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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	5,736,207	5,715,679	5,756,735
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,785,681	2,772,284	2,799,078
Female	2,950,526	2,936,961	2,964,091
Under 5 years	374,551	366,408	382,694
5 to 9 years	385,395	371,828	398,962
10 to 14 years	400,657	386,156	415,158
15 to 19 years	347,434	338,443	356,425
20 to 24 years	320,523	311,555	329,491
25 to 34 years	820,911	809,071	832,751
35 to 44 years	982,532	971,199	993,865
45 to 54 years	852,823	844,441	861,205
55 to 59 years	324,239	313,452	335,026
60 to 64 years	246,537	235,503	257,571
65 to 74 years	344,471	338,275	350,667
75 to 84 years	259,582	251,384	267,780
85 years and over	76,552	69,762	83,342

Median age (years)	37.2	37.0	37.4

18 years and over	4,347,258	4,333,460	4,361,056
21 years and over	4,167,487	4,151,547	4,183,427
62 years and over	811,028	798,707	823,349
65 years and over	680,605	674,064	687,146
Male	279,419	275,716	283,122
Female	401,186	396,077	406,295

RACE
One race	5,656,809	5,632,621	5,680,997
White	4,848,069	4,819,189	4,876,949
Black or African American	333,461	317,933	348,989
American Indian and Alaska Native	10,489	6,710	14,268
Asian	271,404	263,199	279,609
Asian Indian	61,751	50,865	72,637
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	93,055	80,349	105,761
Filipino	12,606	6,950	18,262
Japanese	8,873	4,448	13,298
Korean	14,131	9,810	18,452
Vietnamese	45,461	30,533	60,389
Other Asian	35,527	24,764	46,290
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,641	0	5,441
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	190,745	168,086	213,404
Two or more races	79,398	68,577	90,219
Two races including Some other race	21,275	15,104	27,446
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	58,123	49,132	67,114

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	4,915,684	4,887,501	4,943,867
Black or African American	365,497	351,078	379,916
American Indian and Alaska Native	29,605	23,421	35,789
Asian	289,898	283,908	295,888
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,329	477	6,181
Some other race	214,661	190,595	238,727

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,736,207	5,715,679	5,756,735
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	388,049	384,516	391,582
Mexican	27,823	20,458	35,188
Puerto Rican	155,513	139,779	171,247
Cuban	3,337	1,158	5,516
Other Hispanic or Latino	201,376	185,316	217,436
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,348,158	5,328,540	5,367,776
White alone	4,669,436	4,648,240	4,690,632
Black or African American alone	306,347	298,210	314,484
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	6,252	3,833	8,671
Asian alone	270,541	262,439	278,643
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,201	0	2,583
Some other race alone	34,501	25,542	43,460
Two or more races:	59,880	50,196	69,564
Two races including Some other race	8,379	4,889	11,869
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	51,501	42,844	60,158

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,736,207	5,715,679	5,756,735
Householder	2,311,547	2,295,416	2,327,678
Spouse	1,150,143	1,132,767	1,167,519
Child	1,719,416	1,698,011	1,740,821
Other relatives	269,321	249,447	289,195
Nonrelatives	285,780	267,318	304,242
Unmarried partner	112,465	104,369	120,561

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	2,215,852	2,202,835	2,228,869
Family households (families)	1,455,323	1,438,523	1,472,123
With own children under 18 years	716,445	699,458	733,432
Married-couple families	1,100,129	1,081,760	1,118,498
With own children under 18 years	523,363	508,787	537,939
Female householder, no husband present	266,293	252,895	279,691
With own children under 18 years	151,956	140,916	162,996
Nonfamily households	760,529	742,373	778,685
Householder living alone	615,658	601,567	629,749
65 years and over	216,992	207,898	226,086

Households with one or more people under 18 years	770,615	752,806	788,424
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	505,020	495,767	514,273

Average household size	2.59	2.57	2.61
Average family size	3.20	3.17	3.23

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,360,698	2,352,977	2,368,419
Occupied housing units	2,215,852	2,202,835	2,228,869
Vacant housing units	144,846	133,301	156,391

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.6	0.4	0.8
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.8	4.0	5.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	2,215,852	2,202,835	2,228,869
Owner-occupied	1,425,870	1,404,697	1,447,043
Renter-occupied	789,982	770,536	809,428

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.83	2.80	2.86
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.16	2.12	2.20

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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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