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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	4,008,553	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,931,346	1,921,962	1,940,730
Female	2,077,207	2,067,823	2,086,591
Under 5 years	272,066	267,954	276,178
5 to 9 years	251,788	237,608	265,968
10 to 14 years	319,972	305,435	334,509
15 to 19 years	262,805	253,236	272,374
20 to 24 years	267,785	260,025	275,545
25 to 34 years	538,408	528,881	547,935
35 to 44 years	604,691	595,214	614,168
45 to 54 years	578,821	571,090	586,552
55 to 59 years	237,409	226,345	248,473
60 to 64 years	186,646	175,191	198,101
65 to 74 years	283,012	278,942	287,082
75 to 84 years	162,271	154,868	169,674
85 years and over	42,879	36,549	49,209

Median age (years)	36.6	36.4	36.8

18 years and over	2,992,670	2,990,404	2,994,936
21 years and over	2,836,339	2,827,532	2,845,146
62 years and over	593,977	585,044	602,910
65 years and over	488,162	483,692	492,632
Male	206,268	203,268	209,268
Female	281,894	278,609	285,179

RACE
One race	3,960,131	3,949,731	3,970,531
White	2,681,260	2,671,678	2,690,842
Black or African American	1,195,542	1,183,161	1,207,923
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,512	4,908	12,116
Asian	41,925	36,976	46,874
Asian Indian	6,075	3,783	8,367
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	5,676	1,981	9,371
Filipino	7,183	2,422	11,944
Japanese	2,424	1,023	3,825
Korean	5,164	2,331	7,997
Vietnamese	8,089	3,690	12,488
Other Asian	7,314	3,977	10,651
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	731	0	1,555
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	32,161	24,540	39,782
Two or more races	48,422	38,022	58,822
Two races including Some other race	4,114	1,288	6,940
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	44,308	32,751	55,865

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,723,043	2,707,013	2,739,073
Black or African American	1,219,740	1,210,310	1,229,170
American Indian and Alaska Native	28,098	20,082	36,114
Asian	49,581	45,160	54,002
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,646	137	3,155
Some other race	36,368	27,940	44,796

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	4,008,553	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	93,580	88,968	98,192
Mexican	59,091	52,903	65,279
Puerto Rican	14,736	8,529	20,943
Cuban	1,236	302	2,170
Other Hispanic or Latino	18,517	13,943	23,091
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,914,973	3,910,361	3,919,585
White alone	2,626,755	2,625,976	2,627,534
Black or African American alone	1,192,535	1,180,409	1,204,661
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	8,196	4,627	11,765
Asian alone	41,925	36,976	46,874
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	731	0	1,555
Some other race alone	937	250	1,624
Two or more races:	43,894	33,252	54,536
Two races including Some other race	1,277	0	2,906
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	42,617	31,444	53,790

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	4,008,553	*****	*****
Householder	1,640,350	1,618,329	1,662,371
Spouse	825,854	801,159	850,549
Child	1,161,442	1,142,263	1,180,621
Other relatives	232,657	210,109	255,205
Nonrelatives	148,250	135,484	161,016
Unmarried partner	67,360	60,987	73,733

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,567,798	1,514,268	1,621,328
Family households (families)	1,078,811	1,041,805	1,115,817
With own children under 18 years	490,180	466,296	514,064
Married-couple families	783,033	760,901	805,165
With own children under 18 years	314,930	302,475	327,385
Female householder, no husband present	233,191	206,088	260,294
With own children under 18 years	144,810	128,287	161,333
Nonfamily households	488,987	464,378	513,596
Householder living alone	416,342	392,341	440,343
65 years and over	127,574	118,515	136,633

Households with one or more people under 18 years	554,888	529,969	579,807
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	355,141	342,805	367,477

Average household size	2.56	2.47	2.65
Average family size	3.11	3.00	3.22

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,854,624	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	1,567,798	1,514,268	1,621,328
Vacant housing units	286,826	233,296	340,356

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	1.5	2.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	13.6	11.6	15.7

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,567,798	1,514,268	1,621,328
Owner-occupied	1,094,695	1,055,173	1,134,217
Renter-occupied	473,103	441,787	504,419

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.66	2.58	2.74
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.32	2.20	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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