2022 population: 1,175,830
( 5,483 from 2010
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1,560 from 2020)
Land area: 12862.0 square miles
Population density: 91.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 904,434 | 76.92% | ![]() |
Black: | 172,551 | 14.67% | ![]() |
Indian: | 3,333 | 0.28% | ![]() |
Asian: | 22,813 | 1.94% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 24,448 | 2.08% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 48,251 | 4.10% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 271,396 | 23.08% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 25,758 | 10.9 |
Deaths: | 37,242 | 15.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 6,831 | 2.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 2,908 | 1.2 |
Change in White population: | -27,679 | -2.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 33,162 | 2.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 538,332 | |
Median Value | $189,345 | |
Occupied | 450,576 | 83.7% |
Vacant | 87,756 | 16.3% |
Owned | 311,435 | 69.1% |
Rented | 139,141 | 30.9% |
Median Rent | $877 | |
Single-Family Units | 393,402 | 73.1% |
Detached | 376,990 | 70.0% |
Attached | 16,412 | 3.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 62,223 | 11.6% |
Mobile Homes | 56,937 | 10.6% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 28,895 | 6.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 22,645 | 5.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 20,877 | 4.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 21,067 | 4.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 21,950 | 4.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 22,141 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 19,235 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 18,500 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 18,326 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 35,909 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 46,187 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 56,814 | 12.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 41,162 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 26,491 | 5.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 26,029 | 5.8% |
$200,000 or more | 24,348 | 5.4% |
Median Household Income | 59,944 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,253 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 24,961 | 5.5% |
Public Assistance | 17,692 | 3.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 55,613 | 12.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 453,537 | 67.2% |
Unemployed | 20,549 | 3.0% |
In Armed Forces | 1,553 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 475,639 | 70.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 199,475 | 29.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 183,272 | 150,938 | 54.8% |
Non-Profit | 17,340 | 30,172 | 36.5% |
Self-Employed | 26,262 | 15,864 | 62.3% |
Local Government | 15,411 | 25,210 | 37.9% |
State Government | 14,295 | 16,728 | 46.1% |
Federal Government | 5,376 | 5,378 | 50.0% |
Total Private + Self | 209,534 | 166,802 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 52,422 | 77,488 | 40.4% |
Total | 261,956 | 244,290 | 51.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 68,879 | 13.6% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 103,469 | 20.4% |
Professional, Technical | 118,579 | 23.4% |
Service Occupations | 88,912 | 17.5% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,930 | 0.6% |
All others | 127,154 | 25.1% |
White Collar | 57.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 76,064 | 2958.5% |
Manufacturing | 68,076 | 2647.8% |
Educational services | 62,164 | 2417.9% |
Retail trade | 56,722 | 2206.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 35,845 | 1394.2% |
Construction | 32,473 | 1263.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 25,428 | 989.0% |
Other services | 25,018 | 973.1% |
Public administration | 21,876 | 850.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 21,543 | 837.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 20,174 | 784.7% |
Finance and insurance | 17,732 | 689.7% |
Wholesale trade | 9,807 | 381.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,422 | 327.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,981 | 271.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 6,224 | 242.1% |
Information | 6,217 | 241.8% |
Utilities | 4,903 | 190.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,071 | 41.7% |
Management | 253 | 9.8% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 18,264 | 1.63% |
Puerto Rican | 6,338 | 0.56% |
Cuban | 1,433 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 885 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 7,097 | 0.63% |
Costa Rican | 252 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 1,329 | 0.12% |
Honduran | 3,238 | 0.29% |
Nicaraguan | 121 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 264 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 1,875 | 0.17% |
Other Central American | 18 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 3,755 | 0.33% |
Argentinean | 157 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 335 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 207 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 1,200 | 0.11% |
Ecuadorian | 315 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 813 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 123 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 504 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 101 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 3,999 | 0.36% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 5,480 | 0.49% |
Chinese | 3,886 | 0.35% |
Vietnamese | 2,172 | 0.19% |
Korean | 2,002 | 0.18% |
Filipino | 1,742 | 0.16% |
Japanese | 872 | 0.08% |
Thai | 518 | 0.05% |
Bhutanese | 250 | 0.02% |
Cambodian | 225 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,011,149 | 94.7% |
Spanish | 28,030 | 2.6% |
Other Indo-European | 7,950 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 3,615 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 3,212 | 0.3% |
Other | 2,459 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 2,279 | 0.2% |
Vietnamese | 1,931 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,851 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 198,902 | 17.7% |
English | 134,678 | 12.0% |
German | 104,973 | 9.4% |
Irish | 89,435 | 8.0% |
Italian | 26,642 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 21,007 | 1.9% |
European | 20,425 | 1.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 19,718 | 1.8% |
French | 13,263 | 1.2% |
Polish | 12,614 | 1.1% |
African | 11,099 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 7,262 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 6,430 | 0.6% |
British | 6,359 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 4,307 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,098,855 | 97.9% |
Not a citizen | 23,500 | 2.1% |
Native | 1,079,729 | 96.2% |
Foreign-born | 42,626 | 3.8% |
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 | ||||||
29,180 | 3.8% | 54,211 | 7.0% | 255,364 | 32.9% | 227,215 | 29.3% | 126,432 | 16.3% | 83,520 | 10.8% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 29,180 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 54,211 | 7.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 255,364 | 32.9% |
Some College | 227,215 | 29.3% |
Bach. Degree | 126,432 | 16.3% |
Grad Degree | 83,520 | 10.8% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 519,081 | 484,654 | 34,427 | 6.6% | |
1991 | 531,234 | 489,079 | 42,155 | 7.9% | |
1992 | 534,016 | 495,973 | 38,043 | 7.1% | |
1993 | 531,789 | 500,818 | 30,971 | 5.8% | |
1994 | 534,001 | 505,685 | 28,316 | 5.3% | |
1995 | 537,199 | 510,169 | 27,030 | 5.0% | |
1996 | 534,306 | 506,916 | 27,390 | 5.1% | |
1997 | 529,230 | 506,689 | 22,541 | 4.3% | |
1998 | 528,612 | 510,998 | 17,614 | 3.3% | |
1999 | 532,846 | 514,174 | 18,672 | 3.5% | |
2000 | 528,430 | 512,537 | 15,893 | 3.0% | |
2001 | 531,534 | 507,340 | 24,194 | 4.6% | |
2002 | 535,993 | 504,098 | 31,895 | 6.0% | |
2003 | 535,310 | 504,494 | 30,816 | 5.8% | |
2004 | 525,742 | 496,960 | 28,782 | 5.5% | |
2005 | 531,820 | 505,306 | 26,514 | 5.0% | |
2006 | 534,602 | 511,750 | 22,852 | 4.3% | |
2007 | 539,760 | 516,037 | 23,723 | 4.4% | |
2008 | 550,564 | 520,610 | 29,954 | 5.4% | |
2009 | 550,757 | 501,837 | 48,920 | 8.9% | |
2010 | 552,382 | 501,548 | 50,834 | 9.2% | |
2011 | 550,079 | 506,306 | 43,773 | 8.0% | |
2012 | 547,089 | 508,816 | 38,273 | 7.0% | |
2013 | 547,097 | 511,382 | 35,715 | 6.5% | |
2014 | 546,858 | 515,159 | 31,699 | 5.8% | |
2015 | 539,091 | 512,411 | 26,680 | 4.9% | |
2016 | 535,321 | 510,895 | 24,426 | 4.6% | |
2017 | 543,543 | 520,573 | 22,970 | 4.2% | |
2018 | 541,661 | 523,531 | 18,130 | 3.3% | |
2019 | 546,398 | 529,669 | 16,729 | 3.1% | |
2020 | 534,304 | 500,105 | 34,199 | 6.4% | |
2021 | 531,856 | 510,524 | 21,332 | 4.0% | |
2022 | 544,298 | 527,146 | 17,152 | 3.2% | |
2023 | 555,562 | 537,774 | 17,788 | 3.2% |