2022 population: 2,599,234
( 205,986 from 2010
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19,003 from 2020)
Land area: 16884.6 square miles
Population density: 153.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,902,638 | 73.20% | ![]() |
Black: | 284,608 | 10.95% | ![]() |
Indian: | 13,045 | 0.50% | ![]() |
Asian: | 83,011 | 3.19% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 71,846 | 2.76% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 244,086 | 9.39% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 696,596 | 26.80% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 67,252 | 13.0 |
Deaths: | 58,139 | 11.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 1,629 | 0.3 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 7,285 | 1.4 |
Change in White population: | 73,258 | 3.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 132,728 | 5.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,109,828 | |
Median Value | $234,924 | |
Occupied | 1,018,902 | 91.8% |
Vacant | 90,926 | 8.2% |
Owned | 663,740 | 65.1% |
Rented | 355,162 | 34.9% |
Median Rent | $1,102 | |
Single-Family Units | 836,067 | 75.3% |
Detached | 769,852 | 69.4% |
Attached | 66,215 | 6.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 179,475 | 16.2% |
Mobile Homes | 25,331 | 2.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 44,567 | 4.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 32,333 | 3.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 32,698 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 34,236 | 3.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 36,933 | 3.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 38,687 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 36,666 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 36,992 | 3.6% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 37,080 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 75,934 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 98,010 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 138,071 | 13.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 109,586 | 10.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 76,493 | 7.5% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 94,127 | 9.2% |
$200,000 or more | 96,489 | 9.5% |
Median Household Income | 77,713 | |
Per Capita Income | 41,043 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 90 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 40,556 | 4.0% |
Public Assistance | 18,148 | 1.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 80,588 | 7.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,123,775 | 75.3% |
Unemployed | 49,314 | 3.3% |
In Armed Forces | 8,329 | 0.6% |
Total Labor Force | 1,181,418 | 79.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 310,487 | 20.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 24.1% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 504,486 | 402,190 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 36,048 | 77,064 | 31.9% |
Self-Employed | 69,158 | 44,135 | 61.0% |
Local Government | 35,067 | 51,199 | 40.6% |
State Government | 19,165 | 27,106 | 41.4% |
Federal Government | 20,638 | 19,405 | 51.5% |
Total Private + Self | 573,644 | 446,325 | 56.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 110,918 | 174,774 | 38.8% |
Total | 684,562 | 621,099 | 52.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 233,094 | 17.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 273,649 | 20.9% |
Professional, Technical | 319,570 | 24.4% |
Service Occupations | 198,150 | 15.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 4,487 | 0.3% |
All others | 283,230 | 21.7% |
White Collar | 63.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 182,671 | 1745.2% |
Retail trade | 144,073 | 1376.4% |
Manufacturing | 126,328 | 1206.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 115,450 | 1103.0% |
Educational services | 113,973 | 1088.9% |
Construction | 87,063 | 831.8% |
Finance and insurance | 83,026 | 793.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 82,666 | 789.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 72,571 | 693.3% |
Public administration | 60,408 | 577.1% |
Other services | 58,616 | 560.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 46,862 | 447.7% |
Wholesale trade | 35,980 | 343.7% |
Information | 25,353 | 242.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 24,789 | 236.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 21,984 | 210.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 13,193 | 126.0% |
Utilities | 10,039 | 95.9% |
Management | 1,327 | 12.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,321 | 12.6% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 166,672 | 6.49% |
Puerto Rican | 11,478 | 0.45% |
Cuban | 5,323 | 0.21% |
Dominican | 1,412 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 24,191 | 0.94% |
Costa Rican | 267 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 7,810 | 0.30% |
Honduran | 6,892 | 0.27% |
Nicaraguan | 467 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 1,054 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 7,462 | 0.29% |
Other Central American | 239 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 8,561 | 0.33% |
Argentinean | 578 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 364 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 250 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 3,166 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 743 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 85 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,494 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 226 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 1,468 | 0.06% |
Other South American | 187 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 14,221 | 0.55% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 19,750 | 0.77% |
Chinese | 12,107 | 0.47% |
Vietnamese | 8,902 | 0.35% |
Filipino | 6,088 | 0.24% |
Korean | 4,506 | 0.18% |
Burmese | 3,732 | 0.15% |
Hmong | 2,874 | 0.11% |
Laotian | 2,018 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 1,763 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,176,377 | 90.2% |
Spanish | 130,835 | 5.4% |
Other Asian | 19,210 | 0.8% |
Other Indo-European | 18,683 | 0.8% |
Other | 15,838 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 10,692 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 8,448 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 7,895 | 0.3% |
Vietnamese | 6,513 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 516,745 | 20.1% |
Irish | 308,209 | 12.0% |
English | 301,794 | 11.7% |
American | 131,390 | 5.1% |
European | 82,096 | 3.2% |
Italian | 74,306 | 2.9% |
French | 50,560 | 2.0% |
Scottish | 48,999 | 1.9% |
Polish | 37,907 | 1.5% |
Swedish | 36,644 | 1.4% |
Dutch | 28,560 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 27,616 | 1.1% |
Norwegian | 25,673 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 18,977 | 0.7% |
British | 15,533 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 2,480,391 | 96.5% |
Not a citizen | 89,408 | 3.5% |
Native | 2,404,050 | 93.6% |
Foreign-born | 165,749 | 6.4% |
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 | ||||||
46,452 | 2.7% | 77,704 | 4.5% | 452,614 | 26.2% | 503,247 | 29.2% | 399,228 | 23.1% | 246,549 | 14.3% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 46,452 | 2.7% |
9-12 Years | 77,704 | 4.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 452,614 | 26.2% |
Some College | 503,247 | 29.2% |
Bach. Degree | 399,228 | 23.1% |
Grad Degree | 246,549 | 14.3% |
Average years of education: 13.9 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 1,027,890 | 976,245 | 51,645 | 5.0% | |
1991 | 1,040,149 | 981,732 | 58,417 | 5.6% | |
1992 | 1,049,314 | 993,335 | 55,979 | 5.3% | |
1993 | 1,069,093 | 1,012,482 | 56,611 | 5.3% | |
1994 | 1,096,696 | 1,043,822 | 52,874 | 4.8% | |
1995 | 1,123,877 | 1,073,967 | 49,910 | 4.4% | |
1996 | 1,141,451 | 1,092,565 | 48,886 | 4.3% | |
1997 | 1,162,973 | 1,117,668 | 45,305 | 3.9% | |
1998 | 1,181,714 | 1,136,992 | 44,722 | 3.8% | |
1999 | 1,191,351 | 1,153,894 | 37,457 | 3.1% | |
2000 | 1,177,422 | 1,137,820 | 39,602 | 3.4% | |
2001 | 1,178,025 | 1,126,312 | 51,713 | 4.4% | |
2002 | 1,177,422 | 1,113,757 | 63,665 | 5.4% | |
2003 | 1,188,901 | 1,118,767 | 70,134 | 5.9% | |
2004 | 1,201,005 | 1,128,776 | 72,229 | 6.0% | |
2005 | 1,206,853 | 1,139,828 | 67,025 | 5.6% | |
2006 | 1,211,915 | 1,151,759 | 60,156 | 5.0% | |
2007 | 1,227,323 | 1,165,773 | 61,550 | 5.0% | |
2008 | 1,227,179 | 1,156,052 | 71,127 | 5.8% | |
2009 | 1,233,934 | 1,130,080 | 103,854 | 8.4% | |
2010 | 1,268,748 | 1,160,221 | 108,527 | 8.6% | |
2011 | 1,268,028 | 1,168,852 | 99,176 | 7.8% | |
2012 | 1,264,005 | 1,180,524 | 83,481 | 6.6% | |
2013 | 1,267,189 | 1,187,953 | 79,236 | 6.3% | |
2014 | 1,284,674 | 1,212,994 | 71,680 | 5.6% | |
2015 | 1,300,205 | 1,237,619 | 62,586 | 4.8% | |
2016 | 1,314,094 | 1,257,860 | 56,234 | 4.3% | |
2017 | 1,319,703 | 1,269,348 | 50,355 | 3.8% | |
2018 | 1,316,561 | 1,272,239 | 44,322 | 3.4% | |
2019 | 1,327,333 | 1,283,902 | 43,431 | 3.3% | |
2020 | 1,325,112 | 1,244,421 | 80,691 | 6.1% | |
2021 | 1,330,429 | 1,277,385 | 53,044 | 4.0% | |
2022 | 1,339,339 | 1,304,256 | 35,083 | 2.6% | |
2023 | 1,351,448 | 1,312,405 | 39,043 | 2.9% |