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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	468,510	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	228,178	226,613	229,743
Female	240,332	238,767	241,897
Under 5 years	32,421	31,032	33,810
5 to 9 years	31,363	26,942	35,784
10 to 14 years	39,029	34,610	43,448
15 to 19 years	33,135	31,079	35,191
20 to 24 years	30,028	28,656	31,400
25 to 34 years	57,393	54,357	60,429
35 to 44 years	70,576	68,356	72,796
45 to 54 years	65,864	64,654	67,074
55 to 59 years	27,923	25,159	30,687
60 to 64 years	18,481	15,832	21,130
65 to 74 years	32,402	30,847	33,957
75 to 84 years	23,665	21,972	25,358
85 years and over	6,230	4,702	7,758

Median age (years)	36.5	35.8	37.2

18 years and over	344,892	344,132	345,652
21 years and over	328,147	325,485	330,809
62 years and over	73,520	70,578	76,462
65 years and over	62,297	60,504	64,090
Male	26,739	26,041	27,437
Female	35,558	34,166	36,950

RACE
One race	462,220	458,820	465,620
White	422,441	419,376	425,506
Black or African American	12,565	9,638	15,492
American Indian and Alaska Native	160	0	349
Asian	8,010	7,599	8,421
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	19,044	15,434	22,654
Two or more races	6,290	2,890	9,690
Two races including Some other race	1,411	50	2,772
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,879	1,690	8,068

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	428,224	423,817	432,631
Black or African American	15,619	14,785	16,453
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,347	1,293	3,401
Asian	8,748	8,154	9,342
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	526	0	1,114
Some other race	20,455	16,977	23,933

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	468,510	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	28,308	*****	*****
Mexican	2,187	301	4,073
Puerto Rican	20,092	15,645	24,539
Cuban	0	0	482
Other Hispanic or Latino	6,029	1,967	10,091
Not Hispanic or Latino	440,202	*****	*****
White alone	415,977	415,495	416,459
Black or African American alone	12,010	9,168	14,852
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	160	0	349
Asian alone	8,010	7,599	8,421
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	0	0	482
Two or more races:	4,045	1,175	6,915
Two races including Some other race	0	0	482
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,045	1,175	6,915

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	468,510	*****	*****
Householder	179,065	174,668	183,462
Spouse	102,368	97,428	107,308
Child	148,784	143,846	153,722
Other relatives	19,298	15,074	23,522
Nonrelatives	18,995	14,707	23,283
Unmarried partner	9,255	6,409	12,101

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	180,477	177,656	183,298
Family households (families)	127,640	122,063	133,217
With own children under 18 years	58,142	53,418	62,866
Married-couple families	102,807	97,220	108,394
With own children under 18 years	42,162	37,937	46,387
Female householder, no husband present	18,507	14,704	22,310
With own children under 18 years	12,478	9,120	15,836
Nonfamily households	52,837	47,495	58,179
Householder living alone	42,585	37,510	47,660
65 years and over	16,838	14,091	19,585

Households with one or more people under 18 years	62,331	57,826	66,836
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	44,845	42,205	47,485

Average household size	2.60	2.56	2.64
Average family size	3.11	3.01	3.21

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	186,695	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	180,477	177,656	183,298
Vacant housing units	6,218	3,397	9,039

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7	1.0	4.5
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	1.1	0.0	2.8

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	180,477	177,656	183,298
Owner-occupied	127,155	121,698	132,612
Renter-occupied	53,322	47,498	59,146

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.72	2.64	2.80
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.29	2.12	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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