ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for West Virginia -- 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	1,758,096	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	848,360	842,613	854,107
Female	909,736	903,989	915,483
Under 5 years	98,323	94,790	101,856
5 to 9 years	108,926	102,885	114,967
10 to 14 years	110,178	104,428	115,928
15 to 19 years	109,127	103,634	114,620
20 to 24 years	114,400	109,915	118,885
25 to 34 years	214,539	210,724	218,354
35 to 44 years	258,355	254,407	262,303
45 to 54 years	282,659	277,930	287,388
55 to 59 years	110,417	104,921	115,913
60 to 64 years	87,176	81,853	92,499
65 to 74 years	143,811	141,440	146,182
75 to 84 years	95,285	90,092	100,478
85 years and over	24,900	21,288	28,512

Median age (years)	40.0	39.7	40.3

18 years and over	1,371,907	1,369,548	1,374,267
21 years and over	1,312,250	1,306,391	1,318,109
62 years and over	314,897	309,449	320,345
65 years and over	263,996	260,968	267,024
Male	109,874	108,189	111,559
Female	154,122	151,231	157,013

RACE
One race	1,740,995	1,736,052	1,745,938
White	1,673,157	1,669,713	1,676,601
Black or African American	53,545	47,993	59,097
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,074	1,464	4,684
Asian	7,325	3,391	11,259
Asian Indian	925	260	1,590
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	2,299	0	4,957
Filipino	792	76	1,508
Japanese	473	0	1,112
Korean	944	106	1,782
Vietnamese	1,840	0	4,016
Other Asian	52	0	151
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	852	438	1,266
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	3,042	1,884	4,200
Two or more races	17,101	12,158	22,044
Two races including Some other race	2,269	1,218	3,320
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	14,832	10,253	19,411

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	1,688,862	1,683,302	1,694,423
Black or African American	60,140	55,365	64,915
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,847	8,653	15,041
Asian	9,030	5,148	12,912
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	897	481	1,313
Some other race	5,561	4,253	6,869

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	1,758,096	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	12,211	9,304	15,118
Mexican	5,582	4,023	7,141
Puerto Rican	1,123	575	1,671
Cuban	149	0	398
Other Hispanic or Latino	5,357	2,509	8,205
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,745,885	1,742,978	1,748,792
White alone	1,664,616	1,663,570	1,665,662
Black or African American alone	53,433	47,892	58,974
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,752	1,262	4,242
Asian alone	7,325	3,391	11,259
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	852	438	1,266
Some other race alone	1,503	597	2,409
Two or more races:	15,404	10,708	20,100
Two races including Some other race	637	160	1,114
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	14,767	10,195	19,339

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	1,758,096	*****	*****
Householder	759,178	750,372	767,984
Spouse	389,315	380,819	397,811
Child	471,529	460,774	482,284
Other relatives	64,302	55,902	72,702
Nonrelatives	73,772	66,431	81,113
Unmarried partner	34,729	29,944	39,514

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	719,655	702,663	736,647
Family households (families)	478,219	462,577	493,861
With own children under 18 years	199,619	189,194	210,044
Married-couple families	373,320	359,940	386,700
With own children under 18 years	137,044	128,093	145,995
Female householder, no husband present	77,128	68,820	85,436
With own children under 18 years	46,047	39,633	52,461
Nonfamily households	241,436	230,676	252,196
Householder living alone	205,374	194,319	216,429
65 years and over	92,479	85,877	99,081

Households with one or more people under 18 years	218,592	208,263	228,921
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	197,685	191,374	203,996

Average household size	2.44	2.39	2.49
Average family size	3.00	2.92	3.08

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	852,165	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	719,655	702,663	736,647
Vacant housing units	132,510	115,518	149,502

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	1.5	2.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.8	3.8	7.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	719,655	702,663	736,647
Owner-occupied	533,078	515,118	551,038
Renter-occupied	186,577	174,417	198,738

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.53	2.46	2.60
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.20	2.10	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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