2022 population: 941,611
( 38,047 from 2010
, 330 from 2020)
Land area: 6334.7 square miles
Population density: 148.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 519,473 | 55.17% | 0.6% |
Black: | 339,768 | 36.08% | 5.6% |
Indian: | 3,319 | 0.35% | 9.9% |
Asian: | 20,292 | 2.16% | 31.5% |
2+ races: | 13,002 | 1.38% | 42.9% |
Hispanic: | 45,757 | 4.86% | 48.0% |
Total non-White: | 422,138 | 44.83% | 10.7% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 25,470 | 13.5 |
Deaths: | 23,053 | 12.2 |
Net Migration: | -5,142 | -2.7 |
Net Immigration: | 2,899 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | -2,880 | -0.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 40,927 | 4.5 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 410,959 | |
Median Value | $213,626 | |
Occupied | 349,460 | 85.0% |
Vacant | 61,499 | 15.0% |
Owned | 243,936 | 69.8% |
Rented | 105,524 | 30.2% |
Median Rent | $1,040 | |
Single-Family Units | 278,823 | 67.8% |
Detached | 271,107 | 66.0% |
Attached | 7,716 | 1.9% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 55,861 | 13.6% |
Mobile Homes | 51,018 | 12.4% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 23,570 | 6.7% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 16,122 | 4.6% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 13,655 | 3.9% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 15,586 | 4.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 15,383 | 4.4% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 14,391 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 12,516 | 3.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 13,109 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 13,344 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 25,299 | 7.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 30,847 | 8.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 39,673 | 11.4% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 33,977 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 23,009 | 6.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 28,153 | 8.1% |
$200,000 or more | 30,826 | 8.8% |
Median Household Income | 66,883 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,570 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 85 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 19,968 | 5.7% |
Public Assistance | 4,566 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 52,659 | 15.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 386,160 | 66.5% |
Unemployed | 27,609 | 4.8% |
In Armed Forces | 806 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 414,575 | 71.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 165,897 | 28.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 161,173 | 125,163 | 56.3% |
Non-Profit | 8,907 | 18,817 | 32.1% |
Self-Employed | 25,368 | 14,715 | 63.3% |
Local Government | 10,692 | 19,781 | 35.1% |
State Government | 14,363 | 24,244 | 37.2% |
Federal Government | 2,704 | 2,907 | 48.2% |
Total Private + Self | 186,541 | 139,878 | 57.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 36,666 | 65,749 | 35.8% |
Total | 223,207 | 205,627 | 52.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 65,911 | 15.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 89,465 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 101,269 | 23.6% |
Service Occupations | 71,239 | 16.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,742 | 0.4% |
All others | 101,505 | 23.6% |
White Collar | 59.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 59,562 | 13.9% |
Retail trade | 46,798 | 10.9% |
Educational services | 43,586 | 10.2% |
Manufacturing | 42,641 | 9.9% |
Construction | 38,289 | 8.9% |
Accommodation and food services | 30,691 | 7.1% |
Public administration | 28,042 | 6.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 25,397 | 5.9% |
Other services | 20,838 | 4.9% |
Transportation and warehousing | 17,366 | 4.0% |
Finance and insurance | 16,065 | 3.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 14,386 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 10,780 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,285 | 1.9% |
Information | 7,535 | 1.8% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 6,933 | 1.6% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 5,071 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 3,920 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 2,942 | 0.7% |
Management | 262 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 14,383 | 1.53% |
Puerto Rican | 1,738 | 0.18% |
Cuban | 1,507 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 535 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 15,257 | 1.62% |
Costa Rican | 288 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 2,045 | 0.22% |
Honduran | 8,591 | 0.91% |
Nicaraguan | 1,134 | 0.12% |
Panamanian | 166 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 2,716 | 0.29% |
Other Central American | 317 | 0.03% |
Total South American | 1,702 | 0.18% |
Argentinean | 32 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 48 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 191 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 775 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 118 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 1 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 124 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 413 | 0.04% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 7,326 | 0.78% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 6,467 | 0.69% |
Chinese | 3,189 | 0.34% |
Indian | 3,161 | 0.34% |
Filipino | 2,094 | 0.22% |
Korean | 691 | 0.07% |
Japanese | 500 | 0.05% |
Indonesian | 356 | 0.04% |
Thai | 194 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 143 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 825,285 | 93.6% |
Spanish | 28,219 | 3.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 7,044 | 0.8% |
Vietnamese | 5,047 | 0.6% |
Other Indo-European | 4,445 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 3,037 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 2,670 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 1,551 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 1,321 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 94,689 | 10.1% |
American | 67,980 | 7.2% |
English | 61,229 | 6.5% |
Irish | 58,652 | 6.2% |
German | 57,613 | 6.1% |
Italian | 41,572 | 4.4% |
French Canadian | 14,214 | 1.5% |
European | 9,083 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 8,673 | 0.9% |
Cajun | 7,926 | 0.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 6,894 | 0.7% |
African | 6,346 | 0.7% |
Polish | 3,589 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 3,073 | 0.3% |
Swedish | 2,995 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 915,202 | 97.4% |
Not a citizen | 24,881 | 2.6% |
Native | 900,579 | 95.8% |
Foreign-born | 39,504 | 4.2% |
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 | ||||||
24,107 | 3.9% | 49,077 | 8.0% | 196,835 | 31.9% | 169,336 | 27.5% | 111,888 | 18.2% | 64,938 | 10.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 24,107 | 3.9% |
9-12 Years | 49,077 | 8.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 196,835 | 31.9% |
Some College | 169,336 | 27.5% |
Bach. Degree | 111,888 | 18.2% |
Grad Degree | 64,938 | 10.5% |
Average years of education: 13.3 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 343,811 | 324,049 | 19,762 | 5.7% | |
1991 | 350,829 | 327,964 | 22,865 | 6.5% | |
1992 | 356,057 | 333,791 | 22,266 | 6.3% | |
1993 | 350,648 | 328,011 | 22,637 | 6.5% | |
1994 | 356,633 | 331,479 | 25,154 | 7.1% | |
1995 | 356,841 | 334,676 | 22,165 | 6.2% | |
1996 | 361,562 | 340,830 | 20,732 | 5.7% | |
1997 | 363,701 | 344,608 | 19,093 | 5.2% | |
1998 | 369,422 | 351,854 | 17,568 | 4.8% | |
1999 | 374,071 | 357,147 | 16,924 | 4.5% | |
2000 | 380,086 | 360,611 | 19,475 | 5.1% | |
2001 | 377,255 | 356,343 | 20,912 | 5.5% | |
2002 | 375,320 | 353,021 | 22,299 | 5.9% | |
2003 | 380,887 | 356,401 | 24,486 | 6.4% | |
2004 | 385,260 | 361,416 | 23,844 | 6.2% | |
2005 | 405,808 | 376,606 | 29,202 | 7.2% | |
2006 | 408,562 | 391,507 | 17,055 | 4.2% | |
2007 | 412,744 | 395,745 | 16,999 | 4.1% | |
2008 | 417,680 | 398,421 | 19,259 | 4.6% | |
2009 | 421,077 | 393,495 | 27,582 | 6.6% | |
2010 | 434,013 | 401,067 | 32,946 | 7.6% | |
2011 | 435,231 | 402,425 | 32,806 | 7.5% | |
2012 | 438,038 | 408,855 | 29,183 | 6.7% | |
2013 | 443,435 | 416,301 | 27,134 | 6.1% | |
2014 | 454,518 | 428,026 | 26,492 | 5.8% | |
2015 | 460,583 | 434,571 | 26,012 | 5.6% | |
2016 | 456,923 | 431,522 | 25,401 | 5.6% | |
2017 | 454,848 | 433,330 | 21,518 | 4.7% | |
2018 | 458,146 | 437,566 | 20,580 | 4.5% | |
2019 | 459,382 | 439,114 | 20,268 | 4.4% | |
2020 | 451,402 | 417,076 | 34,326 | 7.6% | |
2021 | 455,930 | 432,462 | 23,468 | 5.1% | |
2022 | 464,918 | 449,069 | 15,849 | 3.4% | |
2023 | 462,107 | 446,505 | 15,602 | 3.4% |