ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- Table 1

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston, MA--NH PMSA

TABLE 1. PROFILE OF GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Total population	3,311,493	3,282,074	3,340,913
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,590,679	1,573,814	1,607,544
Female	1,720,814	1,702,671	1,738,957
Under 5 years	195,652	189,049	202,255
5 to 9 years	191,454	181,260	201,648
10 to 14 years	212,698	201,442	223,954
15 to 19 years	176,778	168,381	185,175
20 to 24 years	203,230	194,610	211,850
25 to 34 years	536,030	522,609	549,451
35 to 44 years	577,305	562,341	592,269
45 to 54 years	484,419	473,488	495,350
55 to 59 years	177,340	167,981	186,699
60 to 64 years	133,586	124,046	143,126
65 to 74 years	219,435	213,012	225,858
75 to 84 years	157,683	151,512	163,854
85 years and over	45,883	41,209	50,557

Median age (years)	37.3	37.0	37.6

18 years and over	2,592,030	2,572,192	2,611,868
21 years and over	2,502,677	2,482,869	2,522,485
62 years and over	500,419	488,136	512,702
65 years and over	423,001	414,629	431,373
Male	174,101	169,326	178,876
Female	248,900	243,265	254,535

RACE
One race	3,262,894	3,234,276	3,291,512
White	2,764,660	2,736,483	2,792,837
Black or African American	235,545	223,059	248,031
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,928	1,611	6,245
Asian	172,509	164,290	180,728
Asian Indian	26,169	19,361	32,977
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	80,867	72,013	89,721
Filipino	5,663	2,472	8,854
Japanese	8,650	4,977	12,323
Korean	8,878	5,956	11,800
Vietnamese	18,625	10,332	26,918
Other Asian	23,657	17,341	29,973
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,622	0	3,267
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	84,630	70,056	99,204
Two or more races	48,599	40,313	56,885
Two races including Some other race	12,711	7,886	17,536
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	35,888	28,613	43,163

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,807,294	2,778,094	2,836,494
Black or African American	255,688	243,445	267,931
American Indian and Alaska Native	12,597	9,464	15,730
Asian	186,484	178,114	194,854
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,887	85	3,689
Some other race	98,586	83,795	113,377

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	3,311,493	3,282,074	3,340,913
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	200,649	189,347	211,952
Mexican	22,097	13,228	30,966
Puerto Rican	62,687	49,900	75,475
Cuban	3,647	1,301	5,993
Other Hispanic or Latino	112,218	96,842	127,594
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,110,844	3,080,713	3,140,975
White alone	2,647,758	2,620,000	2,675,516
Black or African American alone	224,756	212,891	236,621
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,536	731	4,341
Asian alone	172,509	164,290	180,728
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,430	0	3,017
Some other race alone	22,096	12,429	31,763
Two or more races:	39,759	32,923	46,595
Two races including Some other race	7,535	3,973	11,097
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	32,224	25,383	39,065

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	3,311,493	3,282,074	3,340,913
Householder	1,377,276	1,359,902	1,394,651
Spouse	659,768	645,453	674,083
Child	888,569	868,540	908,598
Other relatives	173,001	157,044	188,958
Nonrelatives	212,879	196,239	229,519
Unmarried partner	67,745	59,304	76,186

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,330,003	1,319,819	1,340,187
Family households (families)	831,887	812,995	850,780
With own children under 18 years	385,057	371,890	398,224
Married-couple families	636,733	619,898	653,568
With own children under 18 years	289,354	277,553	301,155
Female householder, no husband present	141,954	130,856	153,052
With own children under 18 years	75,954	67,222	84,686
Nonfamily households	498,116	479,629	516,603
Householder living alone	384,213	368,794	399,632
65 years and over	130,769	122,215	139,323

Households with one or more people under 18 years	423,641	410,024	437,258
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	308,397	300,749	316,045

Average household size	2.49	2.47	2.51
Average family size	3.10	3.05	3.15

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,389,234	1,379,080	1,399,388
Occupied housing units	1,330,003	1,319,819	1,340,187
Vacant housing units	59,231	51,060	67,402

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.4	0.1	0.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.1	1.3	2.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,330,003	1,319,819	1,340,187
Owner-occupied	800,901	784,092	817,710
Renter-occupied	529,102	512,081	546,123

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.72	2.69	2.75
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.14	2.09	2.19

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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