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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
262,125
*****
*****
SEX AND AGE
Male
131,739
130,893
132,585
Female
130,386
129,540
131,232
Under 5 years
20,930
20,839
21,021
5 to 9 years
19,727
18,224
21,230
10 to 14 years
24,231
22,741
25,721
15 to 19 years
19,378
18,842
19,914
20 to 24 years
14,914
13,988
15,840
25 to 34 years
36,330
35,261
37,399
35 to 44 years
45,830
44,614
47,046
45 to 54 years
42,844
41,668
44,020
55 to 59 years
13,300
12,246
14,354
60 to 64 years
8,895
7,841
9,949
65 to 74 years
10,181
9,584
10,778
75 to 84 years
4,847
4,199
5,495
85 years and over
718
340
1,096
 
Median age (years)
34.0
33.7
34.3
 
18 years and over
184,227
*****
*****
21 years and over
175,420
174,608
176,232
62 years and over
20,533
19,619
21,447
65 years and over
15,746
15,391
16,101
Male
7,041
6,666
7,416
Female
8,705
8,448
8,962
 
RACE
One race
242,896
240,527
245,265
White
187,365
185,883
188,847
Black or African American
14,563
13,474
15,652
American Indian and Alaska Native
15,125
13,318
16,932
Asian
16,039
15,061
17,017
Asian Indian
342
48
636
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
1,117
511
1,723
Filipino
6,321
4,424
8,219
Japanese
828
424
1,232
Korean
4,474
2,855
6,093
Vietnamese
756
124
1,388
Other Asian
2,201
1,300
3,102
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
2,077
1,330
2,824
Native Hawaiian
N
N
N
Guamanian or Chamorro
N
N
N
Samoan
N
N
N
Other Pacific Islander
N
N
N
Some other race
7,727
6,150
9,304
Two or more races
19,229
16,860
21,598
Two races including Some other race
594
157
1,031
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
18,635
16,310
20,960
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White
204,493
201,665
207,321
Black or African American
18,662
17,758
19,566
American Indian and Alaska Native
27,321
26,536
28,106
Asian
19,545
18,803
20,288
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
3,925
3,178
4,672
Some other race
8,482
6,977
9,987
 
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population
262,125
*****
*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
16,044
*****
*****
Mexican
7,829
6,384
9,274
Puerto Rican
2,700
1,700
3,700
Cuban
0
0
287
Other Hispanic or Latino
5,515
4,132
6,898
Not Hispanic or Latino
246,081
*****
*****
White alone
181,317
181,081
181,553
Black or African American alone
14,563
13,474
15,652
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
14,157
12,553
15,761
Asian alone
16,039
15,061
17,017
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
2,077
1,330
2,824
Some other race alone
491
169
813
Two or more races:
17,437
15,282
19,592
Two races including Some other race
261
0
546
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
17,176
15,062
19,290
 
RELATIONSHIP
Household population
262,125
*****
*****
Householder
99,275
97,341
101,209
Spouse
50,973
49,305
52,641
Child
86,234
84,051
88,417
Other relatives
10,248
8,487
12,009
Nonrelatives
15,395
13,418
17,372
Unmarried partner
7,215
6,050
8,380
 
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households
97,984
96,636
99,332
Family households (families)
67,617
65,470
69,764
With own children under 18 years
38,538
36,472
40,604
Married-couple families
50,017
48,093
51,941
With own children under 18 years
26,007
24,156
27,858
Female householder, no husband present
11,486
9,917
13,055
With own children under 18 years
8,578
7,215
9,941
Nonfamily households
30,367
28,161
32,573
Householder living alone
22,579
20,627
24,531
65 years and over
3,450
2,770
4,130
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years
40,861
38,693
43,029
Households with one or more people 65 years and over
12,827
12,119
13,535
 
Average household size
2.68
2.63
2.73
Average family size
3.19
3.12
3.26
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units
103,501
*****
*****
Occupied housing units
97,984
96,636
99,332
Vacant housing units
5,517
4,169
6,865
 
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)
1.1
0.3
1.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)
3.7
1.7
5.7
 
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units
97,984
96,636
99,332
Owner-occupied
60,582
58,133
63,031
Renter-occupied
37,402
35,117
39,687
 
Average household size of owner-occupied unit
2.77
2.70
2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit
2.53
2.43
2.63
 

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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