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Note: The 2003 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	4,385,446	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,107,231	2,097,480	2,116,982
Female	2,278,215	2,268,464	2,287,966
Under 5 years	297,537	292,829	302,245
5 to 9 years	290,658	280,639	300,677
10 to 14 years	324,659	313,920	335,398
15 to 19 years	304,897	295,075	314,719
20 to 24 years	300,989	291,595	310,383
25 to 34 years	574,944	566,076	583,812
35 to 44 years	642,705	636,321	649,089
45 to 54 years	627,874	622,204	633,544
55 to 59 years	251,091	242,520	259,662
60 to 64 years	207,326	198,606	216,046
65 to 74 years	312,744	308,698	316,790
75 to 84 years	193,694	187,600	199,788
85 years and over	56,328	50,223	62,433

Median age (years)	36.9	36.7	37.1

18 years and over	3,285,012	3,281,228	3,288,796
21 years and over	3,104,681	3,092,145	3,117,217
62 years and over	672,925	665,580	680,270
65 years and over	562,766	558,334	567,198
Male	230,763	228,690	232,836
Female	332,003	328,166	335,840

RACE
One race	4,327,903	4,314,910	4,340,896
White	3,118,376	3,101,822	3,134,930
Black or African American	1,146,950	1,136,298	1,157,602
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,548	8,232	14,864
Asian	28,827	24,640	33,014
Asian Indian	4,596	1,572	7,620
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	16,645	11,759	21,531
Filipino	418	0	1,211
Japanese	989	0	2,059
Korean	4,367	1,815	6,919
Vietnamese	1,060	397	1,723
Other Asian	752	82	1,422
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,564	407	2,721
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	20,638	15,594	25,682
Two or more races	57,543	44,550	70,536
Two races including Some other race	2,816	1,035	4,597
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	54,727	41,681	67,773

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	3,170,584	3,159,664	3,181,504
Black or African American	1,169,136	1,157,717	1,180,555
American Indian and Alaska Native	43,755	33,662	53,848
Asian	33,343	29,170	37,516
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,717	660	4,774
Some other race	23,794	18,217	29,371

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	4,385,446	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	84,021	80,001	88,041
Mexican	51,569	43,688	59,450
Puerto Rican	9,647	4,438	14,856
Cuban	3,019	149	5,889
Other Hispanic or Latino	19,786	12,980	26,592
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,301,425	4,297,405	4,305,445
White alone	3,066,260	3,063,916	3,068,604
Black or African American alone	1,142,930	1,133,482	1,152,378
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	11,220	7,978	14,462
Asian alone	28,179	24,053	32,305
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,240	126	2,354
Some other race alone	3,436	1,317	5,555
Two or more races:	48,160	40,356	55,964
Two races including Some other race	1,875	463	3,287
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	46,285	38,633	53,937

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	4,385,446	*****	*****
Householder	1,788,552	1,770,563	1,806,541
Spouse	904,869	880,572	929,166
Child	1,295,834	1,276,846	1,314,822
Other relatives	263,949	249,356	278,542
Nonrelatives	132,242	118,282	146,202
Unmarried partner	48,445	38,570	58,320

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,743,476	1,722,298	1,764,654
Family households (families)	1,193,827	1,165,229	1,222,425
With own children under 18 years	533,073	515,995	550,151
Married-couple families	880,627	850,323	910,931
With own children under 18 years	358,666	345,023	372,309
Female householder, no husband present	246,269	236,592	255,946
With own children under 18 years	143,772	134,198	153,346
Nonfamily households	549,649	529,920	569,378
Householder living alone	490,131	471,688	508,574
65 years and over	172,521	163,013	182,029

Households with one or more people under 18 years	598,612	579,995	617,229
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	417,060	406,511	427,609

Average household size	2.52	2.48	2.56
Average family size	3.09	3.04	3.14

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,031,595	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	1,743,476	1,722,298	1,764,654
Vacant housing units	288,119	266,941	309,297

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.2	1.7	2.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.3	10.7	13.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,743,476	1,722,298	1,764,654
Owner-occupied	1,249,588	1,229,412	1,269,764
Renter-occupied	493,888	475,853	511,923

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.59	2.56	2.62
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.32	2.25	2.39

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Footnotes
The 2003 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.

For more information on understanding race and Hispanic origin data, please see the Census 2000 Brief entitled, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin, issued March 2001. (pdf format)

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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