ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA -- Table 1

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA

TABLE 1. PROFILE OF GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Total population	5,673,548	5,654,142	5,692,954
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,749,495	2,736,599	2,762,391
Female	2,924,053	2,910,015	2,938,091
Under 5 years	346,395	340,803	351,987
5 to 9 years	361,264	348,320	374,208
10 to 14 years	394,769	381,980	407,558
15 to 19 years	325,891	318,011	333,771
20 to 24 years	337,931	329,910	345,952
25 to 34 years	857,340	845,320	869,360
35 to 44 years	1,010,786	998,756	1,022,816
45 to 54 years	834,837	825,519	844,155
55 to 59 years	306,032	294,258	317,806
60 to 64 years	215,814	204,543	227,085
65 to 74 years	356,263	349,089	363,437
75 to 84 years	252,468	245,800	259,136
85 years and over	73,758	68,051	79,465

Median age (years)	37.1	36.9	37.3

18 years and over	4,354,908	4,341,368	4,368,448
21 years and over	4,185,630	4,171,082	4,200,178
62 years and over	807,893	794,696	821,090
65 years and over	682,489	674,559	690,419
Male	279,006	274,940	283,072
Female	403,483	397,693	409,273

RACE
One race	5,587,570	5,564,190	5,610,951
White	4,873,115	4,845,504	4,900,726
Black or African American	295,064	280,143	309,985
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,693	3,206	8,180
Asian	248,894	243,088	254,700
Asian Indian	46,338	37,775	54,902
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	91,845	81,825	101,865
Filipino	7,486	4,046	10,926
Japanese	9,679	6,052	13,306
Korean	17,109	10,196	24,023
Vietnamese	29,853	21,088	38,618
Other Asian	46,584	37,001	56,167
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,051	317	3,785
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	162,753	144,275	181,231
Two or more races	85,978	75,129	96,827
Two races including Some other race	21,113	15,086	27,140
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	64,865	55,269	74,461

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	4,949,777	4,922,859	4,976,695
Black or African American	332,810	318,947	346,673
American Indian and Alaska Native	28,360	22,654	34,066
Asian	266,609	262,682	270,536
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4,161	1,262	7,060
Some other race	185,609	167,129	204,089

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,673,548	5,654,142	5,692,954
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	359,338	355,078	363,598
Mexican	35,380	25,044	45,716
Puerto Rican	147,819	130,463	165,175
Cuban	8,788	4,094	13,482
Other Hispanic or Latino	167,351	149,648	185,054
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,314,210	5,294,936	5,333,484
White alone	4,677,294	4,657,834	4,696,754
Black or African American alone	277,799	264,154	291,445
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	3,972	1,944	6,000
Asian alone	248,630	242,881	254,379
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,859	186	3,532
Some other race alone	38,635	25,283	51,987
Two or more races:	66,021	56,708	75,334
Two races including Some other race	9,841	5,987	13,695
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	56,180	47,125	65,235

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,673,548	5,654,142	5,692,954
Householder	2,316,097	2,294,180	2,338,014
Spouse	1,141,514	1,121,996	1,161,032
Child	1,614,296	1,591,635	1,636,957
Other relatives	267,402	249,267	285,537
Nonrelatives	334,239	315,525	352,953
Unmarried partner	135,406	124,285	146,527

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,227,417	2,215,936	2,238,898
Family households (families)	1,441,929	1,419,164	1,464,694
With own children under 18 years	698,345	679,606	717,084
Married-couple families	1,098,628	1,075,812	1,121,444
With own children under 18 years	508,431	491,086	525,776
Female householder, no husband present	249,599	234,604	264,594
With own children under 18 years	148,035	135,812	160,258
Nonfamily households	785,488	761,784	809,192
Householder living alone	611,914	592,647	631,181
65 years and over	210,995	201,557	220,433

Households with one or more people under 18 years	757,523	738,918	776,128
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	493,683	485,679	501,687

Average household size	2.55	2.53	2.57
Average family size	3.14	3.11	3.17

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,335,232	2,328,441	2,342,023
Occupied housing units	2,227,417	2,215,936	2,238,898
Vacant housing units	107,815	97,971	117,659

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.4	0.2	0.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.3	1.8	2.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,227,417	2,215,936	2,238,898
Owner-occupied	1,398,857	1,380,331	1,417,383
Renter-occupied	828,560	808,744	848,377

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.77	2.74	2.80
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.17	2.14	2.20

The 2001 Supplementary Survey 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 degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

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 lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate 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 lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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