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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	774,877	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	366,237	364,410	368,064
Female	408,640	406,813	410,467
Under 5 years	59,222	59,218	59,226
5 to 9 years	61,946	56,267	67,625
10 to 14 years	59,791	53,908	65,674
15 to 19 years	45,289	42,708	47,870
20 to 24 years	50,736	48,975	52,497
25 to 34 years	106,271	104,657	107,885
35 to 44 years	128,300	125,505	131,095
45 to 54 years	103,740	101,174	106,306
55 to 59 years	45,104	40,390	49,818
60 to 64 years	30,366	25,377	35,355
65 to 74 years	43,438	41,117	45,759
75 to 84 years	30,757	27,539	33,975
85 years and over	9,917	7,263	12,571

Median age (years)	35.3	35.1	35.5

18 years and over	564,734	564,296	565,172
21 years and over	539,275	536,215	542,335
62 years and over	102,779	98,390	107,168
65 years and over	84,112	80,933	87,291
Male	32,383	30,789	33,977
Female	51,729	49,446	54,012

RACE
One race	766,834	763,043	770,625
White	322,122	307,827	336,417
Black or African American	319,866	313,960	325,772
American Indian and Alaska Native	557	0	1,139
Asian	30,892	29,895	31,889
Asian Indian	9,057	5,240	12,874
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	5,189	2,265	8,113
Filipino	12,061	6,137	17,985
Japanese	856	0	2,322
Korean	2,222	258	4,186
Vietnamese	875	0	1,873
Other Asian	632	0	1,296
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	927	0	2,437
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	92,470	76,624	108,316
Two or more races	8,043	4,252	11,834
Two races including Some other race	3,015	166	5,864
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,028	2,835	7,221

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	327,668	313,129	342,207
Black or African American	323,451	317,211	329,691
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,009	1,455	2,563
Asian	33,380	31,875	34,885
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	927	0	2,437
Some other race	95,485	79,800	111,170

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	774,877	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	131,644	*****	*****
Mexican	0	0	535
Puerto Rican	47,526	37,540	57,512
Cuban	1,083	41	2,125
Other Hispanic or Latino	83,035	73,202	92,868
Not Hispanic or Latino	643,233	*****	*****
White alone	282,899	280,049	285,749
Black or African American alone	315,952	310,419	321,485
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	557	0	1,139
Asian alone	30,892	29,895	31,889
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	927	0	2,437
Some other race alone	7,021	1,070	12,972
Two or more races:	4,985	2,691	7,279
Two races including Some other race	958	0	2,489
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,027	2,381	5,673

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	774,877	*****	*****
Householder	290,775	282,598	298,952
Spouse	118,505	110,705	126,305
Child	252,759	242,333	263,185
Other relatives	73,194	61,533	84,855
Nonrelatives	39,644	31,429	47,859
Unmarried partner	15,531	11,148	19,914

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	279,586	274,536	284,636
Family households (families)	189,260	181,043	197,477
With own children under 18 years	99,197	92,465	105,929
Married-couple families	112,770	103,683	121,857
With own children under 18 years	60,504	54,462	66,546
Female householder, no husband present	59,857	53,087	66,627
With own children under 18 years	30,878	25,312	36,444
Nonfamily households	90,326	83,547	97,105
Householder living alone	77,691	70,397	84,985
65 years and over	31,690	27,677	35,703

Households with one or more people under 18 years	114,806	108,019	121,593
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	64,553	61,116	67,990

Average household size	2.77	2.72	2.82
Average family size	3.40	3.29	3.51

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	304,123	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	279,586	274,536	284,636
Vacant housing units	24,537	19,487	29,587

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	0.7	3.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.7	5.6	9.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	279,586	274,536	284,636
Owner-occupied	126,679	118,300	135,058
Renter-occupied	152,907	144,871	160,943

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.08	2.95	3.21
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.51	2.41	2.61

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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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