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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	442,235	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	216,880	214,644	219,116
Female	225,355	223,119	227,591
Under 5 years	27,640	26,165	29,115
5 to 9 years	34,245	30,087	38,403
10 to 14 years	32,158	27,795	36,521
15 to 19 years	27,525	25,986	29,064
20 to 24 years	24,291	22,951	25,631
25 to 34 years	52,377	50,099	54,655
35 to 44 years	76,084	72,916	79,252
45 to 54 years	71,004	68,695	73,313
55 to 59 years	27,478	24,658	30,298
60 to 64 years	20,190	17,273	23,107
65 to 74 years	27,313	25,936	28,690
75 to 84 years	20,341	19,206	21,476
85 years and over	1,589	687	2,491

Median age (years)	37.9	37.4	38.4

18 years and over	330,098	*****	*****
21 years and over	318,466	316,894	320,038
62 years and over	60,514	57,838	63,190
65 years and over	49,243	47,604	50,882
Male	21,866	20,845	22,887
Female	27,377	26,484	28,270

RACE
One race	440,727	439,254	442,200
White	393,729	390,809	396,649
Black or African American	24,519	22,403	26,635
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,183	0	2,760
Asian	12,358	11,572	13,144
Asian Indian	2,145	527	3,763
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	4,225	1,966	6,484
Filipino	1,551	0	3,223
Japanese	0	0	504
Korean	1,114	0	2,388
Vietnamese	473	0	1,086
Other Asian	2,850	530	5,170
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	8,938	5,847	12,029
Two or more races	1,508	35	2,981
Two races including Some other race	215	0	563
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,293	0	2,707

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	395,237	392,049	398,425
Black or African American	25,039	23,061	27,017
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,956	108	3,804
Asian	12,358	11,572	13,144
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	504
Some other race	9,153	6,056	12,250

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	442,235	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	15,015	*****	*****
Mexican	9,110	6,578	11,642
Puerto Rican	2,282	432	4,132
Cuban	0	0	504
Other Hispanic or Latino	3,623	1,214	6,032
Not Hispanic or Latino	427,220	*****	*****
White alone	387,291	386,670	387,912
Black or African American alone	24,246	22,250	26,242
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,183	0	2,760
Asian alone	12,358	11,572	13,144
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	504
Some other race alone	849	0	1,831
Two or more races:	1,293	0	2,707
Two races including Some other race	0	0	504
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,293	0	2,707

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	442,235	*****	*****
Householder	169,340	163,415	175,265
Spouse	100,642	95,444	105,840
Child	141,729	137,343	146,115
Other relatives	12,800	9,589	16,011
Nonrelatives	17,724	12,767	22,681
Unmarried partner	6,548	3,758	9,338

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	164,742	161,576	167,908
Family households (families)	118,031	111,993	124,069
With own children under 18 years	53,571	48,898	58,244
Married-couple families	98,602	92,167	105,037
With own children under 18 years	43,565	39,329	47,801
Female householder, no husband present	12,322	9,642	15,002
With own children under 18 years	7,023	4,799	9,247
Nonfamily households	46,711	40,814	52,608
Householder living alone	38,195	32,665	43,725
65 years and over	12,161	9,792	14,530

Households with one or more people under 18 years	57,240	52,443	62,037
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	35,704	33,390	38,018

Average household size	2.68	2.63	2.73
Average family size	3.20	3.09	3.31

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	173,285	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	164,742	161,576	167,908
Vacant housing units	8,543	5,377	11,709

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3	0.6	3.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.8	0.8	6.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	164,742	161,576	167,908
Owner-occupied	123,525	118,008	129,042
Renter-occupied	41,217	35,780	46,654

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.82	2.73	2.91
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.29	2.09	2.49

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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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