ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Mecklenburg 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	722,367	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	354,883	351,991	357,775
Female	367,484	364,592	370,376
Under 5 years	58,465	58,213	58,717
5 to 9 years	49,933	43,866	56,000
10 to 14 years	54,734	48,522	60,946
15 to 19 years	40,291	37,610	42,972
20 to 24 years	45,159	42,466	47,852
25 to 34 years	130,199	125,794	134,605
35 to 44 years	130,837	126,846	134,828
45 to 54 years	100,602	97,616	103,589
55 to 59 years	36,113	32,864	39,362
60 to 64 years	19,563	16,164	22,962
65 to 74 years	32,254	30,901	33,607
75 to 84 years	17,724	15,576	19,872
85 years and over	6,493	4,490	8,496

Median age (years)	33.4	32.9	33.9

18 years and over	531,410	531,125	531,695
21 years and over	510,113	506,429	513,797
62 years and over	66,710	63,276	70,144
65 years and over	56,471	55,395	57,547
Male	22,951	22,312	23,590
Female	33,520	32,837	34,203

RACE
One race	704,507	699,049	709,965
White	456,744	449,492	463,996
Black or African American	204,385	199,288	209,482
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,843	797	8,889
Asian	22,875	20,563	25,187
Asian Indian	8,743	4,740	12,746
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	3,604	1,073	6,135
Filipino	2,244	208	4,280
Japanese	714	23	1,405
Korean	580	0	1,301
Vietnamese	6,260	2,957	9,563
Other Asian	730	0	1,880
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	581
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	15,660	8,938	22,382
Two or more races	17,860	12,402	23,318
Two races including Some other race	1,912	665	3,159
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	15,948	10,817	21,080

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	470,093	461,907	478,279
Black or African American	212,976	210,808	215,144
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,912	5,838	17,986
Asian	27,316	26,118	28,514
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	358	0	937
Some other race	17,572	10,617	24,527

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	722,367	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	56,728	*****	*****
Mexican	32,562	24,729	40,395
Puerto Rican	1,870	0	3,769
Cuban	0	0	581
Other Hispanic or Latino	22,296	14,731	29,861
Not Hispanic or Latino	665,639	*****	*****
White alone	421,994	419,984	424,004
Black or African American alone	202,952	198,007	207,897
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,571	819	2,323
Asian alone	22,875	20,563	25,187
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	581
Some other race alone	2,957	381	5,533
Two or more races:	13,290	8,292	18,288
Two races including Some other race	446	0	989
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	12,844	7,892	17,796

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	722,367	*****	*****
Householder	300,570	293,551	307,589
Spouse	142,116	135,925	148,307
Child	206,252	197,050	215,454
Other relatives	38,136	28,908	47,364
Nonrelatives	35,293	30,495	40,091
Unmarried partner	13,366	9,289	17,443

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	297,161	291,546	302,776
Family households (families)	186,135	178,387	193,883
With own children under 18 years	94,357	87,447	101,267
Married-couple families	139,299	131,902	146,696
With own children under 18 years	65,967	59,755	72,179
Female householder, no husband present	36,828	29,850	43,806
With own children under 18 years	24,689	18,412	30,966
Nonfamily households	111,026	103,098	118,954
Householder living alone	91,262	83,586	98,938
65 years and over	19,646	16,740	22,552

Households with one or more people under 18 years	105,131	97,914	112,348
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	42,909	40,012	45,806

Average household size	2.43	2.38	2.48
Average family size	3.10	3.00	3.20

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	321,603	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	297,161	291,546	302,776
Vacant housing units	24,442	18,827	30,057

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.4	0.0	1.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.3	6.7	13.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	297,161	291,546	302,776
Owner-occupied	183,499	174,723	192,275
Renter-occupied	113,662	104,641	122,683

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.63	2.55	2.71
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.12	2.02	2.22

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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