2024 population: 4,939,917
(
88,820 from 2020)
Land area: 39638.1 square miles
Population density: 124.6 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 3,700,957 | 74.92% | 1.2% |
| Black: | 427,060 | 8.65% | 15.6% |
| Indian: | 43,081 | 0.87% | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 307,025 | 6.22% | 10.2% |
| 2+ races: | 128,384 | 2.60% | 10.1% |
| Hispanic: | 333,410 | 6.75% | 12.7% |
| Total non-White: | 1,238,960 | 25.08% | 12.3% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
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| Births: | 231,377 | 11.9 |
| Deaths: | 176,299 | 9.1 |
| Net Migration: | -38,690 | -2.0 |
| Net Immigration: | 71,153 | 3.7 |
| Change in White population: | -46,575 | -1.0 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 135,395 | 2.8 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 2,136,688 | |
| Median Value | $341,686 | |
| Occupied | 1,963,409 | 91.9% |
| Vacant | 173,279 | 8.1% |
| Owned | 1,414,553 | 72.0% |
| Rented | 548,856 | 28.0% |
| Median Rent | $1,304 | |
| Single-Family Units | 1,557,905 | 72.9% |
| Detached | 1,381,656 | 64.7% |
| Attached | 176,249 | 8.2% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 433,388 | 20.3% |
| Mobile Homes | 55,044 | 2.6% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 70,221 | 3.6% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 49,353 | 2.5% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 47,770 | 2.4% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 49,225 | 2.5% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 50,493 | 2.6% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 54,050 | 2.8% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 57,552 | 2.9% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 59,264 | 3.0% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 60,217 | 3.1% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 123,017 | 6.3% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 176,227 | 9.0% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 257,167 | 13.1% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 219,434 | 11.2% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 169,309 | 8.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 228,082 | 11.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 292,028 | 14.9% |
| Median Household Income | 93,647 | |
| Per Capita Income | 49,636 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 104 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 75,101 | 3.8% |
| Public Assistance | 64,332 | 3.3% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 176,941 | 9.0% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 2,281,226 | 78.8% |
| Unemployed | 93,615 | 3.2% |
| In Armed Forces | 3,114 | 0.1% |
| Total Labor Force | 2,377,955 | 82.1% |
| Not in Labor Force | 517,195 | 17.9% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 21.1% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 970,795 | 757,382 | 56.2% |
| Non-Profit | 93,483 | 196,015 | 32.3% |
| Self-Employed | 151,639 | 88,310 | 63.2% |
| Local Government | 69,754 | 122,599 | 36.3% |
| State Government | 40,288 | 53,227 | 43.1% |
| Federal Government | 21,448 | 19,969 | 51.8% |
| Total Private + Self | 1,122,434 | 845,692 | 57.0% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 224,973 | 391,810 | 36.5% |
| Total | 1,347,407 | 1,237,502 | 52.1% |
| Pct. Govt. | 12.7% | ||
| Pct. Private + Self | 76.1% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 511,229 | 19.7% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 482,072 | 18.6% |
| Professional, Technical | 682,405 | 26.4% |
| Service Occupations | 371,296 | 14.3% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 13,086 | 0.5% |
| All others | 541,721 | 20.9% |
| White Collar | 64.7% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 401,626 | 15.5% |
| Manufacturing | 361,125 | 13.9% |
| Retail trade | 275,569 | 10.6% |
| Educational services | 233,773 | 9.0% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 201,928 | 7.8% |
| Construction | 164,301 | 6.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 159,742 | 6.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 135,175 | 5.2% |
| Other services | 112,304 | 4.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 112,141 | 4.3% |
| Public administration | 94,578 | 3.7% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 82,703 | 3.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 64,469 | 2.5% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 49,326 | 1.9% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 41,472 | 1.6% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 38,123 | 1.5% |
| Information | 35,506 | 1.4% |
| Utilities | 16,996 | 0.7% |
| Management | 5,319 | 0.2% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,547 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 192,123 | 3.91% |
| Puerto Rican | 16,525 | 0.34% |
| Cuban | 5,939 | 0.12% |
| Dominican | 3,940 | 0.08% |
| Total Central American | 35,409 | 0.72% |
| Costa Rican | 1,160 | 0.02% |
| Guatemalan | 9,519 | 0.19% |
| Honduran | 7,852 | 0.16% |
| Nicaraguan | 3,164 | 0.06% |
| Panamanian | 1,185 | 0.02% |
| Salvadoran | 12,367 | 0.25% |
| Other Central American | 162 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 37,642 | 0.77% |
| Argentinean | 1,603 | 0.03% |
| Bolivian | 745 | 0.02% |
| Chilean | 1,839 | 0.04% |
| Colombian | 7,368 | 0.15% |
| Ecuadorian | 15,760 | 0.32% |
| Paraguayan | 269 | 0.01% |
| Peruvian | 4,028 | 0.08% |
| Uruguayan | 782 | 0.02% |
| Venezuelan | 4,902 | 0.10% |
| Other South American | 346 | 0.01% |
| Other Hispanic | 24,192 | 0.49% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Hmong | 100,726 | 2.05% |
| Indian | 41,939 | 0.85% |
| Chinese | 27,567 | 0.56% |
| Vietnamese | 23,056 | 0.47% |
| Korean | 13,951 | 0.28% |
| Filipino | 12,555 | 0.26% |
| Burmese | 12,529 | 0.25% |
| Cambodian | 6,483 | 0.13% |
| Laotian | 6,384 | 0.13% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 4,025,308 | 86.9% |
| Spanish | 198,644 | 4.3% |
| Other | 130,916 | 2.8% |
| Other Asian | 120,438 | 2.6% |
| Other Indo-European | 35,717 | 0.8% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 22,030 | 0.5% |
| Chinese | 21,440 | 0.5% |
| Vietnamese | 18,702 | 0.4% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 16,905 | 0.4% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 1,443,787 | 29.4% |
| Norwegian | 547,022 | 11.1% |
| Irish | 504,696 | 10.3% |
| English | 329,640 | 6.7% |
| Swedish | 321,835 | 6.5% |
| Polish | 191,828 | 3.9% |
| American | 156,437 | 3.2% |
| French | 131,713 | 2.7% |
| Italian | 111,529 | 2.3% |
| European | 86,807 | 1.8% |
| Scandinavian | 82,455 | 1.7% |
| Czech | 67,751 | 1.4% |
| Dutch | 63,223 | 1.3% |
| Somalian | 59,186 | 1.2% |
| Finnish | 59,143 | 1.2% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 4,734,372 | 96.3% |
| Not a citizen | 182,824 | 3.7% |
| Native | 4,466,091 | 90.8% |
| Foreign-born | 451,105 | 9.2% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 88,649 | 2.6% | 112,943 | 3.4% | 768,944 | 22.8% | 1,028,120 | 30.5% | 892,424 | 26.5% | 475,942 | 14.1% |
| Average years of education: 14.1 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 88,649 | 2.6% |
| 9-12 Years | 112,943 | 3.4% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 768,944 | 22.8% |
| Some College | 1,028,120 | 30.5% |
| Bach. Degree | 892,424 | 26.5% |
| Grad Degree | 475,942 | 14.1% |
| Average years of education: 14.1 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 2,003,674 | 1,915,312 | 88,362 | 4.4% | |
| 1991 | 2,031,539 | 1,930,893 | 100,646 | 5.0% | |
| 1992 | 2,063,201 | 1,963,077 | 100,124 | 4.9% | |
| 1993 | 2,108,085 | 2,012,414 | 95,671 | 4.5% | |
| 1994 | 2,168,489 | 2,088,078 | 80,411 | 3.7% | |
| 1995 | 2,215,288 | 2,140,400 | 74,888 | 3.4% | |
| 1996 | 2,250,379 | 2,171,774 | 78,605 | 3.5% | |
| 1997 | 2,271,990 | 2,204,913 | 67,077 | 3.0% | |
| 1998 | 2,300,464 | 2,242,919 | 57,545 | 2.5% | |
| 1999 | 2,327,273 | 2,268,634 | 58,639 | 2.5% | |
| 2000 | 2,377,850 | 2,309,707 | 68,143 | 2.9% | |
| 2001 | 2,419,407 | 2,331,210 | 88,197 | 3.6% | |
| 2002 | 2,439,746 | 2,331,287 | 108,459 | 4.4% | |
| 2003 | 2,462,975 | 2,346,151 | 116,824 | 4.7% | |
| 2004 | 2,464,652 | 2,353,338 | 111,314 | 4.5% | |
| 2005 | 2,457,462 | 2,357,586 | 99,876 | 4.1% | |
| 2006 | 2,467,793 | 2,368,391 | 99,402 | 4.0% | |
| 2007 | 2,478,451 | 2,365,617 | 112,834 | 4.6% | |
| 2008 | 2,489,416 | 2,356,159 | 133,257 | 5.4% | |
| 2009 | 2,497,808 | 2,297,682 | 200,126 | 8.0% | |
| 2010 | 2,499,942 | 2,312,395 | 187,547 | 7.5% | |
| 2011 | 2,511,532 | 2,347,289 | 164,243 | 6.5% | |
| 2012 | 2,510,462 | 2,367,528 | 142,934 | 5.7% | |
| 2013 | 2,525,423 | 2,397,762 | 127,661 | 5.1% | |
| 2014 | 2,544,589 | 2,436,416 | 108,173 | 4.3% | |
| 2015 | 2,565,008 | 2,469,617 | 95,391 | 3.7% | |
| 2016 | 2,584,601 | 2,488,199 | 96,402 | 3.7% | |
| 2017 | 2,614,966 | 2,527,812 | 87,154 | 3.3% | |
| 2018 | 2,626,067 | 2,548,770 | 77,297 | 2.9% | |
| 2019 | 2,654,647 | 2,572,400 | 82,247 | 3.1% | |
| 2020 | 2,652,582 | 2,485,976 | 166,606 | 6.3% | |
| 2021 | 2,604,351 | 2,505,021 | 99,330 | 3.8% | |
| 2022 | 2,637,667 | 2,566,842 | 70,825 | 2.7% | |
| 2023 | 2,658,980 | 2,583,330 | 75,650 | 2.8% | |
| 2024 | 2,701,818 | 2,620,027 | 81,791 | 3.0% | |