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   Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population
and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.
 
TABLE 1. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
Total population
280,540,330
*****
*****
SEX AND AGE
Male
137,048,827
136,997,283
137,100,371
Female
143,491,503
143,439,959
143,543,047
Under 5 years
19,526,670
19,493,248
19,560,092
5 to 9 years
19,874,923
19,761,763
19,988,083
10 to 14 years
21,090,854
20,985,292
21,196,416
15 to 19 years
18,750,668
18,690,483
18,810,853
20 to 24 years
18,610,949
18,542,680
18,679,218
25 to 34 years
38,742,608
38,662,134
38,823,082
35 to 44 years
44,266,171
44,195,797
44,336,545
45 to 54 years
39,733,607
39,674,763
39,792,451
55 to 59 years
14,865,650
14,779,761
14,951,539
60 to 64 years
11,488,377
11,408,840
11,567,914
65 to 74 years
17,961,629
17,923,661
17,999,597
75 to 84 years
12,189,823
12,128,940
12,250,706
85 years and over
3,438,401
3,385,822
3,490,980
 
Median age (years)
35.9
35.7
36.1
 
18 years and over
208,079,182
208,046,893
208,111,471
21 years and over
197,703,139
197,629,255
197,777,023
62 years and over
40,143,838
40,065,191
40,222,485
65 years and over
33,589,853
33,550,009
33,629,697
Male
14,204,140
14,180,999
14,227,281
Female
19,385,713
19,355,242
19,416,184
 
RACE
One race
274,034,883
273,906,163
274,163,603
White
212,541,793
212,310,130
212,773,456
Black or African American
33,768,036
33,676,544
33,859,529
American Indian and Alaska Native
1,959,347
1,902,232
2,016,462
Asian
11,213,133
11,146,928
11,279,338
Asian Indian
2,069,584
1,988,267
2,150,901
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
2,670,887
2,593,677
2,748,097
Filipino
2,013,117
1,951,450
2,074,784
Japanese
802,330
770,188
834,472
Korean
1,147,968
1,092,500
1,203,436
Vietnamese
1,169,772
1,101,124
1,238,420
Other Asian
1,339,475
1,269,268
1,409,683
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
365,474
342,559
388,389
Native Hawaiian
149,559
132,006
167,112
Guamanian or Chamorro
61,215
47,777
74,653
Samoan
63,687
48,355
79,019
Other Pacific Islander
91,013
74,374
107,652
Some other race
14,187,100
13,974,461
14,399,739
Two or more races
6,505,447
6,376,727
6,634,167
Two races including Some other race
1,768,590
1,704,131
1,833,049
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
4,736,857
4,625,574
4,848,140
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White
218,042,912
217,794,808
218,291,016
Black or African American
35,824,849
35,753,718
35,895,981
American Indian and Alaska Native
4,078,299
4,010,707
4,145,891
Asian
12,762,724
12,705,164
12,820,284
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
794,640
762,889
826,391
Some other race
16,083,388
15,870,964
16,295,812
 
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population
280,540,330
*****
*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
37,872,475
37,829,265
37,915,685
Mexican
23,999,836
23,833,201
24,166,471
Puerto Rican
3,608,309
3,521,880
3,694,738
Cuban
1,357,744
1,293,166
1,422,322
Other Hispanic or Latino
8,906,586
8,736,707
9,076,465
Not Hispanic or Latino
242,667,855
242,624,645
242,711,065
White alone
191,238,314
191,201,031
191,275,597
Black or African American alone
33,175,449
33,088,062
33,262,836
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
1,651,069
1,608,382
1,693,756
Asian alone
11,113,311
11,049,699
11,176,923
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
331,228
311,669
350,787
Some other race alone
655,179
607,570
702,788
Two or more races:
4,503,305
4,396,392
4,610,218
Two races including Some other race
364,579
343,032
386,126
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
4,138,726
4,034,337
4,243,115
 
RELATIONSHIP
Household population
280,540,330
*****
*****
Householder
111,019,533
110,841,882
111,197,184
Spouse
56,245,791
56,074,745
56,416,837
Child
83,343,016
83,152,141
83,533,891
Other relatives
16,473,514
16,288,146
16,658,882
Nonrelatives
13,458,476
13,278,306
13,638,646
Unmarried partner
5,465,733
5,392,912
5,538,554
 
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households
107,366,878
107,118,545
107,615,211
Family households (families)
72,453,348
72,176,749
72,729,947
With own children under 18 years
34,539,212
34,375,235
34,703,189
Married-couple families
54,423,312
54,133,518
54,713,106
With own children under 18 years
24,141,811
23,983,901
24,299,721
Female householder, no husband present
13,325,679
13,225,816
13,425,542
With own children under 18 years
8,145,233
8,062,499
8,227,967
Nonfamily households
34,913,530
34,749,726
35,077,334
Householder living alone
28,704,581
28,547,765
28,861,397
65 years and over
9,848,172
9,770,845
9,925,499
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years
38,214,015
38,040,254
38,387,777
Households with one or more people 65 years and over
24,654,295
24,554,049
24,754,541
 
Average household size
2.61
2.59
2.63
Average family size
3.19
3.17
3.21
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units
119,302,132
*****
*****
Occupied housing units
107,366,878
107,118,545
107,615,211
Vacant housing units
11,935,254
11,686,921
12,183,587
 
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)
1.7
1.5
1.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)
7.1
6.9
7.3
 
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units
107,366,878
107,118,545
107,615,211
Owner-occupied
71,302,057
70,916,836
71,687,278
Renter-occupied
36,064,821
35,818,964
36,310,678
 
Average household size of owner-occupied unit
2.72
2.70
2.74
Average household size of renter-occupied unit
2.40
2.38
2.42
 

The 2002 American Community 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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