2022 population: 815,272
( 76,033 from 2010
, 29,427 from 2020)
Land area: 5135.1 square miles
Population density: 158.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 474,517 | 58.20% | 14.9% |
Black: | 212,226 | 26.03% | 1.0% |
Indian: | 55,012 | 6.75% | 6.1% |
Asian: | 10,228 | 1.25% | 56.2% |
2+ races: | 16,776 | 2.06% | 53.0% |
Hispanic: | 46,513 | 5.71% | 33.0% |
Total non-White: | 340,755 | 41.80% | 4.4% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 19,397 | 12.3 |
Deaths: | 27,126 | 17.3 |
Net Migration: | 35,820 | 22.8 |
Net Immigration: | 1,389 | 0.9 |
Change in White population: | 61,519 | 8.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 14,514 | 2.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 399,692 | |
Median Value | $178,132 | |
Occupied | 305,534 | 76.4% |
Vacant | 94,158 | 23.6% |
Owned | 211,960 | 69.4% |
Rented | 93,574 | 30.6% |
Median Rent | $959 | |
Single-Family Units | 230,440 | 57.7% |
Detached | 219,632 | 55.0% |
Attached | 10,808 | 2.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 66,767 | 16.7% |
Mobile Homes | 82,123 | 20.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 23,874 | 7.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 16,824 | 5.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 15,354 | 5.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 16,988 | 5.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 16,891 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 15,629 | 5.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 14,458 | 4.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 14,601 | 4.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 13,311 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 24,612 | 8.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 30,139 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 36,950 | 12.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 23,300 | 7.6% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 14,669 | 4.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 14,768 | 4.8% |
$200,000 or more | 13,166 | 4.3% |
Median Household Income | 52,120 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,759 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 19,641 | 6.4% |
Public Assistance | 4,103 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 48,278 | 15.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 289,218 | 63.3% |
Unemployed | 19,090 | 4.2% |
In Armed Forces | 870 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 309,178 | 67.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 147,380 | 32.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 36.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 121,198 | 110,434 | 52.3% |
Non-Profit | 5,321 | 13,239 | 28.7% |
Self-Employed | 21,109 | 11,811 | 64.1% |
Local Government | 7,845 | 12,160 | 39.2% |
State Government | 6,269 | 13,432 | 31.8% |
Federal Government | 2,748 | 2,342 | 54.0% |
Total Private + Self | 142,307 | 122,245 | 53.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 22,183 | 41,173 | 35.0% |
Total | 164,490 | 163,418 | 50.2% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 38,799 | 11.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 75,035 | 22.8% |
Professional, Technical | 61,906 | 18.9% |
Service Occupations | 66,407 | 20.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,462 | 0.4% |
All others | 86,236 | 26.3% |
White Collar | 53.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 44,873 | 13.7% |
Retail trade | 44,114 | 13.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 36,292 | 11.1% |
Manufacturing | 36,232 | 11.0% |
Educational services | 28,251 | 8.6% |
Construction | 26,263 | 8.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 16,059 | 4.9% |
Other services | 14,309 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 12,963 | 3.9% |
Public administration | 12,398 | 3.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 12,147 | 3.7% |
Finance and insurance | 10,733 | 3.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,447 | 2.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 7,376 | 2.2% |
Wholesale trade | 6,689 | 2.0% |
Utilities | 4,175 | 1.3% |
Information | 3,793 | 1.2% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 3,591 | 1.1% |
Management | 579 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 99 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 25,327 | 3.20% |
Puerto Rican | 4,103 | 0.52% |
Cuban | 695 | 0.09% |
Dominican | 772 | 0.10% |
Total Central American | 5,649 | 0.71% |
Costa Rican | 372 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 2,793 | 0.35% |
Honduran | 1,400 | 0.18% |
Nicaraguan | 42 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 369 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 673 | 0.08% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,899 | 0.24% |
Argentinean | 72 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 15 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 116 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 796 | 0.10% |
Ecuadorian | 521 | 0.07% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 61 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 318 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 4,421 | 0.56% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 1,657 | 0.21% |
Vietnamese | 1,654 | 0.21% |
Chinese | 1,355 | 0.17% |
Filipino | 1,242 | 0.16% |
Korean | 531 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 243 | 0.03% |
Hmong | 134 | 0.02% |
Thai | 90 | 0.01% |
Taiwanese | 35 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 703,712 | 93.8% |
Spanish | 32,077 | 4.3% |
Other Indo-European | 4,016 | 0.5% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,875 | 0.2% |
Other | 1,664 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,381 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 1,220 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 1,052 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 1,039 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 84,565 | 10.7% |
English | 80,397 | 10.1% |
Irish | 56,858 | 7.2% |
German | 55,378 | 7.0% |
Italian | 29,474 | 3.7% |
European | 20,839 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 13,266 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 12,399 | 1.6% |
Polish | 10,745 | 1.4% |
French | 9,093 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 3,720 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 3,064 | 0.4% |
British | 2,847 | 0.4% |
French Canadian | 2,670 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 2,351 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 772,398 | 97.5% |
Not a citizen | 20,067 | 2.5% |
Native | 757,308 | 95.6% |
Foreign-born | 35,157 | 4.4% |
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 | ||||||
21,072 | 3.8% | 50,808 | 9.1% | 194,681 | 34.8% | 174,055 | 31.1% | 76,061 | 13.6% | 42,813 | 7.7% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 21,072 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 50,808 | 9.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 194,681 | 34.8% |
Some College | 174,055 | 31.1% |
Bach. Degree | 76,061 | 13.6% |
Grad Degree | 42,813 | 7.7% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 268,513 | 250,579 | 17,934 | 6.7% | |
1991 | 277,083 | 254,202 | 22,881 | 8.3% | |
1992 | 286,616 | 260,095 | 26,521 | 9.3% | |
1993 | 292,701 | 263,995 | 28,706 | 9.8% | |
1994 | 294,454 | 269,439 | 25,015 | 8.5% | |
1995 | 299,486 | 277,468 | 22,018 | 7.4% | |
1996 | 306,725 | 281,910 | 24,815 | 8.1% | |
1997 | 311,371 | 291,007 | 20,364 | 6.5% | |
1998 | 311,991 | 294,038 | 17,953 | 5.8% | |
1999 | 314,085 | 294,454 | 19,631 | 6.3% | |
2000 | 307,392 | 291,604 | 15,788 | 5.1% | |
2001 | 300,449 | 279,187 | 21,262 | 7.1% | |
2002 | 304,269 | 280,709 | 23,560 | 7.7% | |
2003 | 314,439 | 288,066 | 26,373 | 8.4% | |
2004 | 317,139 | 290,213 | 26,926 | 8.5% | |
2005 | 322,191 | 295,355 | 26,836 | 8.3% | |
2006 | 334,887 | 310,048 | 24,839 | 7.4% | |
2007 | 336,746 | 313,523 | 23,223 | 6.9% | |
2008 | 334,627 | 306,165 | 28,462 | 8.5% | |
2009 | 335,887 | 292,331 | 43,556 | 13.0% | |
2010 | 334,580 | 289,601 | 44,979 | 13.4% | |
2011 | 333,546 | 290,150 | 43,396 | 13.0% | |
2012 | 331,794 | 293,636 | 38,158 | 11.5% | |
2013 | 329,243 | 297,708 | 31,535 | 9.6% | |
2014 | 327,136 | 301,011 | 26,125 | 8.0% | |
2015 | 330,716 | 305,794 | 24,922 | 7.5% | |
2016 | 331,285 | 310,354 | 20,931 | 6.3% | |
2017 | 333,085 | 315,268 | 17,817 | 5.3% | |
2018 | 336,072 | 320,834 | 15,238 | 4.5% | |
2019 | 341,728 | 328,821 | 12,907 | 3.8% | |
2020 | 342,509 | 315,490 | 27,019 | 7.9% | |
2021 | 336,266 | 318,059 | 18,207 | 5.4% | |
2022 | 339,222 | 325,076 | 14,146 | 4.2% | |
2023 | 349,024 | 335,832 | 13,192 | 3.8% |