2022 population: 1,967,923
( 141,582 from 2010
, 6,434 from 2020)
Land area: 76817.5 square miles
Population density: 25.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,514,050 | 76.94% | 1.0% |
Black: | 98,369 | 5.00% | 21.5% |
Indian: | 16,137 | 0.82% | 9.1% |
Asian: | 55,107 | 2.80% | 67.6% |
2+ races: | 41,743 | 2.12% | 46.8% |
Hispanic: | 242,517 | 12.32% | 44.9% |
Total non-White: | 453,873 | 23.06% | 39.0% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 54,682 | 13.9 |
Deaths: | 43,278 | 11.0 |
Net Migration: | -11,108 | -2.8 |
Net Immigration: | 5,694 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | 14,297 | 0.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 127,285 | 7.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 848,023 | |
Median Value | $205,600 | |
Occupied | 776,379 | 91.6% |
Vacant | 71,644 | 8.4% |
Owned | 516,651 | 66.5% |
Rented | 259,728 | 33.5% |
Median Rent | $987 | |
Single-Family Units | 642,581 | 75.8% |
Detached | 608,411 | 71.7% |
Attached | 34,170 | 4.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 141,361 | 16.7% |
Mobile Homes | 26,453 | 3.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 32,654 | 4.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 26,935 | 3.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 26,337 | 3.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 28,248 | 3.6% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 30,085 | 3.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 31,590 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 29,726 | 3.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 30,245 | 3.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 30,380 | 3.9% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 58,519 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 79,948 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 107,318 | 13.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 84,440 | 10.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 56,253 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 63,228 | 8.1% |
$200,000 or more | 60,473 | 7.8% |
Median Household Income | 71,722 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,585 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 93 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 29,977 | 3.9% |
Public Assistance | 15,243 | 2.0% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 68,135 | 8.8% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 842,803 | 78.3% |
Unemployed | 26,892 | 2.5% |
In Armed Forces | 5,660 | 0.5% |
Total Labor Force | 875,355 | 81.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 200,833 | 18.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 21.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 372,777 | 288,765 | 56.3% |
Non-Profit | 30,910 | 66,224 | 31.8% |
Self-Employed | 69,498 | 38,059 | 64.6% |
Local Government | 30,836 | 46,882 | 39.7% |
State Government | 21,257 | 25,409 | 45.6% |
Federal Government | 12,510 | 10,325 | 54.8% |
Total Private + Self | 442,275 | 326,824 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 95,513 | 148,840 | 39.1% |
Total | 537,788 | 475,664 | 53.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 14.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 170,617 | 16.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 205,888 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 233,459 | 23.0% |
Service Occupations | 158,443 | 15.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 13,414 | 1.3% |
All others | 247,249 | 24.3% |
White Collar | 60.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 146,045 | 14.4% |
Retail trade | 109,941 | 10.8% |
Manufacturing | 104,156 | 10.3% |
Educational services | 100,337 | 9.9% |
Construction | 74,617 | 7.3% |
Finance and insurance | 66,969 | 6.6% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 58,347 | 5.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 57,762 | 5.7% |
Transportation and warehousing | 49,260 | 4.9% |
Other services | 45,799 | 4.5% |
Public administration | 43,728 | 4.3% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 42,052 | 4.1% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 34,064 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 24,403 | 2.4% |
Information | 16,016 | 1.6% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 15,955 | 1.6% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 12,021 | 1.2% |
Utilities | 11,613 | 1.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 1,444 | 0.1% |
Management | 1,127 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 163,915 | 8.37% |
Puerto Rican | 6,770 | 0.35% |
Cuban | 5,946 | 0.30% |
Dominican | 1,221 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 31,549 | 1.61% |
Costa Rican | 323 | 0.02% |
Guatemalan | 17,215 | 0.88% |
Honduran | 4,483 | 0.23% |
Nicaraguan | 576 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 331 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 8,423 | 0.43% |
Other Central American | 198 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 6,264 | 0.32% |
Argentinean | 389 | 0.02% |
Bolivian | 195 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 1,163 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 1,914 | 0.10% |
Ecuadorian | 236 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 22 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 818 | 0.04% |
Uruguayan | 146 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 1,286 | 0.07% |
Other South American | 95 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 15,104 | 0.77% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 7,995 | 0.41% |
Vietnamese | 7,885 | 0.40% |
Burmese | 6,925 | 0.35% |
Chinese | 5,529 | 0.28% |
Filipino | 4,710 | 0.24% |
Korean | 2,820 | 0.14% |
Japanese | 1,714 | 0.09% |
Thai | 1,358 | 0.07% |
Laotian | 1,064 | 0.05% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 1,614,661 | 88.2% |
Spanish | 140,211 | 7.7% |
Other Asian | 14,931 | 0.8% |
Other Indo-European | 12,547 | 0.7% |
Other | 11,720 | 0.6% |
Vietnamese | 6,905 | 0.4% |
Arabic | 6,079 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 5,686 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 5,288 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 614,592 | 31.4% |
Irish | 230,281 | 11.8% |
English | 171,803 | 8.8% |
Czech | 76,153 | 3.9% |
American | 71,308 | 3.6% |
Swedish | 67,302 | 3.4% |
Polish | 60,191 | 3.1% |
Italian | 48,504 | 2.5% |
Danish | 36,509 | 1.9% |
Norwegian | 35,684 | 1.8% |
French | 34,164 | 1.7% |
European | 31,120 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 28,178 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 26,156 | 1.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 13,392 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,874,557 | 95.7% |
Not a citizen | 84,382 | 4.3% |
Native | 1,812,004 | 92.5% |
Foreign-born | 146,935 | 7.5% |
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 | ||||||
48,212 | 3.8% | 56,085 | 4.4% | 325,873 | 25.4% | 423,685 | 33.0% | 280,101 | 21.8% | 149,329 | 11.6% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 48,212 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 56,085 | 4.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 325,873 | 25.4% |
Some College | 423,685 | 33.0% |
Bach. Degree | 280,101 | 21.8% |
Grad Degree | 149,329 | 11.6% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 824,440 | 804,950 | 19,490 | 2.4% | |
1991 | 838,768 | 816,438 | 22,330 | 2.7% | |
1992 | 848,446 | 824,368 | 24,078 | 2.8% | |
1993 | 863,883 | 839,874 | 24,009 | 2.8% | |
1994 | 885,130 | 861,870 | 23,260 | 2.6% | |
1995 | 901,420 | 877,877 | 23,543 | 2.6% | |
1996 | 914,533 | 889,945 | 24,588 | 2.7% | |
1997 | 919,283 | 896,976 | 22,307 | 2.4% | |
1998 | 926,388 | 903,091 | 23,297 | 2.5% | |
1999 | 930,027 | 904,801 | 25,226 | 2.7% | |
2000 | 938,857 | 912,626 | 26,231 | 2.8% | |
2001 | 945,376 | 915,664 | 29,712 | 3.1% | |
2002 | 952,938 | 917,834 | 35,104 | 3.7% | |
2003 | 967,048 | 928,917 | 38,131 | 3.9% | |
2004 | 973,638 | 935,721 | 37,917 | 3.9% | |
2005 | 972,766 | 935,919 | 36,847 | 3.8% | |
2006 | 971,443 | 941,950 | 29,493 | 3.0% | |
2007 | 979,056 | 950,325 | 28,731 | 2.9% | |
2008 | 987,553 | 955,479 | 32,074 | 3.2% | |
2009 | 987,862 | 941,909 | 45,953 | 4.7% | |
2010 | 992,023 | 945,203 | 46,820 | 4.7% | |
2011 | 1,003,641 | 959,332 | 44,309 | 4.4% | |
2012 | 1,012,810 | 973,448 | 39,362 | 3.9% | |
2013 | 1,014,835 | 977,466 | 37,369 | 3.7% | |
2014 | 1,012,734 | 979,731 | 33,003 | 3.3% | |
2015 | 1,011,670 | 981,326 | 30,344 | 3.0% | |
2016 | 1,016,074 | 984,967 | 31,107 | 3.1% | |
2017 | 1,016,586 | 986,682 | 29,904 | 2.9% | |
2018 | 1,027,023 | 997,744 | 29,279 | 2.9% | |
2019 | 1,040,542 | 1,009,436 | 31,106 | 3.0% | |
2020 | 1,035,182 | 991,390 | 43,792 | 4.2% | |
2021 | 1,049,590 | 1,021,331 | 28,259 | 2.7% | |
2022 | 1,058,934 | 1,034,095 | 24,839 | 2.3% | |
2023 | 1,054,690 | 1,030,886 | 23,804 | 2.3% |
Inflows From (2011-2021) | |
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From State | Number of People |
Iowa | 57,662 |
Colorado | 32,165 |
Texas | 31,897 |
California | 27,333 |
Kansas | 23,940 |
Missouri | 18,220 |
Florida | 17,684 |
South Dakota | 15,470 |
Arizona | 13,346 |
Illinois | 12,575 |
Minnesota | 11,200 |
Wyoming | 7,657 |
Virginia | 7,527 |
Washington | 7,489 |
Oklahoma | 7,181 |
Outflows To (2011-2021) | |
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To State | Number of People |
Iowa | 57,603 |
Texas | 38,357 |
Colorado | 34,597 |
California | 23,742 |
Kansas | 22,467 |
Florida | 21,280 |
Missouri | 19,549 |
Arizona | 17,659 |
South Dakota | 17,493 |
Minnesota | 13,914 |
Illinois | 11,361 |
Washington | 9,025 |
Wyoming | 8,037 |
Virginia | 7,644 |
Georgia | 7,624 |