ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Middlesex 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	1,421,745	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	688,074	685,079	691,069
Female	733,671	730,676	736,666
Under 5 years	90,566	89,178	91,954
5 to 9 years	91,772	85,048	98,496
10 to 14 years	91,420	84,744	98,096
15 to 19 years	73,538	70,225	76,851
20 to 24 years	70,174	66,693	73,656
25 to 34 years	220,826	217,967	223,685
35 to 44 years	250,862	247,674	254,050
45 to 54 years	216,264	213,330	219,198
55 to 59 years	80,739	75,263	86,215
60 to 64 years	55,639	50,473	60,805
65 to 74 years	92,795	90,384	95,206
75 to 84 years	67,847	64,301	71,393
85 years and over	19,303	16,107	22,499

Median age (years)	38.0	37.7	38.3

18 years and over	1,097,544	1,097,113	1,097,975
21 years and over	1,062,151	1,058,559	1,065,743
62 years and over	210,473	205,472	215,474
65 years and over	179,945	177,777	182,113
Male	75,429	73,305	77,553
Female	104,516	102,513	106,519

RACE
One race	1,398,127	1,391,086	1,405,168
White	1,210,036	1,201,324	1,218,748
Black or African American	47,414	44,173	50,655
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,460	1,734	3,186
Asian	101,652	97,129	106,175
Asian Indian	24,662	15,754	33,570
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	37,538	29,222	45,854
Filipino	1,054	0	2,329
Japanese	3,269	1,131	5,407
Korean	7,247	3,985	10,509
Vietnamese	9,503	4,284	14,722
Other Asian	18,379	11,738	25,020
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	36,565	28,053	45,077
Two or more races	23,618	16,577	30,659
Two races including Some other race	8,164	3,156	13,172
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	15,454	10,430	20,478

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	1,229,768	1,221,498	1,238,038
Black or African American	54,004	51,907	56,101
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,466	5,583	11,349
Asian	110,112	107,866	112,358
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	703	7	1,399
Some other race	45,023	35,666	54,380

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	1,421,745	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	66,819	*****	*****
Mexican	4,199	1,194	7,204
Puerto Rican	24,132	16,692	31,572
Cuban	0	0	497
Other Hispanic or Latino	38,488	30,151	46,825
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,354,926	*****	*****
White alone	1,179,378	1,174,593	1,184,163
Black or African American alone	47,414	44,173	50,655
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,460	1,734	3,186
Asian alone	100,422	96,124	104,720
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	8,843	3,764	13,922
Two or more races:	16,409	11,317	21,501
Two races including Some other race	2,471	433	4,509
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	13,938	9,353	18,523

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	1,421,745	*****	*****
Householder	575,365	565,300	585,430
Spouse	300,580	291,526	309,634
Child	407,934	398,493	417,375
Other relatives	63,143	51,959	74,327
Nonrelatives	74,723	65,123	84,323
Unmarried partner	25,016	20,033	29,999

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	554,224	548,566	559,882
Family households (families)	363,380	353,218	373,542
With own children under 18 years	167,126	157,670	176,582
Married-couple families	289,962	279,456	300,468
With own children under 18 years	130,787	122,588	138,986
Female householder, no husband present	56,241	48,811	63,671
With own children under 18 years	32,144	26,232	38,056
Nonfamily households	190,844	180,961	200,728
Householder living alone	147,955	137,423	158,487
65 years and over	50,142	44,718	55,566

Households with one or more people under 18 years	176,329	166,632	186,026
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	131,278	126,122	136,434

Average household size	2.57	2.54	2.60
Average family size	3.16	3.09	3.23

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	581,090	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	554,224	548,566	559,882
Vacant housing units	26,866	21,208	32,524

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.8	0.1	1.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.6	1.8	5.4

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	554,224	548,566	559,882
Owner-occupied	358,408	348,737	368,079
Renter-occupied	195,816	185,914	205,718

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.80	2.75	2.85
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.13	2.05	2.21

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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