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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	1,123,603	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	535,451	532,700	538,202
Female	588,152	585,401	590,903
Under 5 years	64,536	62,910	66,162
5 to 9 years	69,824	64,784	74,864
10 to 14 years	80,148	74,867	85,429
15 to 19 years	75,200	71,166	79,234
20 to 24 years	71,090	67,473	74,707
25 to 34 years	130,872	126,748	134,996
35 to 44 years	176,002	171,585	180,419
45 to 54 years	170,788	167,248	174,328
55 to 59 years	67,872	62,632	73,112
60 to 64 years	50,331	44,929	55,733
65 to 74 years	82,548	80,741	84,355
75 to 84 years	62,380	58,785	65,975
85 years and over	22,012	18,442	25,582

Median age (years)	39.5	39.1	39.9

18 years and over	859,541	858,211	860,871
21 years and over	818,604	813,072	824,136
62 years and over	197,152	193,157	201,147
65 years and over	166,940	165,566	168,314
Male	67,863	67,071	68,655
Female	99,077	97,998	100,156

RACE
One race	1,109,631	1,103,522	1,115,740
White	937,884	933,139	942,629
Black or African American	136,095	132,962	139,228
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,952	7,218	10,686
Asian	18,484	17,453	19,515
Asian Indian	6,124	2,934	9,314
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	6,155	2,945	9,365
Filipino	438	0	900
Japanese	303	0	679
Korean	2,221	844	3,598
Vietnamese	618	0	1,635
Other Asian	2,625	0	5,727
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	8,216	4,205	12,227
Two or more races	13,972	7,863	20,081
Two races including Some other race	3,252	174	6,330
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	10,720	5,506	15,934

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	951,201	945,747	956,655
Black or African American	143,696	140,242	147,150
American Indian and Alaska Native	12,282	10,292	14,272
Asian	20,042	19,651	20,433
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	482
Some other race	11,702	7,033	16,371

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	1,123,603	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	37,002	*****	*****
Mexican	1,733	670	2,796
Puerto Rican	24,452	20,248	28,656
Cuban	964	0	2,624
Other Hispanic or Latino	9,853	6,050	13,656
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,086,601	*****	*****
White alone	917,605	917,123	918,087
Black or African American alone	134,723	131,701	137,745
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	7,444	6,274	8,614
Asian alone	18,484	17,453	19,515
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	0	0	482
Two or more races:	8,345	4,803	11,887
Two races including Some other race	198	0	536
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	8,147	4,602	11,692

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	1,123,603	*****	*****
Householder	474,497	465,802	483,192
Spouse	217,044	210,209	223,879
Child	328,343	319,222	337,464
Other relatives	47,238	39,516	54,960
Nonrelatives	56,481	48,121	64,841
Unmarried partner	26,970	21,968	31,972

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	474,003	467,647	480,359
Family households (families)	299,844	289,062	310,626
With own children under 18 years	137,539	129,123	145,955
Married-couple families	215,737	206,442	225,032
With own children under 18 years	91,069	84,313	97,825
Female householder, no husband present	63,062	56,022	70,102
With own children under 18 years	37,698	31,807	43,589
Nonfamily households	174,159	164,257	184,061
Householder living alone	146,395	138,024	154,766
65 years and over	55,827	50,552	61,102

Households with one or more people under 18 years	151,252	142,315	160,189
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	125,934	122,269	129,599

Average household size	2.37	2.34	2.40
Average family size	2.98	2.90	3.06

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	517,863	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	474,003	467,647	480,359
Vacant housing units	43,860	37,504	50,216

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6	1.7	3.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.3	5.1	9.6

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	474,003	467,647	480,359
Owner-occupied	319,837	309,742	329,932
Renter-occupied	154,166	144,601	163,731

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	2.50	2.62
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.98	1.89	2.07

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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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