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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	540,772	525,643	555,901
SEX AND AGE
Male	257,690	247,270	268,110
Female	283,082	274,754	291,410
Under 5 years	34,783	30,686	38,880
5 to 9 years	27,715	22,474	32,956
10 to 14 years	32,523	27,582	37,464
15 to 19 years	31,198	26,491	35,905
20 to 24 years	41,856	37,255	46,457
25 to 34 years	119,146	111,506	126,786
35 to 44 years	91,919	85,929	97,909
45 to 54 years	64,770	59,456	70,084
55 to 59 years	19,859	16,313	23,405
60 to 64 years	22,481	17,932	27,030
65 to 74 years	26,407	23,329	29,485
75 to 84 years	22,650	19,558	25,742
85 years and over	5,465	3,459	7,471

Median age (years)	33.4	32.8	34.0

18 years and over	427,806	417,280	438,332
21 years and over	410,348	399,123	421,573
62 years and over	68,347	64,302	72,392
65 years and over	54,522	51,171	57,873
Male	21,116	19,030	23,202
Female	33,406	31,198	35,614

RACE
One race	529,594	513,664	545,524
White	285,723	274,013	297,433
Black or African American	158,875	149,430	168,320
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,024	116	3,932
Asian	45,533	41,207	49,859
Asian Indian	4,857	2,216	7,498
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	23,486	16,555	30,417
Filipino	3,054	73	6,035
Japanese	913	0	2,056
Korean	1,737	354	3,120
Vietnamese	8,921	2,692	15,150
Other Asian	2,565	565	4,565
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,440	0	3,819
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	35,999	23,525	48,473
Two or more races	11,178	6,203	16,153
Two races including Some other race	2,063	0	4,286
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	9,115	5,291	12,939

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	294,055	281,091	307,019
Black or African American	166,051	157,232	174,870
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,892	1,820	7,964
Asian	47,644	43,402	51,886
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,440	0	3,819
Some other race	38,681	25,935	51,427

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	540,772	525,643	555,901
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	78,541	65,072	92,010
Mexican	3,574	961	6,187
Puerto Rican	21,530	15,083	27,977
Cuban	581	0	1,318
Other Hispanic or Latino	52,856	41,061	64,651
Not Hispanic or Latino	462,231	450,441	474,021
White alone	262,484	251,643	273,325
Black or African American alone	144,273	140,446	148,100
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	817	0	1,652
Asian alone	44,989	40,717	49,261
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	474
Some other race alone	2,013	320	3,706
Two or more races:	7,655	4,320	10,990
Two races including Some other race	469	0	1,030
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	7,186	4,022	10,350

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	540,772	525,643	555,901
Householder	245,996	236,191	255,801
Spouse	72,483	65,721	79,245
Child	139,834	128,862	150,806
Other relatives	32,682	25,201	40,163
Nonrelatives	49,777	43,276	56,278
Unmarried partner	13,762	10,323	17,201

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	225,842	219,648	232,036
Family households (families)	107,126	100,401	113,851
With own children under 18 years	52,857	47,541	58,173
Married-couple families	63,770	57,486	70,054
With own children under 18 years	29,560	24,560	34,560
Female householder, no husband present	32,970	27,390	38,550
With own children under 18 years	20,682	16,474	24,890
Nonfamily households	118,716	111,414	126,018
Householder living alone	90,561	83,551	97,571
65 years and over	21,197	17,679	24,715

Households with one or more people under 18 years	57,911	52,530	63,292
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	40,716	37,215	44,217

Average household size	2.39	2.32	2.46
Average family size	3.39	3.25	3.53

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	252,137	247,526	256,748
Occupied housing units	225,842	219,648	232,036
Vacant housing units	26,295	20,722	31,868

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7	0.1	3.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.7	5.4	9.9

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	225,842	219,648	232,036
Owner-occupied	90,891	83,328	98,454
Renter-occupied	134,951	126,427	143,475

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.70	2.56	2.84
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.19	2.08	2.30

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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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