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TABLE 1. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
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| |
2000
Estimate |
2000
Percent
Distribution |
2002
Estimate |
2002
Percent
Distribution |
Difference
(2002 - 2000) |
Margin
of Error
of Difference |
Statistically
Significant |
|
Total population
|
2,426,027
|
100%
|
2,448,708
|
100%
|
22,681
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
SEX AND AGE
|
|
Male
|
1,132,466
|
46.7%
|
1,147,023
|
46.8%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Female
|
1,293,561
|
53.3%
|
1,301,685
|
53.2%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Under 5 years
|
180,934
|
7.5%
|
183,401
|
7.5%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
5 to 9 years
|
180,532
|
7.4%
|
170,900
|
7.0%
|
- 0.4%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
10 to 14 years
|
189,234
|
7.8%
|
189,848
|
7.8%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
15 to 19 years
|
178,299
|
7.3%
|
164,884
|
6.7%
|
- 0.6%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
20 to 24 years
|
179,041
|
7.4%
|
180,540
|
7.4%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
383,671
|
15.8%
|
388,462
|
15.9%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
362,029
|
14.9%
|
366,859
|
15.0%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
302,748
|
12.5%
|
316,412
|
12.9%
|
0.4%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
55 to 59 years
|
108,844
|
4.5%
|
119,952
|
4.9%
|
0.4%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
60 to 64 years
|
89,584
|
3.7%
|
91,738
|
3.7%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
65 to 74 years
|
147,701
|
6.1%
|
147,641
|
6.0%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
75 to 84 years
|
95,835
|
4.0%
|
107,378
|
4.4%
|
0.4%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
85 years and over
|
27,575
|
1.1%
|
20,693
|
0.8%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
|
|
Median age (years)
|
33.1
|
(NA)
|
33.6
|
(NA)
|
0.5
|
+/-0.5
|
no
|
|
|
|
18 years and over
|
1,768,918
|
72.9%
|
1,800,906
|
73.5%
|
0.6%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
21 years and over
|
1,660,320
|
68.4%
|
1,711,992
|
69.9%
|
1.5%
|
+/-0.5%
|
yes
|
|
62 years and over
|
323,239
|
13.3%
|
329,566
|
13.5%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
65 years and over
|
271,111
|
11.2%
|
275,712
|
11.3%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Male
|
103,840
|
38.3%
|
106,298
|
38.6%
|
0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
Female
|
167,271
|
61.7%
|
169,414
|
61.4%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
|
|
RACE
|
|
One race
|
2,330,496
|
96.1%
|
2,403,534
|
98.2%
|
2.1%
|
+/-0.8%
|
yes
|
|
White
|
1,072,967
|
44.2%
|
1,095,843
|
44.8%
|
0.6%
|
+/-1.8%
|
no
|
|
Black or African American
|
888,370
|
36.6%
|
941,665
|
38.5%
|
1.9%
|
+/-1.2%
|
yes
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native
|
9,563
|
0.4%
|
11,042
|
0.5%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Asian
|
186,598
|
7.7%
|
218,117
|
8.9%
|
1.2%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
Asian Indian
|
27,753
|
1.1%
|
52,057
|
2.1%
|
1.0%
|
+/-0.8%
|
yes
|
|
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
|
108,945
|
4.5%
|
128,822
|
5.3%
|
0.8%
|
+/-1.0%
|
no
|
|
Filipino
|
5,893
|
0.2%
|
8,502
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Japanese
|
1,678
|
0.1%
|
2,470
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Korean
|
10,619
|
0.4%
|
7,288
|
0.3%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Vietnamese
|
17,397
|
0.7%
|
2,510
|
0.1%
|
- 0.6%
|
+/-0.5%
|
yes
|
|
Other Asian
|
14,313
|
0.6%
|
16,468
|
0.7%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|
719
|
0.1%
|
2,652
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Native Hawaiian
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
- -
|
|
Guamanian or Chamorro
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
- -
|
|
Samoan
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
- -
|
|
Other Pacific Islander
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
- -
|
|
Some other race
|
172,279
|
7.1%
|
134,215
|
5.5%
|
- 1.6%
|
+/-1.5%
|
yes
|
|
Two or more races
|
95,531
|
3.9%
|
45,174
|
1.8%
|
- 2.1%
|
+/-0.8%
|
yes
|
|
Two races including Some other race
|
69,394
|
2.9%
|
21,704
|
0.9%
|
- 2.0%
|
+/-0.7%
|
yes
|
|
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
|
26,137
|
1.1%
|
23,470
|
1.0%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
|
|
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
|
|
White
|
1,141,171
|
47.0%
|
1,126,363
|
46.0%
|
- 1.0%
|
+/-1.7%
|
no
|
|
Black or African American
|
923,292
|
38.1%
|
968,242
|
39.5%
|
1.4%
|
+/-1.0%
|
yes
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native
|
16,670
|
0.7%
|
18,474
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Asian
|
199,076
|
8.2%
|
222,793
|
9.1%
|
0.9%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|
999
|
0.1%
|
4,107
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Some other race
|
241,673
|
10.0%
|
156,515
|
6.4%
|
- 3.6%
|
+/-1.5%
|
yes
|
|
|
|
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
|
|
Total population
|
2,426,027
|
100%
|
2,448,708
|
100%
|
22,681
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
|
480,953
|
19.8%
|
508,446
|
20.8%
|
1.0%
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
Mexican
|
49,619
|
2.0%
|
61,224
|
2.5%
|
0.5%
|
+/-1.0%
|
no
|
|
Puerto Rican
|
224,624
|
9.3%
|
254,700
|
10.4%
|
1.1%
|
+/-1.7%
|
no
|
|
Cuban
|
6,974
|
0.3%
|
2,598
|
0.1%
|
- 0.2%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Other Hispanic or Latino
|
199,736
|
8.2%
|
189,924
|
7.8%
|
- 0.4%
|
+/-1.8%
|
no
|
|
Not Hispanic or Latino
|
1,945,074
|
80.2%
|
1,940,262
|
79.2%
|
- 1.0%
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
White alone
|
859,004
|
35.4%
|
831,744
|
34.0%
|
- 1.4%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
Black or African American alone
|
847,372
|
34.9%
|
847,759
|
34.6%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
|
5,406
|
0.2%
|
5,078
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Asian alone
|
186,303
|
7.7%
|
217,815
|
8.9%
|
1.2%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
|
719
|
0.1%
|
2,652
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Some other race alone
|
11,523
|
0.5%
|
11,098
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Two or more races:
|
34,747
|
1.4%
|
24,116
|
1.0%
|
- 0.4%
|
+/-0.7%
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