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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	1,311,639	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	622,440	618,511	626,369
Female	689,199	685,270	693,128
Under 5 years	93,283	91,889	94,677
5 to 9 years	93,816	86,923	100,709
10 to 14 years	96,421	89,500	103,342
15 to 19 years	93,379	87,391	99,367
20 to 24 years	90,110	85,134	95,086
25 to 34 years	174,720	170,430	179,010
35 to 44 years	200,454	195,601	205,307
45 to 54 years	194,984	189,302	200,666
55 to 59 years	76,272	70,287	82,257
60 to 64 years	51,972	46,527	57,417
65 to 74 years	75,182	73,184	77,180
75 to 84 years	55,683	51,543	59,823
85 years and over	15,363	11,989	18,737

Median age (years)	35.6	35.4	35.8

18 years and over	969,858	967,766	971,950
21 years and over	914,351	908,677	920,025
62 years and over	176,234	171,608	180,860
65 years and over	146,228	143,753	148,703
Male	58,419	56,633	60,205
Female	87,809	86,276	89,342

RACE
One race	1,292,844	1,287,962	1,297,726
White	750,515	744,084	756,946
Black or African American	489,254	482,654	495,854
American Indian and Alaska Native	7,249	3,688	10,810
Asian	33,121	31,819	34,423
Asian Indian	3,441	1,238	5,644
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	6,095	2,304	9,886
Filipino	3,457	1,196	5,718
Japanese	2,272	380	4,164
Korean	337	0	748
Vietnamese	16,529	12,483	20,575
Other Asian	990	0	2,170
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,766	0	4,562
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	10,939	5,998	15,880
Two or more races	18,795	13,913	23,677
Two races including Some other race	5,046	2,210	7,882
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	13,749	8,844	18,654

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	766,162	758,564	773,760
Black or African American	500,517	495,172	505,862
American Indian and Alaska Native	9,558	5,812	13,304
Asian	35,478	34,886	36,070
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,893	0	6,105
Some other race	15,985	10,356	21,614

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	1,311,639	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	61,551	*****	*****
Mexican	12,132	7,269	16,995
Puerto Rican	3,882	1,429	6,335
Cuban	6,639	2,693	10,585
Other Hispanic or Latino	38,898	33,678	44,118
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,250,088	*****	*****
White alone	709,072	707,557	710,587
Black or African American alone	483,953	477,739	490,167
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	5,681	3,128	8,234
Asian alone	32,838	31,629	34,047
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,766	0	4,562
Some other race alone	2,926	763	5,089
Two or more races:	13,852	9,586	18,118
Two races including Some other race	893	0	2,124
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	12,959	8,577	17,341

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	1,311,639	*****	*****
Householder	532,278	521,444	543,112
Spouse	223,579	214,774	232,384
Child	416,463	404,482	428,444
Other relatives	74,448	64,791	84,105
Nonrelatives	64,871	55,167	74,575
Unmarried partner	35,748	29,407	42,089

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	502,250	494,968	509,532
Family households (families)	323,691	310,691	336,691
With own children under 18 years	150,916	139,669	162,163
Married-couple families	210,420	200,012	220,828
With own children under 18 years	86,446	79,076	93,816
Female householder, no husband present	91,324	83,450	99,198
With own children under 18 years	53,848	46,505	61,191
Nonfamily households	178,559	166,937	190,181
Householder living alone	148,242	137,576	158,908
65 years and over	47,263	41,390	53,136

Households with one or more people under 18 years	171,811	160,204	183,418
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	107,830	103,529	112,131

Average household size	2.61	2.57	2.65
Average family size	3.27	3.17	3.37

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	565,137	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	502,250	494,968	509,532
Vacant housing units	62,887	55,605	70,169

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5	0.7	2.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.9	5.0	8.7

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	502,250	494,968	509,532
Owner-occupied	312,561	301,470	323,652
Renter-occupied	189,689	178,670	200,708

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.74	2.68	2.80
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.40	2.30	2.50

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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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