United States - General Demographic Characteristics: 2005

United States

General Demographic Characteristics: 2005

Data Set: 2005 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Relationship, Household by Type
Social - Education, Marital Status, Fertility, Grandparents...
Economic - Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
Housing - Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
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NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

General Demographic Characteristics: 2005	Estimate	Margin of Error
Total population	288,378,137	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	141,274,964	+/-20,305
Female	147,103,173	+/-20,305
Under 5 years	20,267,176	+/-12,409
5 to 9 years	19,512,288	+/-65,727
10 to 14 years	20,800,182	+/-64,635
15 to 19 years	19,544,895	+/-26,977
20 to 24 years	19,302,837	+/-34,870
25 to 34 years	38,785,474	+/-27,224
35 to 44 years	43,237,594	+/-26,105
45 to 54 years	42,045,357	+/-26,558
55 to 59 years	17,122,367	+/-45,126
60 to 64 years	12,999,440	+/-44,488
65 to 74 years	18,359,809	+/-16,731
75 to 84 years	12,589,992	+/-25,153
85 years and over	3,810,726	+/-24,576

Median age (years)	36.4	+/-0.2

18 years and over	215,246,449	+/-16,617
21 years and over	204,456,378	+/-43,950
62 years and over	42,320,186	+/-43,274
65 years and over	34,760,527	+/-15,554

18 years and over	215,246,449	+/-16,617
Male	103,883,099	+/-16,281
Female	111,363,350	+/-16,326

65 years and over	34,760,527	+/-15,554
Male	14,844,129	+/-8,974
Female	19,916,398	+/-10,899

RACE
One race	282,820,953	+/-63,453
Two or more races	5,557,184	+/-63,453

Total population	288,378,137	*****
One race	282,820,953	+/-63,453
White	215,333,394	+/-115,546
Black or African American	34,962,569	+/-41,001
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,357,544	+/-22,280
Cherokee tribal grouping	309,459	+/-10,575
Chippewa tribal grouping	114,492	+/-5,039
Navajo tribal grouping	293,802	+/-8,975
Sioux tribal grouping	120,066	+/-6,448
Asian	12,471,815	+/-30,771
Asian Indian	2,319,222	+/-41,272
Chinese	2,882,257	+/-44,036
Filipino	2,282,872	+/-37,197
Japanese	833,761	+/-18,074
Korean	1,246,240	+/-33,761
Vietnamese	1,418,334	+/-40,465
Other Asian	1,489,129	+/-32,409
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	397,030	+/-10,869
Native Hawaiian	151,878	+/-8,415
Guamanian or Chamorro	76,062	+/-7,134
Samoan	56,736	+/-8,094
Other Pacific Islander	112,354	+/-8,666
Some other race	17,298,601	+/-121,998
Two or more races	5,557,184	+/-63,453
White and Black or African American	1,151,785	+/-29,892
White and American Indian and Alaska Native	1,290,707	+/-22,809
White and Asian	906,331	+/-20,754
Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native	212,782	+/-13,187

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
Total population	288,378,137	*****
White	220,080,685	+/-121,370
Black or African American	36,844,565	+/-39,035
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,154,705	+/-31,213
Asian	13,879,891	+/-22,189
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	764,255	+/-15,192
Some other race	18,629,399	+/-118,010

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	288,378,137	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	41,870,703	+/-10,385
Mexican	26,781,547	+/-95,939
Puerto Rican	3,781,317	+/-41,382
Cuban	1,461,574	+/-30,216
Other Hispanic or Latino	9,846,265	+/-86,625
Not Hispanic or Latino	246,507,434	+/-10,385
White alone	192,615,561	+/-24,069
Black or African American alone	34,364,572	+/-38,740
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,046,735	+/-17,120
Asian alone	12,312,949	+/-28,180
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	355,513	+/-8,533
Some other race alone	777,679	+/-27,100
Two or more races	4,034,425	+/-47,061
Two races including Some other race	215,466	+/-11,930
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	3,818,959	+/-45,586

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	288,378,137	*****
Householder	114,763,475	+/-101,696
Spouse	57,057,621	+/-136,530
Child	85,374,056	+/-124,566
Other relatives	16,801,120	+/-102,020
Nonrelatives	14,381,865	+/-134,413
Unmarried partner	6,142,477	+/-51,776

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	111,090,617	+/-143,575
Family households (families)	74,341,149	+/-183,254
With own children under 18 years	35,083,508	+/-98,124
Married-couple families	55,224,773	+/-227,215
With own children under 18 years	24,136,134	+/-105,229
Male householder, no wife present	5,097,664	+/-44,718
With own children under 18 years	2,526,487	+/-30,580
Female householder, no husband present	14,018,712	+/-65,857
With own children under 18 years	8,420,887	+/-59,836
Nonfamily households	36,749,468	+/-92,060
Householder living alone	30,073,238	+/-80,437
65 years and over	10,055,514	+/-40,516

Households with one or more people under 18 years	38,766,270	+/-95,355
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	25,514,860	+/-74,909

Average household size	2.60	+/-0.01
Average family size	3.18	+/-0.01

General Demographic Characteristics: 2005	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
�The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.
�For more information on understanding race and Hispanic origin data, please see the Census 2000 Brief entitled, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin, issued March 2001. (pdf format)

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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