2022 population: 1,399,446
( 135,355 from 2010
, 21,557 from 2020)
Land area: 4276.4 square miles
Population density: 327.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 90,890 | 6.49% | 16.4% |
Black: | 7,758 | 0.55% | 77.4% |
Indian: | 1,048 | 0.07% | 10.5% |
Asian: | 11,837 | 0.85% | 18.5% |
2+ races: | 2,862 | 0.20% | 44.6% |
Hispanic: | 1,285,051 | 91.83% | 13.0% |
Total non-White: | 1,308,556 | 93.51% | 13.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 45,964 | 16.7 |
Deaths: | 25,716 | 9.3 |
Net Migration: | -3,150 | -1.1 |
Net Immigration: | 3,535 | 1.3 |
Change in White population: | -17,774 | -1.4 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 153,129 | 12.1 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 481,506 | |
Median Value | $109,893 | |
Occupied | 414,085 | 86.0% |
Vacant | 67,421 | 14.0% |
Owned | 278,507 | 67.3% |
Rented | 135,578 | 32.7% |
Median Rent | $856 | |
Single-Family Units | 327,696 | 68.1% |
Detached | 317,449 | 65.9% |
Attached | 10,247 | 2.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 46,668 | 9.7% |
Mobile Homes | 62,523 | 13.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 34,459 | 8.3% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 29,421 | 7.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 27,003 | 6.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 25,501 | 6.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 22,954 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 21,489 | 5.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 18,759 | 4.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 17,898 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 16,405 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 30,056 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 40,206 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 45,588 | 11.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 30,393 | 7.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 20,548 | 5.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 18,280 | 4.4% |
$200,000 or more | 15,125 | 3.7% |
Median Household Income | 48,063 | |
Per Capita Income | 20,850 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 71 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 34,455 | 8.3% |
Public Assistance | 8,275 | 2.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 118,485 | 28.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 35,893 | 62.0% |
Unemployed | 2,178 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 283 | 0.5% |
Total Labor Force | 38,354 | 66.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 19,500 | 33.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 37.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 198,893 | 152,694 | 56.6% |
Non-Profit | 8,523 | 12,671 | 40.2% |
Self-Employed | 47,747 | 22,689 | 67.8% |
Local Government | 21,851 | 29,416 | 42.6% |
State Government | 13,949 | 19,672 | 41.5% |
Federal Government | 8,071 | 4,153 | 66.0% |
Total Private + Self | 246,640 | 175,383 | 58.4% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 52,394 | 65,912 | 44.3% |
Total | 299,034 | 241,295 | 55.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 54,564 | 10.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 117,089 | 21.6% |
Professional, Technical | 99,068 | 18.3% |
Service Occupations | 129,567 | 23.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 5,725 | 1.1% |
All others | 141,353 | 26.1% |
White Collar | 50.0% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 90,454 | 16.7% |
Educational services | 69,305 | 12.8% |
Retail trade | 65,307 | 12.1% |
Construction | 49,041 | 9.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 42,383 | 7.8% |
Manufacturing | 32,149 | 5.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 28,806 | 5.3% |
Other services | 28,703 | 5.3% |
Public administration | 26,860 | 5.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 26,078 | 4.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 16,135 | 3.0% |
Finance and insurance | 15,095 | 2.8% |
Wholesale trade | 12,564 | 2.3% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 7,981 | 1.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 7,891 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,845 | 1.3% |
Information | 5,643 | 1.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,546 | 1.0% |
Utilities | 4,549 | 0.8% |
Management | 306 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,206,933 | 87.39% |
Puerto Rican | 4,768 | 0.35% |
Cuban | 1,359 | 0.10% |
Dominican | 1,082 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 8,208 | 0.59% |
Costa Rican | 37 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 1,723 | 0.12% |
Honduran | 2,864 | 0.21% |
Nicaraguan | 835 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 119 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 2,630 | 0.19% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,953 | 0.21% |
Argentinean | 220 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 68 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 73 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 998 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 189 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 8 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 405 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 19 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 875 | 0.06% |
Other South American | 98 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 43,187 | 3.13% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 4,092 | 0.30% |
Indian | 2,823 | 0.20% |
Vietnamese | 1,052 | 0.08% |
Chinese | 928 | 0.07% |
Korean | 727 | 0.05% |
Japanese | 660 | 0.05% |
Bangladeshi | 135 | 0.01% |
Indonesian | 94 | 0.01% |
Taiwanese | 64 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
Spanish | 987,148 | 77.7% |
English | 271,769 | 21.4% |
Tagalog | 2,475 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 2,321 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European | 2,070 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,056 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 824 | 0.1% |
Vietnamese | 800 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 726 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 26,397 | 1.9% |
German | 22,542 | 1.6% |
English | 17,465 | 1.3% |
Irish | 14,367 | 1.0% |
Italian | 6,207 | 0.4% |
French | 5,385 | 0.4% |
Scottish | 3,297 | 0.2% |
European | 2,697 | 0.2% |
Polish | 2,192 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 2,048 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 2,009 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 1,737 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,490 | 0.1% |
African | 1,216 | 0.1% |
British | 1,011 | 0.1% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,150,039 | 83.3% |
Not a citizen | 231,006 | 16.7% |
Native | 1,037,858 | 75.2% |
Foreign-born | 343,187 | 24.8% |
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 | ||||||
144,303 | 18.1% | 103,002 | 12.9% | 202,758 | 25.5% | 191,282 | 24.0% | 107,588 | 13.5% | 47,016 | 5.9% |
Average years of education: 11.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 144,303 | 18.1% |
9-12 Years | 103,002 | 12.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 202,758 | 25.5% |
Some College | 191,282 | 24.0% |
Bach. Degree | 107,588 | 13.5% |
Grad Degree | 47,016 | 5.9% |
Average years of education: 11.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 295,669 | 236,162 | 59,507 | 20.1% | |
1991 | 302,349 | 240,361 | 61,988 | 20.5% | |
1992 | 313,065 | 249,387 | 63,678 | 20.3% | |
1993 | 321,748 | 261,485 | 60,263 | 18.7% | |
1994 | 334,392 | 274,410 | 59,982 | 17.9% | |
1995 | 340,285 | 278,841 | 61,444 | 18.1% | |
1996 | 343,701 | 283,000 | 60,701 | 17.7% | |
1997 | 347,901 | 289,153 | 58,748 | 16.9% | |
1998 | 352,608 | 292,731 | 59,877 | 17.0% | |
1999 | 351,714 | 303,562 | 48,152 | 13.7% | |
2000 | 364,488 | 332,153 | 32,335 | 8.9% | |
2001 | 376,335 | 341,296 | 35,039 | 9.3% | |
2002 | 396,388 | 355,651 | 40,737 | 10.3% | |
2003 | 416,358 | 372,914 | 43,444 | 10.4% | |
2004 | 425,053 | 385,587 | 39,466 | 9.3% | |
2005 | 431,494 | 396,164 | 35,330 | 8.2% | |
2006 | 438,136 | 405,537 | 32,599 | 7.4% | |
2007 | 443,824 | 414,320 | 29,504 | 6.6% | |
2008 | 458,803 | 425,475 | 33,328 | 7.3% | |
2009 | 482,085 | 431,267 | 50,818 | 10.5% | |
2010 | 515,231 | 453,713 | 61,518 | 11.9% | |
2011 | 526,559 | 462,253 | 64,306 | 12.2% | |
2012 | 526,413 | 470,032 | 56,381 | 10.7% | |
2013 | 531,248 | 474,881 | 56,367 | 10.6% | |
2014 | 531,095 | 483,132 | 47,963 | 9.0% | |
2015 | 526,976 | 484,441 | 42,535 | 8.1% | |
2016 | 536,232 | 493,571 | 42,661 | 8.0% | |
2017 | 541,699 | 500,528 | 41,171 | 7.6% | |
2018 | 545,083 | 508,599 | 36,484 | 6.7% | |
2019 | 550,248 | 515,997 | 34,251 | 6.2% | |
2020 | 561,959 | 497,498 | 64,461 | 11.5% | |
2021 | 577,312 | 524,983 | 52,329 | 9.1% | |
2022 | 581,311 | 543,870 | 37,441 | 6.4% | |
2023 | 591,437 | 555,709 | 35,728 | 6.0% |