ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Mecklenburg 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	736,815	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	359,989	357,947	362,031
Female	376,826	374,784	378,868
Under 5 years	59,081	58,808	59,354
5 to 9 years	51,397	45,593	57,201
10 to 14 years	55,648	49,984	61,312
15 to 19 years	40,287	37,743	42,831
20 to 24 years	47,158	44,764	49,552
25 to 34 years	128,122	124,828	131,416
35 to 44 years	130,915	127,683	134,147
45 to 54 years	102,779	99,730	105,828
55 to 59 years	39,585	36,314	42,856
60 to 64 years	22,090	18,756	25,424
65 to 74 years	34,623	32,903	36,343
75 to 84 years	20,055	18,210	21,900
85 years and over	5,075	3,209	6,941

Median age (years)	33.9	33.6	34.2

18 years and over	541,918	541,358	542,478
21 years and over	525,479	522,195	528,763
62 years and over	71,748	68,586	74,910
65 years and over	59,753	58,201	61,305
Male	23,927	22,997	24,857
Female	35,826	34,612	37,040

RACE
One race	718,170	710,069	726,271
White	475,568	470,966	480,170
Black or African American	204,576	196,547	212,605
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,807	1,008	2,606
Asian	27,896	25,896	29,896
Asian Indian	10,911	5,744	16,078
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	4,276	1,513	7,039
Filipino	502	0	1,330
Japanese	440	0	1,008
Korean	2,803	693	4,913
Vietnamese	3,606	811	6,401
Other Asian	5,358	660	10,056
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	553
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	8,323	4,114	12,532
Two or more races	18,645	10,544	26,746
Two races including Some other race	1,983	0	4,143
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	16,662	8,961	24,363

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	487,917	479,914	495,920
Black or African American	218,332	216,843	219,821
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,454	4,371	18,537
Asian	31,118	29,604	32,632
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	553
Some other race	10,306	5,770	14,842

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	736,815	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	59,565	*****	*****
Mexican	32,121	25,737	38,505
Puerto Rican	6,646	2,612	10,680
Cuban	2,597	963	4,231
Other Hispanic or Latino	18,201	12,283	24,119
Not Hispanic or Latino	677,250	*****	*****
White alone	427,632	427,079	428,185
Black or African American alone	203,566	195,682	211,450
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,807	1,008	2,606
Asian alone	27,606	25,667	29,545
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	553
Some other race alone	418	0	1,123
Two or more races:	16,221	8,218	24,224
Two races including Some other race	1,336	0	3,449
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	14,885	7,289	22,481

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	736,815	*****	*****
Householder	299,704	291,975	307,433
Spouse	137,127	129,520	144,734
Child	210,002	202,963	217,041
Other relatives	41,744	33,193	50,295
Nonrelatives	48,238	39,979	56,497
Unmarried partner	16,321	11,808	20,834

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	304,200	297,807	310,593
Family households (families)	198,364	189,999	206,729
With own children under 18 years	105,638	97,816	113,460
Married-couple families	140,607	131,909	149,305
With own children under 18 years	68,031	61,563	74,499
Female householder, no husband present	45,753	39,702	51,804
With own children under 18 years	29,774	24,638	34,910
Nonfamily households	105,836	97,643	114,029
Householder living alone	82,547	74,338	90,756
65 years and over	17,074	14,312	19,836

Households with one or more people under 18 years	114,216	107,029	121,403
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	47,012	43,775	50,249

Average household size	2.42	2.37	2.47
Average family size	2.96	2.87	3.05

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	335,547	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	304,200	297,807	310,593
Vacant housing units	31,347	24,954	37,740

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.4	1.1	3.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.3	8.6	16.0

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	304,200	297,807	310,593
Owner-occupied	185,750	177,086	194,414
Renter-occupied	118,450	108,930	127,970

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.62	2.55	2.69
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.12	2.02	2.22

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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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