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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	2,433,203	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,143,611	1,141,860	1,145,362
Female	1,289,592	1,287,841	1,291,343
Under 5 years	184,342	183,662	185,022
5 to 9 years	172,643	162,709	182,577
10 to 14 years	179,381	169,486	189,276
15 to 19 years	160,526	159,344	161,708
20 to 24 years	177,060	175,646	178,474
25 to 34 years	375,072	373,908	376,236
35 to 44 years	360,597	359,908	361,286
45 to 54 years	320,133	319,449	320,817
55 to 59 years	129,956	122,205	137,707
60 to 64 years	91,232	83,481	98,983
65 to 74 years	147,813	145,894	149,732
75 to 84 years	103,223	98,023	108,423
85 years and over	31,225	26,762	35,688

Median age (years)	34.2	34.0	34.4

18 years and over	1,794,371	1,793,213	1,795,529
21 years and over	1,704,579	1,698,621	1,710,537
62 years and over	328,912	322,088	335,736
65 years and over	282,261	281,605	282,917
Male	108,986	108,330	109,642
Female	173,275	173,273	173,277

RACE
One race	2,353,029	2,336,435	2,369,623
White	1,025,074	1,001,065	1,049,083
Black or African American	903,283	881,515	925,051
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,248	3,322	7,174
Asian	207,496	202,791	212,201
Asian Indian	51,239	36,415	66,063
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	117,152	101,751	132,553
Filipino	8,389	3,979	12,799
Japanese	4,024	1,305	6,743
Korean	8,162	3,731	12,593
Vietnamese	993	0	2,176
Other Asian	17,537	9,792	25,282
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	503
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	211,928	188,484	235,372
Two or more races	80,174	63,580	96,768
Two races including Some other race	7,649	4,084	11,214
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	72,525	56,092	88,958

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	1,088,294	1,062,901	1,113,687
Black or African American	968,982	944,439	993,525
American Indian and Alaska Native	11,760	9,053	14,467
Asian	226,249	219,158	233,340
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,539	0	3,273
Some other race	220,701	197,053	244,349

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	2,433,203	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	496,152	*****	*****
Mexican	67,066	45,826	88,306
Puerto Rican	226,603	198,005	255,201
Cuban	6,427	3,100	9,754
Other Hispanic or Latino	196,056	168,922	223,190
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,937,051	*****	*****
White alone	834,901	832,191	837,611
Black or African American alone	826,204	814,845	837,563
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	4,235	2,624	5,846
Asian alone	207,496	202,791	212,201
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	503
Some other race alone	16,977	9,559	24,395
Two or more races:	47,238	36,620	57,856
Two races including Some other race	2,895	423	5,367
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	44,343	34,124	54,562

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	2,433,203	*****	*****
Householder	963,235	944,200	982,270
Spouse	335,183	321,711	348,655
Child	791,770	771,652	811,888
Other relatives	230,629	207,326	253,932
Nonrelatives	112,386	100,494	124,278
Unmarried partner	44,998	37,001	52,995

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	873,415	865,605	881,225
Family households (families)	544,944	528,895	560,993
With own children under 18 years	268,512	255,649	281,375
Married-couple families	302,424	285,003	319,845
With own children under 18 years	140,189	127,283	153,095
Female householder, no husband present	192,653	179,867	205,439
With own children under 18 years	107,124	95,863	118,385
Nonfamily households	328,471	313,742	343,200
Householder living alone	280,016	264,863	295,169
65 years and over	90,085	83,033	97,137

Households with one or more people under 18 years	308,945	295,502	322,388
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	209,068	202,070	216,066

Average household size	2.79	2.76	2.82
Average family size	3.60	3.52	3.68

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	940,176	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	873,415	865,605	881,225
Vacant housing units	66,761	58,951	74,571

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9	0.9	2.8
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.9	4.0	5.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	873,415	865,605	881,225
Owner-occupied	265,594	252,911	278,277
Renter-occupied	607,821	594,928	620,714

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.07	2.97	3.17
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.66	2.61	2.71

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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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