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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	34,650,690	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	17,174,607	17,162,761	17,186,453
Female	17,476,083	17,464,237	17,487,929
Under 5 years	2,535,078	2,526,024	2,544,132
5 to 9 years	2,557,788	2,508,878	2,606,698
10 to 14 years	2,761,223	2,712,379	2,810,067
15 to 19 years	2,397,382	2,383,636	2,411,128
20 to 24 years	2,413,254	2,396,386	2,430,122
25 to 34 years	5,143,644	5,125,927	5,161,361
35 to 44 years	5,477,238	5,455,847	5,498,629
45 to 54 years	4,713,943	4,697,017	4,730,869
55 to 59 years	1,746,816	1,715,656	1,777,976
60 to 64 years	1,321,056	1,287,080	1,355,032
65 to 74 years	1,890,470	1,880,609	1,900,331
75 to 84 years	1,300,757	1,280,849	1,320,665
85 years and over	392,041	375,375	408,707

Median age (years)	34.1	33.9	34.3

18 years and over	25,291,457	25,286,067	25,296,847
21 years and over	23,911,557	23,887,526	23,935,588
62 years and over	4,300,349	4,277,872	4,322,826
65 years and over	3,583,268	3,573,713	3,592,823
Male	1,537,991	1,529,619	1,546,363
Female	2,045,277	2,037,985	2,052,569

RACE
One race	33,640,565	33,583,886	33,697,244
White	22,945,587	22,811,338	23,079,836
Black or African American	2,156,152	2,128,112	2,184,192
American Indian and Alaska Native	269,638	243,000	296,276
Asian	4,115,641	4,089,616	4,141,666
Asian Indian	423,518	390,411	456,625
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	1,110,298	1,065,544	1,155,052
Filipino	985,855	938,885	1,032,825
Japanese	306,383	284,856	327,910
Korean	394,538	359,983	429,093
Vietnamese	512,187	475,121	549,253
Other Asian	382,862	348,470	417,254
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	120,330	113,843	126,817
Native Hawaiian	25,810	18,890	32,730
Guamanian or Chamorro	16,594	10,584	22,604
Samoan	32,638	22,576	42,700
Other Pacific Islander	45,288	36,421	54,155
Some other race	4,033,217	3,906,067	4,160,367
Two or more races	1,010,125	953,446	1,066,804
Two races including Some other race	272,245	240,300	304,190
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	737,880	700,155	775,605

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	23,802,141	23,672,709	23,931,573
Black or African American	2,422,974	2,399,036	2,446,912
American Indian and Alaska Native	532,026	504,413	559,639
Asian	4,467,627	4,442,663	4,492,591
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	182,880	170,104	195,656
Some other race	4,327,021	4,192,270	4,461,772

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	34,650,690	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	11,980,884	*****	*****
Mexican	9,885,974	9,809,609	9,962,339
Puerto Rican	145,842	124,635	167,049
Cuban	85,695	72,218	99,172
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,863,373	1,792,779	1,933,967
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,669,806	*****	*****
White alone	15,540,287	15,528,052	15,552,522
Black or African American alone	2,079,910	2,057,577	2,102,243
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	163,185	151,941	174,429
Asian alone	4,051,809	4,028,535	4,075,083
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	116,526	110,570	122,482
Some other race alone	104,871	88,540	121,202
Two or more races:	613,218	581,015	645,421
Two races including Some other race	35,619	27,059	44,179
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	577,599	547,490	607,708

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	34,650,690	*****	*****
Householder	12,585,415	12,526,959	12,643,871
Spouse	6,315,575	6,254,416	6,376,734
Child	10,800,462	10,726,889	10,874,035
Other relatives	2,866,700	2,785,247	2,948,153
Nonrelatives	2,082,538	2,026,011	2,139,065
Unmarried partner	760,537	733,537	787,537

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	11,856,538	11,795,065	11,918,011
Family households (families)	8,105,897	8,044,113	8,167,681
With own children under 18 years	4,179,748	4,125,381	4,234,115
Married-couple families	5,929,936	5,861,289	5,998,583
With own children under 18 years	2,963,684	2,913,658	3,013,710
Female householder, no husband present	1,525,965	1,480,342	1,571,588
With own children under 18 years	914,230	883,772	944,688
Nonfamily households	3,750,641	3,689,246	3,812,036
Householder living alone	2,880,026	2,829,770	2,930,282
65 years and over	906,696	881,243	932,149

Households with one or more people under 18 years	4,644,583	4,583,317	4,705,849
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	2,586,363	2,564,116	2,608,610

Average household size	2.92	2.90	2.94
Average family size	3.53	3.51	3.55

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	12,656,882	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	11,856,538	11,795,065	11,918,011
Vacant housing units	800,344	738,871	861,817

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	0.8	1.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.8	4.5	5.1

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	11,856,538	11,795,065	11,918,011
Owner-occupied	6,883,008	6,822,098	6,943,918
Renter-occupied	4,973,530	4,901,586	5,045,474

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.00	2.97	3.03
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.81	2.78	2.84

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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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