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Fact Sheet
2005-2009 2000
2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - what's this?
Data Profile Highlights:

Note:The following links are to data from the American Community Survey and the Population Estimates Program.

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

2.60

(X)

+/-0.01

 

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Average family size

3.19

(X)

+/-0.01

 

 

Population 25 years and over

197,440,772

 

+/-18,774

 

 

High school graduate or higher

(X)

84.6

(X)

 

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Bachelor's degree or higher

(X)

27.5

(X)

 

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Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)

22,894,578

10.1

+/-34,800

 

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With a Disability

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

 

Foreign born

37,342,870

12.4

+/-105,672

 

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

61,307,484

52.3

+/-243,394

 

 

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

59,472,071

48.4

+/-196,669

 

 

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

54,890,945

19.6

+/-102,169

 

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Household population

293,246,135

 

*****

 

 

Group quarters population

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economic Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

In labor force (population 16 years and over)

153,407,584

65.0

+/-85,403

 

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

25.2

(X)

+/-0.1

 

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Median household income (in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars)

51,425

(X)

+/-83

 

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Median family income (in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars)

62,363

(X)

+/-166

 

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Per capita income (in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars)

27,041

(X)

+/-67

 

 

Families below poverty level

(X)

9.9

+/-0.1

 

 

Individuals below poverty level

(X)

13.5

+/-0.1

 

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Housing Characteristics - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

Total housing units

127,699,712

 

+/-25,972

 

 

Occupied housing units

112,611,029

88.2

+/-239,343

 

 

Owner-occupied housing units

75,320,422

66.9

+/-342,226

 

 

Renter-occupied housing units

37,290,607

33.1

+/-109,177

 

 

Vacant housing units

15,088,683

11.8

+/-213,881

 

 

Owner-occupied homes

75,320,422

 

+/-342,226

 

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Median value (dollars)

185,400

(X)

+/-201

 

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Median of selected monthly owner costs

 

 

 

 

 

With a mortgage (dollars)

1,486

(X)

+/-1

 

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Not mortgaged (dollars)

419

(X)

+/-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Demographic Estimates - show more >>

Estimate

Percent

Margin of Error

 

 

Total population

301,461,533

 

*****

 

 

Male

148,535,646

49.3

+/-6,574

 

 

Female

152,925,887

50.7

+/-6,584

 

 

Median age (years)

36.5

(X)

+/-0.1

 

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Under 5 years

20,860,344

6.9

+/-4,121

 

 

18 years and over

227,279,008

75.4

+/-9,631

 

 

65 years and over

38,000,870

12.6

+/-4,944

 

 

One race

294,792,853

97.8

+/-65,716

 

 

White

224,469,780

74.5

+/-45,816

 

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Black or African American

37,264,679

12.4

+/-22,810

 

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American Indian and Alaska Native

2,423,294

0.8

+/-12,407

 

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Asian

13,201,056

4.4

+/-16,395

 

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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

447,591

0.1

+/-4,938

 

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Some other race

16,986,453

5.6

+/-46,059

 

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Two or more races

6,668,680

2.2

+/-65,623

 

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Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

45,476,938

15.1

+/-2,631

 

 



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2009 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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