2022 population: 9,599,967
( 33,552 from 2010
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178,964 from 2020)
Land area: 9332.8 square miles
Population density: 1028.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 4,953,554 | 51.60% | ![]() |
Black: | 1,549,986 | 16.15% | ![]() |
Indian: | 12,375 | 0.13% | ![]() |
Asian: | 703,985 | 7.33% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 161,623 | 1.68% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 2,218,444 | 23.11% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 4,646,413 | 48.40% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 226,161 | 11.6 |
Deaths: | 205,460 | 10.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -237,461 | -12.1 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 36,719 | 1.9 |
Change in White population: | -395,501 | -4.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 361,949 | 3.8 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 4,014,958 | |
Median Value | $287,162 | |
Occupied | 3,716,951 | 92.6% |
Vacant | 298,007 | 7.4% |
Owned | 2,432,469 | 65.4% |
Rented | 1,284,482 | 34.6% |
Median Rent | $1,310 | |
Single-Family Units | 2,411,601 | 60.1% |
Detached | 2,117,534 | 52.7% |
Attached | 294,067 | 7.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,013,253 | 25.2% |
Mobile Homes | 44,838 | 1.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 185,848 | 5.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 119,749 | 3.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 103,449 | 2.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 121,894 | 3.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 122,562 | 3.3% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 120,348 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 114,181 | 3.1% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 112,527 | 3.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 119,439 | 3.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 229,308 | 6.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 315,034 | 8.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 473,549 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 381,926 | 10.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 292,301 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 381,067 | 10.3% |
$200,000 or more | 523,769 | 14.1% |
Median Household Income | 85,336 | |
Per Capita Income | 45,646 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 100 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 166,870 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 95,204 | 2.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 493,098 | 13.3% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 3,547,399 | 72.9% |
Unemployed | 236,842 | 4.9% |
In Armed Forces | 10,527 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 3,794,768 | 78.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 1,072,799 | 22.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 1,904,851 | 1,525,266 | 55.5% |
Non-Profit | 156,218 | 287,525 | 35.2% |
Self-Employed | 266,859 | 159,956 | 62.5% |
Local Government | 147,037 | 213,478 | 40.8% |
State Government | 46,934 | 70,590 | 39.9% |
Federal Government | 46,275 | 40,669 | 53.2% |
Total Private + Self | 2,171,710 | 1,685,222 | 56.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 396,464 | 612,262 | 39.3% |
Total | 2,568,174 | 2,297,484 | 52.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.6% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 909,383 | 18.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 996,861 | 20.5% |
Professional, Technical | 1,179,470 | 24.2% |
Service Occupations | 766,281 | 15.7% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 7,428 | 0.2% |
All others | 1,022,312 | 21.0% |
White Collar | 63.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 645,647 | 772.5% |
Manufacturing | 560,897 | 671.1% |
Retail trade | 498,287 | 596.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 463,486 | 554.6% |
Educational services | 448,162 | 536.2% |
Transportation and warehousing | 323,345 | 386.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 311,319 | 372.5% |
Finance and insurance | 283,040 | 338.7% |
Construction | 269,326 | 322.2% |
Other services | 223,312 | 267.2% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 208,097 | 249.0% |
Public administration | 160,827 | 192.4% |
Wholesale trade | 138,161 | 165.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 103,073 | 123.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 91,987 | 110.1% |
Information | 88,554 | 106.0% |
Utilities | 29,215 | 35.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 15,876 | 19.0% |
Management | 8,653 | 10.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 3,043 | 3.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,705,346 | 17.53% |
Puerto Rican | 211,832 | 2.18% |
Cuban | 26,052 | 0.27% |
Dominican | 8,936 | 0.09% |
Total Central American | 84,587 | 0.87% |
Costa Rican | 2,285 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 39,864 | 0.41% |
Honduran | 15,955 | 0.16% |
Nicaraguan | 3,754 | 0.04% |
Panamanian | 3,308 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 18,991 | 0.20% |
Other Central American | 430 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 97,388 | 1.00% |
Argentinean | 5,808 | 0.06% |
Bolivian | 2,738 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 4,054 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 27,197 | 0.28% |
Ecuadorian | 31,386 | 0.32% |
Paraguayan | 252 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 13,055 | 0.13% |
Uruguayan | 885 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 11,149 | 0.11% |
Other South American | 864 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 61,651 | 0.63% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 238,014 | 2.45% |
Filipino | 122,634 | 1.26% |
Chinese | 114,046 | 1.17% |
Korean | 52,392 | 0.54% |
Vietnamese | 25,601 | 0.26% |
Japanese | 15,228 | 0.16% |
Thai | 7,706 | 0.08% |
Taiwanese | 5,393 | 0.06% |
Mongolian | 5,082 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 6,511,679 | 71.0% |
Spanish | 1,572,107 | 17.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 296,194 | 3.2% |
Other Indo-European | 285,640 | 3.1% |
Other Asian | 97,449 | 1.1% |
Chinese | 94,394 | 1.0% |
Tagalog | 77,894 | 0.8% |
Arabic | 64,379 | 0.7% |
Other | 59,295 | 0.6% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 1,313,588 | 13.5% |
Irish | 1,013,609 | 10.4% |
Polish | 794,517 | 8.2% |
Italian | 599,069 | 6.2% |
English | 469,018 | 4.8% |
American | 245,303 | 2.5% |
Swedish | 159,804 | 1.6% |
French | 126,365 | 1.3% |
European | 115,574 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 105,491 | 1.1% |
Norwegian | 103,524 | 1.1% |
Russian | 92,307 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 91,403 | 0.9% |
Greek | 85,426 | 0.9% |
Czech | 81,574 | 0.8% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 8,944,048 | 91.9% |
Not a citizen | 783,345 | 8.1% |
Native | 8,029,499 | 82.5% |
Foreign-born | 1,697,894 | 17.5% |
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 | ||||||
343,604 | 5.2% | 346,211 | 5.2% | 1,581,248 | 23.7% | 1,752,224 | 26.3% | 1,580,736 | 23.7% | 1,067,619 | 16.0% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 343,604 | 5.2% |
9-12 Years | 346,211 | 5.2% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 1,581,248 | 23.7% |
Some College | 1,752,224 | 26.3% |
Bach. Degree | 1,580,736 | 23.7% |
Grad Degree | 1,067,619 | 16.0% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 4,352,896 | 4,075,198 | 277,698 | 6.4% | |
1991 | 4,347,356 | 4,024,718 | 322,638 | 7.4% | |
1992 | 4,426,714 | 4,069,475 | 357,239 | 8.1% | |
1993 | 4,481,589 | 4,136,026 | 345,563 | 7.7% | |
1994 | 4,530,358 | 4,255,255 | 275,103 | 6.1% | |
1995 | 4,591,860 | 4,341,116 | 250,744 | 5.5% | |
1996 | 4,644,161 | 4,395,278 | 248,883 | 5.4% | |
1997 | 4,679,154 | 4,447,543 | 231,611 | 4.9% | |
1998 | 4,702,630 | 4,485,962 | 216,668 | 4.6% | |
1999 | 4,805,998 | 4,591,326 | 214,672 | 4.5% | |
2000 | 4,861,068 | 4,647,877 | 213,191 | 4.4% | |
2001 | 4,851,485 | 4,582,659 | 268,826 | 5.5% | |
2002 | 4,760,399 | 4,431,809 | 328,590 | 6.9% | |
2003 | 4,739,582 | 4,416,100 | 323,482 | 6.8% | |
2004 | 4,759,077 | 4,459,291 | 299,786 | 6.3% | |
2005 | 4,779,104 | 4,495,775 | 283,329 | 5.9% | |
2006 | 4,855,603 | 4,631,748 | 223,855 | 4.6% | |
2007 | 4,949,152 | 4,699,131 | 250,021 | 5.1% | |
2008 | 4,983,019 | 4,665,241 | 317,778 | 6.4% | |
2009 | 4,952,223 | 4,445,374 | 506,849 | 10.2% | |
2010 | 4,950,334 | 4,420,288 | 530,046 | 10.7% | |
2011 | 4,921,820 | 4,426,942 | 494,878 | 10.1% | |
2012 | 4,973,125 | 4,515,360 | 457,765 | 9.2% | |
2013 | 4,988,994 | 4,532,130 | 456,864 | 9.2% | |
2014 | 4,967,030 | 4,607,192 | 359,838 | 7.2% | |
2015 | 4,963,021 | 4,664,313 | 298,708 | 6.0% | |
2016 | 5,009,525 | 4,715,553 | 293,972 | 5.9% | |
2017 | 4,963,687 | 4,720,506 | 243,181 | 4.9% | |
2018 | 4,944,073 | 4,736,520 | 207,553 | 4.2% | |
2019 | 4,928,221 | 4,734,359 | 193,862 | 3.9% | |
2020 | 4,782,129 | 4,305,440 | 476,689 | 10.0% | |
2021 | 4,908,719 | 4,604,683 | 304,036 | 6.2% | |
2022 | 5,025,005 | 4,791,880 | 233,125 | 4.6% | |
2023 | 4,984,725 | 4,766,106 | 218,619 | 4.4% |