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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	551,997	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	261,787	257,697	265,877
Female	290,210	286,120	294,300
Under 5 years	39,604	38,610	40,598
5 to 9 years	35,415	29,900	40,930
10 to 14 years	43,931	39,397	48,465
15 to 19 years	39,144	35,081	43,207
20 to 24 years	40,146	35,874	44,418
25 to 34 years	76,537	71,380	81,694
35 to 44 years	88,619	81,869	95,369
45 to 54 years	76,262	70,209	82,315
55 to 59 years	29,305	25,637	32,973
60 to 64 years	24,607	21,432	27,782
65 to 74 years	34,444	32,312	36,576
75 to 84 years	20,155	18,155	22,155
85 years and over	3,828	2,326	5,330

Median age (years)	35.2	34.6	35.8

18 years and over	409,124	407,644	410,604
21 years and over	382,951	378,853	387,049
62 years and over	72,503	68,468	76,538
65 years and over	58,427	56,097	60,757
Male	23,900	22,901	24,899
Female	34,527	32,795	36,259

RACE
One race	543,383	540,140	546,626
White	352,977	350,607	355,347
Black or African American	177,223	172,972	181,474
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,236	1,338	3,134
Asian	6,468	4,899	8,037
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	4,479	1,602	7,356
Two or more races	8,614	5,371	11,857
Two races including Some other race	1,150	0	2,831
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	7,464	3,989	10,939

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	358,674	355,002	362,346
Black or African American	181,062	177,848	184,276
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,753	2,774	6,732
Asian	10,679	9,918	11,440
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	482
Some other race	5,629	2,410	8,848

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	551,997	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	9,480	6,291	12,669
Mexican	6,380	3,477	9,283
Puerto Rican	0	0	482
Cuban	573	0	1,364
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,527	386	4,668
Not Hispanic or Latino	542,517	539,328	545,706
White alone	348,407	348,403	348,411
Black or African American alone	177,223	172,972	181,474
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	2,236	1,338	3,134
Asian alone	6,468	4,899	8,037
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	0	0	482
Two or more races:	8,183	5,153	11,213
Two races including Some other race	876	0	2,497
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	7,307	3,849	10,765

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	551,997	*****	*****
Householder	226,747	219,584	233,910
Spouse	107,570	101,741	113,399
Child	167,734	160,670	174,798
Other relatives	25,775	19,149	32,401
Nonrelatives	24,171	19,028	29,314
Unmarried partner	8,746	5,925	11,567

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	216,183	211,601	220,765
Family households (families)	142,077	134,111	150,043
With own children under 18 years	65,373	59,249	71,497
Married-couple families	101,649	93,847	109,451
With own children under 18 years	38,894	33,098	44,690
Female householder, no husband present	32,551	27,274	37,828
With own children under 18 years	21,836	17,345	26,327
Nonfamily households	74,106	66,885	81,327
Householder living alone	60,192	53,075	67,309
65 years and over	17,990	15,167	20,813

Households with one or more people under 18 years	74,417	68,158	80,676
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	43,828	40,807	46,849

Average household size	2.55	2.50	2.60
Average family size	3.17	3.04	3.30

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	249,288	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	216,183	211,601	220,765
Vacant housing units	33,105	28,523	37,687

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9	0.5	3.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.2	7.4	15.0

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	216,183	211,601	220,765
Owner-occupied	145,571	138,121	153,021
Renter-occupied	70,612	64,042	77,182

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.68	2.59	2.77
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.29	2.16	2.42

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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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