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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	4,361,271	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,099,815	2,091,193	2,108,437
Female	2,261,456	2,252,834	2,270,078
Under 5 years	322,418	319,712	325,124
5 to 9 years	312,471	300,411	324,531
10 to 14 years	334,889	323,090	346,688
15 to 19 years	317,770	307,384	328,156
20 to 24 years	334,722	325,000	344,444
25 to 34 years	575,885	565,867	585,903
35 to 44 years	635,149	625,446	644,852
45 to 54 years	618,196	608,847	627,545
55 to 59 years	232,031	222,776	241,286
60 to 64 years	185,027	176,091	193,963
65 to 74 years	269,106	264,656	273,556
75 to 84 years	176,817	169,515	184,119
85 years and over	46,790	41,676	51,904

Median age (years)	34.7	34.5	34.9

18 years and over	3,193,601	3,189,904	3,197,298
21 years and over	2,994,693	2,983,363	3,006,023
62 years and over	602,708	594,591	610,825
65 years and over	492,713	488,144	497,282
Male	202,733	199,766	205,700
Female	289,980	286,799	293,161

RACE
One race	4,311,803	4,302,714	4,320,892
White	2,792,194	2,784,066	2,800,322
Black or African American	1,401,061	1,388,067	1,414,055
American Indian and Alaska Native	24,168	19,022	29,314
Asian	66,578	60,363	72,793
Asian Indian	10,222	5,875	14,569
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	11,193	6,733	15,653
Filipino	5,298	2,989	7,607
Japanese	2,550	552	4,548
Korean	6,360	1,043	11,677
Vietnamese	29,098	23,255	34,941
Other Asian	1,857	580	3,134
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,800	0	6,135
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	25,002	18,168	31,836
Two or more races	49,468	40,379	58,557
Two races including Some other race	8,114	4,669	11,559
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	41,354	32,158	50,550

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,835,131	2,822,263	2,847,999
Black or African American	1,423,703	1,412,423	1,434,983
American Indian and Alaska Native	41,710	34,605	48,815
Asian	72,249	66,329	78,169
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5,524	1,346	9,702
Some other race	33,686	26,219	41,153

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	4,361,271	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	108,563	106,145	110,981
Mexican	35,148	29,097	41,199
Puerto Rican	9,920	6,351	13,489
Cuban	8,279	4,120	12,438
Other Hispanic or Latino	55,216	48,842	61,590
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,252,708	4,250,290	4,255,126
White alone	2,719,454	2,716,002	2,722,906
Black or African American alone	1,393,412	1,380,716	1,406,108
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	22,404	17,924	26,884
Asian alone	66,295	60,070	72,520
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	2,800	0	6,135
Some other race alone	6,252	2,625	9,879
Two or more races:	42,091	33,231	50,951
Two races including Some other race	2,139	421	3,857
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	39,952	31,179	48,725

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	4,361,271	*****	*****
Householder	1,736,430	1,716,295	1,756,565
Spouse	821,923	802,419	841,427
Child	1,369,325	1,346,328	1,392,322
Other relatives	261,644	241,625	281,663
Nonrelatives	171,949	153,744	190,154
Unmarried partner	85,880	76,578	95,182

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,672,717	1,658,435	1,686,999
Family households (families)	1,151,615	1,131,483	1,171,747
With own children under 18 years	549,220	530,261	568,179
Married-couple families	789,105	768,928	809,282
With own children under 18 years	329,369	316,493	342,245
Female householder, no husband present	291,420	278,788	304,052
With own children under 18 years	184,132	172,128	196,136
Nonfamily households	521,102	503,133	539,071
Householder living alone	441,224	425,465	456,983
65 years and over	150,418	143,579	157,257

Households with one or more people under 18 years	623,010	604,045	641,975
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	366,936	359,375	374,497

Average household size	2.61	2.58	2.64
Average family size	3.17	3.13	3.21

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,896,748	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	1,672,717	1,658,435	1,686,999
Vacant housing units	224,031	209,749	238,313

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.3	0.9	1.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.5	8.2	10.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,672,717	1,658,435	1,686,999
Owner-occupied	1,122,711	1,100,724	1,144,698
Renter-occupied	550,006	529,520	570,492

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.68	2.64	2.72
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.46	2.40	2.52

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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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