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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	721,170	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	345,238	340,614	349,862
Female	375,932	371,308	380,556
Under 5 years	50,466	47,323	53,609
5 to 9 years	51,622	46,733	56,511
10 to 14 years	51,926	47,250	56,602
15 to 19 years	43,851	41,455	46,247
20 to 24 years	40,065	36,595	43,535
25 to 34 years	89,942	84,932	94,952
35 to 44 years	120,578	116,147	125,009
45 to 54 years	106,567	102,632	110,502
55 to 59 years	43,040	38,924	47,156
60 to 64 years	29,242	25,188	33,296
65 to 74 years	46,763	44,916	48,610
75 to 84 years	34,469	32,108	36,830
85 years and over	12,639	10,570	14,708

Median age (years)	37.5	36.9	38.1

18 years and over	538,022	*****	*****
21 years and over	512,679	509,053	516,305
62 years and over	107,687	103,876	111,498
65 years and over	93,871	91,881	95,861
Male	38,475	37,139	39,811
Female	55,396	53,354	57,438

RACE
One race	710,615	705,073	716,157
White	606,693	596,420	616,966
Black or African American	26,563	19,523	33,603
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,388	789	5,987
Asian	19,975	16,610	23,340
Asian Indian	6,920	1,415	12,425
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	743	0	1,503
Filipino	4,060	50	8,070
Japanese	1,686	0	3,626
Korean	1,100	0	2,724
Vietnamese	2,243	0	4,817
Other Asian	3,223	901	5,545
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	474
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	53,996	43,094	64,898
Two or more races	10,555	5,013	16,097
Two races including Some other race	4,033	817	7,249
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,522	2,517	10,527

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	616,157	606,128	626,186
Black or African American	30,500	23,915	37,085
American Indian and Alaska Native	6,851	2,806	10,896
Asian	20,188	16,862	23,514
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	474
Some other race	58,381	47,008	69,754

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	721,170	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	96,267	*****	*****
Mexican	4,268	1,298	7,238
Puerto Rican	31,091	20,854	41,328
Cuban	294	0	805
Other Hispanic or Latino	60,614	50,506	70,722
Not Hispanic or Latino	624,903	*****	*****
White alone	577,883	576,115	579,651
Black or African American alone	17,085	14,783	19,387
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,257	0	2,934
Asian alone	19,975	16,610	23,340
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	474
Some other race alone	2,281	694	3,868
Two or more races:	6,422	1,960	10,884
Two races including Some other race	503	0	1,275
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,919	2,026	9,812

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	721,170	*****	*****
Householder	281,902	274,927	288,877
Spouse	141,463	134,043	148,883
Child	231,975	223,156	240,794
Other relatives	38,215	28,802	47,628
Nonrelatives	27,615	20,280	34,950
Unmarried partner	12,740	9,440	16,040

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	276,069	272,147	279,991
Family households (families)	188,201	180,878	195,524
With own children under 18 years	93,535	86,950	100,120
Married-couple families	136,073	128,243	143,903
With own children under 18 years	64,947	58,932	70,962
Female householder, no husband present	41,848	36,187	47,509
With own children under 18 years	23,611	18,608	28,614
Nonfamily households	87,868	80,789	94,947
Householder living alone	75,826	69,358	82,294
65 years and over	30,534	26,912	34,156

Households with one or more people under 18 years	100,527	93,950	107,104
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	70,978	67,483	74,473

Average household size	2.61	2.57	2.65
Average family size	3.21	3.11	3.31

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	291,037	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	276,069	272,147	279,991
Vacant housing units	14,968	11,046	18,890

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.0	0.2	1.8
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.9	0.9	4.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	276,069	272,147	279,991
Owner-occupied	180,097	172,786	187,408
Renter-occupied	95,972	88,185	103,759

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.79	2.71	2.87
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.28	2.15	2.41

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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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