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American Community Survey Change Profile 2000 - 2002  
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TABLE 1. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
  2000
Estimate		 2000
Percent
Distribution		 2002
Estimate		 2002
Percent
Distribution		 Difference
(2002 - 2000)		 Margin
of Error
of Difference		 Statistically
Significant
Total population
1,462,819
100%
1,436,694
100%
-26,125
*****
- -
SEX AND AGE
Male
680,140
46.5%
665,520
46.3%
- 0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Female
782,679
53.5%
771,174
53.7%
0.2%
+/-0.3%
no
Under 5 years
94,491
6.5%
100,334
7.0%
0.5%
+/-0.2%
yes
5 to 9 years
112,522
7.7%
97,701
6.8%
- 0.9%
+/-1.0%
no
10 to 14 years
114,516
7.8%
116,193
8.1%
0.3%
+/-1.0%
no
15 to 19 years
99,757
6.8%
93,385
6.5%
- 0.3%
+/-0.3%
no
20 to 24 years
103,155
7.1%
103,389
7.2%
0.1%
+/-0.3%
no
25 to 34 years
219,405
15.0%
204,698
14.2%
- 0.8%
+/-0.3%
yes
35 to 44 years
218,958
15.0%
214,582
14.9%
- 0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
45 to 54 years
176,024
12.0%
186,167
13.0%
1.0%
+/-0.3%
yes
55 to 59 years
65,058
4.4%
72,836
5.1%
0.7%
+/-0.5%
yes
60 to 64 years
56,079
3.8%
56,709
3.9%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
65 to 74 years
104,756
7.2%
94,616
6.6%
- 0.6%
+/-0.2%
yes
75 to 84 years
76,533
5.2%
73,443
5.1%
- 0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
85 years and over
21,565
1.5%
22,641
1.6%
0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
 
Median age (years)
34.1
(NA)
35.1
(NA)
1.0
+/-0.3
yes
 
18 years and over
1,081,360
73.9%
1,062,130
73.9%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
21 years and over
1,024,734
70.1%
1,009,632
70.3%
0.2%
+/-0.5%
no
62 years and over
234,751
16.0%
220,656
15.4%
- 0.6%
+/-0.5%
yes
65 years and over
202,854
13.9%
190,700
13.3%
- 0.6%
+/-0.2%
yes
Male
73,378
36.2%
72,125
37.8%
1.6%
+/-0.7%
yes
Female
129,476
63.8%
118,575
62.2%
- 1.6%
+/-1.2%
yes
 
RACE
One race
1,447,641
99.0%
1,412,302
98.3%
- 0.7%
+/-0.7%
no
White
655,567
44.8%
622,604
43.3%
- 1.5%
+/-1.2%
yes
Black or African American
634,621
43.4%
644,448
44.9%
1.5%
+/-0.7%
yes
American Indian and Alaska Native
1,861
0.1%
7,264
0.5%
0.4%
+/-0.3%
yes
Asian
66,252
4.5%
65,993
4.6%
0.1%
+/-0.5%
no
Asian Indian
10,251
0.7%
11,544
0.8%
0.1%
+/-0.7%
no
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
15,046
1.0%
8,493
0.6%
- 0.4%
+/-0.5%
no
Filipino
6,610
0.5%
7,054
0.5%
0.0%
+/-0.3%
no
Japanese
219
0.1%
558
0.1%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Korean
2,220
0.2%
2,351
0.2%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Vietnamese
9,333
0.6%
16,072
1.1%
0.5%
+/-0.7%
no
Other Asian
22,573
1.5%
19,921
1.4%
- 0.1%
+/-0.8%
no
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
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
89,340
6.1%
71,993
5.0%
- 1.1%
+/-1.3%
no
Two or more races
15,178
1.0%
24,392
1.7%
0.7%
+/-0.7%
no
Two races including Some other race
4,665
0.3%
7,997
0.6%
0.3%
+/-0.3%
no
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
10,513
0.7%
16,395
1.1%
0.4%
+/-0.7%
no
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White
666,782
45.6%
639,573
44.5%
- 1.1%
+/-1.3%
no
Black or African American
643,085
44.0%
656,084
45.7%
1.7%
+/-0.7%
yes
American Indian and Alaska Native
4,903
0.3%
11,349
0.8%
0.5%
+/-0.3%
yes
Asian
69,222
4.7%
75,557
5.3%
0.6%
+/-0.2%
yes
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Some other race
94,426
6.5%
80,778
5.6%
- 0.9%
+/-1.3%
no
 
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population
1,462,819
100%
1,436,694
100%
-26,125
*****
- -
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
126,195
8.6%
131,786
9.2%
0.6%
*****
- -
Mexican
12,497
0.9%
13,944
1.0%
0.1%
+/-1.0%
no
Puerto Rican
91,020
6.2%
89,317
6.2%
0.0%
+/-1.0%
no
Cuban
1,862
0.1%
3,113
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Other Hispanic or Latino
20,816
1.4%
25,412
1.8%
0.4%
+/-1.0%
no
Not Hispanic or Latino
1,336,624
91.4%
1,304,908
90.8%
- 0.6%
*****
- -
White alone
622,017
42.5%
580,359
40.4%
- 2.1%
+/-0.5%
yes
Black or African American alone
630,659
43.1%
632,104
44.0%
0.9%
+/-0.5%
yes
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
1,861
0.1%
3,478
0.2%
0.1%
+/-0.2%
no
Asian alone
66,252
4.5%
63,986
4.5%
0.0%
+/-0.5%
no
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0.0%
+/-0.2%
no
Some other race alone
3,620
0.2%
7,368
0.5%
0.3%
+/-0.7%
no
Two or more races:
12,215
0.8%
17,613
1.2%
0.4%
+/-0.7%
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