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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	248,653	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	123,465	122,101	124,829
Female	125,188	123,824	126,552
Under 5 years	18,920	17,792	20,048
5 to 9 years	16,298	13,894	18,702
10 to 14 years	16,312	13,855	18,769
15 to 19 years	14,301	12,913	15,689
20 to 24 years	22,826	21,110	24,542
25 to 34 years	43,297	41,322	45,272
35 to 44 years	34,820	32,887	36,753
45 to 54 years	36,260	34,820	37,700
55 to 59 years	12,375	10,496	14,254
60 to 64 years	8,243	6,353	10,133
65 to 74 years	12,674	12,281	13,067
75 to 84 years	9,286	8,213	10,359
85 years and over	3,041	1,971	4,111

Median age (years)	32.9	32.2	33.6

18 years and over	187,950	187,282	188,618
21 years and over	177,686	175,759	179,613
62 years and over	30,106	28,296	31,916
65 years and over	25,001	24,487	25,515
Male	10,684	10,243	11,125
Female	14,317	13,940	14,694

RACE
One race	245,709	243,997	247,421
White	223,135	221,289	224,981
Black or African American	7,339	6,125	8,553
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,522	834	2,210
Asian	9,750	9,435	10,065
Asian Indian	0	0	315
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	2,200	156	4,244
Filipino	236	0	622
Japanese	0	0	315
Korean	0	0	315
Vietnamese	6,739	4,598	8,880
Other Asian	575	0	1,345
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	315
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	3,963	1,948	5,978
Two or more races	2,944	1,232	4,656
Two races including Some other race	1,261	48	2,474
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,683	428	2,938

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	225,558	223,255	227,861
Black or African American	8,624	8,025	9,223
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,441	1,845	3,037
Asian	9,750	9,435	10,065
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	315
Some other race	5,224	3,324	7,124

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	248,653	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	9,052	*****	*****
Mexican	5,683	3,939	7,427
Puerto Rican	326	0	925
Cuban	0	0	315
Other Hispanic or Latino	3,043	1,208	4,878
Not Hispanic or Latino	239,601	*****	*****
White alone	219,442	219,127	219,757
Black or African American alone	7,163	6,025	8,301
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,522	834	2,210
Asian alone	9,750	9,435	10,065
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	315
Some other race alone	0	0	315
Two or more races:	1,724	500	2,948
Two races including Some other race	191	0	548
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,533	348	2,718

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	248,653	*****	*****
Householder	103,531	100,518	106,544
Spouse	54,423	50,733	58,113
Child	65,732	63,337	68,127
Other relatives	8,205	5,453	10,957
Nonrelatives	16,762	12,540	20,984
Unmarried partner	3,602	1,907	5,297

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	101,578	99,164	103,992
Family households (families)	63,997	60,063	67,931
With own children under 18 years	29,214	26,020	32,408
Married-couple families	53,456	49,320	57,592
With own children under 18 years	23,368	20,271	26,465
Female householder, no husband present	5,982	4,097	7,867
With own children under 18 years	3,807	2,273	5,341
Nonfamily households	37,581	33,236	41,926
Householder living alone	28,270	24,376	32,164
65 years and over	8,017	6,452	9,582

Households with one or more people under 18 years	30,777	27,467	34,087
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	18,639	17,119	20,159

Average household size	2.45	2.39	2.51
Average family size	3.01	2.90	3.12

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	109,196	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	101,578	99,164	103,992
Vacant housing units	7,618	5,204	10,032

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5	0.0	3.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	13.6	8.2	18.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	101,578	99,164	103,992
Owner-occupied	66,172	62,568	69,776
Renter-occupied	35,406	32,274	38,538

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.59	2.51	2.67
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.17	2.03	2.31

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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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