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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	534,797	527,939	541,655
SEX AND AGE
Male	254,754	248,857	260,651
Female	280,043	274,593	285,493
Under 5 years	37,379	35,786	38,972
5 to 9 years	35,244	30,538	39,950
10 to 14 years	42,911	37,628	48,194
15 to 19 years	36,281	32,105	40,457
20 to 24 years	38,614	33,882	43,346
25 to 34 years	75,336	70,545	80,127
35 to 44 years	86,787	82,816	90,758
45 to 54 years	79,525	76,410	82,640
55 to 59 years	34,709	31,587	37,831
60 to 64 years	18,712	15,371	22,053
65 to 74 years	27,336	24,525	30,147
75 to 84 years	18,083	15,417	20,749
85 years and over	3,880	1,884	5,876

Median age (years)	35.2	34.6	35.8

18 years and over	394,515	389,072	399,958
21 years and over	373,997	367,042	380,952
62 years and over	59,659	56,035	63,283
65 years and over	49,299	46,341	52,257
Male	20,044	17,852	22,236
Female	29,255	27,848	30,662

RACE
One race	524,305	514,857	533,753
White	331,425	324,502	338,348
Black or African American	177,176	169,403	184,949
American Indian and Alaska Native	960	0	2,064
Asian	10,526	6,538	14,514
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	4,218	1,659	6,777
Two or more races	10,492	3,992	16,992
Two races including Some other race	193	0	518
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	10,299	3,795	16,803

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	341,453	332,245	350,661
Black or African American	180,393	172,701	188,085
American Indian and Alaska Native	8,527	1,943	15,111
Asian	10,737	6,744	14,730
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	482
Some other race	4,411	1,841	6,981

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	534,797	527,939	541,655
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	10,447	8,130	12,764
Mexican	4,104	1,319	6,889
Puerto Rican	2,771	104	5,438
Cuban	455	0	1,013
Other Hispanic or Latino	3,117	1,326	4,908
Not Hispanic or Latino	524,350	517,465	531,235
White alone	325,516	319,262	331,770
Black or African American alone	177,176	169,403	184,949
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	960	0	2,064
Asian alone	10,526	6,538	14,514
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	215	0	601
Two or more races:	9,957	3,539	16,375
Two races including Some other race	193	0	518
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	9,764	3,342	16,186

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	534,797	527,939	541,655
Householder	227,385	220,628	234,142
Spouse	103,506	97,166	109,846
Child	160,882	153,811	167,953
Other relatives	23,837	16,980	30,694
Nonrelatives	19,187	14,908	23,466
Unmarried partner	7,558	5,198	9,918

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	221,194	215,912	226,476
Family households (families)	140,973	132,668	149,278
With own children under 18 years	71,735	66,049	77,421
Married-couple families	98,617	90,449	106,785
With own children under 18 years	43,970	38,607	49,333
Female householder, no husband present	35,359	29,953	40,765
With own children under 18 years	24,719	19,705	29,733
Nonfamily households	80,221	73,078	87,364
Householder living alone	68,090	61,494	74,686
65 years and over	13,485	10,538	16,432

Households with one or more people under 18 years	76,320	70,459	82,181
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	36,266	33,417	39,115

Average household size	2.42	2.36	2.48
Average family size	3.06	2.95	3.17

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	236,563	233,138	239,988
Occupied housing units	221,194	215,912	226,476
Vacant housing units	15,369	10,463	20,275

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.7	0.0	1.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.7	1.7	7.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	221,194	215,912	226,476
Owner-occupied	145,298	138,684	151,912
Renter-occupied	75,896	70,491	81,301

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	2.48	2.64
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.15	2.03	2.27

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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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