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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	5,689,261	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,770,992	2,763,518	2,778,466
Female	2,918,269	2,910,795	2,925,743
Under 5 years	379,640	374,925	384,355
5 to 9 years	373,528	358,080	388,976
10 to 14 years	407,555	393,618	421,492
15 to 19 years	360,569	353,099	368,039
20 to 24 years	378,734	370,933	386,535
25 to 34 years	790,383	779,928	800,838
35 to 44 years	874,721	866,113	883,329
45 to 54 years	840,705	833,708	847,702
55 to 59 years	325,103	315,384	334,822
60 to 64 years	275,052	265,711	284,393
65 to 74 years	386,533	381,407	391,659
75 to 84 years	232,429	225,138	239,720
85 years and over	64,309	57,295	71,323

Median age (years)	36.9	36.7	37.1

18 years and over	4,299,931	4,297,532	4,302,330
21 years and over	4,096,242	4,086,393	4,106,091
62 years and over	836,783	829,310	844,256
65 years and over	683,271	678,791	687,751
Male	283,146	281,047	285,245
Female	400,125	396,300	403,950

RACE
One race	5,636,620	5,629,240	5,644,000
White	4,543,803	4,534,792	4,552,814
Black or African American	934,502	924,671	944,333
American Indian and Alaska Native	15,178	11,235	19,121
Asian	67,546	61,865	73,227
Asian Indian	21,820	14,444	29,196
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	11,721	6,241	17,201
Filipino	4,405	1,519	7,291
Japanese	4,932	2,137	7,727
Korean	8,772	4,050	13,494
Vietnamese	3,717	1,574	5,860
Other Asian	12,179	7,349	17,009
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,978	823	7,133
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	71,613	62,737	80,489
Two or more races	52,641	45,261	60,021
Two races including Some other race	5,344	3,069	7,619
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	47,297	39,851	54,743

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	4,590,694	4,577,486	4,603,902
Black or African American	958,863	950,248	967,478
American Indian and Alaska Native	37,578	32,789	42,367
Asian	74,983	69,058	80,908
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,978	823	7,133
Some other race	76,957	67,792	86,122

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,689,261	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	135,669	131,286	140,052
Mexican	88,748	80,219	97,277
Puerto Rican	12,758	9,153	16,363
Cuban	5,707	2,637	8,777
Other Hispanic or Latino	28,456	20,480	36,432
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,553,592	5,549,209	5,557,975
White alone	4,479,941	4,477,514	4,482,368
Black or African American alone	934,022	924,170	943,874
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	14,406	10,585	18,227
Asian alone	67,380	61,786	72,974
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	3,358	896	5,820
Some other race alone	6,672	2,741	10,603
Two or more races:	47,813	40,222	55,404
Two races including Some other race	814	0	1,925
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	46,999	39,518	54,480

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,689,261	*****	*****
Householder	2,361,349	2,340,720	2,381,978
Spouse	1,196,507	1,173,684	1,219,330
Child	1,607,104	1,583,739	1,630,469
Other relatives	289,495	267,982	311,008
Nonrelatives	234,806	218,769	250,843
Unmarried partner	101,071	91,815	110,327

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,295,640	2,274,030	2,317,250
Family households (families)	1,549,077	1,528,911	1,569,243
With own children under 18 years	703,779	688,136	719,422
Married-couple families	1,162,431	1,139,881	1,184,981
With own children under 18 years	478,982	464,694	493,270
Female householder, no husband present	290,727	277,464	303,990
With own children under 18 years	177,533	166,075	188,991
Nonfamily households	746,563	718,758	774,368
Householder living alone	640,637	613,957	667,317
65 years and over	205,411	195,741	215,081

Households with one or more people under 18 years	783,125	768,217	798,033
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	516,932	507,464	526,400

Average household size	2.48	2.45	2.51
Average family size	3.03	3.00	3.06

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,552,506	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	2,295,640	2,274,030	2,317,250
Vacant housing units	256,866	235,256	278,476

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.1	1.6	2.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.2	8.8	11.7

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,295,640	2,274,030	2,317,250
Owner-occupied	1,590,745	1,565,192	1,616,298
Renter-occupied	704,895	670,278	739,512

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	2.53	2.59
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.28	2.21	2.35

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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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