ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Tacoma, WA 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	710,419	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	349,330	344,517	354,143
Female	361,089	356,276	365,902
Under 5 years	50,302	47,862	52,742
5 to 9 years	52,944	47,245	58,643
10 to 14 years	58,715	53,057	64,373
15 to 19 years	54,060	50,442	57,678
20 to 24 years	43,983	40,739	47,227
25 to 34 years	102,340	96,232	108,448
35 to 44 years	110,343	105,957	114,729
45 to 54 years	106,036	101,284	110,788
55 to 59 years	37,373	33,545	41,201
60 to 64 years	22,310	18,634	25,986
65 to 74 years	41,097	38,987	43,207
75 to 84 years	21,963	19,171	24,755
85 years and over	8,953	6,155	11,751

Median age (years)	34.4	34.1	34.7

18 years and over	515,146	*****	*****
21 years and over	484,054	479,832	488,276
62 years and over	86,429	82,994	89,864
65 years and over	72,013	70,285	73,741
Male	30,641	28,907	32,375
Female	41,372	39,640	43,105

RACE
One race	664,461	656,589	672,333
White	548,253	544,281	552,225
Black or African American	54,489	49,734	59,244
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,615	5,406	11,824
Asian	36,326	32,449	40,204
Asian Indian	1,470	0	3,618
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	3,141	942	5,340
Filipino	7,574	3,822	11,326
Japanese	4,224	1,782	6,666
Korean	12,789	7,526	18,053
Vietnamese	5,463	929	9,997
Other Asian	1,665	10	3,320
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,416	0	3,708
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	15,362	11,476	19,248
Two or more races	45,958	38,086	53,830
Two races including Some other race	11,097	5,995	16,199
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	34,861	27,710	42,012

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	589,811	581,622	598,000
Black or African American	66,023	63,018	69,028
American Indian and Alaska Native	22,006	17,533	26,479
Asian	50,689	49,120	52,258
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,790	20	5,560
Some other race	27,645	22,403	32,887

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	710,419	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	43,259	*****	*****
Mexican	32,167	26,836	37,498
Puerto Rican	4,496	1,884	7,108
Cuban	0	0	507
Other Hispanic or Latino	6,596	2,227	10,965
Not Hispanic or Latino	667,160	*****	*****
White alone	535,624	534,867	536,381
Black or African American alone	54,489	49,734	59,244
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	6,718	4,570	8,866
Asian alone	36,326	32,449	40,204
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,416	0	3,708
Some other race alone	639	0	1,482
Two or more races:	31,948	25,932	37,964
Two races including Some other race	687	30	1,344
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	31,261	25,275	37,247

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	710,419	*****	*****
Householder	283,274	275,776	290,772
Spouse	136,303	129,073	143,533
Child	219,947	211,210	228,684
Other relatives	23,544	18,021	29,067
Nonrelatives	47,351	38,741	55,961
Unmarried partner	20,100	15,208	24,992

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	268,305	263,599	273,011
Family households (families)	172,113	162,993	181,233
With own children under 18 years	91,095	84,581	97,609
Married-couple families	129,687	120,955	138,419
With own children under 18 years	64,650	58,900	70,400
Female householder, no husband present	30,240	25,236	35,244
With own children under 18 years	19,488	15,102	23,874
Nonfamily households	96,192	86,932	105,452
Householder living alone	74,710	66,866	82,554
65 years and over	22,540	19,026	26,055

Households with one or more people under 18 years	99,489	92,523	106,455
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	50,009	46,957	53,062

Average household size	2.65	2.60	2.70
Average family size	3.26	3.14	3.38

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	287,687	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	268,305	263,599	273,011
Vacant housing units	19,382	14,676	24,088

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9	0.6	3.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.4	5.3	11.5

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	268,305	263,599	273,011
Owner-occupied	169,856	161,962	177,750
Renter-occupied	98,449	90,938	105,960

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.88	2.80	2.96
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.24	2.11	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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