ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Birmingham, AL MSA -- Table 1

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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	920,671	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	440,616	437,739	443,493
Female	480,055	477,178	482,932
Under 5 years	62,958	61,103	64,813
5 to 9 years	60,099	53,781	66,417
10 to 14 years	68,331	61,793	74,869
15 to 19 years	61,470	58,489	64,451
20 to 24 years	61,003	58,701	63,305
25 to 34 years	126,827	124,750	128,904
35 to 44 years	140,135	137,719	142,551
45 to 54 years	136,274	134,654	137,894
55 to 59 years	50,864	46,483	55,245
60 to 64 years	40,999	36,605	45,393
65 to 74 years	59,719	58,625	60,813
75 to 84 years	37,498	34,230	40,766
85 years and over	14,494	11,325	17,663

Median age (years)	37.0	36.6	37.4

18 years and over	690,572	689,068	692,076
21 years and over	653,538	648,790	658,286
62 years and over	133,437	129,303	137,571
65 years and over	111,711	110,199	113,223
Male	44,844	44,186	45,502
Female	66,867	65,534	68,200

RACE
One race	915,246	912,654	917,838
White	615,824	612,662	618,986
Black or African American	279,674	277,233	282,115
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,804	703	2,905
Asian	10,634	9,262	12,006
Asian Indian	2,037	404	3,670
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	6,540	4,500	8,580
Filipino	0	0	482
Japanese	198	0	534
Korean	1,060	0	2,381
Vietnamese	799	142	1,456
Other Asian	0	0	482
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	324	0	802
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	6,986	3,746	10,226
Two or more races	5,425	2,833	8,017
Two races including Some other race	459	0	1,221
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,966	2,386	7,546

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	621,019	616,967	625,071
Black or African American	281,932	280,431	283,433
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,932	2,407	5,457
Asian	11,444	10,421	12,467
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	324	0	802
Some other race	7,445	4,145	10,745

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	920,671	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	20,310	*****	*****
Mexican	14,879	12,330	17,428
Puerto Rican	442	0	970
Cuban	0	0	482
Other Hispanic or Latino	4,989	2,589	7,389
Not Hispanic or Latino	900,361	*****	*****
White alone	602,709	601,485	603,933
Black or African American alone	279,674	277,233	282,115
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,703	622	2,784
Asian alone	9,986	9,047	10,925
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	965	0	1,942
Two or more races:	5,324	2,740	7,908
Two races including Some other race	459	0	1,221
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,865	2,294	7,436

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	920,671	*****	*****
Householder	378,701	370,591	386,811
Spouse	190,527	183,835	197,219
Child	269,364	261,280	277,448
Other relatives	52,491	44,614	60,368
Nonrelatives	29,588	23,628	35,548
Unmarried partner	9,409	6,118	12,700

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	374,289	368,341	380,237
Family households (families)	253,390	244,854	261,926
With own children under 18 years	114,813	106,942	122,684
Married-couple families	187,814	179,460	196,168
With own children under 18 years	81,822	75,709	87,935
Female householder, no husband present	52,192	46,152	58,232
With own children under 18 years	28,139	22,498	33,780
Nonfamily households	120,899	112,118	129,680
Householder living alone	107,228	98,394	116,062
65 years and over	35,237	30,522	39,952

Households with one or more people under 18 years	128,306	120,611	136,001
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	85,689	81,939	89,439

Average household size	2.46	2.42	2.50
Average family size	3.03	2.96	3.10

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	411,391	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	374,289	368,341	380,237
Vacant housing units	37,102	31,154	43,050

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.4	1.4	3.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.6	5.7	11.5

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	374,289	368,341	380,237
Owner-occupied	260,962	250,348	271,576
Renter-occupied	113,327	104,394	122,260

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.54	2.47	2.61
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.28	2.18	2.38

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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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