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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	676,470	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	334,324	332,943	335,705
Female	342,146	340,765	343,527
Under 5 years	52,425	51,202	53,648
5 to 9 years	49,911	45,344	54,478
10 to 14 years	50,979	46,351	55,607
15 to 19 years	38,920	35,925	41,915
20 to 24 years	42,991	39,235	46,747
25 to 34 years	120,844	117,351	124,337
35 to 44 years	121,829	119,581	124,077
45 to 54 years	95,280	93,346	97,214
55 to 59 years	31,230	28,251	34,209
60 to 64 years	23,957	21,008	26,906
65 to 74 years	28,837	27,879	29,795
75 to 84 years	14,970	13,190	16,750
85 years and over	4,297	2,758	5,836

Median age (years)	33.7	33.4	34.0

18 years and over	496,931	496,375	497,487
21 years and over	477,646	474,162	481,130
62 years and over	62,383	59,546	65,220
65 years and over	48,104	47,406	48,802
Male	20,194	19,703	20,685
Female	27,910	27,419	28,401

RACE
One race	669,178	665,715	672,641
White	486,834	480,474	493,194
Black or African American	134,911	132,159	137,663
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,955	1,042	2,868
Asian	28,288	26,771	29,805
Asian Indian	15,508	11,598	19,418
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	6,063	2,777	9,349
Filipino	861	0	1,801
Japanese	1,331	0	2,688
Korean	829	0	1,697
Vietnamese	1,508	0	3,636
Other Asian	2,188	695	3,681
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	17,190	10,986	23,394
Two or more races	7,292	3,829	10,755
Two races including Some other race	1,220	151	2,289
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,072	2,925	9,219

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	494,126	487,003	501,249
Black or African American	137,362	136,126	138,598
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,106	2,702	7,510
Asian	30,614	30,061	31,167
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	553
Some other race	18,410	12,106	24,714

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	676,470	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	45,248	*****	*****
Mexican	30,130	24,635	35,625
Puerto Rican	4,880	2,044	7,716
Cuban	248	0	657
Other Hispanic or Latino	9,990	4,913	15,067
Not Hispanic or Latino	631,222	*****	*****
White alone	459,026	456,528	461,524
Black or African American alone	134,089	131,489	136,689
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,955	1,042	2,868
Asian alone	28,288	26,771	29,805
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	553
Some other race alone	1,792	0	4,290
Two or more races:	6,072	2,925	9,219
Two races including Some other race	0	0	553
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,072	2,925	9,219

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	676,470	*****	*****
Householder	282,932	277,339	288,525
Spouse	136,209	129,887	142,531
Child	200,016	194,562	205,470
Other relatives	19,147	14,839	23,455
Nonrelatives	38,166	32,256	44,076
Unmarried partner	14,024	10,180	17,868

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	271,556	266,567	276,545
Family households (families)	167,485	159,602	175,368
With own children under 18 years	93,941	87,137	100,745
Married-couple families	130,996	123,772	138,220
With own children under 18 years	68,423	62,219	74,627
Female householder, no husband present	28,340	23,555	33,125
With own children under 18 years	21,493	17,001	25,985
Nonfamily households	104,071	96,848	111,294
Householder living alone	81,623	74,571	88,675
65 years and over	13,739	10,968	16,510

Households with one or more people under 18 years	97,203	90,433	103,973
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	34,853	32,516	37,190

Average household size	2.49	2.45	2.53
Average family size	3.17	3.07	3.27

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	293,580	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	271,556	266,567	276,545
Vacant housing units	22,024	17,035	27,013

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.0	0.2	1.8
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.9	6.9	12.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	271,556	266,567	276,545
Owner-occupied	180,335	172,395	188,275
Renter-occupied	91,221	83,518	98,924

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.65	2.57	2.73
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.17	2.06	2.28

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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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