ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton, PA MSA -- Table 1

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Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton, PA MSA

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	644,098	634,484	653,712
SEX AND AGE
Male	312,756	307,026	318,486
Female	331,342	325,317	337,367
Under 5 years	35,795	32,751	38,839
5 to 9 years	44,633	39,549	49,717
10 to 14 years	45,010	40,125	49,895
15 to 19 years	35,404	32,341	38,467
20 to 24 years	37,822	34,010	41,634
25 to 34 years	80,119	74,818	85,420
35 to 44 years	104,369	99,653	109,085
45 to 54 years	98,924	95,183	102,665
55 to 59 years	38,922	34,475	43,369
60 to 64 years	27,464	23,193	31,735
65 to 74 years	47,666	44,987	50,345
75 to 84 years	35,089	31,768	38,410
85 years and over	12,881	10,361	15,401

Median age (years)	39.6	39.1	40.1

18 years and over	494,926	488,229	501,623
21 years and over	476,109	468,268	483,950
62 years and over	109,267	105,124	113,410
65 years and over	95,636	92,313	98,959
Male	39,341	37,830	40,852
Female	56,295	53,658	58,932

RACE
One race	638,818	628,756	648,880
White	577,777	566,096	589,458
Black or African American	21,492	19,361	23,623
American Indian and Alaska Native	224	0	627
Asian	12,488	11,346	13,630
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	482
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	26,837	20,737	32,937
Two or more races	5,280	2,731	7,829
Two races including Some other race	1,626	108	3,144
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,654	1,727	5,581

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	583,057	571,495	594,619
Black or African American	23,531	21,913	25,149
American Indian and Alaska Native	840	46	1,634
Asian	13,487	13,005	13,969
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	482
Some other race	28,463	22,147	34,779

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	644,098	634,484	653,712
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	56,259	54,907	57,611
Mexican	7,248	3,035	11,461
Puerto Rican	36,446	31,178	41,714
Cuban	1,191	182	2,200
Other Hispanic or Latino	11,374	6,625	16,123
Not Hispanic or Latino	587,839	578,171	597,507
White alone	550,745	541,042	560,448
Black or African American alone	20,556	18,608	22,504
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	224	0	627
Asian alone	12,488	11,346	13,630
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	172	0	481
Two or more races:	3,654	1,727	5,581
Two races including Some other race	0	0	482
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,654	1,727	5,581

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	644,098	634,484	653,712
Householder	258,691	252,836	264,546
Spouse	142,763	135,136	150,390
Child	190,137	182,697	197,577
Other relatives	26,760	20,746	32,774
Nonrelatives	25,747	20,788	30,706
Unmarried partner	17,032	13,240	20,824

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	254,041	249,401	258,681
Family households (families)	176,258	168,148	184,368
With own children under 18 years	81,366	75,454	87,278
Married-couple families	140,138	131,902	148,374
With own children under 18 years	62,556	56,520	68,592
Female householder, no husband present	25,768	21,747	29,789
With own children under 18 years	13,940	10,553	17,327
Nonfamily households	77,783	69,571	85,995
Householder living alone	64,968	58,313	71,623
65 years and over	29,384	25,343	33,425

Households with one or more people under 18 years	87,835	81,723	93,947
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	69,536	65,720	73,352

Average household size	2.54	2.49	2.59
Average family size	3.07	2.98	3.16

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	276,920	273,649	280,191
Occupied housing units	254,041	249,401	258,681
Vacant housing units	22,879	17,957	27,801

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6	0.6	2.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.3	2.4	8.1

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	254,041	249,401	258,681
Owner-occupied	187,435	180,545	194,325
Renter-occupied	66,606	59,638	73,574

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.67	2.60	2.74
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.16	2.03	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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