ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- 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	3,304,030	3,262,415	3,345,645
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,583,255	1,560,071	1,606,439
Female	1,720,775	1,696,063	1,745,487
Under 5 years	211,296	201,865	220,727
5 to 9 years	211,507	197,614	225,400
10 to 14 years	210,594	197,724	223,464
15 to 19 years	176,161	166,279	186,043
20 to 24 years	186,342	175,016	197,668
25 to 34 years	512,433	499,500	525,366
35 to 44 years	565,442	549,991	580,893
45 to 54 years	485,029	472,433	497,625
55 to 59 years	191,754	180,871	202,637
60 to 64 years	135,539	126,060	145,018
65 to 74 years	211,930	203,908	219,952
75 to 84 years	154,373	145,554	163,192
85 years and over	51,630	45,150	58,110

Median age (years)	37.6	37.3	37.9

18 years and over	2,554,678	2,526,682	2,582,674
21 years and over	2,462,915	2,435,084	2,490,746
62 years and over	493,430	478,847	508,013
65 years and over	417,933	406,700	429,166
Male	170,388	163,745	177,031
Female	247,545	240,084	255,006

RACE
One race	3,253,904	3,212,926	3,294,882
White	2,722,058	2,685,667	2,758,449
Black or African American	250,150	236,305	263,995
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,719	1,917	7,521
Asian	180,457	168,859	192,055
Asian Indian	33,168	22,938	43,398
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	71,441	59,594	83,288
Filipino	5,342	2,052	8,632
Japanese	6,729	3,632	9,826
Korean	11,200	7,504	14,896
Vietnamese	26,045	17,029	35,061
Other Asian	26,532	16,906	36,158
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,242	0	4,651
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	94,278	76,801	111,755
Two or more races	50,126	39,129	61,123
Two races including Some other race	16,252	9,012	23,492
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	33,874	25,504	42,244

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,768,523	2,729,585	2,807,461
Black or African American	270,660	256,114	285,206
American Indian and Alaska Native	13,798	8,546	19,050
Asian	191,377	180,730	202,024
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,698	136	5,260
Some other race	110,824	93,220	128,428

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	3,304,030	3,262,415	3,345,645
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	207,415	194,289	220,541
Mexican	18,728	10,511	26,945
Puerto Rican	56,188	42,640	69,736
Cuban	2,601	489	4,713
Other Hispanic or Latino	129,898	113,071	146,725
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,096,615	3,057,271	3,135,959
White alone	2,615,731	2,579,418	2,652,044
Black or African American alone	233,442	223,281	243,603
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	3,518	1,802	5,234
Asian alone	179,227	167,788	190,666
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	507
Some other race alone	31,521	19,535	43,507
Two or more races:	33,176	25,683	40,669
Two races including Some other race	6,408	2,451	10,365
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	26,768	20,637	32,899

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	3,304,030	3,262,415	3,345,645
Householder	1,353,578	1,332,819	1,374,337
Spouse	654,025	634,279	673,771
Child	935,904	910,410	961,398
Other relatives	166,370	144,281	188,459
Nonrelatives	194,153	178,821	209,485
Unmarried partner	60,956	53,269	68,643

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,303,824	1,287,913	1,319,735
Family households (families)	824,227	801,874	846,580
With own children under 18 years	379,325	362,901	395,749
Married-couple families	630,696	609,178	652,214
With own children under 18 years	283,776	269,276	298,276
Female householder, no husband present	146,656	134,685	158,627
With own children under 18 years	79,352	70,429	88,275
Nonfamily households	479,597	459,718	499,476
Householder living alone	376,455	359,028	393,882
65 years and over	127,959	119,102	136,816

Households with one or more people under 18 years	411,000	393,363	428,637
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	306,253	295,483	317,023

Average household size	2.53	2.50	2.56
Average family size	3.17	3.12	3.22

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,382,290	1,369,412	1,395,168
Occupied housing units	1,303,824	1,287,913	1,319,735
Vacant housing units	78,466	67,634	89,298

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.5	0.2	0.8
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.4	3.2	5.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,303,824	1,287,913	1,319,735
Owner-occupied	791,994	773,758	810,230
Renter-occupied	511,830	493,904	529,756

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.79	2.74	2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.14	2.09	2.19

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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