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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
|
2,703,677
|
100%
|
2,752,384
|
100%
|
48,707
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
SEX AND AGE
|
|
Male
|
1,317,254
|
48.7%
|
1,338,431
|
48.6%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Female
|
1,386,423
|
51.3%
|
1,413,953
|
51.4%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Under 5 years
|
186,228
|
6.9%
|
180,096
|
6.5%
|
- 0.4%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
5 to 9 years
|
201,002
|
7.4%
|
198,425
|
7.2%
|
- 0.2%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
10 to 14 years
|
202,879
|
7.5%
|
203,377
|
7.4%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.7%
|
no
|
|
15 to 19 years
|
161,029
|
6.0%
|
173,327
|
6.3%
|
0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
20 to 24 years
|
131,880
|
4.9%
|
145,556
|
5.3%
|
0.4%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
352,832
|
13.1%
|
327,856
|
11.9%
|
- 1.2%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
475,855
|
17.6%
|
475,469
|
17.3%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
385,734
|
14.3%
|
407,832
|
14.8%
|
0.5%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
55 to 59 years
|
140,642
|
5.2%
|
167,304
|
6.1%
|
0.9%
|
+/-0.5%
|
yes
|
|
60 to 64 years
|
114,422
|
4.2%
|
118,042
|
4.3%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
65 to 74 years
|
194,321
|
7.2%
|
189,285
|
6.9%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
75 to 84 years
|
120,895
|
4.5%
|
128,085
|
4.7%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
85 years and over
|
35,958
|
1.3%
|
37,730
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
|
|
Median age (years)
|
37.6
|
(NA)
|
38.5
|
(NA)
|
0.9
|
+/-0.5
|
yes
|
|
|
|
18 years and over
|
2,006,604
|
74.2%
|
2,060,473
|
74.9%
|
0.7%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
21 years and over
|
1,927,487
|
71.3%
|
1,964,322
|
71.4%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
62 years and over
|
413,441
|
15.3%
|
420,339
|
15.3%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
65 years and over
|
351,174
|
13.0%
|
355,100
|
12.9%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Male
|
148,657
|
42.3%
|
150,900
|
42.5%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.8%
|
no
|
|
Female
|
202,517
|
57.7%
|
204,200
|
57.5%
|
- 0.2%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
|
|
RACE
|
|
One race
|
2,663,378
|
98.5%
|
2,718,765
|
98.8%
|
0.3%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
White
|
2,208,085
|
81.7%
|
2,261,498
|
82.2%
|
0.5%
|
+/-1.0%
|
no
|
|
Black or African American
|
223,917
|
8.3%
|
251,924
|
9.2%
|
0.9%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native
|
2,990
|
0.1%
|
3,678
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Asian
|
98,782
|
3.7%
|
116,309
|
4.2%
|
0.5%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
Asian Indian
|
29,404
|
1.1%
|
34,358
|
1.2%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
|
25,843
|
1.0%
|
31,895
|
1.2%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Filipino
|
6,740
|
0.2%
|
8,397
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Japanese
|
4,322
|
0.2%
|
2,917
|
0.1%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Korean
|
16,648
|
0.6%
|
12,645
|
0.5%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Vietnamese
|
2,782
|
0.1%
|
7,675
|
0.3%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Other Asian
|
13,043
|
0.5%
|
18,422
|
0.7%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|
377
|
0.1%
|
420
|
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
|
129,227
|
4.8%
|
84,936
|
3.1%
|
- 1.7%
|
+/-1.0%
|
yes
|
|
Two or more races
|
40,299
|
1.5%
|
33,619
|
1.2%
|
- 0.3%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Two races including Some other race
|
17,981
|
0.7%
|
12,524
|
0.5%
|
- 0.2%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
|
22,318
|
0.8%
|
21,095
|
0.8%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
|
|
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
|
|
White
|
2,239,862
|
82.8%
|
2,289,548
|
83.2%
|
0.4%
|
+/-1.0%
|
no
|
|
Black or African American
|
240,305
|
8.9%
|
263,817
|
9.6%
|
0.7%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native
|
13,334
|
0.5%
|
13,033
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Asian
|
105,127
|
3.9%
|
124,596
|
4.5%
|
0.6%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
|
1,364
|
0.1%
|
420
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Some other race
|
148,422
|
5.5%
|
97,954
|
3.6%
|
- 1.9%
|
+/-1.2%
|
yes
|
|
|
|
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
|
|
Total population
|
2,703,677
|
100%
|
2,752,384
|
100%
|
48,707
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
|
278,677
|
10.3%
|
313,505
|
11.4%
|
1.1%
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
Mexican
|
14,250
|
0.5%
|
14,705
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.5%
|
no
|
|
Puerto Rican
|
66,490
|
2.5%
|
94,478
|
3.4%
|
0.9%
|
+/-0.8%
|
yes
|
|
Cuban
|
4,507
|
0.2%
|
10,083
|
0.4%
|
0.2%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Other Hispanic or Latino
|
193,430
|
7.2%
|
194,239
|
7.1%
|
- 0.1%
|
+/-0.8%
|
no
|
|
Not Hispanic or Latino
|
2,425,000
|
89.7%
|
2,438,879
|
88.6%
|
- 1.1%
|
*****
|
- -
|
|
White alone
|
2,070,947
|
76.6%
|
2,049,810
|
74.5%
|
- 2.1%
|
+/-0.3%
|
yes
|
|
Black or African American alone
|
217,946
|
8.1%
|
243,608
|
8.9%
|
0.8%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
|
2,786
|
0.1%
|
3,678
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Asian alone
|
98,782
|
3.7%
|
115,934
|
4.2%
|
0.5%
|
+/-0.2%
|
yes
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
|
377
|
0.1%
|
420
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.2%
|
no
|
|
Some other race alone
|
9,355
|
0.3%
|
8,837
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
+/-0.3%
|
no
|
|
Two or more races:
|
24,807
|
0.9%
|
16,592
|
0.6%
|
- 0.3%
|
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