Demographics
The 2010 census counted 5,268,860 people in the 28-county metro area. This was an increase of 1,020,879 versus the same 28-county area in 2000, second only to Houston. The percent increase was 24.0%, second-highest (after Houston) among the nation's ten largest metro areas.
| Race, ethnicity, or foreign-born status |
Pop. 2010 | % of total 2010 | Pop. 2000 | % of total 2000 | absolute change 2000-2010 |
% change 2000-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,268,860 | 4,112,198 | ||||
| White only | 2,920,480 | 55.4% | 2,589,888 | 63.0% | 330,592 | 12.8% |
| Non-Hispanic white only | 2,671,757 | 50.7% | 2,447,856 | 59.5% | 223,901 | 9.1% |
| Black only | 1,707,913 | 32.4% | 1,189,179 | 28.9% | 518,734 | 43.6% |
| Asian only and Pacific Islander only | 356,956 | 4.9% | 137,640 | 3.3% | 119,316 | 86.7% |
| Asian Indian | 178,980 | 1.5% | 37,162 | 0.9% | 41,818 | 112.5% |
| Korean | 93,870 | 0.8% | 22,317 | 0.5% | 21,553 | 96.6% |
| Chinese | 67,660 | 0.7% | 22,564 | 0.5% | 15,096 | 66.9% |
| Vietnamese | 56,554 | 0.7% | 23,996 | 0.6% | 12,558 | 52.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino of any race | 747,400 | 10.4% | 268,851 | 6.5% | 278,549 | 103.6% |
| Mexican | 614,351 | 6.0% | 165,109 | 4.0% | 149,242 | 90.4% |
| Puerto Rican | 93,337 | 0.8% | 19,358 | 0.5% | 23,979 | 123.9% |
| Cuban | 47,648 | 0.3% | 9,206 | 0.2% | 8,442 | 91.7% |
| Foreign-born | 916,434 | 13.6% | 424,519 | 10.3% | 291,915 | 68.8% |
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