ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Boston city -- 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	545,181	529,191	561,171
SEX AND AGE
Male	253,500	243,117	263,883
Female	291,681	282,763	300,599
Under 5 years	32,550	28,910	36,190
5 to 9 years	29,659	23,861	35,457
10 to 14 years	28,916	23,298	34,534
15 to 19 years	26,839	22,000	31,678
20 to 24 years	53,123	48,300	57,946
25 to 34 years	129,028	122,738	135,318
35 to 44 years	84,427	77,797	91,057
45 to 54 years	62,883	56,318	69,448
55 to 59 years	25,641	21,000	30,282
60 to 64 years	20,150	15,330	24,970
65 to 74 years	26,891	23,113	30,670
75 to 84 years	15,632	12,505	18,759
85 years and over	9,442	6,427	12,457

Median age (years)	32.4	31.9	32.9

18 years and over	438,066	426,927	449,205
21 years and over	418,737	407,142	430,332
62 years and over	63,582	57,876	69,288
65 years and over	51,965	47,518	56,412
Male	18,042	15,456	20,628
Female	33,923	30,121	37,725

RACE
One race	536,785	520,467	553,104
White	299,161	284,879	313,443
Black or African American	157,295	147,022	167,568
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,167	0	4,495
Asian	41,338	34,479	48,197
Asian Indian	4,706	2,064	7,348
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	19,101	12,321	25,881
Filipino	1,167	189	2,145
Japanese	1,906	409	3,403
Korean	2,556	753	4,359
Vietnamese	5,194	815	9,573
Other Asian	6,708	407	13,009
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,062	0	4,443
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	34,762	24,619	44,905
Two or more races	8,396	4,332	12,460
Two races including Some other race	4,584	1,909	7,259
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,812	568	7,056

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	306,688	291,808	321,568
Black or African American	160,658	150,379	170,938
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,580	216	4,944
Asian	42,243	35,391	49,095
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,062	0	4,443
Some other race	39,346	28,994	49,698

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	545,181	529,191	561,171
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	80,765	69,111	92,419
Mexican	8,360	853	15,868
Puerto Rican	19,740	10,845	28,635
Cuban	1,292	208	2,376
Other Hispanic or Latino	51,373	39,127	63,619
Not Hispanic or Latino	464,416	452,967	475,865
White alone	263,360	253,246	273,475
Black or African American alone	146,324	139,980	152,668
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,231	0	2,510
Asian alone	41,338	34,479	48,197
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	7,422	2,853	11,991
Two or more races:	4,741	1,260	8,223
Two races including Some other race	1,180	0	2,436
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,561	342	6,780

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	545,181	529,191	561,171
Householder	245,251	235,608	254,894
Spouse	71,860	63,498	80,222
Child	129,510	115,818	143,202
Other relatives	41,659	29,160	54,158
Nonrelatives	56,901	47,042	66,760
Unmarried partner	12,732	7,884	17,580

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	229,384	222,898	235,870
Family households (families)	114,928	105,170	124,686
With own children under 18 years	46,880	39,491	54,269
Married-couple families	65,024	56,144	73,904
With own children under 18 years	23,338	18,485	28,191
Female householder, no husband present	38,809	31,237	46,381
With own children under 18 years	20,206	14,573	25,839
Nonfamily households	114,456	103,665	125,247
Householder living alone	86,305	76,621	95,989
65 years and over	20,058	16,275	23,841

Households with one or more people under 18 years	57,931	50,425	65,437
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	41,713	37,469	45,957

Average household size	2.38	2.30	2.46
Average family size	3.19	3.03	3.36

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	252,849	247,689	258,009
Occupied housing units	229,384	222,898	235,870
Vacant housing units	23,465	17,144	29,786

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2	0.0	2.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.6	4.0	9.2

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	229,384	222,898	235,870
Owner-occupied	71,407	64,297	78,517
Renter-occupied	157,977	149,209	166,745

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.66	2.48	2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.25	2.13	2.37

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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