ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Dauphin 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	244,870	227,872	261,868
SEX AND AGE
Male	118,969	110,042	127,896
Female	125,901	115,571	136,231
Under 5 years	15,465	12,722	18,208
5 to 9 years	16,248	12,315	20,181
10 to 14 years	14,721	10,695	18,747
15 to 19 years	15,960	12,609	19,311
20 to 24 years	13,628	9,422	17,834
25 to 34 years	33,629	27,944	39,314
35 to 44 years	36,467	31,256	41,678
45 to 54 years	39,671	34,320	45,022
55 to 59 years	16,612	13,138	20,086
60 to 64 years	11,936	9,188	14,684
65 to 74 years	15,422	11,671	19,173
75 to 84 years	10,530	7,621	13,439
85 years and over	4,581	3,103	6,059

Median age (years)	38.7	36.6	40.8

18 years and over	187,932	174,758	201,106
21 years and over	181,006	168,246	193,766
62 years and over	38,040	32,106	43,974
65 years and over	30,533	25,269	35,797
Male	12,476	9,767	15,185
Female	18,057	14,706	21,408

RACE
One race	239,748	222,898	256,598
White	185,752	170,071	201,433
Black or African American	45,154	42,359	47,949
American Indian and Alaska Native	193	0	531
Asian	2,001	565	3,437
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	6,648	2,488	10,808
Two or more races	5,122	2,817	7,427
Two races including Some other race	1,150	0	2,510
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,972	1,871	6,073

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	189,125	173,291	204,959
Black or African American	48,185	46,074	50,296
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,231	1,249	3,213
Asian	2,122	621	3,623
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	531	0	1,347
Some other race	7,798	2,814	12,782

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	244,870	227,872	261,868
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	9,186	4,495	13,877
Mexican	888	0	2,471
Puerto Rican	7,092	2,672	11,512
Cuban	388	0	875
Other Hispanic or Latino	818	74	1,562
Not Hispanic or Latino	235,684	219,296	252,072
White alone	184,119	168,405	199,833
Black or African American alone	44,814	42,018	47,610
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0	0	504
Asian alone	2,001	565	3,437
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	504
Some other race alone	778	0	2,027
Two or more races:	3,972	1,871	6,073
Two races including Some other race	0	0	504
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,972	1,871	6,073

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	244,870	227,872	261,868
Householder	107,896	99,808	115,984
Spouse	46,548	42,264	50,832
Child	65,763	57,887	73,639
Other relatives	14,879	9,884	19,874
Nonrelatives	9,784	6,737	12,831
Unmarried partner	6,870	4,620	9,120

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	105,997	98,388	113,606
Family households (families)	66,713	60,880	72,546
With own children under 18 years	28,984	24,566	33,402
Married-couple families	45,577	41,204	49,950
With own children under 18 years	18,496	15,032	21,960
Female householder, no husband present	14,974	12,271	17,677
With own children under 18 years	7,577	5,342	9,812
Nonfamily households	39,284	33,360	45,208
Householder living alone	33,173	27,821	38,525
65 years and over	8,249	6,026	10,472

Households with one or more people under 18 years	32,187	27,453	36,921
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	23,204	19,351	27,057

Average household size	2.31	2.22	2.40
Average family size	2.93	2.80	3.06

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	114,183	106,246	122,120
Occupied housing units	105,997	98,388	113,606
Vacant housing units	8,186	5,073	11,299

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	4.9	1.9	7.9
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	1.5	0.0	4.0

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	105,997	98,388	113,606
Owner-occupied	70,068	64,371	75,765
Renter-occupied	35,929	30,028	41,830

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.52	2.39	2.65
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.90	1.71	2.09

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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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