ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Mercer 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	340,889	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	166,880	163,056	170,704
Female	174,009	170,185	177,833
Under 5 years	21,716	19,361	24,071
5 to 9 years	24,609	19,978	29,240
10 to 14 years	25,541	21,109	29,973
15 to 19 years	23,454	20,289	26,619
20 to 24 years	16,403	13,422	19,384
25 to 34 years	42,851	38,411	47,291
35 to 44 years	55,826	50,111	61,541
45 to 54 years	55,819	51,925	59,713
55 to 59 years	17,486	14,540	20,432
60 to 64 years	15,776	12,976	18,576
65 to 74 years	21,736	19,443	24,029
75 to 84 years	15,560	13,652	17,468
85 years and over	4,112	2,422	5,802

Median age (years)	37.4	36.4	38.4

18 years and over	254,788	*****	*****
21 years and over	244,167	241,872	246,462
62 years and over	50,658	47,418	53,898
65 years and over	41,408	39,342	43,474
Male	16,526	15,919	17,133
Female	24,882	22,975	26,789

RACE
One race	339,392	338,068	340,716
White	224,739	218,704	230,774
Black or African American	68,144	66,962	69,326
American Indian and Alaska Native	158	0	402
Asian	22,400	21,828	22,972
Asian Indian	7,668	4,657	10,679
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	6,240	3,242	9,238
Filipino	146	0	411
Japanese	0	0	535
Korean	5,461	2,251	8,671
Vietnamese	0	0	535
Other Asian	2,885	378	5,392
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	535
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	23,951	17,916	29,986
Two or more races	1,497	173	2,821
Two races including Some other race	0	0	535
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,497	173	2,821

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	226,236	219,940	232,532
Black or African American	68,418	67,341	69,495
American Indian and Alaska Native	944	0	2,021
Asian	22,837	22,302	23,372
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	535
Some other race	24,521	18,479	30,563

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	340,889	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	38,041	*****	*****
Mexican	4,606	717	8,495
Puerto Rican	17,773	9,164	26,382
Cuban	0	0	535
Other Hispanic or Latino	15,662	7,282	24,042
Not Hispanic or Latino	302,848	*****	*****
White alone	209,866	208,834	210,898
Black or African American alone	68,144	66,962	69,326
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	158	0	402
Asian alone	22,400	21,828	22,972
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	535
Some other race alone	783	0	1,815
Two or more races:	1,497	173	2,821
Two races including Some other race	0	0	535
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,497	173	2,821

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	340,889	*****	*****
Householder	132,824	127,631	138,017
Spouse	61,460	56,413	66,507
Child	99,280	90,631	107,929
Other relatives	23,622	15,974	31,270
Nonrelatives	23,703	15,565	31,841
Unmarried partner	7,808	4,333	11,283

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	125,111	121,900	128,322
Family households (families)	82,725	77,118	88,332
With own children under 18 years	37,634	32,776	42,492
Married-couple families	58,831	53,494	64,168
With own children under 18 years	26,099	21,872	30,326
Female householder, no husband present	18,492	14,320	22,664
With own children under 18 years	10,213	6,546	13,880
Nonfamily households	42,386	37,314	47,458
Householder living alone	32,311	27,842	36,780
65 years and over	10,261	7,721	12,801

Households with one or more people under 18 years	41,934	37,342	46,526
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	31,115	28,491	33,739

Average household size	2.72	2.65	2.79
Average family size	3.30	3.15	3.45

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	136,986	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	125,111	121,900	128,322
Vacant housing units	11,875	8,664	15,086

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6	0.0	3.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.6	4.7	14.5

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	125,111	121,900	128,322
Owner-occupied	82,970	77,806	88,134
Renter-occupied	42,141	36,682	47,600

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.00	2.87	3.13
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.19	1.98	2.40

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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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