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	776,842	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	366,227	363,153	369,301
Female	410,615	407,541	413,689
Under 5 years	59,263	*****	*****
5 to 9 years	61,191	54,332	68,050
10 to 14 years	57,669	50,863	64,475
15 to 19 years	49,138	45,459	52,818
20 to 24 years	51,223	46,877	55,569
25 to 34 years	107,544	103,313	111,775
35 to 44 years	126,920	123,714	130,126
45 to 54 years	105,034	101,757	108,311
55 to 59 years	45,474	40,230	50,718
60 to 64 years	27,493	22,462	32,524
65 to 74 years	46,535	43,956	49,114
75 to 84 years	32,945	30,574	35,316
85 years and over	6,413	4,318	8,509

Median age (years)	35.2	35.0	35.4

18 years and over	566,670	*****	*****
21 years and over	538,614	533,486	543,742
62 years and over	104,101	99,179	109,023
65 years and over	85,893	83,345	88,441
Male	35,059	33,274	36,844
Female	50,834	49,093	52,575

RACE
One race	763,205	756,981	769,429
White	328,457	317,414	339,500
Black or African American	308,661	296,410	320,912
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,962	126	3,798
Asian	32,293	30,773	33,813
Asian Indian	7,294	3,281	11,307
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	8,496	4,729	12,263
Filipino	12,133	5,602	18,664
Japanese	398	0	1,033
Korean	3,258	408	6,108
Vietnamese	714	0	1,805
Other Asian	0	0	564
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	689	0	1,745
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	91,143	74,813	107,473
Two or more races	13,637	7,413	19,861
Two races including Some other race	5,121	2,009	8,233
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	8,516	3,820	13,212

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	339,341	327,746	350,936
Black or African American	317,574	306,171	328,977
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,827	921	6,733
Asian	33,935	31,950	35,920
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	689	0	1,745
Some other race	96,264	79,772	112,756

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	776,842	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	130,530	*****	*****
Mexican	2,700	378	5,022
Puerto Rican	55,109	44,318	65,900
Cuban	3,855	806	6,904
Other Hispanic or Latino	68,866	58,600	79,132
Not Hispanic or Latino	646,312	*****	*****
White alone	283,665	280,210	287,120
Black or African American alone	305,037	293,142	316,932
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,962	126	3,798
Asian alone	31,579	30,515	32,643
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	689	0	1,745
Some other race alone	13,839	3,551	24,127
Two or more races:	9,541	3,248	15,834
Two races including Some other race	2,717	407	5,027
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,824	1,975	11,673

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	776,842	*****	*****
Householder	283,653	273,410	293,896
Spouse	123,464	115,598	131,330
Child	268,071	255,742	280,400
Other relatives	63,738	52,493	74,983
Nonrelatives	37,916	29,645	46,187
Unmarried partner	15,440	10,947	19,933

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	286,491	281,493	291,489
Family households (families)	209,527	200,601	218,454
With own children under 18 years	99,895	91,855	107,935
Married-couple families	124,700	115,803	133,597
With own children under 18 years	53,348	47,340	59,356
Female householder, no husband present	70,646	62,846	78,446
With own children under 18 years	39,691	33,215	46,167
Nonfamily households	76,964	69,140	84,788
Householder living alone	64,429	56,816	72,042
65 years and over	22,011	17,851	26,171

Households with one or more people under 18 years	116,880	108,440	125,320
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	67,653	63,328	71,978

Average household size	2.71	2.66	2.76
Average family size	3.17	3.07	3.27

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	303,119	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	286,491	281,493	291,489
Vacant housing units	16,628	11,630	21,626

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.1	0.0	2.3
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.2	1.6	4.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	286,491	281,493	291,489
Owner-occupied	130,738	121,684	139,792
Renter-occupied	155,753	146,539	164,967

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.03	2.91	3.15
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.44	2.34	2.54

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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