2024 population: 1,550,989 
  (  269,236 from 2020)
 269,236 from 2020) 
Land area: 11271.5 square miles
Population density: 137.6 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 1,035,010 | 66.73% |  3.0% | 
| Black: | 319,758 | 20.62% |  0.9% | 
| Indian: | 13,366 | 0.86% |  4.0% | 
| Asian: | 38,216 | 2.46% |  13.4% | 
| 2+ races: | 43,023 | 2.77% |  15.9% | 
| Hispanic: | 101,616 | 6.55% |  22.7% | 
| Total non-White: | 515,979 | 33.27% |  6.7% | 
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate  | 
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| Births: | 60,876 | 11.9 | 
| Deaths: | 67,188 | 13.1 | 
| Net Migration:  | 67,787 | 13.2 | 
| Net Immigration:  | 12,831 | 2.5 | 
| Change in White population: | 30,252 | 2.0 | 
| Change in Non-White pop.: | 32,455 | 2.2 | 
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| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 692,090 | |
| Median Value | $218,957 | |
| Occupied | 572,179 | 82.7% | 
| Vacant | 119,911 | 17.3% | 
| Owned | 393,559 | 68.8% | 
| Rented | 178,620 | 31.2% | 
| Median Rent | $1,131 | |
| Single-Family Units | 495,374 | 71.6% | 
| Detached | 479,952 | 69.3% | 
| Attached | 15,422 | 2.2% | 
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 103,025 | 14.9% | 
| Mobile Homes | 59,778 | 8.6% | 
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % | 
| Less than $10,000 | 30,878 | 5.4% | 
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 26,756 | 4.7% | 
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 22,686 | 4.0% | 
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 23,877 | 4.2% | 
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 24,659 | 4.3% | 
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 24,997 | 4.4% | 
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 24,379 | 4.3% | 
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 24,139 | 4.2% | 
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 23,252 | 4.1% | 
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 45,007 | 7.9% | 
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 55,070 | 9.6% | 
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 74,605 | 13.0% | 
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 54,627 | 9.5% | 
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 37,775 | 6.6% | 
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 39,374 | 6.9% | 
| $200,000 or more | 40,098 | 7.0% | 
| Median Household Income | 64,686 | |
| Per Capita Income | 34,507 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 85 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 31,688 | 5.5% | 
| Public Assistance | 9,120 | 1.6% | 
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 76,043 | 13.3% | 
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 566,408 | 63.9% | 
| Unemployed | 32,501 | 3.7% | 
| In Armed Forces | 24,765 | 2.8% | 
| Total Labor Force | 623,674 | 70.4% | 
| Not in Labor Force | 262,595 | 29.6% | 
| Real Unemployment Rate | 33.3% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 227,880 | 195,358 | 53.8% | 
| Non-Profit | 16,367 | 31,104 | 34.5% | 
| Self-Employed | 41,980 | 27,331 | 60.6% | 
| Local Government | 18,094 | 26,515 | 40.6% | 
| State Government | 9,352 | 15,057 | 38.3% | 
| Federal Government | 18,983 | 9,575 | 66.5% | 
| Total Private + Self | 269,860 | 222,689 | 54.8% | 
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 62,796 | 82,251 | 43.3% | 
| Total | 332,656 | 304,940 | 52.2% | 
| Pct. Govt. | 15.3% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 91,178 | 14.3% | 
| Sales and Office Occupations | 140,395 | 22.0% | 
| Professional, Technical | 140,106 | 21.9% | 
| Service Occupations | 116,690 | 18.3% | 
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,491 | 0.4% | 
| All others | 150,309 | 23.5% | 
| White Collar | 58.2% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 84,169 | 13.2% | 
| Retail trade | 78,850 | 12.3% | 
| Accommodation and food services | 56,075 | 8.8% | 
| Manufacturing | 53,163 | 8.3% | 
| Educational services | 51,675 | 8.1% | 
| Construction | 51,014 | 8.0% | 
| Professional, scientific, technical | 39,233 | 6.1% | 
| Public administration | 38,392 | 6.0% | 
| Other services | 32,807 | 5.1% | 
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 30,495 | 4.8% | 
| Finance and insurance | 30,287 | 4.7% | 
| Transportation and warehousing | 28,709 | 4.5% | 
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 16,308 | 2.6% | 
| Wholesale trade | 12,824 | 2.0% | 
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 12,309 | 1.9% | 
| Information | 7,664 | 1.2% | 
| Utilities | 6,572 | 1.0% | 
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 5,622 | 0.9% | 
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,174 | 0.3% | 
| Management | 336 | 0.1% | 
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| Mexican | 31,273 | 2.10% | 
| Puerto Rican | 13,453 | 0.90% | 
| Cuban | 4,476 | 0.30% | 
| Dominican | 2,170 | 0.15% | 
| Total Central American | 11,767 | 0.79% | 
| Costa Rican | 303 | 0.02% | 
| Guatemalan | 2,795 | 0.19% | 
| Honduran | 3,935 | 0.26% | 
| Nicaraguan | 937 | 0.06% | 
| Panamanian | 1,827 | 0.12% | 
| Salvadoran | 1,911 | 0.13% | 
| Other Central American | 59 | 0.00% | 
| Total South American | 5,786 | 0.39% | 
| Argentinean | 355 | 0.02% | 
| Bolivian | 100 | 0.01% | 
| Chilean | 519 | 0.03% | 
| Colombian | 2,212 | 0.15% | 
| Ecuadorian | 603 | 0.04% | 
| Paraguayan | 89 | 0.01% | 
| Peruvian | 1,006 | 0.07% | 
| Uruguayan | 43 | 0.00% | 
| Venezuelan | 793 | 0.05% | 
| Other South American | 66 | 0.00% | 
| Other Hispanic | 9,293 | 0.62% | 
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| Filipino | 8,941 | 0.60% | 
| Vietnamese | 6,810 | 0.46% | 
| Chinese | 4,475 | 0.30% | 
| Indian | 2,791 | 0.19% | 
| Korean | 1,891 | 0.13% | 
| Japanese | 1,506 | 0.10% | 
| Thai | 1,249 | 0.08% | 
| Cambodian | 641 | 0.04% | 
| Laotian | 633 | 0.04% | 
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % | 
| English | 1,316,191 | 93.8% | 
| Spanish | 43,103 | 3.1% | 
| Other Indo-European | 8,164 | 0.6% | 
| Vietnamese | 5,228 | 0.4% | 
| Tagalog | 5,217 | 0.4% | 
| Other Asian | 5,117 | 0.4% | 
| German, other Germanic | 4,070 | 0.3% | 
| Chinese | 3,754 | 0.3% | 
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,624 | 0.3% | 
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| English | 155,620 | 10.4% | 
| American | 150,414 | 10.1% | 
| Irish | 146,628 | 9.8% | 
| German | 140,783 | 9.4% | 
| Italian | 44,898 | 3.0% | 
| French | 35,810 | 2.4% | 
| Scottish | 30,134 | 2.0% | 
| European | 29,445 | 2.0% | 
| Scotch-Irish | 21,874 | 1.5% | 
| Polish | 15,403 | 1.0% | 
| Norwegian | 10,326 | 0.7% | 
| Dutch | 9,654 | 0.6% | 
| British | 9,332 | 0.6% | 
| Swedish | 8,751 | 0.6% | 
| Welsh | 8,574 | 0.6% | 
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 1,460,450 | 98.0% | 
| Not a citizen | 29,470 | 2.0% | 
| Native | 1,424,507 | 95.6% | 
| Foreign-born | 65,413 | 4.4% | 
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 26,482 | 2.6% | 74,662 | 7.3% | 310,736 | 30.2% | 333,723 | 32.5% | 178,327 | 17.3% | 104,477 | 10.2% | 
| Average years of education: 13.4 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 26,482 | 2.6% | 
| 9-12 Years | 74,662 | 7.3% | 
| H.S. Grad or GED | 310,736 | 30.2% | 
| Some College | 333,723 | 32.5% | 
| Bach. Degree | 178,327 | 17.3% | 
| Grad Degree | 104,477 | 10.2% | 
| 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 | 499,452 | 466,506 | 32,946 | 6.6% | |
| 1991 | 510,111 | 475,162 | 34,949 | 6.9% | |
| 1992 | 524,633 | 484,403 | 40,230 | 7.7% | |
| 1993 | 538,052 | 499,465 | 38,587 | 7.2% | |
| 1994 | 552,355 | 518,249 | 34,106 | 6.2% | |
| 1995 | 560,511 | 527,458 | 33,053 | 5.9% | |
| 1996 | 567,968 | 538,209 | 29,759 | 5.2% | |
| 1997 | 582,060 | 552,797 | 29,263 | 5.0% | |
| 1998 | 587,846 | 561,377 | 26,469 | 4.5% | |
| 1999 | 593,546 | 566,062 | 27,484 | 4.6% | |
| 2000 | 582,711 | 556,529 | 26,182 | 4.5% | |
| 2001 | 580,445 | 550,383 | 30,062 | 5.2% | |
| 2002 | 576,086 | 543,847 | 32,239 | 5.6% | |
| 2003 | 583,378 | 551,766 | 31,612 | 5.4% | |
| 2004 | 590,956 | 561,367 | 29,589 | 5.0% | |
| 2005 | 604,843 | 581,752 | 23,091 | 3.8% | |
| 2006 | 617,514 | 597,801 | 19,713 | 3.2% | |
| 2007 | 624,863 | 602,515 | 22,348 | 3.6% | |
| 2008 | 624,242 | 589,262 | 34,980 | 5.6% | |
| 2009 | 619,297 | 560,743 | 58,554 | 9.5% | |
| 2010 | 623,848 | 559,581 | 64,267 | 10.3% | |
| 2011 | 630,121 | 568,128 | 61,993 | 9.8% | |
| 2012 | 622,436 | 568,568 | 53,868 | 8.7% | |
| 2013 | 621,652 | 573,846 | 47,806 | 7.7% | |
| 2014 | 622,142 | 579,880 | 42,262 | 6.8% | |
| 2015 | 624,510 | 587,006 | 37,504 | 6.0% | |
| 2016 | 632,374 | 597,096 | 35,278 | 5.6% | |
| 2017 | 638,295 | 609,021 | 29,274 | 4.6% | |
| 2018 | 647,071 | 621,429 | 25,642 | 4.0% | |
| 2019 | 656,606 | 634,403 | 22,203 | 3.4% | |
| 2020 | 656,372 | 613,111 | 43,261 | 6.6% | |
| 2021 | 665,429 | 638,346 | 27,083 | 4.1% | |
| 2022 | 679,286 | 659,482 | 19,804 | 2.9% | |
| 2023 | 689,346 | 669,369 | 19,977 | 2.9% | |
| 2024 | 687,488 | 663,626 | 23,862 | 3.5% | |