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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	993,424	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	497,719	495,597	499,841
Female	495,705	493,583	497,827
Under 5 years	69,221	66,820	71,622
5 to 9 years	71,971	65,457	78,485
10 to 14 years	72,450	65,445	79,455
15 to 19 years	62,171	59,575	64,767
20 to 24 years	50,251	47,246	53,256
25 to 34 years	128,536	125,462	131,610
35 to 44 years	176,633	174,151	179,115
45 to 54 years	164,698	163,615	165,781
55 to 59 years	70,488	65,620	75,356
60 to 64 years	44,009	39,353	48,665
65 to 74 years	51,384	49,086	53,682
75 to 84 years	24,958	22,908	27,008
85 years and over	6,654	4,619	8,689

Median age (years)	37.9	37.5	38.3

18 years and over	738,264	737,870	738,658
21 years and over	708,667	705,184	712,150
62 years and over	106,229	101,546	110,912
65 years and over	82,996	80,558	85,434
Male	36,982	35,760	38,204
Female	46,014	44,338	47,690

RACE
One race	976,942	972,529	981,355
White	699,126	688,574	709,678
Black or African American	85,113	81,836	88,390
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,189	1,336	3,042
Asian	159,860	155,024	164,696
Asian Indian	42,951	33,826	52,076
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	18,612	12,607	24,617
Filipino	12,947	6,566	19,328
Japanese	3,772	0	7,716
Korean	35,094	25,039	45,149
Vietnamese	28,301	19,207	37,395
Other Asian	18,183	11,329	25,037
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	527
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	30,654	21,572	39,736
Two or more races	16,482	12,069	20,895
Two races including Some other race	6,392	3,709	9,075
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	10,090	6,632	13,548

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	712,652	702,927	722,377
Black or African American	89,467	87,676	91,258
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,577	4,544	6,610
Asian	165,014	160,699	169,329
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	925	0	2,087
Some other race	37,046	27,311	46,781

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	993,424	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	122,492	*****	*****
Mexican	15,971	7,876	24,066
Puerto Rican	8,918	3,296	14,540
Cuban	441	0	968
Other Hispanic or Latino	97,162	87,291	107,033
Not Hispanic or Latino	870,932	*****	*****
White alone	614,310	612,279	616,341
Black or African American alone	83,963	81,289	86,637
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,189	1,336	3,042
Asian alone	156,797	154,474	159,120
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	527
Some other race alone	3,506	1,550	5,462
Two or more races:	10,167	6,517	13,817
Two races including Some other race	1,585	147	3,023
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	8,582	5,317	11,847

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	993,424	*****	*****
Householder	373,413	365,847	380,979
Spouse	218,288	211,347	225,229
Child	293,110	286,021	300,199
Other relatives	65,656	56,446	74,866
Nonrelatives	42,957	35,160	50,754
Unmarried partner	12,654	9,051	16,257

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	366,851	362,999	370,703
Family households (families)	259,957	252,752	267,162
With own children under 18 years	132,033	125,330	138,736
Married-couple families	213,198	205,325	221,071
With own children under 18 years	109,669	103,918	115,420
Female householder, no husband present	29,634	24,690	34,578
With own children under 18 years	15,667	12,003	19,331
Nonfamily households	106,894	99,740	114,048
Householder living alone	87,469	80,887	94,051
65 years and over	19,176	15,900	22,452

Households with one or more people under 18 years	138,581	132,117	145,045
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	61,926	57,921	65,931

Average household size	2.71	2.68	2.74
Average family size	3.24	3.17	3.31

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	377,901	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	366,851	362,999	370,703
Vacant housing units	11,050	7,198	14,902

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.5	0.0	1.1
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.6	1.6	5.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	366,851	362,999	370,703
Owner-occupied	262,017	254,184	269,850
Renter-occupied	104,834	97,433	112,235

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.77	2.71	2.83
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.54	2.42	2.66

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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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