ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Berks 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	372,721	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	185,538	183,996	187,080
Female	187,183	185,641	188,725
Under 5 years	22,124	21,421	22,827
5 to 9 years	28,944	24,966	32,922
10 to 14 years	24,055	20,141	27,969
15 to 19 years	22,445	20,034	24,856
20 to 24 years	22,308	20,618	23,998
25 to 34 years	46,412	43,885	48,939
35 to 44 years	60,928	58,254	63,602
45 to 54 years	55,132	52,372	57,892
55 to 59 years	25,320	22,634	28,006
60 to 64 years	12,838	10,279	15,397
65 to 74 years	25,867	24,946	26,788
75 to 84 years	21,007	18,885	23,129
85 years and over	5,341	3,573	7,109

Median age (years)	38.8	38.3	39.3

18 years and over	281,728	280,847	282,609
21 years and over	270,111	265,977	274,245
62 years and over	59,527	56,797	62,257
65 years and over	52,215	50,656	53,774
Male	22,623	21,617	23,629
Female	29,592	28,432	30,752

RACE
One race	369,872	367,924	371,820
White	338,002	331,788	344,216
Black or African American	13,626	11,709	15,543
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,929	269	3,589
Asian	4,046	3,114	4,978
Asian Indian	N	N	N
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	N	N	N
Filipino	N	N	N
Japanese	N	N	N
Korean	N	N	N
Vietnamese	N	N	N
Other Asian	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	504
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	12,269	6,177	18,361
Two or more races	2,849	901	4,797
Two races including Some other race	132	0	385
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,717	814	4,620

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	340,851	334,290	347,412
Black or African American	15,030	13,481	16,579
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,685	656	4,714
Asian	4,603	4,099	5,107
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	504
Some other race	12,401	6,351	18,451

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	372,721	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	39,641	*****	*****
Mexican	9,567	4,492	14,642
Puerto Rican	24,002	18,393	29,611
Cuban	324	0	890
Other Hispanic or Latino	5,748	1,973	9,523
Not Hispanic or Latino	333,080	*****	*****
White alone	312,960	312,456	313,464
Black or African American alone	13,074	11,448	14,700
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	430	0	960
Asian alone	4,046	3,114	4,978
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	504
Some other race alone	0	0	504
Two or more races:	2,570	772	4,368
Two races including Some other race	0	0	504
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,570	772	4,368

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	372,721	*****	*****
Householder	151,368	147,041	155,695
Spouse	80,722	76,435	85,009
Child	107,566	103,322	111,810
Other relatives	11,319	7,910	14,728
Nonrelatives	21,746	17,341	26,151
Unmarried partner	7,871	5,418	10,324

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	146,666	143,854	149,478
Family households (families)	94,202	89,029	99,375
With own children under 18 years	45,305	41,440	49,170
Married-couple families	77,222	72,131	82,313
With own children under 18 years	33,491	29,603	37,379
Female householder, no husband present	12,507	9,466	15,548
With own children under 18 years	9,294	6,599	11,989
Nonfamily households	52,464	46,910	58,018
Householder living alone	40,284	35,295	45,273
65 years and over	14,798	11,868	17,728

Households with one or more people under 18 years	47,545	43,659	51,431
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	36,520	34,069	38,971

Average household size	2.54	2.49	2.59
Average family size	3.15	3.04	3.26

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	155,828	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	146,666	143,854	149,478
Vacant housing units	9,162	6,350	11,974

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2	0.0	2.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.0	1.7	8.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	146,666	143,854	149,478
Owner-occupied	105,084	99,772	110,396
Renter-occupied	41,582	36,232	46,932

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.61	2.52	2.70
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	2.20	2.56

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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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