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American Community Survey Profile 2002  
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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
456,024
431,594
480,454
SEX AND AGE
Male
221,526
208,255
234,797
Female
234,498
218,623
250,373
Under 5 years
36,250
28,350
44,150
5 to 9 years
38,089
27,989
48,189
10 to 14 years
35,357
28,458
42,256
15 to 19 years
25,030
19,984
30,076
20 to 24 years
38,826
31,188
46,464
25 to 34 years
67,230
59,125
75,335
35 to 44 years
65,582
55,558
75,606
45 to 54 years
48,131
40,714
55,548
55 to 59 years
20,696
15,659
25,733
60 to 64 years
16,725
13,260
20,190
65 to 74 years
33,453
27,929
38,977
75 to 84 years
24,971
20,542
29,400
85 years and over
5,684
3,163
8,205
 
Median age (years)
32.8
30.7
34.9
 
18 years and over
330,330
314,178
346,482
21 years and over
314,669
299,195
330,143
62 years and over
73,668
66,086
81,250
65 years and over
64,108
57,122
71,094
Male
28,838
24,533
33,143
Female
35,270
31,228
39,313
 
RACE
One race
449,521
425,160
473,882
White
373,725
349,495
397,955
Black or African American
15,812
7,831
23,793
American Indian and Alaska Native
9,567
2,366
16,768
Asian
7,615
3,619
11,611
Asian Indian
N
N
N
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
N
N
N
Filipino
N
N
N
Japanese
N
N
N
Korean
N
N
N
Vietnamese
N
N
N
Other Asian
N
N
N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
363
0
998
Native Hawaiian
N
N
N
Guamanian or Chamorro
N
N
N
Samoan
N
N
N
Other Pacific Islander
N
N
N
Some other race
42,439
26,564
58,314
Two or more races
6,503
3,111
9,895
Two races including Some other race
1,664
512
2,816
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
4,839
1,689
7,989
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White
379,142
354,834
403,450
Black or African American
17,947
9,384
26,511
American Indian and Alaska Native
12,861
4,646
21,076
Asian
9,160
5,179
13,141
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
363
0
998
Some other race
44,103
28,131
60,075
 
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population
456,024
431,594
480,454
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
106,933
85,651
128,215
Mexican
96,871
75,386
118,356
Puerto Rican
2,110
82
4,138
Cuban
0
0
472
Other Hispanic or Latino
7,952
3,482
12,422
Not Hispanic or Latino
349,091
327,172
371,010
White alone
313,646
293,491
333,801
Black or African American alone
15,101
7,234
22,968
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
8,980
2,225
15,735
Asian alone
6,987
3,180
10,794
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
363
0
998
Some other race alone
178
0
470
Two or more races:
3,836
772
6,900
Two races including Some other race
676
0
1,518
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
3,160
208
6,112
 
RELATIONSHIP
Household population
456,024
431,594
480,454
Householder
168,670
160,029
177,311
Spouse
96,678
90,486
102,870
Child
148,844
132,872
164,816
Other relatives
21,551
14,448
28,654
Nonrelatives
20,281
13,839
26,723
Unmarried partner
8,046
4,444
11,648
 
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households
164,967
156,438
173,496
Family households (families)
119,558
112,384
126,732
With own children under 18 years
54,949
48,295
61,603
Married-couple families
94,501
88,337
100,665
With own children under 18 years
38,302
33,154
43,450
Female householder, no husband present
18,427
13,992
22,862
With own children under 18 years
13,317
9,322
17,312
Nonfamily households
45,409
39,010
51,808
Householder living alone
35,566
29,497
41,635
65 years and over
16,523
12,563
20,483
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years
59,150
52,421
65,879
Households with one or more people 65 years and over
45,252
40,508
49,996
 
Average household size
2.76
2.64
2.88
Average family size
3.26
3.13
3.39
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units
187,798
178,629
196,967
Occupied housing units
164,967
156,438
173,496
Vacant housing units
22,831
17,469
28,194
 
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)
2.6
0.6
4.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent)
11.3
5.7
16.9
 
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units
164,967
156,438
173,496
Owner-occupied
113,573
106,734
120,412
Renter-occupied
51,394
44,446
58,342
 
Average household size of owner-occupied unit
2.71
2.58
2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit
2.88
2.60
3.16
 

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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