ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA -- 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	5,716,669	5,696,585	5,736,753
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,763,757	2,751,958	2,775,556
Female	2,952,912	2,938,182	2,967,642
Under 5 years	363,019	355,559	370,479
5 to 9 years	387,053	372,685	401,421
10 to 14 years	392,758	378,086	407,430
15 to 19 years	333,228	324,811	341,645
20 to 24 years	332,170	323,036	341,304
25 to 34 years	844,865	833,807	855,923
35 to 44 years	988,318	976,011	1,000,625
45 to 54 years	851,808	840,240	863,376
55 to 59 years	307,494	297,185	317,803
60 to 64 years	222,077	210,875	233,279
65 to 74 years	359,224	352,985	365,463
75 to 84 years	256,688	248,285	265,091
85 years and over	77,967	71,032	84,902

Median age (years)	37.1	36.9	37.3

18 years and over	4,350,636	4,336,057	4,365,215
21 years and over	4,181,806	4,164,630	4,198,983
62 years and over	819,732	807,852	831,612
65 years and over	693,879	686,149	701,609
Male	287,917	282,937	292,897
Female	405,962	400,114	411,810

RACE
One race	5,631,821	5,608,475	5,655,167
White	4,840,269	4,809,567	4,870,971
Black or African American	327,346	314,519	340,173
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,046	7,951	14,141
Asian	253,881	247,076	260,686
Asian Indian	47,328	35,760	58,896
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	87,469	74,530	100,408
Filipino	7,666	3,741	11,591
Japanese	9,098	5,369	12,827
Korean	17,475	12,383	22,567
Vietnamese	37,284	28,008	46,560
Other Asian	47,561	34,008	61,114
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,805	300	5,310
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	196,474	173,316	219,632
Two or more races	84,848	71,049	98,647
Two races including Some other race	28,553	19,858	37,249
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	56,295	46,115	66,476

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	4,915,577	4,883,323	4,947,831
Black or African American	361,764	349,062	374,466
American Indian and Alaska Native	25,792	20,104	31,480
Asian	273,117	269,553	276,681
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,901	1,210	6,592
Some other race	225,321	201,340	249,302

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,716,669	5,696,585	5,736,753
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	377,095	372,482	381,708
Mexican	34,528	23,292	45,765
Puerto Rican	132,209	112,815	151,603
Cuban	3,718	1,484	5,952
Other Hispanic or Latino	206,640	184,946	228,334
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,339,574	5,320,507	5,358,641
White alone	4,666,024	4,642,403	4,689,645
Black or African American alone	306,130	297,560	314,700
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	8,693	6,705	10,681
Asian alone	252,651	245,973	259,329
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	563	0	1,231
Some other race alone	43,297	29,089	57,505
Two or more races:	62,216	51,512	72,920
Two races including Some other race	14,332	9,032	19,632
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	47,884	38,527	57,241

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,716,669	5,696,585	5,736,753
Householder	2,286,116	2,263,681	2,308,551
Spouse	1,152,320	1,128,527	1,176,113
Child	1,690,678	1,667,697	1,713,659
Other relatives	274,933	250,292	299,574
Nonrelatives	312,622	291,733	333,511
Unmarried partner	118,989	108,015	129,963

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,215,347	2,200,989	2,229,705
Family households (families)	1,453,483	1,425,413	1,481,553
With own children under 18 years	701,654	681,788	721,520
Married-couple families	1,113,974	1,087,034	1,140,914
With own children under 18 years	516,025	499,035	533,015
Female householder, no husband present	258,435	241,481	275,389
With own children under 18 years	154,826	140,963	168,689
Nonfamily households	761,864	737,267	786,461
Householder living alone	596,783	575,104	618,462
65 years and over	215,603	204,353	226,853

Households with one or more people under 18 years	754,876	733,789	775,963
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	512,996	502,288	523,705

Average household size	2.58	2.56	2.60
Average family size	3.18	3.15	3.21

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,344,280	2,337,754	2,350,806
Occupied housing units	2,215,347	2,200,989	2,229,705
Vacant housing units	128,933	115,783	142,084

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.6	0.3	0.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.7	2.7	4.7

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,215,347	2,200,989	2,229,705
Owner-occupied	1,423,082	1,401,640	1,444,524
Renter-occupied	792,265	772,254	812,276

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.79	2.76	2.82
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.20	2.15	2.25

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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