(Numbers in thousands)
| Sex and age | Total | Race and Hispanic Origin 1/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black
alone |
White alone, not Hispanic | Other
2/ |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Both sexes | 288,281 | 100.0 | 36,121 | 100.0 | 194,874 | 100.0 | 57,286 | 100.0 |
| Under 5 years | 19,940 | 6.9 | 3,040 | 8.4 | 11,288 | 5.8 | 5,612 | 9.8 |
| 5 to 9 years | 19,636 | 6.8 | 2,971 | 8.2 | 11,508 | 5.9 | 5,157 | 9.0 |
| 10 to 14 years | 21,176 | 7.3 | 3,417 | 9.5 | 12,652 | 6.5 | 5,107 | 8.9 |
| 15 to 19 years | 20,313 | 7.0 | 3,055 | 8.5 | 12,814 | 6.6 | 4,444 | 7.8 |
| 20 to 24 years | 20,339 | 7.1 | 2,825 | 7.8 | 12,549 | 6.4 | 4,964 | 8.7 |
| 25 to 29 years | 19,008 | 6.6 | 2,481 | 6.9 | 11,372 | 5.8 | 5,154 | 9.0 |
| 30 to 34 years | 20,193 | 7.0 | 2,560 | 7.1 | 12,528 | 6.4 | 5,105 | 8.9 |
| 35 to 44 years | 43,573 | 15.1 | 5,403 | 15.0 | 29,560 | 15.2 | 8,611 | 15.0 |
| 45 to 54 years | 41,068 | 14.2 | 4,715 | 13.1 | 30,219 | 15.5 | 6,134 | 10.7 |
| 55 to 64 years | 28,375 | 9.8 | 2,778 | 7.7 | 22,048 | 11.3 | 3,549 | 6.2 |
| 65 to 74 years | 18,238 | 6.3 | 1,604 | 4.4 | 14,519 | 7.5 | 2,115 | 3.7 |
| 75 to 84 years | 12,850 | 4.5 | 1,014 | 2.8 | 10,773 | 5.5 | 1,063 | 1.9 |
| 85 years and over | 3,571 | 1.2 | 257 | 0.7 | 3,043 | 1.6 | 270 | 0.5 |
| Under 15 years | 60,752 | 21.1 | 9,428 | 26.1 | 35,448 | 18.2 | 15,876 | 27.7 |
| 15 years and over | 227,529 | 78.9 | 26,693 | 73.9 | 159,426 | 81.8 | 41,410 | 72.3 |
| Under 16 years | 64,859 | 22.5 | 10,075 | 27.9 | 38,020 | 19.5 | 16,764 | 29.3 |
| 16 years and over | 223,422 | 77.5 | 26,046 | 72.1 | 156,854 | 80.5 | 40,521 | 70.7 |
| Under 18 years | 73,580 | 25.5 | 11,499 | 31.8 | 43,429 | 22.3 | 18,652 | 32.6 |
| 18 years and over | 214,700 | 74.5 | 24,622 | 68.2 | 151,445 | 77.7 | 38,633 | 67.4 |
| Under 21 years | 85,173 | 29.5 | 13,053 | 36.1 | 50,816 | 26.1 | 21,304 | 37.2 |
| 21 years and over | 203,108 | 70.5 | 23,068 | 63.9 | 144,058 | 73.9 | 35,982 | 62.8 |
| Under 55 years | 225,247 | 78.1 | 30,467 | 84.3 | 144,491 | 74.1 | 50,289 | 87.8 |
| 55 years and over | 63,034 | 21.9 | 5,654 | 15.7 | 50,383 | 25.9 | 6,997 | 12.2 |
| Under 65 years | 253,621 | 88.0 | 33,245 | 92.0 | 166,539 | 85.5 | 53,837 | 94.0 |
| 65 years and over | 34,659 | 12.0 | 2,876 | 8.0 | 28,335 | 14.5 | 3,448 | 6.0 |