ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Somerset 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	305,387	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	145,667	142,395	148,939
Female	159,720	156,448	162,992
Under 5 years	22,731	19,683	25,779
5 to 9 years	22,170	18,664	25,676
10 to 14 years	23,083	19,552	26,614
15 to 19 years	16,654	13,841	19,467
20 to 24 years	13,613	11,612	15,614
25 to 34 years	41,121	36,443	45,799
35 to 44 years	55,485	51,863	59,107
45 to 54 years	49,232	46,409	52,055
55 to 59 years	20,146	17,409	22,883
60 to 64 years	8,402	5,823	10,981
65 to 74 years	18,464	16,819	20,109
75 to 84 years	11,493	10,122	12,864
85 years and over	2,793	1,461	4,125

Median age (years)	37.7	37.0	38.4

18 years and over	226,026	*****	*****
21 years and over	217,517	215,669	219,365
62 years and over	37,728	35,416	40,040
65 years and over	32,750	31,257	34,243
Male	13,237	12,430	14,044
Female	19,513	18,333	20,693

RACE
One race	300,159	297,549	302,769
White	234,043	227,715	240,371
Black or African American	24,126	23,659	24,593
American Indian and Alaska Native	213	0	591
Asian	30,539	28,802	32,276
Asian Indian	9,115	5,153	13,077
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	8,351	4,998	11,704
Filipino	7,737	2,018	13,456
Japanese	0	0	564
Korean	2,760	0	6,796
Vietnamese	241	0	644
Other Asian	2,335	122	4,548
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	564
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	11,238	5,263	17,213
Two or more races	5,228	2,618	7,838
Two races including Some other race	1,931	512	3,350
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,297	1,235	5,360

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	238,838	232,548	245,128
Black or African American	24,619	24,276	24,962
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,727	179	3,275
Asian	32,026	31,072	32,980
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	600	0	1,608
Some other race	13,169	7,084	19,254

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	305,387	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	29,105	*****	*****
Mexican	2,325	0	4,977
Puerto Rican	7,794	2,047	13,541
Cuban	248	0	659
Other Hispanic or Latino	18,738	13,377	24,099
Not Hispanic or Latino	276,282	*****	*****
White alone	217,399	215,865	218,934
Black or African American alone	24,126	23,659	24,593
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	213	0	591
Asian alone	30,539	28,802	32,276
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	564
Some other race alone	818	0	2,032
Two or more races:	3,187	1,240	5,134
Two races including Some other race	717	0	1,669
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,470	843	4,097

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	305,387	*****	*****
Householder	111,343	107,045	115,641
Spouse	65,165	60,829	69,501
Child	95,939	89,852	102,026
Other relatives	22,981	16,709	29,253
Nonrelatives	9,959	5,783	14,135
Unmarried partner	3,861	2,056	5,666

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	113,145	111,328	114,962
Family households (families)	85,280	80,894	89,666
With own children under 18 years	43,461	39,943	46,979
Married-couple families	66,946	61,932	71,960
With own children under 18 years	36,386	32,766	40,006
Female householder, no husband present	12,197	8,442	15,952
With own children under 18 years	4,864	2,938	6,790
Nonfamily households	27,865	23,747	31,983
Householder living alone	22,789	19,286	26,292
65 years and over	7,625	5,751	9,499

Households with one or more people under 18 years	47,143	43,589	50,697
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	26,406	23,340	29,472

Average household size	2.70	2.65	2.75
Average family size	3.14	3.04	3.24

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	116,012	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	113,145	111,328	114,962
Vacant housing units	2,867	1,050	4,684

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	N	N	N
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	N	N	N

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	113,145	111,328	114,962
Owner-occupied	91,538	86,822	96,254
Renter-occupied	21,607	17,185	26,029

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.74	2.64	2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.51	2.18	2.84

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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