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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	8,146,508	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	3,965,290	3,956,122	3,974,458
Female	4,181,218	4,172,050	4,190,386
Under 5 years	589,452	585,539	593,365
5 to 9 years	559,467	543,685	575,249
10 to 14 years	595,458	580,236	610,680
15 to 19 years	501,913	492,117	511,709
20 to 24 years	544,159	531,096	557,222
25 to 34 years	1,187,020	1,176,136	1,197,904
35 to 44 years	1,264,670	1,254,636	1,274,704
45 to 54 years	1,141,376	1,134,391	1,148,361
55 to 59 years	448,468	437,153	459,783
60 to 64 years	361,396	350,136	372,656
65 to 74 years	537,322	533,883	540,761
75 to 84 years	339,023	331,013	347,033
85 years and over	76,784	70,272	83,296

Median age (years)	35.8	35.7	35.9

18 years and over	6,072,671	6,068,565	6,076,777
21 years and over	5,795,389	5,784,167	5,806,611
62 years and over	1,162,516	1,151,318	1,173,714
65 years and over	953,129	949,061	957,197
Male	395,364	392,443	398,285
Female	557,765	554,792	560,738

RACE
One race	8,023,210	8,001,678	8,044,742
White	5,857,458	5,839,140	5,875,776
Black or African American	1,727,471	1,710,455	1,744,487
American Indian and Alaska Native	86,695	75,630	97,760
Asian	130,600	124,919	136,281
Asian Indian	38,122	29,844	46,400
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	24,733	18,573	30,893
Filipino	6,775	3,872	9,678
Japanese	8,105	5,399	10,811
Korean	12,250	7,914	16,586
Vietnamese	16,593	10,453	22,733
Other Asian	24,022	15,271	32,773
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6,926	778	13,074
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	214,060	195,037	233,083
Two or more races	123,298	101,766	144,830
Two races including Some other race	18,156	12,777	23,535
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	105,142	86,535	123,749

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	5,963,202	5,929,969	5,996,435
Black or African American	1,785,480	1,776,623	1,794,337
American Indian and Alaska Native	139,835	130,266	149,404
Asian	147,565	144,262	150,868
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	9,041	2,157	15,925
Some other race	232,578	214,673	250,483

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	8,146,508	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	456,334	*****	*****
Mexican	321,316	304,677	337,955
Puerto Rican	36,017	25,605	46,429
Cuban	6,881	3,608	10,154
Other Hispanic or Latino	92,120	79,970	104,270
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,690,174	*****	*****
White alone	5,639,696	5,633,897	5,645,495
Black or African American alone	1,716,223	1,699,789	1,732,657
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	84,857	74,944	94,770
Asian alone	130,310	124,614	136,006
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	6,162	123	12,201
Some other race alone	9,672	3,727	15,617
Two or more races:	103,254	87,296	119,212
Two races including Some other race	4,376	1,454	7,298
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	98,878	82,347	115,409

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	8,146,508	*****	*****
Householder	3,327,997	3,287,138	3,368,856
Spouse	1,679,159	1,654,945	1,703,373
Child	2,303,736	2,271,417	2,336,055
Other relatives	443,212	411,927	474,497
Nonrelatives	392,404	362,886	421,922
Unmarried partner	153,559	140,053	167,065

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	3,270,705	3,219,684	3,321,726
Family households (families)	2,235,002	2,177,728	2,292,276
With own children under 18 years	1,037,222	1,005,276	1,069,168
Married-couple families	1,653,790	1,610,949	1,696,631
With own children under 18 years	692,859	668,611	717,107
Female householder, no husband present	437,475	410,203	464,747
With own children under 18 years	269,505	252,770	286,240
Nonfamily households	1,035,703	1,005,626	1,065,780
Householder living alone	857,990	834,324	881,656
65 years and over	283,561	271,285	295,837

Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,161,904	1,122,125	1,201,683
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	725,386	712,940	737,832

Average household size	2.49	2.45	2.53
Average family size	3.00	2.94	3.06

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	3,779,034	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	3,270,705	3,219,684	3,321,726
Vacant housing units	508,329	457,308	559,350

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8	1.4	2.3
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.9	9.5	12.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	3,270,705	3,219,684	3,321,726
Owner-occupied	2,234,427	2,167,376	2,301,478
Renter-occupied	1,036,278	989,355	1,083,201

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.55	2.51	2.59
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.36	2.30	2.42

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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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