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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	1,766,196	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	860,467	856,645	864,289
Female	905,729	901,907	909,551
Under 5 years	102,604	101,367	103,841
5 to 9 years	105,870	99,632	112,108
10 to 14 years	110,440	104,314	116,566
15 to 19 years	108,999	104,861	113,137
20 to 24 years	121,120	116,369	125,871
25 to 34 years	217,129	214,336	219,922
35 to 44 years	251,271	248,013	254,529
45 to 54 years	280,777	277,836	283,718
55 to 59 years	114,027	108,307	119,747
60 to 64 years	90,033	84,178	95,888
65 to 74 years	144,654	143,056	146,252
75 to 84 years	94,760	91,059	98,461
85 years and over	24,512	21,279	27,745

Median age (years)	40.0	39.7	40.3

18 years and over	1,378,428	1,376,868	1,379,988
21 years and over	1,311,673	1,306,686	1,316,660
62 years and over	317,991	312,748	323,234
65 years and over	263,926	262,195	265,657
Male	110,664	109,605	111,723
Female	153,262	151,881	154,643

RACE
One race	1,748,087	1,743,553	1,752,621
White	1,679,951	1,676,510	1,683,392
Black or African American	54,129	48,501	59,757
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,484	1,008	1,960
Asian	8,940	5,475	12,405
Asian Indian	2,727	974	4,480
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	528	0	1,238
Filipino	2,124	827	3,421
Japanese	138	11	265
Korean	2,198	0	4,988
Vietnamese	634	0	1,285
Other Asian	591	0	1,238
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	169	0	461
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	3,414	1,685	5,143
Two or more races	18,109	13,575	22,643
Two races including Some other race	786	330	1,242
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	17,323	12,707	21,939

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	1,697,527	1,691,892	1,703,162
Black or African American	63,084	58,936	67,232
American Indian and Alaska Native	9,132	7,019	11,245
Asian	11,735	8,232	15,238
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	169	0	461
Some other race	4,200	2,270	6,130

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	1,766,196	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	12,322	9,282	15,362
Mexican	4,529	2,577	6,481
Puerto Rican	806	140	1,472
Cuban	430	0	1,003
Other Hispanic or Latino	6,557	3,933	9,181
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,753,874	1,750,834	1,756,914
White alone	1,671,109	1,669,655	1,672,563
Black or African American alone	53,304	47,717	58,891
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,484	1,008	1,960
Asian alone	8,940	5,475	12,405
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	169	0	461
Some other race alone	1,562	174	2,950
Two or more races:	17,306	12,791	21,821
Two races including Some other race	55	0	140
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	17,251	12,712	21,790

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	1,766,196	*****	*****
Householder	751,827	741,480	762,174
Spouse	389,149	380,804	397,494
Child	473,122	463,266	482,978
Other relatives	82,101	73,758	90,444
Nonrelatives	69,997	62,505	77,489
Unmarried partner	37,198	33,126	41,270

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	731,690	713,149	750,231
Family households (families)	490,343	476,393	504,293
With own children under 18 years	198,951	188,211	209,691
Married-couple families	378,198	364,789	391,607
With own children under 18 years	135,974	126,793	145,155
Female householder, no husband present	86,308	78,547	94,069
With own children under 18 years	49,491	43,537	55,445
Nonfamily households	241,347	229,600	253,094
Householder living alone	208,936	198,113	219,759
65 years and over	81,088	75,338	86,838

Households with one or more people under 18 years	223,192	212,217	234,167
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	192,858	186,107	199,609

Average household size	2.41	2.35	2.47
Average family size	2.95	2.87	3.03

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	854,817	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	731,690	713,149	750,231
Vacant housing units	123,127	104,586	141,668

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.1	1.5	2.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.2	5.7	8.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	731,690	713,149	750,231
Owner-occupied	540,409	526,525	554,293
Renter-occupied	191,281	179,618	202,944

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.53	2.47	2.59
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.09	1.99	2.19

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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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