2022 population: 3,137,168
( 513,215 from 2010
, 91,068 from 2020)
Land area: 20239.7 square miles
Population density: 155.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 2,326,747 | 74.17% | 13.7% |
Black: | 405,096 | 12.91% | 24.6% |
Indian: | 9,535 | 0.30% | 30.3% |
Asian: | 79,005 | 2.52% | 72.2% |
2+ races: | 72,632 | 2.32% | 65.6% |
Hispanic: | 244,153 | 7.78% | 60.0% |
Total non-White: | 810,421 | 25.83% | 40.2% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 85,558 | 14.0 |
Deaths: | 76,048 | 12.5 |
Net Migration: | 74,947 | 12.3 |
Net Immigration: | 6,581 | 1.1 |
Change in White population: | 280,661 | 10.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 232,554 | 8.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,295,288 | |
Median Value | $293,755 | |
Occupied | 1,168,976 | 90.2% |
Vacant | 126,312 | 9.8% |
Owned | 784,680 | 67.1% |
Rented | 384,296 | 32.9% |
Median Rent | $1,172 | |
Single-Family Units | 933,510 | 72.1% |
Detached | 875,306 | 67.6% |
Attached | 58,204 | 4.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 197,139 | 15.2% |
Mobile Homes | 95,034 | 7.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 55,695 | 4.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 40,785 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 40,878 | 3.5% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 41,457 | 3.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 44,252 | 3.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 44,954 | 3.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 48,612 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 45,710 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 48,552 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 91,390 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 117,308 | 10.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 161,724 | 13.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 118,007 | 10.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 79,853 | 6.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 90,327 | 7.7% |
$200,000 or more | 99,472 | 8.5% |
Median Household Income | 72,540 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,404 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 88 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 55,043 | 4.7% |
Public Assistance | 21,953 | 1.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 117,566 | 10.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,311,631 | 71.5% |
Unemployed | 59,364 | 3.2% |
In Armed Forces | 17,380 | 0.9% |
Total Labor Force | 1,388,375 | 75.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 446,916 | 24.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 566,526 | 468,174 | 54.8% |
Non-Profit | 39,391 | 67,623 | 36.8% |
Self-Employed | 98,811 | 54,719 | 64.4% |
Local Government | 41,220 | 64,657 | 38.9% |
State Government | 22,431 | 32,279 | 41.0% |
Federal Government | 18,586 | 14,104 | 56.9% |
Total Private + Self | 665,337 | 522,893 | 56.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 121,628 | 178,663 | 40.5% |
Total | 786,965 | 701,556 | 52.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.0% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 251,294 | 16.9% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 314,361 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 342,570 | 23.0% |
Service Occupations | 221,620 | 14.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 5,919 | 0.4% |
All others | 361,360 | 24.2% |
White Collar | 60.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 203,087 | 13.6% |
Manufacturing | 185,208 | 12.4% |
Retail trade | 170,253 | 11.4% |
Educational services | 122,899 | 8.2% |
Accommodation and food services | 108,580 | 7.3% |
Construction | 103,762 | 7.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 98,476 | 6.6% |
Transportation and warehousing | 76,193 | 5.1% |
Finance and insurance | 69,761 | 4.7% |
Other services | 69,309 | 4.6% |
Public administration | 64,461 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 62,710 | 4.2% |
Wholesale trade | 36,502 | 2.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 31,128 | 2.1% |
Information | 29,658 | 2.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 28,427 | 1.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 12,942 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 10,710 | 0.7% |
Management | 5,385 | 0.4% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,754 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 122,734 | 4.04% |
Puerto Rican | 21,813 | 0.72% |
Cuban | 8,396 | 0.28% |
Dominican | 2,308 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 41,145 | 1.35% |
Costa Rican | 896 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 14,165 | 0.47% |
Honduran | 12,599 | 0.41% |
Nicaraguan | 1,026 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 1,448 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 10,826 | 0.36% |
Other Central American | 185 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 13,187 | 0.43% |
Argentinean | 916 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 253 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 755 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 4,279 | 0.14% |
Ecuadorian | 1,245 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 92 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 1,991 | 0.07% |
Uruguayan | 158 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 3,211 | 0.11% |
Other South American | 287 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 13,469 | 0.44% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 17,341 | 0.57% |
Chinese | 9,398 | 0.31% |
Filipino | 7,266 | 0.24% |
Laotian | 7,035 | 0.23% |
Korean | 6,553 | 0.22% |
Vietnamese | 4,447 | 0.15% |
Burmese | 3,505 | 0.12% |
Japanese | 2,905 | 0.10% |
Thai | 2,085 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,575,051 | 90.4% |
Spanish | 147,864 | 5.2% |
Other Indo-European | 24,337 | 0.9% |
Arabic | 21,217 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 19,820 | 0.7% |
Other | 14,392 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 13,805 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 7,753 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 6,860 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 374,250 | 12.3% |
English | 356,400 | 11.7% |
German | 291,319 | 9.6% |
Irish | 277,328 | 9.1% |
European | 73,874 | 2.4% |
Italian | 72,632 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 60,357 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 50,582 | 1.7% |
French | 46,905 | 1.5% |
Polish | 34,413 | 1.1% |
African | 32,658 | 1.1% |
Dutch | 24,105 | 0.8% |
British | 19,122 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 16,393 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 16,272 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 2,916,882 | 96.0% |
Not a citizen | 120,246 | 4.0% |
Native | 2,830,022 | 93.2% |
Foreign-born | 207,106 | 6.8% |
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 | ||||||
77,757 | 3.8% | 125,471 | 6.1% | 612,347 | 29.9% | 559,884 | 27.3% | 434,660 | 21.2% | 240,258 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 77,757 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 125,471 | 6.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 612,347 | 29.9% |
Some College | 559,884 | 27.3% |
Bach. Degree | 434,660 | 21.2% |
Grad Degree | 240,258 | 11.7% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 917,673 | 869,702 | 47,971 | 5.2% | |
1991 | 924,807 | 865,666 | 59,141 | 6.4% | |
1992 | 943,506 | 886,937 | 56,569 | 6.0% | |
1993 | 978,478 | 928,339 | 50,139 | 5.1% | |
1994 | 1,033,126 | 990,835 | 42,291 | 4.1% | |
1995 | 1,062,385 | 1,014,693 | 47,692 | 4.5% | |
1996 | 1,083,668 | 1,032,847 | 50,821 | 4.7% | |
1997 | 1,096,196 | 1,043,512 | 52,684 | 4.8% | |
1998 | 1,114,956 | 1,072,167 | 42,789 | 3.8% | |
1999 | 1,133,309 | 1,092,623 | 40,686 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 1,147,293 | 1,105,485 | 41,808 | 3.6% | |
2001 | 1,150,706 | 1,100,483 | 50,223 | 4.4% | |
2002 | 1,164,134 | 1,107,644 | 56,490 | 4.9% | |
2003 | 1,170,825 | 1,109,728 | 61,097 | 5.2% | |
2004 | 1,175,703 | 1,117,727 | 57,976 | 4.9% | |
2005 | 1,180,654 | 1,119,114 | 61,540 | 5.2% | |
2006 | 1,228,222 | 1,165,943 | 62,279 | 5.1% | |
2007 | 1,244,631 | 1,187,595 | 57,036 | 4.6% | |
2008 | 1,256,215 | 1,177,249 | 78,966 | 6.3% | |
2009 | 1,250,506 | 1,124,278 | 126,228 | 10.1% | |
2010 | 1,298,945 | 1,175,137 | 123,808 | 9.5% | |
2011 | 1,314,289 | 1,200,912 | 113,377 | 8.6% | |
2012 | 1,315,330 | 1,219,649 | 95,681 | 7.3% | |
2013 | 1,321,652 | 1,230,798 | 90,854 | 6.9% | |
2014 | 1,321,613 | 1,244,952 | 76,661 | 5.8% | |
2015 | 1,346,646 | 1,280,136 | 66,510 | 4.9% | |
2016 | 1,385,935 | 1,327,758 | 58,177 | 4.2% | |
2017 | 1,426,129 | 1,378,908 | 47,221 | 3.3% | |
2018 | 1,468,067 | 1,422,864 | 45,203 | 3.1% | |
2019 | 1,513,602 | 1,468,207 | 45,395 | 3.0% | |
2020 | 1,493,360 | 1,387,459 | 105,901 | 7.1% | |
2021 | 1,521,917 | 1,461,017 | 60,900 | 4.0% | |
2022 | 1,551,949 | 1,505,296 | 46,653 | 3.0% | |
2023 | 1,573,665 | 1,527,232 | 46,433 | 3.0% |