2022 population: 3,494,632
( 381,546 from 2010
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7,476 from 2020)
Land area: 43733.4 square miles
Population density: 79.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 2,499,057 | 71.51% | ![]() |
Black: | 88,207 | 2.52% | ![]() |
Indian: | 33,283 | 0.95% | ![]() |
Asian: | 231,431 | 6.62% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 129,768 | 3.71% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 512,886 | 14.68% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 995,575 | 28.49% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 78,282 | 11.2 |
Deaths: | 73,055 | 10.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -8,181 | -1.2 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 9,790 | 1.4 |
Change in White population: | 104,203 | 3.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 277,343 | 8.9 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 1,454,705 | |
Median Value | $446,588 | |
Occupied | 1,359,944 | 93.5% |
Vacant | 94,761 | 6.5% |
Owned | 859,795 | 63.2% |
Rented | 500,149 | 36.8% |
Median Rent | $1,440 | |
Single-Family Units | 986,360 | 67.8% |
Detached | 912,577 | 62.7% |
Attached | 73,783 | 5.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 285,026 | 19.6% |
Mobile Homes | 79,532 | 5.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 52,182 | 3.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 42,048 | 3.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 37,557 | 2.8% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 41,339 | 3.0% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 41,420 | 3.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 43,747 | 3.2% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 45,033 | 3.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 45,005 | 3.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 45,728 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 91,963 | 6.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 126,785 | 9.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 183,515 | 13.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 148,221 | 10.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 112,455 | 8.3% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 139,599 | 10.3% |
$200,000 or more | 163,347 | 12.0% |
Median Household Income | 84,665 | |
Per Capita Income | 44,206 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 114 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 61,665 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 56,157 | 4.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 202,823 | 14.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 1,397,457 | 72.4% |
Unemployed | 77,367 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 2,346 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 1,477,170 | 76.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 452,278 | 23.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 27.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 665,865 | 483,768 | 57.9% |
Non-Profit | 54,838 | 106,652 | 34.0% |
Self-Employed | 102,058 | 79,545 | 56.2% |
Local Government | 46,519 | 70,545 | 39.7% |
State Government | 31,443 | 48,169 | 39.5% |
Federal Government | 18,851 | 15,280 | 55.2% |
Total Private + Self | 767,923 | 563,313 | 57.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 151,651 | 240,646 | 38.7% |
Total | 919,574 | 803,959 | 53.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.4% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 305,878 | 17.7% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 338,290 | 19.6% |
Professional, Technical | 432,445 | 25.0% |
Service Occupations | 281,409 | 16.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 19,892 | 1.2% |
All others | 369,073 | 21.4% |
White Collar | 62.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 248,875 | 16015.1% |
Manufacturing | 202,396 | 13024.2% |
Retail trade | 197,550 | 12712.4% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 143,669 | 9245.1% |
Educational services | 131,792 | 8480.8% |
Construction | 123,564 | 7951.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 117,031 | 7531.0% |
Public administration | 81,024 | 5213.9% |
Other services | 76,905 | 4948.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 76,175 | 4901.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 67,587 | 4349.2% |
Finance and insurance | 65,945 | 4243.6% |
Wholesale trade | 44,752 | 2879.8% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 35,990 | 2316.0% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 33,824 | 2176.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 33,157 | 2133.7% |
Information | 26,806 | 1725.0% |
Utilities | 15,470 | 995.5% |
Management | 3,295 | 212.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,288 | 82.9% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 388,502 | 11.16% |
Puerto Rican | 12,695 | 0.36% |
Cuban | 7,249 | 0.21% |
Dominican | 1,722 | 0.05% |
Total Central American | 29,606 | 0.85% |
Costa Rican | 1,473 | 0.04% |
Guatemalan | 12,843 | 0.37% |
Honduran | 2,430 | 0.07% |
Nicaraguan | 2,140 | 0.06% |
Panamanian | 1,700 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 8,688 | 0.25% |
Other Central American | 332 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 16,542 | 0.48% |
Argentinean | 1,283 | 0.04% |
Bolivian | 728 | 0.02% |
Chilean | 1,529 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 4,306 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 2,110 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 85 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 3,739 | 0.11% |
Uruguayan | 658 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 2,035 | 0.06% |
Other South American | 69 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 33,651 | 0.97% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 38,382 | 1.10% |
Vietnamese | 33,852 | 0.97% |
Indian | 29,690 | 0.85% |
Filipino | 21,062 | 0.61% |
Korean | 15,335 | 0.44% |
Japanese | 12,252 | 0.35% |
Laotian | 4,148 | 0.12% |
Cambodian | 4,041 | 0.12% |
Hmong | 3,208 | 0.09% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 2,724,410 | 82.7% |
Spanish | 304,472 | 9.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 46,736 | 1.4% |
Other Asian | 44,998 | 1.4% |
Other Indo-European | 40,229 | 1.2% |
Chinese | 29,729 | 0.9% |
Vietnamese | 29,545 | 0.9% |
Other | 17,943 | 0.5% |
German, other Germanic | 13,825 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 578,110 | 16.6% |
English | 430,904 | 12.4% |
Irish | 362,211 | 10.4% |
American | 155,537 | 4.5% |
European | 132,697 | 3.8% |
Norwegian | 119,970 | 3.4% |
Italian | 116,911 | 3.4% |
Scottish | 93,635 | 2.7% |
French | 88,499 | 2.5% |
Swedish | 83,420 | 2.4% |
Dutch | 59,233 | 1.7% |
Polish | 56,431 | 1.6% |
Russian | 39,420 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 36,855 | 1.1% |
British | 32,811 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 3,285,691 | 94.4% |
Not a citizen | 194,405 | 5.6% |
Native | 3,085,451 | 88.7% |
Foreign-born | 394,645 | 11.3% |
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 | ||||||
85,178 | 3.5% | 118,184 | 4.8% | 540,207 | 22.0% | 814,352 | 33.1% | 559,359 | 22.8% | 340,430 | 13.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 85,178 | 3.5% |
9-12 Years | 118,184 | 4.8% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 540,207 | 22.0% |
Some College | 814,352 | 33.1% |
Bach. Degree | 559,359 | 22.8% |
Grad Degree | 340,430 | 13.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 1,186,324 | 1,128,140 | 58,184 | 4.9% | |
1991 | 1,205,987 | 1,137,006 | 68,981 | 5.7% | |
1992 | 1,240,597 | 1,153,637 | 86,960 | 7.0% | |
1993 | 1,275,772 | 1,192,716 | 83,056 | 6.5% | |
1994 | 1,312,698 | 1,248,184 | 64,514 | 4.9% | |
1995 | 1,340,903 | 1,282,979 | 57,924 | 4.3% | |
1996 | 1,391,180 | 1,322,326 | 68,854 | 4.9% | |
1997 | 1,429,808 | 1,360,870 | 68,938 | 4.8% | |
1998 | 1,461,640 | 1,388,759 | 72,881 | 5.0% | |
1999 | 1,472,532 | 1,399,238 | 73,294 | 5.0% | |
2000 | 1,481,486 | 1,408,277 | 73,209 | 4.9% | |
2001 | 1,484,341 | 1,390,512 | 93,829 | 6.3% | |
2002 | 1,494,456 | 1,378,370 | 116,086 | 7.8% | |
2003 | 1,497,348 | 1,373,780 | 123,568 | 8.3% | |
2004 | 1,497,877 | 1,387,886 | 109,991 | 7.3% | |
2005 | 1,506,031 | 1,413,428 | 92,603 | 6.1% | |
2006 | 1,533,806 | 1,451,552 | 82,254 | 5.4% | |
2007 | 1,561,755 | 1,481,352 | 80,403 | 5.1% | |
2008 | 1,598,728 | 1,501,815 | 96,913 | 6.1% | |
2009 | 1,614,427 | 1,444,440 | 169,987 | 10.5% | |
2010 | 1,640,006 | 1,469,159 | 170,847 | 10.4% | |
2011 | 1,642,669 | 1,490,216 | 152,453 | 9.3% | |
2012 | 1,625,345 | 1,489,521 | 135,824 | 8.4% | |
2013 | 1,599,166 | 1,479,775 | 119,391 | 7.5% | |
2014 | 1,620,831 | 1,517,816 | 103,015 | 6.4% | |
2015 | 1,649,097 | 1,560,657 | 88,440 | 5.4% | |
2016 | 1,701,016 | 1,620,164 | 80,852 | 4.8% | |
2017 | 1,735,756 | 1,665,445 | 70,311 | 4.1% | |
2018 | 1,745,939 | 1,676,738 | 69,201 | 4.0% | |
2019 | 1,774,574 | 1,708,800 | 65,774 | 3.7% | |
2020 | 1,770,463 | 1,633,356 | 137,107 | 7.7% | |
2021 | 1,798,877 | 1,705,166 | 93,711 | 5.2% | |
2022 | 1,831,049 | 1,755,606 | 75,443 | 4.1% | |
2023 | 1,818,033 | 1,750,568 | 67,465 | 3.7% |