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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	471,264	462,881	479,647
SEX AND AGE
Male	230,250	224,615	235,885
Female	241,014	236,010	246,018
Under 5 years	32,990	30,698	35,282
5 to 9 years	37,666	32,648	42,684
10 to 14 years	34,554	29,692	39,416
15 to 19 years	24,438	22,313	26,563
20 to 24 years	31,557	27,713	35,401
25 to 34 years	69,458	64,269	74,647
35 to 44 years	78,973	74,437	83,509
45 to 54 years	66,869	63,528	70,210
55 to 59 years	26,203	22,869	29,537
60 to 64 years	17,820	14,777	20,863
65 to 74 years	26,996	24,998	28,994
75 to 84 years	15,967	13,638	18,296
85 years and over	7,773	5,694	9,852

Median age (years)	35.8	34.9	36.7

18 years and over	348,937	342,935	354,939
21 years and over	336,936	330,510	343,362
62 years and over	60,236	56,672	63,800
65 years and over	50,736	48,252	53,220
Male	21,268	19,675	22,861
Female	29,468	27,942	30,994

RACE
One race	464,808	455,984	473,632
White	425,691	415,523	435,859
Black or African American	19,686	15,703	23,669
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,361	0	3,337
Asian	12,991	11,424	14,558
Asian Indian	1,472	0	3,441
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	1,320	0	2,814
Filipino	766	0	1,559
Japanese	530	0	1,558
Korean	464	0	1,095
Vietnamese	6,139	2,304	9,974
Other Asian	2,300	160	4,440
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	5,079	1,254	8,904
Two or more races	6,456	2,427	10,485
Two races including Some other race	0	0	482
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,456	2,427	10,485

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	431,784	420,874	442,694
Black or African American	23,867	20,670	27,064
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,399	259	4,539
Asian	15,082	13,209	16,955
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	363	0	1,031
Some other race	5,079	1,254	8,904

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	471,264	462,881	479,647
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	23,579	20,014	27,144
Mexican	17,513	15,311	19,715
Puerto Rican	617	0	1,624
Cuban	0	0	482
Other Hispanic or Latino	5,449	1,137	9,761
Not Hispanic or Latino	447,685	439,007	456,363
White alone	407,786	399,592	415,980
Black or African American alone	19,686	15,703	23,669
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	1,361	0	3,337
Asian alone	12,812	11,208	14,416
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	0	0	482
Two or more races:	6,040	2,174	9,906
Two races including Some other race	0	0	482
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	6,040	2,174	9,906

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	471,264	462,881	479,647
Householder	192,307	187,462	197,152
Spouse	102,206	96,922	107,490
Child	133,358	127,487	139,229
Other relatives	18,168	13,324	23,012
Nonrelatives	25,225	19,830	30,620
Unmarried partner	13,503	9,891	17,115

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	192,709	188,918	196,500
Family households (families)	124,863	118,478	131,248
With own children under 18 years	62,124	57,855	66,393
Married-couple families	102,141	95,942	108,340
With own children under 18 years	46,146	42,325	49,967
Female householder, no husband present	17,126	13,992	20,260
With own children under 18 years	11,809	9,152	14,466
Nonfamily households	67,846	62,209	73,483
Householder living alone	52,495	47,268	57,722
65 years and over	15,967	13,650	18,284

Households with one or more people under 18 years	67,173	62,885	71,461
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	36,923	34,833	39,013

Average household size	2.45	2.39	2.51
Average family size	3.02	2.91	3.13

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	204,382	201,526	207,238
Occupied housing units	192,709	188,918	196,500
Vacant housing units	11,673	7,725	15,621

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.0	0.0	2.0
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.8	2.2	9.4

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	192,709	188,918	196,500
Owner-occupied	141,507	135,841	147,173
Renter-occupied	51,202	46,237	56,167

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	2.48	2.64
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.13	1.98	2.28

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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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