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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

Margin of Error

 

 

Average household size

2.61

(X)

+/-0.01

 

rank

Average family size

3.20

(X)

+/-0.01

 

 

Population 25 years and over

195,932,824

 

+/-66,369

 

 

High school graduate or higher

(X)

84.1

(X)

 

rank

Bachelor's degree or higher

(X)

27.0

(X)

 

rank

Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)

23,425,051

10.4

+/-61,909

 

rank

Disability status (population 5 years and over)

41,259,809

15.1

+/-98,726

 

 

Foreign born

37,547,789

12.5

+/-125,642

 

rank

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

60,955,218

52.4

+/-140,048

 

 

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

59,211,138

48.4

+/-120,947

 

 

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

54,858,424

19.7

+/-114,730

 

rank

Household population

291,332,841

 

*****

 

 

Group quarters population

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economic Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

In labor force (population 16 years and over)

152,193,214

65.0

+/-114,579

 

rank

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

25.0

(X)

+/-0.1

 

rank

Median household income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

48,451

(X)

+/-82

 

rank

Median family income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

58,526

(X)

+/-100

 

rank

Per capita income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

25,267

(X)

+/-42

 

 

Families below poverty level

(X)

9.8

(X)

 

 

Individuals below poverty level

(X)

13.3

(X)

 

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

Total housing units

126,311,823

 

+/-6,652

 

 

Occupied housing units

111,617,402

88.4

+/-145,530

 

 

Owner-occupied housing units

75,086,485

67.3

+/-218,471

 

 

Renter-occupied housing units

36,530,917

32.7

+/-116,156

 

 

Vacant housing units

14,694,421

11.6

+/-151,055

 

 

Owner-occupied homes

75,086,485

 

+/-218,471

 

rank

Median value (dollars)

185,200

(X)

+/-489

 

rank

Median of selected monthly owner costs

 

 

 

 

 

With a mortgage (dollars)

1,402

(X)

+/-3

 

rank

Not mortgaged (dollars)

399

(X)

+/-2

 

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Demographic Estimates - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

Total population

299,398,485

 

*****

 

 

Male

147,434,940

49.2

+/-20,867

 

 

Female

151,963,545

50.8

+/-20,868

 

 

Median age (years)

36.4

(X)

+/-0.2

 

 

Under 5 years

20,385,773

6.8

+/-16,155

 

 

18 years and over

225,633,342

75.4

+/-26,730

 

 

65 years and over

37,191,004

12.4

+/-16,654

 

 

One race

293,285,839

98.0

+/-62,939

 

 

White

221,331,507

73.9

+/-120,829

 

rank

Black or African American

37,051,483

12.4

+/-40,251

 

rank

American Indian and Alaska Native

2,369,431

0.8

+/-25,930

 

rank

Asian

13,100,095

4.4

+/-29,634

 

rank

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

426,194

0.1

+/-10,127

 

rank

Some other race

19,007,129

6.3

+/-109,510

 

rank

Two or more races

6,112,646

2.0

+/-62,937

 

rank

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

44,252,278

14.8

+/-10,603

 

 



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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