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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	308,970	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	145,607	142,576	148,638
Female	163,363	160,332	166,394
Under 5 years	22,058	22,054	22,062
5 to 9 years	18,542	15,565	21,519
10 to 14 years	22,520	19,462	25,578
15 to 19 years	18,482	16,527	20,437
20 to 24 years	24,028	21,373	26,683
25 to 34 years	43,048	39,868	46,228
35 to 44 years	50,769	45,690	55,848
45 to 54 years	42,669	38,485	46,853
55 to 59 years	14,444	12,018	16,870
60 to 64 years	16,252	13,826	18,678
65 to 74 years	19,927	19,171	20,683
75 to 84 years	13,776	12,529	15,023
85 years and over	2,455	1,208	3,702

Median age (years)	37.1	36.1	38.1

18 years and over	233,540	232,980	234,100
21 years and over	220,511	217,853	223,169
62 years and over	45,496	42,800	48,192
65 years and over	36,158	35,402	36,914
Male	15,085	14,707	15,463
Female	21,073	20,695	21,451

RACE
One race	305,992	303,859	308,125
White	187,168	185,766	188,570
Black or African American	111,726	107,818	115,634
American Indian and Alaska Native	532	34	1,030
Asian	4,426	3,664	5,188
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	548
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	2,140	0	4,451
Two or more races	2,978	845	5,111
Two races including Some other race	274	0	742
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,704	866	4,542

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	189,192	187,298	191,086
Black or African American	113,713	110,494	116,932
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,415	328	2,502
Asian	5,400	4,639	6,161
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	548
Some other race	2,414	40	4,788

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	308,970	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3,822	633	7,011
Mexican	2,078	0	4,535
Puerto Rican	0	0	548
Cuban	253	0	713
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,491	0	3,269
Not Hispanic or Latino	305,148	301,959	308,337
White alone	185,760	185,212	186,308
Black or African American alone	111,726	107,818	115,634
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	532	34	1,030
Asian alone	4,426	3,664	5,188
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	548
Some other race alone	0	0	548
Two or more races:	2,704	866	4,542
Two races including Some other race	0	0	548
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,704	866	4,542

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	308,970	*****	*****
Householder	133,520	128,062	138,978
Spouse	59,328	55,045	63,611
Child	89,046	83,664	94,428
Other relatives	15,282	9,344	21,220
Nonrelatives	11,794	8,656	14,932
Unmarried partner	3,861	2,081	5,641

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	125,267	121,105	129,429
Family households (families)	79,397	73,848	84,946
With own children under 18 years	34,085	29,355	38,815
Married-couple families	55,103	50,125	60,081
With own children under 18 years	19,793	15,701	23,885
Female householder, no husband present	20,317	16,174	24,460
With own children under 18 years	12,663	9,163	16,163
Nonfamily households	45,870	40,233	51,507
Householder living alone	38,361	32,629	44,093
65 years and over	10,155	8,223	12,087

Households with one or more people under 18 years	39,185	34,644	43,726
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	26,212	24,308	28,116

Average household size	2.47	2.39	2.55
Average family size	3.13	2.97	3.29

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	151,113	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	125,267	121,105	129,429
Vacant housing units	25,846	21,684	30,008

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.2	0.2	4.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	14.9	10.0	19.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	125,267	121,105	129,429
Owner-occupied	77,430	71,642	83,218
Renter-occupied	47,837	42,205	53,469

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.51	2.37	2.65
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.39	2.20	2.58

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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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