 | 1,370,639 | 86,418 | 5.9% | |
2015 | 1,478,526 | 1,394,955 | 83,571 | 5.7% | |
2016 | 1,508,350 | 1,431,362 | 76,988 | 5.1% | |
2017 | 1,536,510 | 1,466,316 | 70,194 | 4.6% | |
2018 | 1,558,182 | 1,495,171 | 63,011 | 4.0% | |
2019 | 1,587,877 | 1,527,605 | 60,272 | 3.8% | |
2020 | 1,550,720 | 1,442,460 | 108,260 | 7.0% | |
2021 | 1,559,441 | 1,484,999 | 74,442 | 4.8% | |
2022 | 1,630,191 | 1,571,108 | 59,083 | 3.6% | |
2023 | 1,660,739 | 1,603,419 | 57,320 | 3.5% |