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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	8,444,076	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	4,089,273	4,078,276	4,100,270
Female	4,354,803	4,343,806	4,365,800
Under 5 years	556,970	551,331	562,609
5 to 9 years	591,057	574,994	607,120
10 to 14 years	636,878	620,208	653,548
15 to 19 years	521,145	510,965	531,325
20 to 24 years	479,461	467,585	491,337
25 to 34 years	1,080,140	1,067,650	1,092,630
35 to 44 years	1,426,279	1,411,914	1,440,644
45 to 54 years	1,241,310	1,228,260	1,254,360
55 to 59 years	482,037	469,004	495,070
60 to 64 years	368,511	356,045	380,977
65 to 74 years	541,411	533,093	549,729
75 to 84 years	405,912	395,171	416,653
85 years and over	112,965	104,252	121,678

Median age (years)	37.5	37.3	37.7

18 years and over	6,320,351	6,317,548	6,323,154
21 years and over	6,043,799	6,032,826	6,054,772
62 years and over	1,262,179	1,247,251	1,277,107
65 years and over	1,060,288	1,051,869	1,068,707
Male	436,670	431,400	441,940
Female	623,618	618,370	628,866

RACE
One race	8,313,314	8,296,125	8,330,503
White	6,102,957	6,072,205	6,133,709
Black or African American	1,133,934	1,116,252	1,151,616
American Indian and Alaska Native	9,604	6,227	12,981
Asian	562,667	556,446	568,888
Asian Indian	222,200	204,381	240,019
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	115,193	100,411	129,975
Filipino	97,531	81,850	113,212
Japanese	10,158	6,137	14,179
Korean	66,943	53,740	80,146
Vietnamese	11,698	7,145	16,251
Other Asian	38,944	27,552	50,336
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,129	0	2,683
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	503,023	470,305	535,741
Two or more races	130,762	113,573	147,951
Two races including Some other race	45,952	34,004	57,900
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	84,810	72,402	97,218

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	6,209,140	6,174,973	6,243,307
Black or African American	1,195,088	1,177,100	1,213,076
American Indian and Alaska Native	39,510	33,005	46,015
Asian	588,891	584,295	593,487
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,585	0	3,221
Some other race	552,814	521,270	584,358

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	8,444,076	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,234,632	*****	*****
Mexican	120,486	98,915	142,057
Puerto Rican	376,863	348,267	405,459
Cuban	78,079	64,276	91,882
Other Hispanic or Latino	659,204	630,166	688,242
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,209,444	*****	*****
White alone	5,448,142	5,443,152	5,453,132
Black or African American alone	1,089,917	1,079,067	1,100,767
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	7,694	4,817	10,571
Asian alone	560,619	554,680	566,558
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,129	0	2,683
Some other race alone	24,746	15,790	33,702
Two or more races:	77,197	65,741	88,653
Two races including Some other race	9,238	5,777	12,699
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	67,959	57,193	78,725

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	8,444,076	*****	*****
Householder	3,185,970	3,161,699	3,210,241
Spouse	1,707,552	1,684,646	1,730,458
Child	2,677,241	2,651,622	2,702,860
Other relatives	533,489	505,052	561,926
Nonrelatives	339,824	316,029	363,619
Unmarried partner	144,583	133,601	155,565

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	3,122,552	3,107,762	3,137,342
Family households (families)	2,206,133	2,183,214	2,229,052
With own children under 18 years	1,055,648	1,037,069	1,074,227
Married-couple families	1,670,214	1,644,288	1,696,140
With own children under 18 years	784,171	765,038	803,304
Female householder, no husband present	403,783	383,418	424,148
With own children under 18 years	215,643	199,187	232,099
Nonfamily households	916,419	894,997	937,841
Householder living alone	773,285	751,089	795,481
65 years and over	297,835	285,261	310,409

Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,154,204	1,135,669	1,172,739
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	786,769	775,022	798,516

Average household size	2.70	2.68	2.72
Average family size	3.25	3.22	3.28

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	3,398,272	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	3,122,552	3,107,762	3,137,342
Vacant housing units	275,720	260,930	290,510

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2	0.9	1.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.1	5.3	6.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	3,122,552	3,107,762	3,137,342
Owner-occupied	2,081,203	2,054,507	2,107,899
Renter-occupied	1,041,349	1,017,305	1,065,393

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.86	2.83	2.89
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.40	2.36	2.44

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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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