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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

2.42

(X)

2.61

+/-0.01

rank

Average family size

2.98

(X)

3.20

+/-0.02

 

Population 25 years and over

3,682,631

 

 

+/-3,601

 

High school graduate or higher

(X)

88.4

84.1%

(X)

rank

Bachelor's degree or higher

(X)

25.1

27.0%

(X)

rank

Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)

447,851

10.6

10.4%

+/-7,186

rank

Disability status (population 5 years and over)

687,277

13.4

15.1%

+/-11,526

 

Foreign born

245,006

4.4

12.5%

+/-7,855

rank

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

1,197,900

54.2

52.4%

+/-12,135

 

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

1,182,514

52.1

48.4%

+/-10,279

 

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

423,161

8.1

19.7%

+/-9,842

rank

Household population

5,396,621

 

 

*****

 

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)

3,060,144

69.5

65.0%

+/-12,553

rank

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

20.8

(X)

25.0

+/-0.1

rank

Median household income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

48,772

(X)

48,451

+/-440

rank

Median family income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

60,634

(X)

58,526

+/-462

rank

Per capita income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars)

24,875

(X)

25,267

+/-227

 

Families below poverty level

(X)

7.3

9.8%

(X)

 

Individuals below poverty level

(X)

11.0

13.3%

(X)

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total housing units

2,532,958

 

 

+/-960

 

Occupied housing units

2,230,060

88.0

88.4%

+/-8,147

 

Owner-occupied housing units

1,571,129

70.5

67.3%

+/-10,169

 

Renter-occupied housing units

658,931

29.5

32.7%

+/-9,105

 

Vacant housing units

302,898

12.0

11.6%

+/-8,687

 

Owner-occupied homes

1,571,129

 

 

+/-10,169

rank

Median value (dollars)

163,500

(X)

185,200

+/-749

rank

Median of selected monthly owner costs

 

 

 

 

 

With a mortgage (dollars)

1,338

(X)

1,402

+/-7

rank

Not mortgaged (dollars)

470

(X)

399

+/-3

rank

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Demographic Estimates - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

U.S.

Margin of Error

 

Total population

5,556,506

 

 

*****

 

Male

2,758,587

49.6

49.2%

+/-2,772

 

Female

2,797,919

50.4

50.8%

+/-2,772

 

Median age (years)

37.6

(X)

36.4

+/-0.1

 

Under 5 years

351,702

6.3

6.8%

+/-1,532

 

18 years and over

4,241,563

76.3

75.4%

+/-1,616

 

65 years and over

721,873

13.0

12.4%

+/-1,344

 

One race

5,484,928

98.7

98.0%

+/-3,929

 

White

4,859,689

87.5

73.9%

+/-6,394

rank

Black or African American

328,376

5.9

12.4%

+/-3,397

rank

American Indian and Alaska Native

47,727

0.9

0.8%

+/-2,424

rank

Asian

110,778

2.0

4.4%

+/-2,702

rank

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

1,622

0.0

0.1%

+/-681

rank

Some other race

136,736

2.5

6.3%

+/-5,993

rank

Two or more races

71,578

1.3

2.0%

+/-3,929

rank

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

256,304

4.6

14.8%

+/-658

 



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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