2022 population: 1,518,477
( 198,343 from 2010
, 26,279 from 2020)
Land area: 1964.3 square miles
Population density: 773.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 794,501 | 52.32% | 0.1% |
Black: | 285,725 | 18.82% | 29.2% |
Indian: | 2,453 | 0.16% | 13.0% |
Asian: | 46,334 | 3.05% | 49.2% |
2+ races: | 22,396 | 1.47% | 30.1% |
Hispanic: | 367,068 | 24.17% | 46.3% |
Total non-White: | 723,976 | 47.68% | 37.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 32,133 | 10.8 |
Deaths: | 40,155 | 13.5 |
Net Migration: | 19,823 | 6.6 |
Net Immigration: | 14,261 | 4.8 |
Change in White population: | 930 | 0.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 197,413 | 15.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 708,303 | |
Median Value | $368,300 | |
Occupied | 589,594 | 83.2% |
Vacant | 118,709 | 16.8% |
Owned | 409,975 | 69.5% |
Rented | 179,619 | 30.5% |
Median Rent | $1,700 | |
Single-Family Units | 401,558 | 56.7% |
Detached | 321,828 | 45.4% |
Attached | 79,730 | 11.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 221,942 | 31.3% |
Mobile Homes | 19,079 | 2.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 29,605 | 5.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 17,718 | 3.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 19,597 | 3.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 21,653 | 3.7% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 22,428 | 3.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 22,913 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 20,230 | 3.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 22,249 | 3.8% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 20,565 | 3.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 41,074 | 7.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 53,345 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 73,633 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 57,402 | 9.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 41,140 | 7.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 47,427 | 8.0% |
$200,000 or more | 78,615 | 13.3% |
Median Household Income | 76,066 | |
Per Capita Income | 48,121 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 111 | |
Compared to U.S. | 108 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 20,945 | 3.6% |
Public Assistance | 12,502 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 64,408 | 10.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 462,749 | 71.5% |
Unemployed | 29,781 | 4.6% |
In Armed Forces | 257 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 492,787 | 76.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 154,047 | 23.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 28.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 263,257 | 220,147 | 54.5% |
Non-Profit | 12,875 | 25,067 | 33.9% |
Self-Employed | 64,716 | 39,783 | 61.9% |
Local Government | 20,285 | 26,797 | 43.1% |
State Government | 6,331 | 9,056 | 41.1% |
Federal Government | 4,635 | 4,346 | 51.6% |
Total Private + Self | 327,973 | 259,930 | 55.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 44,126 | 65,266 | 40.3% |
Total | 372,099 | 325,196 | 53.4% |
Pct. Govt. | 10.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 126,504 | 18.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 153,749 | 22.0% |
Professional, Technical | 150,251 | 21.5% |
Service Occupations | 145,271 | 20.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 3,775 | 0.5% |
All others | 123,234 | 17.6% |
White Collar | 61.6% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 95,562 | 13.7% |
Retail trade | 83,441 | 11.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 61,822 | 8.8% |
Construction | 58,406 | 8.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 53,855 | 7.7% |
Educational services | 49,414 | 7.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 49,037 | 7.0% |
Other services | 39,208 | 5.6% |
Finance and insurance | 32,944 | 4.7% |
Manufacturing | 30,571 | 4.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 29,905 | 4.3% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 24,170 | 3.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 23,126 | 3.3% |
Public administration | 22,857 | 3.3% |
Wholesale trade | 17,983 | 2.6% |
Information | 11,734 | 1.7% |
Utilities | 7,434 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 6,408 | 0.9% |
Management | 802 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 330 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 54,748 | 3.66% |
Puerto Rican | 51,661 | 3.46% |
Cuban | 62,506 | 4.18% |
Dominican | 17,176 | 1.15% |
Total Central American | 65,926 | 4.41% |
Costa Rican | 2,141 | 0.14% |
Guatemalan | 33,573 | 2.25% |
Honduran | 14,401 | 0.96% |
Nicaraguan | 5,992 | 0.40% |
Panamanian | 1,347 | 0.09% |
Salvadoran | 8,147 | 0.55% |
Other Central American | 325 | 0.02% |
Total South American | 80,702 | 5.40% |
Argentinean | 5,608 | 0.38% |
Bolivian | 1,405 | 0.09% |
Chilean | 2,420 | 0.16% |
Colombian | 35,367 | 2.37% |
Ecuadorian | 7,394 | 0.49% |
Paraguayan | 183 | 0.01% |
Peruvian | 11,342 | 0.76% |
Uruguayan | 2,475 | 0.17% |
Venezuelan | 13,956 | 0.93% |
Other South American | 552 | 0.04% |
Other Hispanic | 17,981 | 1.20% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 13,161 | 0.88% |
Chinese | 7,561 | 0.51% |
Vietnamese | 6,714 | 0.45% |
Filipino | 4,662 | 0.31% |
Bangladeshi | 2,319 | 0.16% |
Korean | 1,554 | 0.10% |
Thai | 1,161 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 896 | 0.06% |
Burmese | 255 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 946,129 | 66.6% |
Spanish | 277,380 | 19.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 95,862 | 6.7% |
Other Indo-European | 41,859 | 2.9% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 13,380 | 0.9% |
Other | 11,203 | 0.8% |
German, other Germanic | 8,224 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 6,394 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 6,040 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 122,014 | 8.2% |
Italian | 120,938 | 8.1% |
German | 120,484 | 8.1% |
Haitian | 92,278 | 6.2% |
English | 87,760 | 5.9% |
American | 83,039 | 5.6% |
Polish | 54,676 | 3.7% |
Russian | 41,348 | 2.8% |
Jamaican | 33,329 | 2.2% |
French | 24,888 | 1.7% |
European | 21,631 | 1.4% |
African | 18,257 | 1.2% |
Eastern European | 16,550 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 16,223 | 1.1% |
Brazilian | 14,048 | 0.9% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,320,808 | 88.4% |
Not a citizen | 173,997 | 11.6% |
Native | 1,094,644 | 73.2% |
Foreign-born | 400,161 | 26.8% |
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 | ||||||
61,975 | 5.6% | 59,192 | 5.4% | 253,992 | 23.1% | 298,146 | 27.1% | 258,721 | 23.5% | 167,397 | 15.2% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 61,975 | 5.6% |
9-12 Years | 59,192 | 5.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 253,992 | 23.1% |
Some College | 298,146 | 27.1% |
Bach. Degree | 258,721 | 23.5% |
Grad Degree | 167,397 | 15.2% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 435,540 | 403,344 | 32,196 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
1991 | 439,873 | 398,146 | 41,727 | 9.5% | 7.6% |
1992 | 446,896 | 398,332 | 48,564 | 10.9% | 8.4% |
1993 | 456,296 | 413,275 | 43,021 | 9.4% | 7.4% |
1994 | 467,793 | 427,091 | 40,702 | 8.7% | 6.5% |
1995 | 470,047 | 435,851 | 34,196 | 7.3% | 5.6% |
1996 | 483,879 | 450,302 | 33,577 | 6.9% | 5.3% |
1997 | 502,703 | 469,370 | 33,333 | 6.6% | 4.9% |
1998 | 518,734 | 487,580 | 31,154 | 6.0% | 4.4% |
1999 | 529,882 | 501,422 | 28,460 | 5.4% | 3.9% |
2000 | 546,593 | 523,327 | 23,266 | 4.3% | 3.8% |
2001 | 571,046 | 542,569 | 28,477 | 5.0% | 4.4% |
2002 | 578,208 | 545,924 | 32,284 | 5.6% | 4.9% |
2003 | 579,613 | 550,204 | 29,409 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
2004 | 592,012 | 566,247 | 25,765 | 4.4% | 3.8% |
2005 | 599,387 | 579,306 | 20,081 | 3.4% | 2.9% |
2006 | 613,813 | 596,474 | 17,339 | 2.8% | 2.5% |
2007 | 622,198 | 599,605 | 22,593 | 3.6% | 3.3% |
2008 | 624,078 | 585,877 | 38,201 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
2009 | 608,457 | 548,109 | 60,348 | 9.9% | 9.6% |
2010 | 640,308 | 572,130 | 68,178 | 10.6% | 10.8% |
2011 | 648,941 | 583,845 | 65,096 | 10.0% | 10.0% |
2012 | 656,413 | 598,903 | 57,510 | 8.8% | 8.6% |
2013 | 670,585 | 620,621 | 49,964 | 7.5% | 7.5% |
2014 | 683,721 | 642,418 | 41,303 | 6.0% | 6.4% |
2015 | 693,582 | 657,771 | 35,811 | 5.2% | 5.5% |
2016 | 711,609 | 677,839 | 33,770 | 4.7% | 4.9% |
2017 | 721,446 | 690,987 | 30,459 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
2018 | 726,479 | 699,897 | 26,582 | 3.7% | 3.6% |
2019 | 735,111 | 709,883 | 25,228 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
2020 | 717,379 | 662,945 | 54,434 | 7.6% | 7.7% |
2021 | 735,244 | 703,046 | 32,198 | 4.4% | 4.6% |
2022 | 763,006 | 740,847 | 22,159 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
2023 | 778,964 | 755,532 | 23,432 | 3.0% | 2.9% |