ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for New Jersey -- 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	8,395,357	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	4,067,815	4,054,988	4,080,642
Female	4,327,542	4,314,715	4,340,369
Under 5 years	560,862	554,514	567,210
5 to 9 years	593,161	574,153	612,169
10 to 14 years	632,110	612,604	651,616
15 to 19 years	507,933	496,023	519,843
20 to 24 years	453,321	439,563	467,079
25 to 34 years	1,093,712	1,077,169	1,110,255
35 to 44 years	1,444,441	1,427,142	1,461,740
45 to 54 years	1,229,578	1,214,881	1,244,275
55 to 59 years	473,940	460,136	487,744
60 to 64 years	348,653	334,965	362,341
65 to 74 years	552,927	543,164	562,690
75 to 84 years	397,048	386,678	407,418
85 years and over	107,671	99,518	115,824

Median age (years)	37.6	37.4	37.8

18 years and over	6,275,385	6,272,029	6,278,741
21 years and over	6,021,740	6,009,203	6,034,277
62 years and over	1,260,912	1,250,010	1,271,814
65 years and over	1,057,646	1,048,782	1,066,510
Male	438,409	431,349	445,469
Female	619,237	614,031	624,443

RACE
One race	8,251,021	8,229,885	8,272,158
White	6,068,445	6,037,417	6,099,473
Black or African American	1,095,576	1,075,248	1,115,904
American Indian and Alaska Native	13,103	8,254	17,952
Asian	541,512	533,415	549,609
Asian Indian	172,470	154,137	190,803
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	127,095	111,455	142,735
Filipino	107,424	89,251	125,597
Japanese	18,725	9,972	27,478
Korean	68,271	56,830	79,712
Vietnamese	13,027	7,787	18,267
Other Asian	34,500	26,019	42,981
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	689	0	1,745
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	531,696	499,044	564,348
Two or more races	144,336	123,200	165,473
Two races including Some other race	55,244	41,132	69,356
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	89,092	74,232	103,952

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	6,179,525	6,149,198	6,209,852
Black or African American	1,165,594	1,146,050	1,185,138
American Indian and Alaska Native	39,357	29,761	48,953
Asian	572,466	565,958	578,974
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,961	163	3,760
Some other race	589,853	554,949	624,757

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	8,395,357	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,198,470	1,196,747	1,200,193
Mexican	102,488	81,843	123,133
Puerto Rican	359,570	330,081	389,059
Cuban	90,742	75,293	106,191
Other Hispanic or Latino	645,670	612,215	679,125
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,196,887	7,195,164	7,198,610
White alone	5,459,103	5,451,907	5,466,299
Black or African American alone	1,063,779	1,045,845	1,081,713
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	9,216	5,553	12,879
Asian alone	538,564	529,933	547,195
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	689	0	1,745
Some other race alone	32,217	20,048	44,386
Two or more races:	93,319	78,413	108,225
Two races including Some other race	16,620	11,116	22,124
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	76,699	63,222	90,176

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	8,395,357	*****	*****
Householder	3,184,623	3,158,474	3,210,772
Spouse	1,730,354	1,703,768	1,756,940
Child	2,606,905	2,578,446	2,635,364
Other relatives	534,888	507,069	562,707
Nonrelatives	338,587	314,329	362,845
Unmarried partner	149,951	137,642	162,260

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	3,081,928	3,067,372	3,096,484
Family households (families)	2,180,477	2,152,491	2,208,463
With own children under 18 years	1,027,552	1,003,404	1,051,700
Married-couple families	1,670,047	1,641,764	1,698,330
With own children under 18 years	768,634	744,752	792,516
Female householder, no husband present	382,582	362,411	402,753
With own children under 18 years	206,551	191,744	221,358
Nonfamily households	901,451	876,209	926,693
Householder living alone	747,697	722,780	772,614
65 years and over	280,818	266,960	294,676

Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,139,271	1,114,033	1,164,509
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	774,827	762,368	787,286

Average household size	2.72	2.70	2.74
Average family size	3.27	3.24	3.30

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	3,372,572	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	3,081,928	3,067,372	3,096,484
Vacant housing units	290,644	276,088	305,200

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6	1.3	1.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.8	4.0	5.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	3,081,928	3,067,372	3,096,484
Owner-occupied	2,029,638	2,000,153	2,059,124
Renter-occupied	1,052,290	1,023,644	1,080,936

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.88	2.85	2.91
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.42	2.37	2.47

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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