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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	5,372,472	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,578,789	2,569,751	2,587,827
Female	2,793,683	2,784,645	2,802,721
Under 5 years	365,718	362,510	368,926
5 to 9 years	350,990	337,023	364,957
10 to 14 years	428,642	414,748	442,536
15 to 19 years	351,619	344,197	359,041
20 to 24 years	326,021	318,812	333,230
25 to 34 years	702,822	694,707	710,937
35 to 44 years	897,347	889,268	905,426
45 to 54 years	809,093	801,746	816,440
55 to 59 years	316,779	305,434	328,124
60 to 64 years	228,832	218,300	239,364
65 to 74 years	321,093	316,408	325,778
75 to 84 years	216,668	209,717	223,619
85 years and over	56,848	50,155	63,541

Median age (years)	36.9	36.7	37.1

18 years and over	4,001,786	3,999,701	4,003,871
21 years and over	3,810,329	3,800,811	3,819,847
62 years and over	715,899	706,325	725,473
65 years and over	594,609	589,776	599,442
Male	247,804	244,285	251,323
Female	346,805	344,052	349,558

RACE
One race	5,289,610	5,276,843	5,302,377
White	3,449,737	3,434,255	3,465,219
Black or African American	1,483,129	1,469,249	1,497,009
American Indian and Alaska Native	16,767	11,774	21,760
Asian	250,012	243,452	256,572
Asian Indian	61,045	50,913	71,177
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	61,995	51,320	72,670
Filipino	29,596	21,198	37,994
Japanese	6,448	3,628	9,268
Korean	34,923	27,529	42,317
Vietnamese	14,630	9,487	19,773
Other Asian	41,375	31,456	51,294
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	964	122	1,806
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	89,001	76,417	101,585
Two or more races	82,862	70,095	95,629
Two races including Some other race	15,692	9,499	21,885
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	67,170	56,379	77,961

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	3,512,700	3,494,467	3,530,933
Black or African American	1,530,226	1,520,094	1,540,358
American Indian and Alaska Native	37,965	30,461	45,469
Asian	274,359	268,936	279,782
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,984	562	3,406
Some other race	105,280	91,618	118,942

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,372,472	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	259,160	256,830	261,490
Mexican	47,640	37,594	57,686
Puerto Rican	33,574	26,296	40,852
Cuban	8,608	5,193	12,023
Other Hispanic or Latino	169,338	158,884	179,792
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,113,312	5,110,982	5,115,642
White alone	3,303,921	3,299,585	3,308,257
Black or African American alone	1,462,324	1,451,763	1,472,885
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	13,056	10,236	15,876
Asian alone	248,525	242,111	254,939
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	604	12	1,196
Some other race alone	14,894	9,633	20,155
Two or more races:	69,988	58,750	81,226
Two races including Some other race	5,512	2,607	8,417
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	64,476	54,191	74,761

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,372,472	*****	*****
Householder	2,108,875	2,087,400	2,130,350
Spouse	1,037,668	1,020,814	1,054,522
Child	1,618,938	1,599,651	1,638,225
Other relatives	332,919	308,873	356,965
Nonrelatives	274,072	257,627	290,517
Unmarried partner	118,830	108,109	129,551

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,048,134	2,018,557	2,077,711
Family households (families)	1,401,098	1,376,256	1,425,940
With own children under 18 years	677,963	660,680	695,246
Married-couple families	1,009,021	982,992	1,035,050
With own children under 18 years	460,363	443,797	476,929
Female householder, no husband present	298,350	283,084	313,616
With own children under 18 years	170,310	157,916	182,704
Nonfamily households	647,036	627,852	666,220
Householder living alone	521,140	502,307	539,973
65 years and over	162,661	153,504	171,818

Households with one or more people under 18 years	757,172	739,092	775,252
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	439,129	429,529	448,729

Average household size	2.62	2.58	2.66
Average family size	3.17	3.12	3.22

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,219,423	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	2,048,134	2,018,557	2,077,711
Vacant housing units	171,289	141,712	200,866

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.0	0.7	1.3
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.6	5.4	7.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,048,134	2,018,557	2,077,711
Owner-occupied	1,421,278	1,392,294	1,450,262
Renter-occupied	626,856	608,835	644,877

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.77	2.72	2.82
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.30	2.24	2.36

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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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