United States - ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006

United States

ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006

Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

Social - Education, Marital Status, Relationships, Fertility, Grandparents...
Economic - Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
Housing - Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Units...
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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.

For more information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error
Total population	299,398,485	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	147,434,940	+/-20,867
Female	151,963,545	+/-20,868

Under 5 years	20,385,773	+/-16,155
5 to 9 years	19,748,765	+/-55,552
10 to 14 years	20,678,265	+/-51,043
15 to 19 years	21,697,322	+/-31,241
20 to 24 years	20,955,536	+/-31,780
25 to 34 years	39,905,599	+/-37,861
35 to 44 years	43,892,631	+/-26,397
45 to 54 years	43,325,361	+/-31,017
55 to 59 years	18,049,153	+/-41,577
60 to 64 years	13,569,076	+/-39,917
65 to 74 years	18,936,686	+/-14,672
75 to 84 years	13,247,540	+/-30,300
85 years and over	5,006,778	+/-28,295

Median age (years)	36.4	+/-0.2

18 years and over	225,633,342	+/-26,730
21 years and over	212,355,429	+/-72,051
62 years and over	45,143,991	+/-41,746
65 years and over	37,191,004	+/-16,654

18 years and over	225,633,342	+/-26,730
Male	109,685,985	+/-20,133
Female	115,947,357	+/-18,412

65 years and over	37,191,004	+/-16,654
Male	15,606,675	+/-10,186
Female	21,584,329	+/-11,367

RACE
One race	293,285,839	+/-62,939
Two or more races	6,112,646	+/-62,937

Total population	299,398,485	*****
One race	293,285,839	+/-62,939
White	221,331,507	+/-120,829
Black or African American	37,051,483	+/-40,251
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,369,431	+/-25,930
Cherokee tribal grouping	301,750	+/-10,125
Chippewa tribal grouping	109,149	+/-4,657
Navajo tribal grouping	296,076	+/-8,093
Sioux tribal grouping	116,737	+/-5,756
Asian	13,100,095	+/-29,634
Asian Indian	2,482,141	+/-48,529
Chinese	3,090,453	+/-42,423
Filipino	2,328,097	+/-41,779
Japanese	829,767	+/-19,496
Korean	1,335,075	+/-31,698
Vietnamese	1,475,798	+/-35,046
Other Asian	1,558,764	+/-30,375
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	426,194	+/-10,127
Native Hawaiian	148,598	+/-7,214
Guamanian or Chamorro	85,628	+/-7,742
Samoan	73,385	+/-7,036
Other Pacific Islander	118,583	+/-8,282
Some other race	19,007,129	+/-109,510
Two or more races	6,112,646	+/-62,937
White and Black or African American	1,275,169	+/-29,274
White and American Indian and Alaska Native	1,390,527	+/-18,786
White and Asian	1,001,633	+/-23,768
Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native	241,737	+/-11,150

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
Total population	299,398,485	*****
White	226,537,259	+/-127,863
Black or African American	39,151,870	+/-34,212
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,329,799	+/-32,968
Asian	14,656,608	+/-22,013
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	813,474	+/-14,567
Some other race	20,484,020	+/-115,113

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	299,398,485	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	44,252,278	+/-10,603
Mexican	28,339,354	+/-87,068
Puerto Rican	3,987,947	+/-48,136
Cuban	1,520,276	+/-30,458
Other Hispanic or Latino	10,404,701	+/-74,430
Not Hispanic or Latino	255,146,207	+/-10,602
White alone	198,176,991	+/-28,150
Black or African American alone	36,434,530	+/-40,161
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,035,551	+/-18,003
Asian alone	12,945,401	+/-28,537
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	387,230	+/-8,034
Some other race alone	768,782	+/-27,440
Two or more races	4,397,722	+/-46,799
Two races including Some other race	231,584	+/-10,146
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	4,166,138	+/-45,582

Total housing units	126,311,823	+/-6,652

ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 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:
�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)
�While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or 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 estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few 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.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. 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.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. 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.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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