ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for North Carolina -- 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	8,063,874	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	3,935,150	3,924,168	3,946,132
Female	4,128,724	4,117,742	4,139,706
Under 5 years	579,731	573,098	586,364
5 to 9 years	559,133	543,994	574,272
10 to 14 years	602,191	583,914	620,468
15 to 19 years	493,592	477,612	509,572
20 to 24 years	520,772	510,110	531,434
25 to 34 years	1,179,375	1,157,161	1,201,589
35 to 44 years	1,280,982	1,269,300	1,292,664
45 to 54 years	1,135,630	1,125,539	1,145,721
55 to 59 years	445,839	434,253	457,425
60 to 64 years	331,890	321,581	342,199
65 to 74 years	528,887	523,345	534,429
75 to 84 years	320,239	312,362	328,116
85 years and over	85,613	76,173	95,053

Median age (years)	35.8	35.6	36.0

18 years and over	6,002,367	5,998,424	6,006,311
21 years and over	5,722,125	5,708,839	5,735,411
62 years and over	1,124,435	1,111,129	1,137,741
65 years and over	934,739	929,332	940,146
Male	385,511	381,888	389,134
Female	549,228	545,153	553,304

RACE
One race	7,927,819	7,905,615	7,950,023
White	5,797,244	5,769,534	5,824,954
Black or African American	1,709,320	1,692,063	1,726,577
American Indian and Alaska Native	87,683	79,725	95,641
Asian	120,350	115,529	125,171
Asian Indian	27,221	19,476	34,966
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	19,052	14,584	23,520
Filipino	12,961	8,298	17,624
Japanese	4,385	2,773	5,997
Korean	6,700	3,497	9,903
Vietnamese	22,431	15,461	29,401
Other Asian	27,600	21,825	33,375
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,011	0	2,051
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	212,211	185,385	239,037
Two or more races	136,055	113,851	158,259
Two races including Some other race	20,669	13,767	27,571
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	115,386	96,442	134,330

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	5,903,637	5,873,873	5,933,401
Black or African American	1,776,270	1,767,749	1,784,791
American Indian and Alaska Native	146,935	134,136	159,734
Asian	143,272	136,791	149,753
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4,288	1,008	7,568
Some other race	233,615	204,875	262,355

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	8,063,874	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	434,048	*****	*****
Mexican	284,473	258,655	310,291
Puerto Rican	35,352	22,177	48,527
Cuban	4,853	1,903	7,803
Other Hispanic or Latino	109,370	90,916	127,824
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,629,826	*****	*****
White alone	5,604,027	5,598,985	5,609,069
Black or African American alone	1,697,388	1,681,119	1,713,657
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	80,581	74,230	86,932
Asian alone	119,593	114,983	124,203
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,011	0	2,051
Some other race alone	14,975	9,474	20,476
Two or more races:	112,251	94,383	130,119
Two races including Some other race	6,289	2,921	9,657
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	105,962	89,238	122,686

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	8,063,874	*****	*****
Householder	3,304,596	3,267,664	3,341,528
Spouse	1,677,795	1,648,981	1,706,609
Child	2,292,699	2,261,527	2,323,871
Other relatives	446,388	421,514	471,262
Nonrelatives	342,396	325,970	358,822
Unmarried partner	134,347	118,811	149,883

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	3,207,447	3,163,240	3,251,654
Family households (families)	2,191,392	2,143,753	2,239,031
With own children under 18 years	1,015,852	987,566	1,044,138
Married-couple families	1,631,414	1,592,124	1,670,704
With own children under 18 years	684,596	663,512	705,680
Female householder, no husband present	425,652	400,224	451,080
With own children under 18 years	267,557	244,807	290,307
Nonfamily households	1,016,055	988,099	1,044,011
Householder living alone	856,578	830,005	883,151
65 years and over	288,060	275,794	300,326

Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,129,931	1,097,037	1,162,825
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	693,254	682,564	703,944

Average household size	2.51	2.48	2.54
Average family size	3.05	3.00	3.10

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	3,707,129	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	3,207,447	3,163,240	3,251,654
Vacant housing units	499,682	455,475	543,889

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	1.7	2.3
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.0	7.5	10.5

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	3,207,447	3,163,240	3,251,654
Owner-occupied	2,200,040	2,128,953	2,271,127
Renter-occupied	1,007,407	959,704	1,055,110

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	2.54	2.60
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	2.31	2.45

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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