ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Washington -- 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	5,930,307	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,944,976	2,937,723	2,952,229
Female	2,985,331	2,978,078	2,992,584
Under 5 years	394,397	388,094	400,700
5 to 9 years	412,927	400,006	425,848
10 to 14 years	442,624	424,238	461,010
15 to 19 years	405,240	397,005	413,475
20 to 24 years	394,053	381,046	407,060
25 to 34 years	829,414	818,013	840,816
35 to 44 years	954,206	945,195	963,217
45 to 54 years	902,182	891,738	912,627
55 to 59 years	335,491	319,686	351,296
60 to 64 years	217,737	202,786	232,688
65 to 74 years	336,353	332,334	340,372
75 to 84 years	233,167	224,678	241,656
85 years and over	72,516	64,071	80,961

Median age (years)	36.1	35.9	36.3

18 years and over	4,426,037	4,418,226	4,433,848
21 years and over	4,201,722	4,193,277	4,210,167
62 years and over	769,770	759,312	780,228
65 years and over	642,036	638,337	645,735
Male	278,017	274,192	281,842
Female	364,019	361,283	366,755

RACE
One race	5,683,677	5,664,433	5,702,921
White	4,795,576	4,764,540	4,826,613
Black or African American	194,303	185,136	203,470
American Indian and Alaska Native	59,218	53,877	64,559
Asian	343,064	332,747	353,381
Asian Indian	32,137	21,862	42,412
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	71,078	59,426	82,730
Filipino	65,789	53,683	77,895
Japanese	33,868	28,385	39,351
Korean	55,282	43,876	66,688
Vietnamese	50,737	36,337	65,137
Other Asian	34,173	25,214	43,133
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	21,019	16,477	25,561
Native Hawaiian	6,902	3,079	10,725
Guamanian or Chamorro	4,012	1,233	6,791
Samoan	5,812	1,944	9,680
Other Pacific Islander	4,293	1,043	7,544
Some other race	270,497	243,287	297,707
Two or more races	246,630	227,386	265,874
Two races including Some other race	38,130	29,034	47,226
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	208,500	192,789	224,211

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	5,022,179	4,991,506	5,052,853
Black or African American	248,926	242,565	255,287
American Indian and Alaska Native	155,602	147,154	164,050
Asian	419,545	413,293	425,797
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	37,407	30,403	44,411
Some other race	312,643	282,879	342,407

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,930,307	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	480,917	*****	*****
Mexican	373,733	351,575	395,891
Puerto Rican	23,127	13,953	32,301
Cuban	4,587	1,506	7,668
Other Hispanic or Latino	79,470	63,643	95,297
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,449,390	*****	*****
White alone	4,635,740	4,631,333	4,640,147
Black or African American alone	189,761	180,981	198,541
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	55,275	50,642	59,908
Asian alone	340,222	330,690	349,754
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	20,740	16,254	25,226
Some other race alone	11,612	7,322	15,902
Two or more races:	196,040	182,733	209,347
Two races including Some other race	6,214	4,189	8,239
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	189,826	176,732	202,920

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,930,307	*****	*****
Householder	2,434,288	2,414,234	2,454,342
Spouse	1,214,332	1,188,635	1,240,029
Child	1,676,181	1,650,241	1,702,121
Other relatives	257,747	233,601	281,893
Nonrelatives	347,759	318,547	376,971
Unmarried partner	140,212	124,372	156,052

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,358,892	2,328,169	2,389,615
Family households (families)	1,517,317	1,480,705	1,553,929
With own children under 18 years	716,765	693,916	739,614
Married-couple families	1,181,636	1,141,602	1,221,670
With own children under 18 years	510,537	486,292	534,782
Female householder, no husband present	241,931	223,794	260,068
With own children under 18 years	154,563	140,419	168,707
Nonfamily households	841,575	820,810	862,340
Householder living alone	660,197	641,895	678,499
65 years and over	196,583	186,709	206,457

Households with one or more people under 18 years	782,944	760,733	805,155
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	476,701	464,300	489,102

Average household size	2.51	2.48	2.54
Average family size	3.11	3.06	3.16

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,530,215	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	2,358,892	2,328,169	2,389,615
Vacant housing units	171,323	140,600	202,046

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.4	1.1	1.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.1	4.9	7.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,358,892	2,328,169	2,389,615
Owner-occupied	1,517,772	1,478,967	1,556,577
Renter-occupied	841,120	816,203	866,037

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.66	2.61	2.71
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.25	2.20	2.30

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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