ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Suffolk 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	653,901	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	310,836	306,214	315,458
Female	343,065	338,443	347,687
Under 5 years	41,157	38,791	43,523
5 to 9 years	37,059	31,929	42,189
10 to 14 years	37,078	31,630	42,526
15 to 19 years	33,398	29,332	37,464
20 to 24 years	59,284	55,063	63,505
25 to 34 years	145,116	142,286	147,946
35 to 44 years	104,160	97,619	110,701
45 to 54 years	75,241	69,280	81,202
55 to 59 years	29,328	24,759	33,897
60 to 64 years	23,160	18,499	27,821
65 to 74 years	34,093	31,313	36,873
75 to 84 years	23,435	20,353	26,517
85 years and over	11,392	8,244	14,540

Median age (years)	32.7	32.4	33.0

18 years and over	517,401	*****	*****
21 years and over	496,188	491,327	501,049
62 years and over	81,525	77,143	85,907
65 years and over	68,920	65,754	72,086
Male	25,851	24,480	27,222
Female	43,069	39,922	46,216

RACE
One race	643,329	638,628	648,030
White	381,581	369,950	393,212
Black or African American	162,712	153,655	171,769
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,167	0	4,495
Asian	48,458	46,590	50,326
Asian Indian	4,706	2,064	7,348
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	19,997	13,150	26,845
Filipino	1,167	189	2,145
Japanese	1,906	409	3,403
Korean	2,788	930	4,646
Vietnamese	6,658	1,779	11,537
Other Asian	11,236	3,550	18,922
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,062	0	4,443
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	46,349	36,205	56,493
Two or more races	10,572	5,871	15,273
Two races including Some other race	6,415	2,590	10,240
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,157	885	7,429

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	391,284	378,838	403,730
Black or African American	166,420	157,758	175,083
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,580	216	4,944
Asian	49,363	47,645	51,081
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,062	0	4,443
Some other race	52,764	42,087	63,441

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	653,901	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	108,566	*****	*****
Mexican	12,013	3,869	20,157
Puerto Rican	25,368	16,532	34,204
Cuban	1,292	208	2,376
Other Hispanic or Latino	69,893	59,244	80,542
Not Hispanic or Latino	545,335	*****	*****
White alone	327,344	321,726	332,962
Black or African American alone	151,741	147,334	156,148
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,231	0	2,510
Asian alone	48,458	46,590	50,326
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	9,644	3,947	15,341
Two or more races:	6,917	2,696	11,138
Two races including Some other race	3,011	54	5,968
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,906	659	7,153

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	653,901	*****	*****
Householder	284,353	274,884	293,822
Spouse	91,244	82,228	100,260
Child	164,616	153,297	175,935
Other relatives	51,959	38,294	65,624
Nonrelatives	61,729	51,487	71,971
Unmarried partner	12,900	8,031	17,769

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	265,896	259,393	272,399
Family households (families)	140,042	129,827	150,257
With own children under 18 years	60,894	53,144	68,644
Married-couple families	82,511	72,223	92,799
With own children under 18 years	33,422	27,235	39,610
Female householder, no husband present	45,545	38,069	53,021
With own children under 18 years	24,006	18,087	29,925
Nonfamily households	125,854	115,306	136,402
Householder living alone	95,769	86,417	105,121
65 years and over	24,638	20,506	28,770

Households with one or more people under 18 years	72,617	64,844	80,390
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	52,944	48,822	57,066

Average household size	2.46	2.39	2.53
Average family size	3.28	3.13	3.43

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	292,465	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	265,896	259,393	272,399
Vacant housing units	26,569	20,066	33,072

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2	0.0	2.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.0	4.5	9.5

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	265,896	259,393	272,399
Owner-occupied	89,186	80,736	97,636
Renter-occupied	176,710	166,996	186,424

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.79	2.63	2.96
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.29	2.19	2.39

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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