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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

2.72

(X)

2.61

+/-0.01

rank

Average family size

3.29

(X)

3.20

+/-0.02

 

Population 25 years and over

5,871,240

 

 

+/-3,398

 

High school graduate or higher

(X)

86.1

84.1%

(X)

rank

Bachelor's degree or higher

(X)

33.4

27.0%

(X)

rank

Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)

527,080

8.0

10.4%

+/-8,863

rank

Disability status (population 5 years and over)

987,237

12.3

15.1%

+/-16,529

 

Foreign born

1,754,253

20.1

12.5%

+/-23,469

rank

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

1,815,319

53.6

52.4%

+/-12,210

 

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

1,747,847

48.3

48.4%

+/-14,518

 

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

2,257,511

27.6

19.7%

+/-25,224

rank

Household population

8,526,848

 

 

*****

 

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)

4,553,188

66.2

65.0%

+/-14,355

rank

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

29.1

(X)

25.0

+/-0.2

rank

Median household income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

64,470

(X)

48,451

+/-658

rank

Median family income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

77,875

(X)

58,526

+/-649

rank

Per capita income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

31,877

(X)

25,267

+/-250

 

Families below poverty level

(X)

6.4

9.8%

(X)

 

Individuals below poverty level

(X)

8.7

13.3%

(X)

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total housing units

3,472,782

 

 

+/-433

 

Occupied housing units

3,135,490

90.3

88.4%

+/-10,908

 

Owner-occupied housing units

2,110,308

67.3

67.3%

+/-15,499

 

Renter-occupied housing units

1,025,182

32.7

32.7%

+/-12,171

 

Vacant housing units

337,292

9.7

11.6%

+/-10,929

 

Owner-occupied homes

2,110,308

 

 

+/-15,499

rank

Median value (dollars)

366,600

(X)

185,200

+/-1,910

rank

Median of selected monthly owner costs

 

 

 

 

 

With a mortgage (dollars)

2,130

(X)

1,402

+/-15

rank

Not mortgaged (dollars)

787

(X)

399

+/-6

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Demographic Estimates - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total population

8,724,560

 

 

*****

 

Male

4,260,169

48.8

49.2%

+/-2,188

 

Female

4,464,391

51.2

50.8%

+/-2,188

 

Median age (years)

38.2

(X)

36.4

+/-0.2

 

Under 5 years

559,872

6.4

6.8%

+/-991

 

18 years and over

6,634,907

76.0

75.4%

+/-909

 

65 years and over

1,125,605

12.9

12.4%

+/-2,100

 

One race

8,595,784

98.5

98.0%

+/-8,233

 

White

6,073,160

69.6

73.9%

+/-16,554

rank

Black or African American

1,187,161

13.6

12.4%

+/-7,516

rank

American Indian and Alaska Native

17,494

0.2

0.8%

+/-3,110

rank

Asian

652,378

7.5

4.4%

+/-4,219

rank

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

4,362

0.0

0.1%

+/-2,569

rank

Some other race

661,229

7.6

6.3%

+/-17,482

rank

Two or more races

128,776

1.5

2.0%

+/-8,233

rank

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

1,364,699

15.6

14.8%

*****

 



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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