ACS: 2000-2002 ACS Change Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- Table 1


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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	3,309,622	100%	3,304,030	100%	-5,592	+/-53,858	no
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,593,552	48.1%	1,583,255	47.9%	- 0.2%	+/-0.5%	no
Female	1,716,070	51.9%	1,720,775	52.1%	0.2%	+/-0.7%	no
Under 5 years	212,267	6.4%	211,296	6.4%	0.0%	+/-0.3%	no
5 to 9 years	225,481	6.8%	211,507	6.4%	- 0.4%	+/-0.7%	no
10 to 14 years	212,185	6.4%	210,594	6.4%	0.0%	+/-0.7%	no
15 to 19 years	179,239	5.4%	176,161	5.3%	- 0.1%	+/-0.5%	no
20 to 24 years	208,433	6.3%	186,342	5.6%	- 0.7%	+/-0.5%	yes
25 to 34 years	536,093	16.2%	512,433	15.5%	- 0.7%	+/-0.5%	yes
35 to 44 years	577,338	17.4%	565,442	17.1%	- 0.3%	+/-0.7%	no
45 to 54 years	459,361	13.9%	485,029	14.7%	0.8%	+/-0.5%	yes
55 to 59 years	160,816	4.9%	191,754	5.8%	0.9%	+/-0.3%	yes
60 to 64 years	123,137	3.7%	135,539	4.1%	0.4%	+/-0.3%	yes
65 to 74 years	218,766	6.6%	211,930	6.4%	- 0.2%	+/-0.2%	no
75 to 84 years	157,530	4.8%	154,373	4.7%	- 0.1%	+/-0.3%	no
85 years and over	38,976	1.2%	51,630	1.6%	0.4%	+/-0.2%	yes

Median age (years)	36.3	(NA)	37.6	(NA)	1.3	+/-0.5	yes

18 years and over	2,538,856	76.7%	2,554,678	77.3%	0.6%	+/-0.2%	yes
21 years and over	2,453,661	74.1%	2,462,915	74.5%	0.4%	+/-0.2%	yes
62 years and over	487,973	14.7%	493,430	14.9%	0.2%	+/-0.5%	no
65 years and over	415,272	12.5%	417,933	12.6%	0.1%	+/-0.5%	no
Male	165,423	39.8%	170,388	40.8%	1.0%	+/-1.5%	no
Female	249,849	60.2%	247,545	59.2%	- 1.0%	+/-1.0%	no

RACE
One race	3,247,919	98.1%	3,253,904	98.5%	0.4%	+/-0.3%	yes
White	2,780,241	84.0%	2,722,058	82.4%	- 1.6%	+/-0.7%	yes
Black or African American	224,011	6.8%	250,150	7.6%	0.8%	+/-0.5%	yes
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,615	0.1%	4,719	0.1%	0.0%	+/-0.2%	no
Asian	154,737	4.7%	180,457	5.5%	0.8%	+/-0.5%	yes
Asian Indian	30,245	0.9%	33,168	1.0%	0.1%	+/-0.3%	no
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	67,079	2.0%	71,441	2.2%	0.2%	+/-0.5%	no
Filipino	5,505	0.2%	5,342	0.2%	0.0%	+/-0.2%	no
Japanese	4,423	0.1%	6,729	0.2%	0.1%	+/-0.2%	no
Korean	16,038	0.5%	11,200	0.3%	- 0.2%	+/-0.2%	no
Vietnamese	18,743	0.6%	26,045	0.8%	0.2%	+/-0.3%	no
Other Asian	12,704	0.4%	26,532	0.8%	0.4%	+/-0.3%	yes
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,862	0.1%	2,242	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	81,453	2.5%	94,278	2.9%	0.4%	+/-0.7%	no
Two or more races	61,703	1.9%	50,126	1.5%	- 0.4%	+/-0.5%	no
Two races including Some other race	19,932	0.6%	16,252	0.5%	- 0.1%	+/-0.2%	no
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	41,771	1.3%	33,874	1.0%	- 0.3%	+/-0.3%	no

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,829,989	85.5%	2,768,523	83.8%	- 1.7%	+/-0.8%	yes
Black or African American	247,513	7.5%	270,660	8.2%	0.7%	+/-0.7%	no
American Indian and Alaska Native	16,153	0.5%	13,798	0.4%	- 0.1%	+/-0.2%	no
Asian	172,891	5.2%	191,377	5.8%	0.6%	+/-0.5%	yes
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4,826	0.1%	2,698	0.1%	0.0%	+/-0.2%	no
Some other race	104,608	3.2%	110,824	3.4%	0.2%	+/-0.7%	no

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	3,309,622	100%	3,304,030	100%	-5,592	+/-53,858	no
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	186,673	5.6%	207,415	6.3%	0.7%	+/-0.5%	yes
Mexican	18,199	0.5%	18,728	0.6%	0.1%	+/-0.3%	no
Puerto Rican	44,611	1.3%	56,188	1.7%	0.4%	+/-0.7%	no
Cuban	3,678	0.1%	2,601	0.1%	0.0%	+/-0.2%	no
Other Hispanic or Latino	120,185	3.6%	129,898	3.9%	0.3%	+/-0.7%	no
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,122,949	94.4%	3,096,615	93.7%	- 0.7%	+/-0.2%	yes
White alone	2,674,633	80.8%	2,615,731	79.2%	- 1.6%	+/-0.7%	yes
Black or African American alone	217,383	6.6%	233,442	7.1%	0.5%	+/-0.5%	no
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	4,615	0.1%	3,518	0.1%	0.0%	+/-0.2%	no
Asian alone	154,737	4.7%	179,227	5.4%	0.7%	+/-0.5%	yes
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,823	0.1%	0	0.0%	- 0.1%	+/-0.2%	no
Some other race alone	21,660	0.7%	31,521	1.0%	0.3%	+/-0.5%	no
Two or more races:	48,098	1.5%	33,176	1.0%	- 0.5%	+/-0.3%	yes
Two races including Some other race	10,698	0.3%	6,408	0.2%	- 0.1%	+/-0.2%	no
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	37,400	1.1%	26,768	0.8%	- 0.3%	+/-0.2%	yes

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	3,309,622	100%	3,304,030	100%	-5,592	+/-53,858	no
Householder	1,354,200	40.9%	1,353,578	41.0%	0.1%	+/-0.5%	no
Spouse	644,710	19.5%	654,025	19.8%	0.3%	+/-0.7%	no
Child	956,235	28.9%	935,904	28.3%	- 0.6%	+/-1.0%	no
Other relatives	145,637	4.4%	166,370	5.0%	0.6%	+/-0.8%	no
Nonrelatives	208,840	6.3%	194,153	5.9%	- 0.4%	+/-0.7%	no
Unmarried partner	61,954	1.9%	60,956	1.8%	- 0.1%	+/-0.3%	no

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,310,855	100%	1,303,824	100%	-7,031	+/-19,767	no
Family households (families)	809,616	61.8%	824,227	63.2%	1.4%	+/-2.0%	no
With own children under 18 years	383,714	29.3%	379,325	29.1%	- 0.2%	+/-1.8%	no
Married-couple families	625,504	47.7%	630,696	48.4%	0.7%	+/-1.8%	no
With own children under 18 years	283,132	21.6%	283,776	21.8%	0.2%	+/-1.5%	no
Female householder, no husband present	146,029	11.1%	146,656	11.2%	0.1%	+/-1.3%	no
With own children under 18 years	89,059	6.8%	79,352	6.1%	- 0.7%	+/-1.0%	no
Nonfamily households	501,239	38.2%	479,597	36.8%	- 1.4%	+/-2.0%	no
Householder living alone	381,752	29.1%	376,455	28.9%	- 0.2%	+/-1.8%	no
65 years and over	127,634	9.7%	127,959	9.8%	0.1%	+/-0.8%	no

Households with one or more people under 18 years	407,395	31.1%	411,000	31.5%	0.4%	+/-1.8%	no
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	309,857	23.6%	306,253	23.5%	- 0.1%	+/-1.0%	no

Average household size	2.52	(NA)	2.53	(NA)	0.01	+/-0.05	no
Average family size	3.19	(NA)	3.17	(NA)	-0.02	+/-0.07	no

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,379,582	100%	1,382,290	100%	2,708	+/-16,875	no
Occupied housing units	1,310,855	95.0%	1,303,824	94.3%	- 0.7%	+/-0.8%	no
Vacant housing units	68,727	5.0%	78,466	5.7%	0.7%	+/-1.0%	no

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.7	(NA)	0.5	(NA)	-0.2	+/-0.7	no
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.8	(NA)	4.4	(NA)	0.6	+/-1.7	no

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,310,855	100%	1,303,824	100%	-7,031	+/-19,767	no
Owner-occupied	778,521	59.4%	791,994	60.7%	1.3%	+/-1.7%	no
Renter-occupied	532,334	40.6%	511,830	39.3%	- 1.3%	+/-1.7%	no

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.79	(NA)	2.79	(NA)	0.00	+/-0.07	no
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.13	(NA)	2.14	(NA)	0.01	+/-0.07	no

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

1. An '*' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error of the difference. A statistical test is not appropriate.

2. An '**' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error of the difference. In this case, an '-' entry is placed in the Difference column. A statistical test is not appropriate.

3. An '-' entry in an Estimate or Percent Distribution column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

6. An '***' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. In this case, an '---' entry is placed in the Difference column. A statistical test is not appropriate.

7. An '*****' entry in the Margin of Error of the Difference column indicates that both single year estimates are controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.

8. There is an '--' entry in the Statistically Significant column when the Margin of Error of the Difference is set to '*', '**', '***', or '*****'.

9. An 'N' entry in an Estimate, Percent Distribution, Difference , and/or Margin of Error of the Difference columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

10. An '(NA)' entry in the Percent Distribution, Difference , Margin of Error of the Difference, and/or Statistically Significant columns indicates that a test or calculation was not done.

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