ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Luzerne 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	300,357	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	144,491	142,263	146,719
Female	155,866	153,638	158,094
Under 5 years	14,804	13,477	16,131
5 to 9 years	19,018	15,294	22,742
10 to 14 years	18,657	15,648	21,666
15 to 19 years	18,179	17,358	19,000
20 to 24 years	16,284	13,457	19,111
25 to 34 years	35,578	32,730	38,426
35 to 44 years	44,856	43,568	46,144
45 to 54 years	44,591	43,918	45,264
55 to 59 years	17,205	14,302	20,108
60 to 64 years	16,712	13,809	19,615
65 to 74 years	25,387	24,883	25,891
75 to 84 years	19,926	17,407	22,445
85 years and over	9,160	6,641	11,679

Median age (years)	41.2	40.3	42.1

18 years and over	235,435	233,313	237,557
21 years and over	227,462	224,961	229,963
62 years and over	63,528	61,507	65,549
65 years and over	54,473	53,969	54,977
Male	21,111	20,607	21,615
Female	33,362	32,858	33,866

RACE
One race	299,037	297,710	300,364
White	290,480	289,016	291,944
Black or African American	5,477	4,081	6,873
American Indian and Alaska Native	249	0	722
Asian	239	0	700
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	2,592	1,030	4,154
Two or more races	1,320	0	2,647
Two races including Some other race	230	0	647
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,090	0	2,274

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	291,800	289,715	293,885
Black or African American	6,567	5,854	7,280
American Indian and Alaska Native	249	0	722
Asian	239	0	700
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	504
Some other race	2,822	1,358	4,286

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	300,357	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	4,275	*****	*****
Mexican	0	0	504
Puerto Rican	2,156	573	3,739
Cuban	0	0	504
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,119	536	3,702
Not Hispanic or Latino	296,082	*****	*****
White alone	289,027	288,523	289,531
Black or African American alone	5,477	4,081	6,873
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	249	0	722
Asian alone	239	0	700
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	504
Some other race alone	0	0	504
Two or more races:	1,090	0	2,274
Two races including Some other race	0	0	504
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,090	0	2,274

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	300,357	*****	*****
Householder	133,496	128,151	138,841
Spouse	61,510	57,193	65,827
Child	82,896	77,782	88,010
Other relatives	11,049	8,062	14,036
Nonrelatives	11,406	7,383	15,429
Unmarried partner	5,890	3,778	8,002

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	128,151	123,876	132,426
Family households (families)	80,223	74,908	85,538
With own children under 18 years	36,571	33,073	40,069
Married-couple families	59,542	54,376	64,708
With own children under 18 years	25,146	21,470	28,822
Female householder, no husband present	14,161	11,183	17,139
With own children under 18 years	8,296	5,722	10,870
Nonfamily households	47,928	42,098	53,758
Householder living alone	41,455	36,126	46,784
65 years and over	19,691	16,115	23,267

Households with one or more people under 18 years	39,001	35,226	42,776
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	43,126	40,452	45,800

Average household size	2.34	2.26	2.42
Average family size	2.99	2.85	3.13

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	146,026	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	128,151	123,876	132,426
Vacant housing units	17,875	13,600	22,150

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.0	0.0	2.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.6	0.4	10.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	128,151	123,876	132,426
Owner-occupied	89,402	83,931	94,873
Renter-occupied	38,749	33,791	43,707

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	2.45	2.67
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.84	1.68	2.00

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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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