ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for MA Congressional District 8 -- 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	590,961	564,955	616,967
SEX AND AGE
Male	282,735	268,750	296,720
Female	308,226	292,195	324,257
Under 5 years	31,106	26,102	36,110
5 to 9 years	30,962	25,402	36,523
10 to 14 years	26,335	21,423	31,247
15 to 19 years	28,495	23,608	33,382
20 to 24 years	66,106	59,216	72,996
25 to 34 years	137,128	126,898	147,358
35 to 44 years	93,266	84,904	101,628
45 to 54 years	71,920	63,606	80,234
55 to 59 years	34,144	28,361	39,927
60 to 64 years	20,017	14,938	25,096
65 to 74 years	22,277	17,952	26,602
75 to 84 years	20,717	16,661	24,773
85 years and over	8,488	5,444	11,532

Median age (years)	32.6	31.8	33.4

18 years and over	485,443	466,344	504,542
21 years and over	463,857	444,866	482,849
62 years and over	62,563	55,476	69,650
65 years and over	51,482	45,078	57,886
Male	19,376	15,599	23,153
Female	32,106	27,720	36,492

RACE
One race	580,060	554,081	606,039
White	334,277	313,664	354,890
Black or African American	153,642	140,487	166,797
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,800	0	3,645
Asian	43,921	35,249	52,593
Asian Indian	4,259	2,183	6,335
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	18,469	11,389	25,549
Filipino	1,043	114	1,972
Japanese	2,031	406	3,656
Korean	3,855	1,542	6,168
Vietnamese	5,628	1,099	10,157
Other Asian	8,636	1,772	15,500
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	44,358	32,353	56,363
Two or more races	10,901	6,190	15,612
Two races including Some other race	5,458	1,851	9,065
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,443	1,904	8,982

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	344,359	323,229	365,489
Black or African American	157,317	144,426	170,208
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,851	688	5,014
Asian	45,863	37,298	54,428
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,518	0	5,052
Some other race	49,816	36,953	62,679

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	590,961	564,955	616,967
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	85,979	71,548	100,410
Mexican	8,129	539	15,719
Puerto Rican	17,670	10,422	24,918
Cuban	649	0	1,454
Other Hispanic or Latino	59,531	46,282	72,781
Not Hispanic or Latino	504,982	481,253	528,711
White alone	293,977	275,586	312,368
Black or African American alone	149,260	136,562	161,958
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	864	0	1,762
Asian alone	43,751	35,059	52,443
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	497
Some other race alone	8,923	2,693	15,153
Two or more races:	8,207	3,650	12,764
Two races including Some other race	3,015	30	6,000
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,192	1,678	8,707

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	590,961	564,955	616,967
Householder	264,385	251,797	276,973
Spouse	80,676	71,693	89,659
Child	132,264	116,632	147,896
Other relatives	42,210	30,851	53,569
Nonrelatives	71,426	60,508	82,344
Unmarried partner	16,353	11,286	21,420

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	249,748	239,305	260,191
Family households (families)	123,946	112,219	135,673
With own children under 18 years	47,989	39,907	56,071
Married-couple families	74,785	65,477	84,093
With own children under 18 years	25,718	19,625	31,811
Female householder, no husband present	37,923	29,666	46,180
With own children under 18 years	18,764	13,949	23,579
Nonfamily households	125,802	115,115	136,489
Householder living alone	90,224	80,771	99,677
65 years and over	18,521	14,655	22,387

Households with one or more people under 18 years	56,390	48,688	64,092
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	39,864	34,566	45,162

Average household size	2.37	2.29	2.45
Average family size	3.12	3.00	3.24

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	269,257	260,131	278,383
Occupied housing units	249,748	239,305	260,191
Vacant housing units	19,509	14,392	24,626

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2	0.0	2.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.6	3.6	7.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	249,748	239,305	260,191
Owner-occupied	72,021	63,499	80,543
Renter-occupied	177,727	165,941	189,513

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.66	2.48	2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.25	2.15	2.35

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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