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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	599,972	579,539	620,405
SEX AND AGE
Male	282,549	270,469	294,629
Female	317,423	306,379	328,467
Under 5 years	45,757	41,277	50,237
5 to 9 years	45,724	40,415	51,033
10 to 14 years	45,050	39,869	50,231
15 to 19 years	40,369	36,448	44,290
20 to 24 years	44,014	39,928	48,100
25 to 34 years	95,710	89,943	101,477
35 to 44 years	90,770	84,407	97,133
45 to 54 years	80,533	74,366	86,700
55 to 59 years	25,107	21,081	29,133
60 to 64 years	24,030	20,622	27,438
65 to 74 years	33,407	30,763	36,051
75 to 84 years	22,523	19,514	25,532
85 years and over	6,978	4,506	9,450

Median age (years)	33.4	32.5	34.3

18 years and over	438,716	424,141	453,291
21 years and over	414,769	400,501	429,037
62 years and over	77,533	72,825	82,241
65 years and over	62,908	59,089	66,727
Male	23,888	21,826	25,950
Female	39,020	36,543	41,497

RACE
One race	596,932	576,710	617,154
White	187,359	173,405	201,313
Black or African American	386,707	374,926	398,488
American Indian and Alaska Native	688	0	1,557
Asian	11,575	7,135	16,015
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	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	10,603	6,515	14,691
Two or more races	3,040	1,258	4,822
Two races including Some other race	252	0	720
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,788	1,095	4,481

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	189,490	175,511	203,469
Black or African American	388,544	376,661	400,427
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,548	816	4,280
Asian	11,575	7,135	16,015
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	527
Some other race	10,855	6,681	15,029

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	599,972	579,539	620,405
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	17,343	12,090	22,596
Mexican	14,912	9,547	20,277
Puerto Rican	652	0	1,503
Cuban	0	0	527
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,779	0	4,022
Not Hispanic or Latino	582,629	563,820	601,438
White alone	181,648	168,891	194,405
Black or African American alone	386,460	374,672	398,248
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	158	0	456
Asian alone	11,575	7,135	16,015
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	527
Some other race alone	0	0	527
Two or more races:	2,788	1,095	4,481
Two races including Some other race	0	0	527
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	2,788	1,095	4,481

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	599,972	579,539	620,405
Householder	259,766	250,082	269,450
Spouse	72,409	65,524	79,294
Child	177,348	164,958	189,738
Other relatives	49,115	37,710	60,520
Nonrelatives	41,334	33,145	49,523
Unmarried partner	15,580	11,472	19,688

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	247,808	238,982	256,634
Family households (families)	145,923	136,786	155,060
With own children under 18 years	70,081	62,835	77,327
Married-couple families	66,578	59,676	73,480
With own children under 18 years	27,009	22,299	31,719
Female householder, no husband present	59,319	53,324	65,314
With own children under 18 years	36,685	31,635	41,735
Nonfamily households	101,885	93,685	110,085
Householder living alone	85,443	77,836	93,050
65 years and over	20,486	17,396	23,576

Households with one or more people under 18 years	85,172	77,722	92,622
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	52,395	48,268	56,522

Average household size	2.42	2.36	2.48
Average family size	3.10	2.98	3.22

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	275,183	267,974	282,392
Occupied housing units	247,808	238,982	256,634
Vacant housing units	27,375	21,933	32,817

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.0	0.9	5.0
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.6	7.3	14.0

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	247,808	238,982	256,634
Owner-occupied	134,512	125,847	143,177
Renter-occupied	113,296	103,311	123,281

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.46	2.34	2.58
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	2.25	2.51

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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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