2022 population: 3,159,560
( 3,096 from 2010
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20,957 from 2020)
Land area: 17234.2 square miles
Population density: 183.3 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 2,375,955 | 75.20% | ![]() |
Black: | 518,199 | 16.40% | ![]() |
Indian: | 6,984 | 0.22% | ![]() |
Asian: | 86,458 | 2.74% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 66,098 | 2.09% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 105,866 | 3.35% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 783,605 | 24.80% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 75,798 | 11.9 |
Deaths: | 85,956 | 13.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -18,730 | -2.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 7,209 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | -64,330 | -2.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 61,234 | 1.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,405,442 | |
Median Value | $206,344 | |
Occupied | 1,267,704 | 90.2% |
Vacant | 137,738 | 9.8% |
Owned | 891,443 | 70.3% |
Rented | 376,261 | 29.7% |
Median Rent | $1,003 | |
Single-Family Units | 1,048,757 | 74.6% |
Detached | 995,501 | 70.8% |
Attached | 53,256 | 3.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 175,542 | 12.5% |
Mobile Homes | 58,609 | 4.2% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 59,465 | 4.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 44,705 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 41,413 | 3.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 46,884 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 47,797 | 3.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 48,378 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 47,081 | 3.7% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 47,140 | 3.7% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 49,642 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 92,779 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 121,157 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 169,443 | 13.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 128,118 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 92,035 | 7.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 109,613 | 8.6% |
$200,000 or more | 122,054 | 9.6% |
Median Household Income | 74,346 | |
Per Capita Income | 41,444 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 89 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 63,598 | 5.0% |
Public Assistance | 22,630 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 139,691 | 11.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,404,142 | 73.1% |
Unemployed | 66,199 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 5,659 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 1,476,000 | 76.8% |
Not in Labor Force | 445,771 | 23.2% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 26.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 585,623 | 489,007 | 54.5% |
Non-Profit | 54,511 | 114,340 | 32.3% |
Self-Employed | 73,951 | 46,785 | 61.3% |
Local Government | 40,318 | 55,821 | 41.9% |
State Government | 17,736 | 24,785 | 41.7% |
Federal Government | 19,775 | 18,024 | 52.3% |
Total Private + Self | 659,574 | 535,792 | 55.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 132,340 | 212,970 | 38.3% |
Total | 791,914 | 748,762 | 51.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 267,259 | 17.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 317,640 | 20.6% |
Professional, Technical | 386,640 | 25.1% |
Service Occupations | 243,911 | 15.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 4,366 | 0.3% |
All others | 327,669 | 21.2% |
White Collar | 63.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 227,991 | 147.4% |
Manufacturing | 174,710 | 112.9% |
Retail trade | 166,074 | 107.4% |
Educational services | 140,054 | 90.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 112,124 | 72.5% |
Construction | 99,903 | 64.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 98,764 | 63.8% |
Finance and insurance | 95,657 | 61.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 74,162 | 47.9% |
Other services | 72,514 | 46.9% |
Public administration | 61,400 | 39.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 58,977 | 38.1% |
Wholesale trade | 40,602 | 26.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 31,240 | 20.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 26,959 | 17.4% |
Information | 26,511 | 17.1% |
Utilities | 14,316 | 9.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 13,457 | 8.7% |
Management | 3,911 | 2.5% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 3,793 | 2.5% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 61,349 | 1.96% |
Puerto Rican | 7,765 | 0.25% |
Cuban | 2,933 | 0.09% |
Dominican | 1,054 | 0.03% |
Total Central American | 7,965 | 0.25% |
Costa Rican | 683 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 3,329 | 0.11% |
Honduran | 1,931 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 751 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 539 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 692 | 0.02% |
Other Central American | 40 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 7,834 | 0.25% |
Argentinean | 627 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 255 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 934 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 2,626 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 561 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 53 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,434 | 0.05% |
Uruguayan | 100 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 1,202 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 42 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 10,473 | 0.33% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 27,224 | 0.87% |
Chinese | 16,803 | 0.54% |
Vietnamese | 8,436 | 0.27% |
Filipino | 7,775 | 0.25% |
Korean | 5,835 | 0.19% |
Japanese | 1,540 | 0.05% |
Taiwanese | 1,356 | 0.04% |
Thai | 1,180 | 0.04% |
Burmese | 663 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,775,408 | 94.0% |
Spanish | 57,525 | 1.9% |
Other Indo-European | 22,319 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 18,580 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 15,576 | 0.5% |
Chinese | 14,585 | 0.5% |
Other | 11,034 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 9,160 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 7,293 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 803,586 | 25.7% |
Irish | 393,914 | 12.6% |
English | 287,311 | 9.2% |
American | 185,943 | 5.9% |
Italian | 135,464 | 4.3% |
French | 93,303 | 3.0% |
Polish | 72,157 | 2.3% |
European | 51,936 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 44,635 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 29,408 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 24,370 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 19,949 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 16,585 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 14,822 | 0.5% |
British | 14,567 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 3,069,145 | 98.0% |
Not a citizen | 61,915 | 2.0% |
Native | 2,991,623 | 95.5% |
Foreign-born | 139,437 | 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 | ||||||
47,507 | 2.2% | 117,226 | 5.4% | 589,846 | 27.0% | 672,287 | 30.8% | 451,605 | 20.7% | 303,451 | 13.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 47,507 | 2.2% |
9-12 Years | 117,226 | 5.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 589,846 | 27.0% |
Some College | 672,287 | 30.8% |
Bach. Degree | 451,605 | 20.7% |
Grad Degree | 303,451 | 13.9% |
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 | 1,468,133 | 1,376,251 | 91,882 | 6.3% | |
1991 | 1,468,318 | 1,365,272 | 103,046 | 7.0% | |
1992 | 1,463,697 | 1,365,523 | 98,174 | 6.7% | |
1993 | 1,469,397 | 1,376,018 | 93,379 | 6.4% | |
1994 | 1,481,998 | 1,404,587 | 77,411 | 5.2% | |
1995 | 1,516,543 | 1,442,502 | 74,041 | 4.9% | |
1996 | 1,539,312 | 1,465,128 | 74,184 | 4.8% | |
1997 | 1,536,913 | 1,470,736 | 66,177 | 4.3% | |
1998 | 1,549,325 | 1,483,724 | 65,601 | 4.2% | |
1999 | 1,547,245 | 1,491,284 | 55,961 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 1,568,918 | 1,510,963 | 57,955 | 3.7% | |
2001 | 1,570,728 | 1,497,266 | 73,462 | 4.7% | |
2002 | 1,574,045 | 1,488,140 | 85,905 | 5.5% | |
2003 | 1,569,411 | 1,475,709 | 93,702 | 6.0% | |
2004 | 1,571,034 | 1,474,883 | 96,151 | 6.1% | |
2005 | 1,583,395 | 1,494,622 | 88,773 | 5.6% | |
2006 | 1,596,322 | 1,515,376 | 80,946 | 5.1% | |
2007 | 1,605,703 | 1,519,765 | 85,938 | 5.4% | |
2008 | 1,604,079 | 1,497,052 | 107,027 | 6.7% | |
2009 | 1,591,843 | 1,436,308 | 155,535 | 9.8% | |
2010 | 1,624,126 | 1,466,865 | 157,261 | 9.7% | |
2011 | 1,619,864 | 1,478,527 | 141,337 | 8.7% | |
2012 | 1,593,482 | 1,471,825 | 121,657 | 7.6% | |
2013 | 1,587,436 | 1,471,622 | 115,814 | 7.3% | |
2014 | 1,596,075 | 1,494,138 | 101,937 | 6.4% | |
2015 | 1,606,529 | 1,522,850 | 83,679 | 5.2% | |
2016 | 1,617,572 | 1,541,551 | 76,021 | 4.7% | |
2017 | 1,604,805 | 1,542,815 | 61,990 | 3.9% | |
2018 | 1,607,995 | 1,551,942 | 56,053 | 3.5% | |
2019 | 1,626,735 | 1,573,105 | 53,630 | 3.3% | |
2020 | 1,598,011 | 1,490,579 | 107,432 | 6.7% | |
2021 | 1,598,338 | 1,527,858 | 70,480 | 4.4% | |
2022 | 1,602,662 | 1,557,478 | 45,184 | 2.8% | |
2023 | 1,615,386 | 1,562,110 | 53,276 | 3.3% |