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Fact Sheet
2006 2000
2006 American Community Survey
Data Profile Highlights:

NOTE. Data from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) are available from the data sets page. The ACS Fact Sheet will be updated in December with additional data for smaller geographic areas with a population of 20,000 or greater.

2007 ACS release schedule

NOTE. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

Social Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Average household size

2.48

(X)

2.61

+/-0.01

rank

Average family size

3.08

(X)

3.20

+/-0.01

 

Population 25 years and over

7,602,462

 

 

+/-3,922

 

High school graduate or higher

(X)

86.2

84.1%

(X)

rank

Bachelor's degree or higher

(X)

23.0

27.0%

(X)

rank

Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)

961,616

11.1

10.4%

+/-13,278

rank

Disability status (population 5 years and over)

1,699,165

16.1

15.1%

+/-21,355

 

Foreign born

412,352

3.6

12.5%

+/-11,559

rank

Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)

2,337,698

52.7

52.4%

+/-17,119

 

Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)

2,295,456

48.1

48.4%

+/-18,892

 

Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)

662,092

6.2

19.7%

+/-15,756

rank

Household population

11,169,683

 

 

*****

 

Group quarters population

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economic Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

In labor force (population 16 years and over)

5,900,112

65.3

65.0%

+/-16,789

rank

Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)

22.1

(X)

25.0

+/-0.1

rank

Median household income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

44,532

(X)

48,451

+/-352

rank

Median family income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

56,148

(X)

58,526

+/-388

rank

Per capita income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

23,543

(X)

25,267

+/-175

 

Families below poverty level

(X)

9.8

9.8%

(X)

 

Individuals below poverty level

(X)

13.3

13.3%

(X)

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total housing units

5,045,356

 

 

+/-432

 

Occupied housing units

4,499,506

89.2

88.4%

+/-13,030

 

Owner-occupied housing units

3,150,239

70.0

67.3%

+/-16,219

 

Renter-occupied housing units

1,349,267

30.0

32.7%

+/-13,947

 

Vacant housing units

545,850

10.8

11.6%

+/-13,189

 

Owner-occupied homes

3,150,239

 

 

+/-16,219

rank

Median value (dollars)

135,200

(X)

185,200

+/-690

rank

Median of selected monthly owner costs

 

 

 

 

 

With a mortgage (dollars)

1,216

(X)

1,402

+/-6

rank

Not mortgaged (dollars)

408

(X)

399

+/-4

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Demographic Estimates - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total population

11,478,006

 

 

*****

 

Male

5,591,589

48.7

49.2%

+/-3,768

 

Female

5,886,417

51.3

50.8%

+/-3,768

 

Median age (years)

37.6

(X)

36.4

+/-0.1

 

Under 5 years

736,175

6.4

6.8%

+/-2,348

 

18 years and over

8,705,230

75.8

75.4%

+/-2,142

 

65 years and over

1,528,079

13.3

12.4%

+/-2,274

 

One race

11,306,793

98.5

98.0%

+/-7,838

 

White

9,645,844

84.0

73.9%

+/-7,788

rank

Black or African American

1,357,343

11.8

12.4%

+/-6,997

rank

American Indian and Alaska Native

21,570

0.2

0.8%

+/-1,949

rank

Asian

175,000

1.5

4.4%

+/-3,555

rank

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

2,447

0.0

0.1%

+/-1,353

rank

Some other race

104,589

0.9

6.3%

+/-7,359

rank

Two or more races

171,213

1.5

2.0%

+/-7,838

rank

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

265,762

2.3

14.8%

+/-1,623

 



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Explanation of Symbols:
'***' - The median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
'*****' - The estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
'N' - Data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
'(X)' - The value is not applicable or not available.



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