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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	638,064	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	308,697	306,598	310,796
Female	329,367	327,268	331,466
Under 5 years	40,173	38,981	41,365
5 to 9 years	46,047	41,494	50,600
10 to 14 years	41,201	37,141	45,261
15 to 19 years	35,692	33,400	37,984
20 to 24 years	29,250	27,030	31,470
25 to 34 years	82,219	79,065	85,373
35 to 44 years	107,110	103,591	110,629
45 to 54 years	102,225	98,961	105,489
55 to 59 years	38,660	34,628	42,692
60 to 64 years	28,379	24,747	32,011
65 to 74 years	44,375	42,744	46,006
75 to 84 years	32,154	29,437	34,871
85 years and over	10,579	8,387	12,771

Median age (years)	39.2	38.6	39.8

18 years and over	486,851	*****	*****
21 years and over	468,594	465,967	471,221
62 years and over	101,928	98,354	105,502
65 years and over	87,108	85,218	88,998
Male	35,864	34,716	37,012
Female	51,244	49,979	52,509

RACE
One race	631,883	628,995	634,771
White	559,499	557,658	561,340
Black or African American	24,449	23,006	25,892
American Indian and Alaska Native	509	0	1,255
Asian	42,779	39,886	45,672
Asian Indian	6,217	2,148	10,286
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	18,323	12,068	24,578
Filipino	2,655	599	4,711
Japanese	2,119	0	4,715
Korean	3,730	1,163	6,297
Vietnamese	9,616	3,404	15,828
Other Asian	119	0	325
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	4,647	2,896	6,398
Two or more races	6,181	3,293	9,069
Two races including Some other race	321	0	723
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,860	2,961	8,759

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	565,575	562,117	569,033
Black or African American	25,983	25,632	26,334
American Indian and Alaska Native	890	148	1,632
Asian	46,934	46,224	47,644
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	474
Some other race	5,073	3,181	6,965

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	638,064	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	12,933	*****	*****
Mexican	1,837	480	3,194
Puerto Rican	5,357	3,125	7,589
Cuban	280	0	730
Other Hispanic or Latino	5,459	3,335	7,583
Not Hispanic or Latino	625,131	*****	*****
White alone	551,120	550,618	551,622
Black or African American alone	24,449	23,006	25,892
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	411	0	1,137
Asian alone	42,779	39,886	45,672
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	474
Some other race alone	401	50	752
Two or more races:	5,971	3,101	8,841
Two races including Some other race	216	0	569
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,755	2,854	8,656

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	638,064	*****	*****
Householder	256,910	250,232	263,588
Spouse	137,491	130,872	144,110
Child	190,503	184,120	196,886
Other relatives	30,687	24,159	37,215
Nonrelatives	22,473	18,304	26,642
Unmarried partner	9,055	6,599	11,511

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	248,025	244,489	251,561
Family households (families)	166,061	158,608	173,514
With own children under 18 years	82,582	76,872	88,292
Married-couple families	132,301	124,207	140,395
With own children under 18 years	68,466	62,844	74,088
Female householder, no husband present	26,507	22,676	30,338
With own children under 18 years	13,086	10,109	16,063
Nonfamily households	81,964	74,839	89,089
Householder living alone	68,866	62,442	75,290
65 years and over	27,446	23,733	31,159

Households with one or more people under 18 years	88,718	82,732	94,704
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	62,809	60,095	65,523

Average household size	2.57	2.53	2.61
Average family size	3.21	3.12	3.30

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	258,873	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	248,025	244,489	251,561
Vacant housing units	10,848	7,312	14,384

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.1	0.0	0.3
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.1	0.6	5.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	248,025	244,489	251,561
Owner-occupied	177,169	170,527	183,811
Renter-occupied	70,856	64,737	76,975

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.83	2.76	2.90
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.93	1.83	2.03

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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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