ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Lehigh 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	310,151	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	148,031	146,048	150,014
Female	162,120	160,137	164,103
Under 5 years	18,551	17,829	19,273
5 to 9 years	22,843	19,893	25,793
10 to 14 years	21,676	18,710	24,642
15 to 19 years	16,588	14,833	18,343
20 to 24 years	17,250	15,419	19,081
25 to 34 years	39,803	37,267	42,339
35 to 44 years	52,343	49,616	55,070
45 to 54 years	45,250	43,469	47,031
55 to 59 years	18,486	15,356	21,616
60 to 64 years	12,855	9,842	15,868
65 to 74 years	21,843	21,207	22,479
75 to 84 years	15,959	14,018	17,900
85 years and over	6,704	4,650	8,758

Median age (years)	38.9	38.2	39.6

18 years and over	235,885	235,488	236,282
21 years and over	227,281	225,151	229,411
62 years and over	51,203	48,786	53,620
65 years and over	44,506	43,459	45,553
Male	18,009	17,714	18,304
Female	26,497	25,498	27,496

RACE
One race	308,260	306,694	309,826
White	270,311	265,112	275,510
Black or African American	13,557	12,491	14,623
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0	504
Asian	8,227	7,249	9,205
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	16,165	11,323	21,007
Two or more races	1,891	325	3,457
Two races including Some other race	790	0	1,905
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,101	57	2,145

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	272,202	267,009	277,395
Black or African American	13,756	12,766	14,746
American Indian and Alaska Native	248	0	655
Asian	8,881	8,377	9,385
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	504
Some other race	16,955	11,971	21,939

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	310,151	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	35,806	*****	*****
Mexican	791	0	1,778
Puerto Rican	26,574	22,412	30,736
Cuban	347	0	764
Other Hispanic or Latino	8,094	3,989	12,199
Not Hispanic or Latino	274,345	*****	*****
White alone	252,203	251,699	252,707
Black or African American alone	12,814	12,244	13,384
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0	0	504
Asian alone	8,227	7,249	9,205
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	504
Some other race alone	0	0	504
Two or more races:	1,101	57	2,145
Two races including Some other race	0	0	504
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,101	57	2,145

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	310,151	*****	*****
Householder	125,559	121,505	129,613
Spouse	67,387	62,930	71,844
Child	94,494	90,034	98,954
Other relatives	9,803	6,591	13,015
Nonrelatives	12,908	9,635	16,181
Unmarried partner	8,711	6,049	11,373

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	121,739	118,555	124,923
Family households (families)	84,207	78,730	89,684
With own children under 18 years	40,840	36,883	44,797
Married-couple families	65,399	60,280	70,518
With own children under 18 years	29,725	26,000	33,450
Female householder, no husband present	12,893	9,987	15,799
With own children under 18 years	8,443	5,750	11,136
Nonfamily households	37,532	32,224	42,840
Householder living alone	31,383	26,715	36,051
65 years and over	12,613	10,340	14,886

Households with one or more people under 18 years	42,602	38,553	46,651
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	32,383	30,063	34,703

Average household size	2.55	2.48	2.62
Average family size	3.08	2.94	3.22

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	133,070	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	121,739	118,555	124,923
Vacant housing units	11,331	8,147	14,515

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6	0.9	4.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.1	1.9	10.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	121,739	118,555	124,923
Owner-occupied	85,790	81,684	89,896
Renter-occupied	35,949	31,435	40,463

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.69	2.58	2.80
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.22	2.03	2.41

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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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