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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	2,650,062	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,294,975	1,289,108	1,300,842
Female	1,355,087	1,349,220	1,360,954
Under 5 years	189,555	186,573	192,537
5 to 9 years	176,377	168,518	184,236
10 to 14 years	194,949	186,930	202,968
15 to 19 years	179,444	172,125	186,763
20 to 24 years	190,801	182,537	199,065
25 to 34 years	347,610	339,886	355,334
35 to 44 years	376,680	371,514	381,846
45 to 54 years	357,454	353,207	361,701
55 to 59 years	148,694	142,370	155,018
60 to 64 years	129,348	122,310	136,386
65 to 74 years	198,753	192,456	205,050
75 to 84 years	117,892	111,951	123,833
85 years and over	42,505	37,436	47,574

Median age (years)	36.3	36.0	36.6

18 years and over	1,973,384	1,970,510	1,976,258
21 years and over	1,873,518	1,867,310	1,879,726
62 years and over	431,618	420,951	442,285
65 years and over	359,150	353,660	364,640
Male	155,803	149,803	161,803
Female	203,347	201,320	205,374

RACE
One race	2,607,685	2,595,012	2,620,358
White	2,102,167	2,098,106	2,106,228
Black or African American	409,625	401,129	418,121
American Indian and Alaska Native	17,159	12,306	22,012
Asian	25,615	22,663	28,567
Asian Indian	3,107	1,466	4,748
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	2,132	722	3,542
Filipino	1,063	295	1,831
Japanese	434	0	1,339
Korean	2,344	429	4,259
Vietnamese	6,206	3,656	8,756
Other Asian	10,329	7,048	13,610
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,095	0	2,716
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	52,024	46,159	57,889
Two or more races	42,377	29,704	55,050
Two races including Some other race	3,352	1,215	5,489
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	39,025	26,953	51,097

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,142,685	2,129,174	2,156,196
Black or African American	427,216	420,868	433,564
American Indian and Alaska Native	34,057	32,050	36,064
Asian	28,921	26,044	31,798
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4,593	0	11,292
Some other race	55,530	49,972	61,088

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	2,650,062	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	98,628	95,543	101,713
Mexican	80,009	74,627	85,391
Puerto Rican	931	184	1,678
Cuban	817	84	1,550
Other Hispanic or Latino	16,871	11,140	22,602
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,551,434	2,548,349	2,554,519
White alone	2,061,769	2,061,114	2,062,424
Black or African American alone	408,169	399,573	416,765
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	16,807	11,975	21,639
Asian alone	25,615	22,663	28,567
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,095	0	2,716
Some other race alone	453	0	928
Two or more races:	37,526	27,110	47,942
Two races including Some other race	597	0	1,289
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	36,929	26,514	47,344

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	2,650,062	*****	*****
Householder	1,082,164	1,066,512	1,097,816
Spouse	564,266	547,250	581,282
Child	746,469	734,114	758,824
Other relatives	145,148	130,830	159,466
Nonrelatives	112,015	99,361	124,669
Unmarried partner	47,454	40,262	54,646

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,075,918	1,064,865	1,086,971
Family households (families)	737,585	717,947	757,223
With own children under 18 years	323,412	312,995	333,829
Married-couple families	560,568	541,050	580,086
With own children under 18 years	217,793	206,211	229,375
Female householder, no husband present	133,952	124,797	143,107
With own children under 18 years	83,545	75,477	91,613
Nonfamily households	338,333	323,238	353,428
Householder living alone	287,219	274,283	300,155
65 years and over	109,859	103,411	116,307

Households with one or more people under 18 years	359,672	348,648	370,696
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	270,255	263,379	277,131

Average household size	2.46	2.43	2.49
Average family size	2.98	2.93	3.03

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,214,302	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	1,075,918	1,064,865	1,086,971
Vacant housing units	138,384	127,331	149,437

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9	1.5	2.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.0	8.3	11.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,075,918	1,064,865	1,086,971
Owner-occupied	729,814	714,665	744,963
Renter-occupied	346,104	328,706	363,502

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.50	2.47	2.53
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	2.33	2.43

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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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