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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	3,296,112	3,262,958	3,329,266
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,593,686	1,571,095	1,616,277
Female	1,702,426	1,685,547	1,719,305
Under 5 years	213,271	204,728	221,814
5 to 9 years	211,474	198,500	224,448
10 to 14 years	219,658	207,619	231,697
15 to 19 years	187,191	178,776	195,606
20 to 24 years	179,812	170,232	189,392
25 to 34 years	497,287	485,166	509,408
35 to 44 years	559,257	544,276	574,238
45 to 54 years	485,400	474,622	496,178
55 to 59 years	188,408	180,066	196,750
60 to 64 years	144,545	135,340	153,750
65 to 74 years	210,722	203,158	218,286
75 to 84 years	152,114	144,459	159,769
85 years and over	46,973	41,523	52,423

Median age (years)	37.3	37.0	37.6

18 years and over	2,529,627	2,506,264	2,552,990
21 years and over	2,433,322	2,409,749	2,456,895
62 years and over	489,579	479,029	500,129
65 years and over	409,809	401,609	418,009
Male	165,846	161,488	170,204
Female	243,963	237,638	250,288

RACE
One race	3,252,924	3,218,898	3,286,950
White	2,712,152	2,679,122	2,745,182
Black or African American	255,016	238,899	271,133
American Indian and Alaska Native	6,089	3,042	9,136
Asian	180,388	169,487	191,289
Asian Indian	35,383	26,535	44,231
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	79,376	67,212	91,540
Filipino	10,722	5,060	16,384
Japanese	5,573	2,067	9,079
Korean	10,425	6,315	14,535
Vietnamese	25,758	15,624	35,892
Other Asian	13,151	7,754	18,548
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,440	0	3,819
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	97,839	79,484	116,194
Two or more races	43,188	34,848	51,528
Two races including Some other race	11,738	7,586	15,890
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	31,450	24,450	38,450

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,747,916	2,714,504	2,781,328
Black or African American	272,052	256,685	287,419
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,340	9,881	18,799
Asian	193,972	183,592	204,352
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,742	0	4,190
Some other race	111,786	93,327	130,245

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	3,296,112	3,262,958	3,329,266
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	218,962	205,588	232,336
Mexican	16,468	10,941	21,995
Puerto Rican	72,606	59,868	85,344
Cuban	3,006	850	5,162
Other Hispanic or Latino	126,882	112,214	141,550
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,077,150	3,049,122	3,105,178
White alone	2,616,061	2,587,513	2,644,609
Black or African American alone	231,907	222,069	241,745
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	3,938	1,677	6,199
Asian alone	179,844	168,970	190,718
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0	0	482
Some other race alone	14,222	8,008	20,436
Two or more races:	31,178	23,566	38,790
Two races including Some other race	5,515	2,409	8,621
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	25,663	19,324	32,002

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	3,296,112	3,262,958	3,329,266
Householder	1,360,268	1,343,955	1,376,581
Spouse	645,531	628,316	662,746
Child	958,024	934,375	981,673
Other relatives	163,129	147,556	178,702
Nonrelatives	169,160	155,368	182,952
Unmarried partner	61,563	55,402	67,724

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,299,196	1,287,428	1,310,964
Family households (families)	815,190	799,418	830,962
With own children under 18 years	394,007	378,678	409,336
Married-couple families	614,722	597,046	632,398
With own children under 18 years	296,388	282,755	310,021
Female householder, no husband present	150,815	139,252	162,378
With own children under 18 years	78,672	70,668	86,676
Nonfamily households	484,006	466,746	501,266
Householder living alone	392,858	377,721	407,995
65 years and over	132,378	123,463	141,293

Households with one or more people under 18 years	424,604	408,375	440,833
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	302,867	294,400	311,334

Average household size	2.54	2.51	2.57
Average family size	3.22	3.18	3.26

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,393,631	1,383,470	1,403,792
Occupied housing units	1,299,196	1,287,428	1,310,964
Vacant housing units	94,435	84,630	104,240

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	0.5	1.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.2	4.1	6.3

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,299,196	1,287,428	1,310,964
Owner-occupied	800,605	784,246	816,964
Renter-occupied	498,591	480,515	516,667

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.81	2.77	2.85
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.09	2.05	2.13

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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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