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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	5,011,256	5,002,272	5,020,240
SEX AND AGE
Male	2,405,046	2,395,941	2,414,151
Female	2,606,210	2,596,378	2,616,042
Under 5 years	318,919	313,225	324,613
5 to 9 years	352,641	339,258	366,024
10 to 14 years	376,262	362,375	390,149
15 to 19 years	322,563	316,098	329,028
20 to 24 years	308,710	301,698	315,722
25 to 34 years	640,162	630,699	649,625
35 to 44 years	792,927	784,141	801,713
45 to 54 years	748,439	741,849	755,029
55 to 59 years	288,580	277,898	299,262
60 to 64 years	220,026	209,000	231,052
65 to 74 years	327,606	323,105	332,107
75 to 84 years	250,591	242,852	258,330
85 years and over	63,830	57,204	70,456

Median age (years)	37.5	37.3	37.7

18 years and over	3,745,665	3,739,580	3,751,750
21 years and over	3,579,626	3,568,189	3,591,063
62 years and over	758,889	749,044	768,734
65 years and over	642,027	636,463	647,591
Male	264,625	260,839	268,411
Female	377,402	373,655	381,149

RACE
One race	4,937,602	4,921,773	4,953,431
White	3,573,115	3,558,855	3,587,375
Black or African American	997,869	985,090	1,010,648
American Indian and Alaska Native	7,499	5,364	9,634
Asian	198,068	193,251	202,885
Asian Indian	55,083	45,354	64,812
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	38,671	28,738	48,604
Filipino	15,192	10,031	20,353
Japanese	3,640	1,713	5,567
Korean	31,969	22,769	41,169
Vietnamese	26,314	15,828	36,800
Other Asian	27,199	16,033	38,365
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,353	0	4,951
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	158,698	143,868	173,528
Two or more races	73,654	60,887	86,421
Two races including Some other race	18,105	8,666	27,544
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	55,549	44,366	66,732

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	3,627,595	3,609,825	3,645,365
Black or African American	1,039,583	1,030,585	1,048,581
American Indian and Alaska Native	32,215	24,479	39,951
Asian	213,503	211,415	215,591
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,809	186	5,432
Some other race	176,803	161,132	192,474

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	5,011,256	5,002,272	5,020,240
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	268,417	264,776	272,058
Mexican	38,983	29,496	48,470
Puerto Rican	166,632	150,493	182,771
Cuban	6,341	3,197	9,485
Other Hispanic or Latino	56,461	44,434	68,488
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,742,839	4,734,876	4,750,802
White alone	3,484,402	3,476,231	3,492,573
Black or African American alone	986,592	974,603	998,581
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	7,199	5,107	9,291
Asian alone	197,500	192,727	202,273
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	2,353	0	4,951
Some other race alone	9,287	4,373	14,201
Two or more races:	55,506	44,654	66,358
Two races including Some other race	3,156	1,116	5,196
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	52,350	41,707	62,993

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	5,011,256	5,002,272	5,020,240
Householder	1,981,599	1,960,167	2,003,031
Spouse	937,895	919,998	955,792
Child	1,534,763	1,512,347	1,557,179
Other relatives	341,514	317,345	365,683
Nonrelatives	215,485	199,721	231,249
Unmarried partner	103,848	93,992	113,704

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,934,463	1,920,241	1,948,685
Family households (families)	1,286,500	1,266,325	1,306,675
With own children under 18 years	605,554	587,935	623,173
Married-couple families	915,985	893,547	938,423
With own children under 18 years	416,353	400,906	431,800
Female householder, no husband present	280,806	266,928	294,684
With own children under 18 years	148,895	138,231	159,559
Nonfamily households	647,963	627,248	668,678
Householder living alone	549,023	528,471	569,575
65 years and over	200,337	190,718	209,956

Households with one or more people under 18 years	680,773	661,853	699,693
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	485,457	476,162	494,752

Average household size	2.59	2.57	2.61
Average family size	3.22	3.18	3.26

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	2,088,751	2,085,821	2,091,681
Occupied housing units	1,934,463	1,920,241	1,948,685
Vacant housing units	154,288	140,401	168,175

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.1	0.8	1.4
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.0	4.8	7.1

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,934,463	1,920,241	1,948,685
Owner-occupied	1,358,447	1,337,877	1,379,017
Renter-occupied	576,016	554,464	597,568

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.76	2.73	2.79
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.20	2.14	2.26

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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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