ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Howard County -- 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	256,480	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	125,001	123,051	126,951
Female	131,479	129,529	133,429
Under 5 years	17,832	17,080	18,584
5 to 9 years	21,758	18,719	24,797
10 to 14 years	21,346	18,310	24,382
15 to 19 years	16,106	14,382	17,830
20 to 24 years	13,320	11,378	15,262
25 to 34 years	32,759	30,439	35,079
35 to 44 years	48,340	46,078	50,602
45 to 54 years	41,408	39,090	43,726
55 to 59 years	16,663	14,427	18,899
60 to 64 years	7,762	5,662	9,862
65 to 74 years	11,516	9,821	13,211
75 to 84 years	6,548	4,882	8,215
85 years and over	1,122	442	1,802

Median age (years)	36.8	36.1	37.5

18 years and over	183,552	182,747	184,357
21 years and over	177,243	175,370	179,116
62 years and over	23,707	21,702	25,712
65 years and over	19,186	17,922	20,450
Male	8,634	7,667	9,601
Female	10,552	9,656	11,448

RACE
One race	250,697	248,199	253,195
White	186,450	184,282	188,618
Black or African American	37,136	35,849	38,423
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0	515
Asian	21,846	20,189	23,503
Asian Indian	5,020	2,269	7,771
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	8,430	5,750	11,110
Filipino	480	0	1,061
Japanese	643	0	1,702
Korean	4,056	1,725	6,387
Vietnamese	1,200	0	2,764
Other Asian	2,017	316	3,718
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	515
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	5,265	2,518	8,012
Two or more races	5,783	3,285	8,281
Two races including Some other race	1,242	259	2,225
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,541	2,305	6,777

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	192,023	189,106	194,940
Black or African American	37,795	36,784	38,806
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,275	231	2,319
Asian	24,663	23,115	26,211
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	515
Some other race	6,760	4,066	9,454

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	256,480	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	8,262	*****	*****
Mexican	2,505	236	4,774
Puerto Rican	0	0	515
Cuban	0	0	515
Other Hispanic or Latino	5,757	3,488	8,026
Not Hispanic or Latino	248,218	*****	*****
White alone	183,785	183,107	184,463
Black or African American alone	36,653	35,350	37,957
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0	0	515
Asian alone	21,846	20,189	23,503
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	515
Some other race alone	1,130	0	2,518
Two or more races:	4,804	2,611	6,997
Two races including Some other race	713	27	1,399
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,091	2,109	6,073

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	256,480	*****	*****
Householder	96,663	93,050	100,277
Spouse	56,876	53,624	60,128
Child	80,835	77,167	84,503
Other relatives	11,811	8,052	15,570
Nonrelatives	10,295	6,913	13,678
Unmarried partner	4,237	2,399	6,075

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	92,246	89,656	94,837
Family households (families)	66,636	62,681	70,591
With own children under 18 years	35,729	31,617	39,841
Married-couple families	54,561	51,042	58,080
With own children under 18 years	29,277	25,433	33,122
Female householder, no husband present	8,983	6,513	11,453
With own children under 18 years	5,818	3,930	7,706
Nonfamily households	25,610	22,072	29,148
Householder living alone	19,423	16,592	22,254
65 years and over	4,641	3,093	6,189

Households with one or more people under 18 years	38,229	34,216	42,242
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	13,490	11,708	15,272

Average household size	2.78	2.70	2.86
Average family size	3.30	3.15	3.45

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	96,635	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	92,246	89,656	94,837
Vacant housing units	4,389	1,799	6,980

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	N	N	N
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	N	N	N

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	92,246	89,656	94,837
Owner-occupied	71,274	67,611	74,937
Renter-occupied	20,972	18,151	23,794

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.92	2.80	3.04
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.31	2.10	2.52

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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