ACS: 2003 ACS Tabular Profile for Erie, PA MSA -- Table 1

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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	265,123	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	128,763	126,920	130,606
Female	136,360	134,517	138,203
Under 5 years	17,000	16,000	18,000
5 to 9 years	19,152	15,338	22,966
10 to 14 years	19,089	15,858	22,320
15 to 19 years	18,658	16,570	20,746
20 to 24 years	19,841	18,295	21,387
25 to 34 years	31,407	29,087	33,727
35 to 44 years	38,160	36,434	39,886
45 to 54 years	39,033	37,948	40,118
55 to 59 years	14,320	12,254	16,386
60 to 64 years	11,827	9,873	13,781
65 to 74 years	17,616	16,835	18,397
75 to 84 years	14,454	13,270	15,638
85 years and over	4,566	2,877	6,255

Median age (years)	37.2	36.4	38.0

18 years and over	198,839	*****	*****
21 years and over	186,551	183,619	189,483
62 years and over	42,283	40,235	44,331
65 years and over	36,636	35,303	37,969
Male	15,198	14,307	16,089
Female	21,438	20,197	22,679

RACE
One race	262,432	260,428	264,436
White	242,560	240,764	244,356
Black or African American	17,212	14,777	19,647
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0	482
Asian	1,276	0	2,753
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	1,384	0	2,834
Two or more races	2,691	687	4,695
Two races including Some other race	1,029	0	2,217
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,662	81	3,243

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	245,251	243,173	247,329
Black or African American	18,340	16,570	20,110
American Indian and Alaska Native	255	0	710
Asian	1,555	0	3,226
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0	482
Some other race	2,413	617	4,209

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	265,123	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	5,768	*****	*****
Mexican	0	0	482
Puerto Rican	5,566	5,149	5,983
Cuban	0	0	482
Other Hispanic or Latino	202	0	619
Not Hispanic or Latino	259,355	*****	*****
White alone	239,205	238,723	239,687
Black or African American alone	17,212	14,777	19,647
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	0	0	482
Asian alone	1,276	0	2,753
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	0	0	482
Two or more races:	1,662	81	3,243
Two races including Some other race	0	0	482
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	1,662	81	3,243

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	265,123	*****	*****
Householder	107,187	103,472	110,902
Spouse	54,102	50,484	57,720
Child	81,115	76,967	85,263
Other relatives	9,828	6,323	13,333
Nonrelatives	12,891	9,461	16,321
Unmarried partner	4,891	2,860	6,922

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	109,281	106,179	112,383
Family households (families)	74,626	70,669	78,583
With own children under 18 years	36,396	33,026	39,766
Married-couple families	54,278	50,079	58,477
With own children under 18 years	22,334	19,369	25,299
Female householder, no husband present	16,494	13,166	19,822
With own children under 18 years	11,902	8,287	15,517
Nonfamily households	34,655	30,600	38,710
Householder living alone	29,884	26,010	33,758
65 years and over	15,413	12,986	17,840

Households with one or more people under 18 years	38,404	35,135	41,673
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	30,377	28,083	32,671

Average household size	2.43	2.36	2.50
Average family size	2.93	2.82	3.04

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	116,272	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	109,281	106,179	112,383
Vacant housing units	6,991	3,889	10,093

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.0	0.0	0.7
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.3	1.5	11.2

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	109,281	106,179	112,383
Owner-occupied	77,471	72,568	82,374
Renter-occupied	31,810	27,064	36,556

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.52	2.39	2.65
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.21	1.96	2.46

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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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