ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Essex 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	719,012	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	343,095	339,871	346,319
Female	375,917	372,693	379,141
Under 5 years	46,180	44,314	48,046
5 to 9 years	52,647	46,423	58,871
10 to 14 years	50,249	44,030	56,468
15 to 19 years	45,870	41,139	50,601
20 to 24 years	39,468	35,803	43,133
25 to 34 years	89,303	84,492	94,114
35 to 44 years	121,986	118,643	125,329
45 to 54 years	111,394	108,096	114,692
55 to 59 years	43,237	39,414	47,060
60 to 64 years	22,950	19,328	26,572
65 to 74 years	49,710	47,806	51,614
75 to 84 years	35,183	31,959	38,407
85 years and over	10,835	8,055	13,615

Median age (years)	38.2	37.5	38.9

18 years and over	540,770	540,402	541,138
21 years and over	517,162	513,273	521,051
62 years and over	109,688	105,784	113,592
65 years and over	95,728	94,156	97,300
Male	39,375	37,682	41,068
Female	56,353	54,315	58,391

RACE
One race	704,612	697,060	712,164
White	605,724	596,331	615,117
Black or African American	21,349	16,345	26,353
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,875	1,347	4,403
Asian	18,292	16,825	19,759
Asian Indian	2,318	0	4,742
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	3,204	904	5,504
Filipino	1,534	0	3,511
Japanese	477	0	1,177
Korean	2,249	726	3,772
Vietnamese	5,133	2,338	7,928
Other Asian	3,377	702	6,052
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	497
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	56,372	46,551	66,193
Two or more races	14,400	6,848	21,952
Two races including Some other race	3,008	492	5,524
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	11,392	4,462	18,322

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	618,726	607,696	629,756
Black or African American	30,841	23,197	38,485
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,893	2,339	5,447
Asian	20,753	19,605	21,901
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	497
Some other race	59,380	49,523	69,237

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	719,012	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	91,529	*****	*****
Mexican	2,988	803	5,173
Puerto Rican	31,695	20,726	42,664
Cuban	1,228	0	2,974
Other Hispanic or Latino	55,618	43,728	67,508
Not Hispanic or Latino	627,483	*****	*****
White alone	582,076	579,456	584,696
Black or African American alone	15,194	12,752	17,636
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,766	1,118	2,414
Asian alone	18,292	16,825	19,759
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	2,818	388	5,248
Two or more races:	7,337	4,210	10,464
Two races including Some other race	1,467	0	3,105
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,870	3,415	8,325

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	719,012	*****	*****
Householder	279,132	271,687	286,577
Spouse	147,581	141,260	153,902
Child	223,056	213,758	232,354
Other relatives	37,458	28,218	46,698
Nonrelatives	31,785	25,627	37,943
Unmarried partner	16,098	11,476	20,720

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	279,015	274,732	283,298
Family households (families)	188,885	181,168	196,602
With own children under 18 years	89,510	83,451	95,569
Married-couple families	147,281	139,689	154,873
With own children under 18 years	66,966	60,988	72,944
Female householder, no husband present	30,262	25,294	35,230
With own children under 18 years	19,222	14,757	23,687
Nonfamily households	90,130	82,758	97,502
Householder living alone	73,049	65,744	80,354
65 years and over	32,803	28,079	37,527

Households with one or more people under 18 years	97,275	90,314	104,236
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	70,297	66,594	74,000

Average household size	2.58	2.53	2.63
Average family size	3.16	3.06	3.26

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	290,086	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	279,015	274,732	283,298
Vacant housing units	11,071	6,788	15,354

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.4	0.0	1.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	0.0	2.4

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	279,015	274,732	283,298
Owner-occupied	188,415	181,206	195,624
Renter-occupied	90,600	83,206	97,994

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.76	2.69	2.83
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.20	2.08	2.32

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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