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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	276,032	258,647	293,417
SEX AND AGE
Male	129,064	118,377	139,751
Female	146,968	137,924	156,012
Under 5 years	20,108	17,340	22,876
5 to 9 years	19,514	15,658	23,370
10 to 14 years	19,167	15,036	23,298
15 to 19 years	17,660	13,618	21,702
20 to 24 years	22,133	16,966	27,300
25 to 34 years	37,472	31,279	43,665
35 to 44 years	46,794	40,313	53,275
45 to 54 years	36,652	31,420	41,884
55 to 59 years	12,468	9,461	15,475
60 to 64 years	10,872	7,963	13,781
65 to 74 years	15,886	13,343	18,429
75 to 84 years	10,324	8,198	12,450
85 years and over	6,982	4,811	9,153

Median age (years)	35.4	33.7	37.1

18 years and over	205,427	193,772	217,082
21 years and over	192,864	182,280	203,448
62 years and over	40,866	36,894	44,838
65 years and over	33,192	30,065	36,319
Male	12,307	10,493	14,121
Female	20,885	18,593	23,177

RACE
One race	268,482	250,694	286,270
White	152,913	136,412	169,414
Black or African American	103,234	95,609	110,859
American Indian and Alaska Native	770	0	1,753
Asian	4,014	1,635	6,393
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	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	7,551	3,634	11,468
Two or more races	7,550	2,872	12,228
Two races including Some other race	1,330	0	3,569
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,220	2,033	10,407

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	160,006	143,104	176,908
Black or African American	107,909	100,099	115,719
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,160	1,213	5,107
Asian	4,740	2,227	7,253
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	503
Some other race	9,115	4,964	13,266

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	276,032	258,647	293,417
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	25,133	21,520	28,746
Mexican	910	113	1,707
Puerto Rican	18,470	14,296	22,644
Cuban	964	0	2,624
Other Hispanic or Latino	4,789	515	9,063
Not Hispanic or Latino	250,899	234,428	267,370
White alone	140,917	125,178	156,656
Black or African American alone	101,862	94,418	109,306
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	459	0	1,013
Asian alone	4,014	1,635	6,393
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	503
Some other race alone	0	0	503
Two or more races:	3,647	1,781	5,513
Two races including Some other race	0	0	503
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,647	1,781	5,513

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	276,032	258,647	293,417
Householder	121,208	114,364	128,052
Spouse	32,364	27,991	36,737
Child	82,625	72,673	92,577
Other relatives	20,386	15,658	25,114
Nonrelatives	19,449	14,849	24,049
Unmarried partner	9,547	6,381	12,713

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	117,960	112,126	123,794
Family households (families)	66,348	59,524	73,172
With own children under 18 years	34,243	28,931	39,555
Married-couple families	31,771	27,030	36,512
With own children under 18 years	13,919	10,339	17,499
Female householder, no husband present	27,606	23,708	31,504
With own children under 18 years	17,676	14,049	21,303
Nonfamily households	51,612	45,954	57,270
Householder living alone	43,701	38,791	48,611
65 years and over	12,971	10,278	15,664

Households with one or more people under 18 years	38,831	33,418	44,244
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	26,035	23,092	28,978

Average household size	2.34	2.23	2.45
Average family size	3.09	2.89	3.29

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	143,107	136,412	149,802
Occupied housing units	117,960	112,126	123,794
Vacant housing units	25,147	19,518	30,776

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	10.1	6.0	14.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.2	4.9	13.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	117,960	112,126	123,794
Owner-occupied	55,295	49,908	60,682
Renter-occupied	62,665	56,461	68,869

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.59	2.40	2.78
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.12	1.95	2.29

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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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