ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Worcester 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	745,560	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	365,890	363,369	368,411
Female	379,670	377,149	382,191
Under 5 years	46,953	45,242	48,664
5 to 9 years	50,432	45,492	55,372
10 to 14 years	58,189	52,554	63,824
15 to 19 years	46,136	43,930	48,342
20 to 24 years	46,280	43,666	48,894
25 to 34 years	100,076	96,068	104,084
35 to 44 years	128,760	125,863	131,657
45 to 54 years	112,144	108,705	115,583
55 to 59 years	35,871	32,106	39,636
60 to 64 years	30,417	26,695	34,139
65 to 74 years	44,960	43,229	46,691
75 to 84 years	33,655	31,282	36,028
85 years and over	11,687	9,204	14,170

Median age (years)	36.8	36.3	37.3

18 years and over	558,514	557,785	559,243
21 years and over	537,320	534,400	540,241
62 years and over	105,436	102,075	108,797
65 years and over	90,302	88,381	92,223
Male	37,921	36,639	39,203
Female	52,381	51,521	53,241

RACE
One race	735,939	731,705	740,173
White	670,724	664,589	676,859
Black or African American	19,327	16,605	22,050
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,194	1,518	2,871
Asian	23,341	21,557	25,125
Asian Indian	3,328	1,506	5,150
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	5,295	2,490	8,100
Filipino	958	0	2,303
Japanese	108	0	331
Korean	633	0	1,471
Vietnamese	7,485	3,707	11,264
Other Asian	5,534	703	10,365
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	20,353	13,984	26,722
Two or more races	9,621	5,387	13,855
Two races including Some other race	2,895	199	5,591
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,726	3,479	9,973

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	678,427	671,670	685,184
Black or African American	24,764	22,218	27,310
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,559	3,031	4,087
Asian	24,930	24,488	25,372
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	253	0	695
Some other race	23,248	17,376	29,120

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	745,560	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	53,994	*****	*****
Mexican	3,078	1,044	5,112
Puerto Rican	32,553	26,156	38,950
Cuban	0	0	497
Other Hispanic or Latino	18,363	11,981	24,745
Not Hispanic or Latino	691,566	*****	*****
White alone	637,668	635,274	640,062
Black or African American alone	19,073	16,385	21,761
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,194	1,518	2,871
Asian alone	23,341	21,557	25,125
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	2,581	286	4,876
Two or more races:	6,709	3,322	10,096
Two races including Some other race	510	0	1,154
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,199	2,967	9,431

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	745,560	*****	*****
Householder	289,193	281,917	296,470
Spouse	156,971	150,628	163,314
Child	228,635	222,748	234,522
Other relatives	32,861	26,654	39,068
Nonrelatives	37,900	31,128	44,672
Unmarried partner	16,421	12,862	19,980

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	286,367	281,333	291,401
Family households (families)	199,708	190,838	208,578
With own children under 18 years	100,293	93,840	106,746
Married-couple families	155,324	146,713	163,935
With own children under 18 years	72,800	66,707	78,893
Female householder, no husband present	33,425	27,945	38,905
With own children under 18 years	22,666	18,039	27,293
Nonfamily households	86,659	78,911	94,407
Householder living alone	66,312	59,795	72,830
65 years and over	28,484	24,470	32,498

Households with one or more people under 18 years	104,561	98,058	111,064
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	69,592	66,277	72,907

Average household size	2.60	2.55	2.65
Average family size	3.10	3.00	3.20

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	303,188	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	286,367	281,333	291,401
Vacant housing units	16,821	11,787	21,855

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	0.1	1.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.0	0.7	5.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	286,367	281,333	291,401
Owner-occupied	198,663	190,601	206,725
Renter-occupied	87,704	79,916	95,492

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.73	2.65	2.81
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.31	2.18	2.44

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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