2024 population: 777,794
(
463,951 from 2020)
Land area: 9599.0 square miles
Population density: 81.0 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 430,255 | 55.32% | 0.9% |
| Black: | 243,022 | 31.25% | 1.5% |
| Indian: | 2,801 | 0.36% | 6.5% |
| Asian: | 18,140 | 2.33% | 18.2% |
| 2+ races: | 16,510 | 2.12% | 19.8% |
| Hispanic: | 67,066 | 8.62% | 18.5% |
| Total non-White: | 347,539 | 44.68% | 6.0% |
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate |
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| Births: | 53,103 | 10.7 |
| Deaths: | 69,053 | 13.9 |
| Net Migration: | 132,886 | 26.8 |
| Net Immigration: | 21,586 | 4.3 |
| Change in White population: | 3,701 | 0.5 |
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 19,620 | 2.6 |
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 334,517 | |
| Median Value | $192,982 | |
| Occupied | 286,176 | 85.5% |
| Vacant | 48,341 | 14.5% |
| Owned | 173,467 | 60.6% |
| Rented | 112,709 | 39.4% |
| Median Rent | $982 | |
| Single-Family Units | 204,598 | 61.2% |
| Detached | 190,530 | 57.0% |
| Attached | 14,068 | 4.2% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 45,740 | 13.7% |
| Mobile Homes | 62,432 | 18.7% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 24,248 | 8.5% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 14,001 | 4.9% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 14,395 | 5.0% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 14,201 | 5.0% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 14,206 | 5.0% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 13,906 | 4.9% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 13,063 | 4.6% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 11,612 | 4.1% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 11,910 | 4.2% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 21,920 | 7.7% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 26,632 | 9.3% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 35,685 | 12.5% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 23,145 | 8.1% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 15,867 | 5.5% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 15,273 | 5.3% |
| $200,000 or more | 16,112 | 5.6% |
| Median Household Income | 55,765 | |
| Per Capita Income | 30,988 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 80 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 16,149 | 5.6% |
| Public Assistance | 5,815 | 2.0% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 47,631 | 16.6% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 290,994 | 63.9% |
| Unemployed | 16,969 | 3.7% |
| In Armed Forces | 4,040 | 0.9% |
| Total Labor Force | 312,003 | 68.5% |
| Not in Labor Force | 143,354 | 31.5% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 102,357 | 95,608 | 51.7% |
| Non-Profit | 9,493 | 14,991 | 38.8% |
| Self-Employed | 20,341 | 11,067 | 64.8% |
| Local Government | 11,095 | 15,270 | 42.1% |
| State Government | 20,454 | 27,934 | 42.3% |
| Federal Government | 3,162 | 2,719 | 53.8% |
| Total Private + Self | 122,698 | 106,675 | 53.5% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 44,204 | 60,914 | 42.1% |
| Total | 166,902 | 167,589 | 49.9% |
| Pct. Govt. | 24.1% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 48,447 | 14.5% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 75,739 | 22.6% |
| Professional, Technical | 80,543 | 24.0% |
| Service Occupations | 61,273 | 18.3% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 4,086 | 1.2% |
| All others | 68,914 | 20.6% |
| White Collar | 61.1% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 44,662 | 13.3% |
| Retail trade | 40,758 | 12.2% |
| Educational services | 40,085 | 12.0% |
| Public administration | 35,949 | 10.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 26,365 | 7.9% |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 20,564 | 6.1% |
| Construction | 20,107 | 6.0% |
| Manufacturing | 20,080 | 6.0% |
| Other services | 16,873 | 5.0% |
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 14,810 | 4.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 12,517 | 3.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 10,798 | 3.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 7,129 | 2.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 6,547 | 2.0% |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 5,967 | 1.8% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,171 | 1.5% |
| Information | 3,347 | 1.0% |
| Utilities | 2,566 | 0.8% |
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 504 | 0.2% |
| Management | 117 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 20,498 | 2.72% |
| Puerto Rican | 8,123 | 1.08% |
| Cuban | 6,399 | 0.85% |
| Dominican | 1,457 | 0.19% |
| Total Central American | 6,281 | 0.83% |
| Costa Rican | 262 | 0.03% |
| Guatemalan | 2,008 | 0.27% |
| Honduran | 1,166 | 0.15% |
| Nicaraguan | 822 | 0.11% |
| Panamanian | 627 | 0.08% |
| Salvadoran | 1,396 | 0.19% |
| Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total South American | 5,226 | 0.69% |
| Argentinean | 206 | 0.03% |
| Bolivian | 23 | 0.00% |
| Chilean | 354 | 0.05% |
| Colombian | 2,114 | 0.28% |
| Ecuadorian | 385 | 0.05% |
| Paraguayan | 122 | 0.02% |
| Peruvian | 638 | 0.08% |
| Uruguayan | 184 | 0.02% |
| Venezuelan | 1,200 | 0.16% |
| Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Hispanic | 6,308 | 0.84% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 3,865 | 0.51% |
| Chinese | 2,849 | 0.38% |
| Filipino | 2,211 | 0.29% |
| Vietnamese | 1,242 | 0.17% |
| Korean | 945 | 0.13% |
| Japanese | 492 | 0.07% |
| Thai | 434 | 0.06% |
| Bangladeshi | 150 | 0.02% |
| Taiwanese | 149 | 0.02% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 653,147 | 91.8% |
| Spanish | 36,315 | 5.1% |
| Other Indo-European | 4,324 | 0.6% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,466 | 0.5% |
| Other Asian | 3,205 | 0.5% |
| Chinese | 2,281 | 0.3% |
| Other | 2,057 | 0.3% |
| Tagalog | 1,263 | 0.2% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,248 | 0.2% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| English | 68,204 | 9.1% |
| Irish | 57,605 | 7.7% |
| German | 49,834 | 6.6% |
| American | 45,853 | 6.1% |
| Italian | 19,895 | 2.6% |
| Scottish | 12,994 | 1.7% |
| European | 10,879 | 1.4% |
| French | 10,169 | 1.4% |
| Scotch-Irish | 8,210 | 1.1% |
| Polish | 8,041 | 1.1% |
| African | 4,513 | 0.6% |
| Welsh | 4,151 | 0.6% |
| British | 4,057 | 0.5% |
| Dutch | 4,028 | 0.5% |
| Norwegian | 3,132 | 0.4% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 733,682 | 97.5% |
| Not a citizen | 18,911 | 2.5% |
| Native | 715,366 | 95.1% |
| Foreign-born | 37,227 | 4.9% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 19,431 | 4.0% | 40,003 | 8.3% | 145,193 | 30.0% | 137,262 | 28.3% | 83,823 | 17.3% | 58,576 | 12.1% |
| Average years of education: 13.4 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 19,431 | 4.0% |
| 9-12 Years | 40,003 | 8.3% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 145,193 | 30.0% |
| Some College | 137,262 | 28.3% |
| Bach. Degree | 83,823 | 17.3% |
| Grad Degree | 58,576 | 12.1% |
| Average years of education: 13.4 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
| 1990 | 266,950 | 254,577 | 12,373 | 4.6% | |
| 1991 | 269,719 | 255,469 | 14,250 | 5.3% | |
| 1992 | 275,460 | 258,722 | 16,738 | 6.1% | |
| 1993 | 281,422 | 265,754 | 15,668 | 5.6% | |
| 1994 | 287,479 | 273,951 | 13,528 | 4.7% | |
| 1995 | 294,244 | 282,814 | 11,430 | 3.9% | |
| 1996 | 296,610 | 284,729 | 11,881 | 4.0% | |
| 1997 | 304,492 | 291,917 | 12,575 | 4.1% | |
| 1998 | 310,417 | 297,952 | 12,465 | 4.0% | |
| 1999 | 314,824 | 302,899 | 11,925 | 3.8% | |
| 2000 | 317,950 | 306,063 | 11,887 | 3.7% | |
| 2001 | 317,956 | 304,787 | 13,169 | 4.1% | |
| 2002 | 319,757 | 305,790 | 13,967 | 4.4% | |
| 2003 | 323,009 | 309,975 | 13,034 | 4.0% | |
| 2004 | 324,184 | 312,081 | 12,103 | 3.7% | |
| 2005 | 336,027 | 324,805 | 11,222 | 3.3% | |
| 2006 | 344,285 | 333,802 | 10,483 | 3.0% | |
| 2007 | 348,792 | 336,843 | 11,949 | 3.4% | |
| 2008 | 352,915 | 334,533 | 18,382 | 5.2% | |
| 2009 | 351,299 | 322,831 | 28,468 | 8.1% | |
| 2010 | 344,423 | 313,072 | 31,351 | 9.1% | |
| 2011 | 344,598 | 313,613 | 30,985 | 9.0% | |
| 2012 | 342,487 | 314,281 | 28,206 | 8.2% | |
| 2013 | 338,244 | 313,415 | 24,829 | 7.3% | |
| 2014 | 338,211 | 315,841 | 22,370 | 6.6% | |
| 2015 | 333,854 | 314,782 | 19,072 | 5.7% | |
| 2016 | 339,639 | 322,341 | 17,298 | 5.1% | |
| 2017 | 342,546 | 327,375 | 15,171 | 4.4% | |
| 2018 | 342,989 | 329,893 | 13,096 | 3.8% | |
| 2019 | 344,848 | 332,797 | 12,051 | 3.5% | |
| 2020 | 338,398 | 319,013 | 19,385 | 5.7% | |
| 2021 | 344,503 | 329,910 | 14,593 | 4.2% | |
| 2022 | 349,905 | 338,987 | 10,918 | 3.1% | |
| 2023 | 351,994 | 340,507 | 11,487 | 3.3% | |
| 2024 | 356,944 | 343,960 | 12,984 | 3.6% | |