ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Massachusetts -- Table 1


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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	6,210,578	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,990,635	2,982,067	2,999,203
Female	3,219,943	3,211,375	3,228,511
Under 5 years	383,661	377,622	389,700
5 to 9 years	401,838	386,488	417,188
10 to 14 years	428,455	411,259	445,651
15 to 19 years	361,688	352,036	371,341
20 to 24 years	372,575	364,442	380,708
25 to 34 years	889,604	879,580	899,628
35 to 44 years	1,051,262	1,039,895	1,062,629
45 to 54 years	923,318	913,839	932,797
55 to 59 years	342,344	330,878	353,810
60 to 64 years	247,207	235,320	259,094
65 to 74 years	409,233	403,841	414,625
75 to 84 years	301,080	293,259	308,901
85 years and over	98,313	91,286	105,340

Median age (years)	37.5	37.3	37.7

18 years and over	4,756,950	4,754,208	4,759,692
21 years and over	4,568,083	4,558,295	4,577,871
62 years and over	948,600	938,657	958,543
65 years and over	808,626	802,368	814,884
Male	332,000	328,264	335,736
Female	476,626	470,899	482,353

RACE
One race	6,113,700	6,100,218	6,127,182
White	5,242,697	5,219,275	5,266,119
Black or African American	363,980	350,485	377,475
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,281	10,545	18,017
Asian	255,715	248,001	263,429
Asian Indian	45,906	34,518	57,294
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	88,355	74,873	101,837
Filipino	8,122	3,989	12,255
Japanese	9,958	6,049	13,867
Korean	17,012	11,872	22,152
Vietnamese	37,286	27,808	46,764
Other Asian	49,076	35,198	62,954
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,677	205	5,149
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	234,350	211,768	256,932
Two or more races	96,878	83,396	110,360
Two races including Some other race	30,780	21,939	39,621
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	66,098	55,644	76,552

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	5,327,480	5,302,256	5,352,704
Black or African American	403,375	390,121	416,629
American Indian and Alaska Native	32,567	25,817	39,317
Asian	278,900	274,265	283,535
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,878	1,184	6,572
Some other race	265,806	242,320	289,292

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	6,210,578	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	451,811	449,829	453,793
Mexican	32,041	21,468	42,614
Puerto Rican	201,555	182,460	220,650
Cuban	3,742	1,330	6,154
Other Hispanic or Latino	214,473	192,846	236,100
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,758,767	5,756,785	5,760,749
White alone	5,032,286	5,018,292	5,046,280
Black or African American alone	341,542	331,762	351,322
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	11,926	9,096	14,756
Asian alone	254,485	246,854	262,116
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	435	0	981
Some other race alone	46,727	32,047	61,407
Two or more races:	71,366	60,351	82,381
Two races including Some other race	14,692	9,481	19,903
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	56,674	46,668	66,680

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	6,210,578	*****	*****
Householder	2,513,740	2,489,462	2,538,018
Spouse	1,240,718	1,217,003	1,264,433
Child	1,811,526	1,789,655	1,833,397
Other relatives	301,156	274,980	327,332
Nonrelatives	343,438	320,760	366,116
Unmarried partner	128,884	117,552	140,216

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,432,176	2,417,281	2,447,071
Family households (families)	1,585,165	1,558,564	1,611,766
With own children under 18 years	748,701	728,398	769,004
Married-couple families	1,198,483	1,171,824	1,225,142
With own children under 18 years	537,996	521,316	554,676
Female householder, no husband present	298,269	282,106	314,432
With own children under 18 years	179,985	166,176	193,794
Nonfamily households	847,011	822,523	871,499
Householder living alone	673,494	651,539	695,449
65 years and over	253,654	241,984	265,324

Households with one or more people under 18 years	808,238	786,648	829,828
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	594,349	583,012	605,686

Average household size	2.55	2.53	2.57
Average family size	3.15	3.12	3.18

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,649,029	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	2,432,176	2,417,281	2,447,071
Vacant housing units	216,853	201,958	231,748

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.7	0.4	1.0
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.1	3.1	5.1

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,432,176	2,417,281	2,447,071
Owner-occupied	1,556,195	1,533,046	1,579,345
Renter-occupied	875,981	852,960	899,002

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.76	2.73	2.79
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.18	2.15	2.21

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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