ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Santa Cruz County -- Table 1

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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	241,907	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	120,981	118,972	122,990
Female	120,926	118,917	122,935
Under 5 years	14,959	14,664	15,254
5 to 9 years	14,551	11,953	17,149
10 to 14 years	16,478	13,825	19,131
15 to 19 years	16,653	14,455	18,851
20 to 24 years	21,076	18,485	23,667
25 to 34 years	30,098	28,033	32,163
35 to 44 years	38,724	35,843	41,605
45 to 54 years	41,322	38,594	44,050
55 to 59 years	15,384	12,831	17,937
60 to 64 years	9,279	6,369	12,189
65 to 74 years	12,461	11,358	13,564
75 to 84 years	7,088	5,565	8,611
85 years and over	3,834	2,112	5,556

Median age (years)	36.6	35.4	37.8

18 years and over	185,504	184,260	186,748
21 years and over	174,450	171,740	177,160
62 years and over	28,088	25,903	30,273
65 years and over	23,383	21,754	25,012
Male	9,713	8,895	10,531
Female	13,670	12,224	15,116

RACE
One race	237,631	235,593	239,669
White	205,388	198,037	212,739
Black or African American	2,081	939	3,223
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,094	275	1,913
Asian	9,503	8,554	10,452
Asian Indian	2,322	396	4,248
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	0	0	545
Filipino	2,942	821	5,063
Japanese	1,899	697	3,101
Korean	1,099	0	2,358
Vietnamese	1,241	0	2,781
Other Asian	0	0	545
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	545
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	19,565	12,207	26,923
Two or more races	4,276	2,238	6,314
Two races including Some other race	196	0	544
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,080	2,014	6,146

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	209,454	202,080	216,828
Black or African American	3,705	2,623	4,787
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,409	2,909	3,909
Asian	10,068	9,498	10,638
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,337	0	3,027
Some other race	20,310	12,961	27,659

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	241,907	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	67,724	*****	*****
Mexican	65,125	63,275	66,975
Puerto Rican	0	0	545
Cuban	0	0	545
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,599	749	4,449
Not Hispanic or Latino	174,183	*****	*****
White alone	158,351	158,005	158,697
Black or African American alone	1,811	793	2,829
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	950	168	1,732
Asian alone	9,327	8,452	10,202
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	545
Some other race alone	362	0	806
Two or more races:	3,382	1,902	4,862
Two races including Some other race	0	0	545
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,382	1,902	4,862

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	241,907	*****	*****
Householder	96,149	92,425	99,873
Spouse	41,543	37,572	45,514
Child	67,409	63,392	71,426
Other relatives	17,278	12,444	22,112
Nonrelatives	19,528	14,755	24,301
Unmarried partner	6,453	3,977	8,929

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	89,050	86,334	91,766
Family households (families)	53,531	49,309	57,753
With own children under 18 years	29,031	25,243	32,819
Married-couple families	39,259	35,058	43,460
With own children under 18 years	20,049	16,764	23,334
Female householder, no husband present	9,046	6,760	11,332
With own children under 18 years	5,738	3,398	8,078
Nonfamily households	35,519	31,305	39,733
Householder living alone	26,901	23,190	30,612
65 years and over	7,299	5,408	9,190

Households with one or more people under 18 years	30,396	26,448	34,344
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	17,411	15,670	19,152

Average household size	2.72	2.64	2.80
Average family size	3.45	3.24	3.66

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	100,173	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	89,050	86,334	91,766
Vacant housing units	11,123	8,407	13,839

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.8	1.0	6.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.9	1.5	10.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	89,050	86,334	91,766
Owner-occupied	53,206	48,211	58,201
Renter-occupied	35,844	30,896	40,792

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.72	2.56	2.88
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.71	2.49	2.93

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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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