ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Erie 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	909,896	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	433,472	431,219	435,725
Female	476,424	474,171	478,677
Under 5 years	53,010	52,132	53,888
5 to 9 years	57,869	52,740	62,998
10 to 14 years	62,788	57,781	67,795
15 to 19 years	61,208	58,121	64,295
20 to 24 years	57,093	53,791	60,395
25 to 34 years	105,433	101,368	109,498
35 to 44 years	142,835	138,980	146,690
45 to 54 years	137,431	134,106	140,756
55 to 59 years	53,785	48,982	58,588
60 to 64 years	42,076	37,243	46,909
65 to 74 years	67,408	65,734	69,082
75 to 84 years	49,964	46,692	53,236
85 years and over	18,996	15,802	22,190

Median age (years)	39.4	38.9	39.9

18 years and over	696,409	*****	*****
21 years and over	662,790	658,342	667,238
62 years and over	161,812	157,986	165,638
65 years and over	136,368	135,261	137,475
Male	55,341	54,574	56,108
Female	81,027	80,245	81,809

RACE
One race	899,529	894,486	904,572
White	745,353	740,936	749,770
Black or African American	122,434	120,155	124,713
American Indian and Alaska Native	6,749	5,253	8,245
Asian	16,777	15,836	17,718
Asian Indian	5,878	2,709	9,047
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	5,713	2,497	8,929
Filipino	303	0	732
Japanese	173	0	482
Korean	1,467	302	2,632
Vietnamese	618	0	1,635
Other Asian	2,625	0	5,727
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	503
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	8,216	4,205	12,227
Two or more races	10,367	5,324	15,410
Two races including Some other race	1,808	0	4,160
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	8,559	3,987	13,131

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	755,065	749,905	760,225
Black or African American	128,577	125,123	132,031
American Indian and Alaska Native	9,647	7,657	11,637
Asian	18,064	17,673	18,455
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	503
Some other race	10,258	5,974	14,542

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	909,896	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	33,371	*****	*****
Mexican	1,527	468	2,586
Puerto Rican	21,387	17,139	25,635
Cuban	964	0	2,624
Other Hispanic or Latino	9,493	5,668	13,318
Not Hispanic or Latino	876,525	*****	*****
White alone	727,261	726,758	727,764
Black or African American alone	121,062	118,932	123,192
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	5,241	4,329	6,153
Asian alone	16,777	15,836	17,718
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	503
Some other race alone	0	0	503
Two or more races:	6,184	3,632	8,736
Two races including Some other race	198	0	536
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	5,986	3,426	8,546

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	909,896	*****	*****
Householder	386,661	379,194	394,128
Spouse	173,541	167,437	179,645
Child	262,840	254,479	271,201
Other relatives	38,197	31,776	44,618
Nonrelatives	48,657	40,801	56,513
Unmarried partner	22,199	17,625	26,773

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	383,708	377,294	390,122
Family households (families)	240,626	230,808	250,444
With own children under 18 years	110,027	102,850	117,204
Married-couple families	171,932	163,408	180,456
With own children under 18 years	72,413	66,384	78,442
Female householder, no husband present	52,275	46,557	57,993
With own children under 18 years	30,945	26,214	35,676
Nonfamily households	143,082	134,301	151,863
Householder living alone	121,083	113,272	128,894
65 years and over	43,950	39,296	48,604

Households with one or more people under 18 years	122,024	114,355	129,693
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	102,336	98,853	105,819

Average household size	2.37	2.33	2.41
Average family size	2.98	2.89	3.07

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	420,832	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	383,708	377,294	390,122
Vacant housing units	37,124	30,710	43,538

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.8	1.7	3.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.3	4.4	10.1

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	383,708	377,294	390,122
Owner-occupied	256,265	246,720	265,810
Renter-occupied	127,443	118,578	136,308

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	2.50	2.64
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.98	1.89	2.07

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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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