Area (square miles): Land 84 (58.8%) Water 59 (41.2%)

Population

The total population is 563,375 as of the 2000 Census. The census's sample size was 69,811 (12% of the total population).

The size of the urban population is 563,375 (100.0%) with 563,375 (100.00%) living inside urbanized (densely populated) areas.

The racial makeup is: White ~ 394,518 (70.0%), Black or African American ~ 46,716 (8.3%), American Indian and Alaska Native ~ 5,645 (1.0%), Asian ~ 73,849 (13.1%), Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander ~ 2,514 (0.4%), some other race ~ 12,996 (2.3%), comprised of two or more races ~ 27,137 (4.8%). The number of people of Hispanic or Latino origins (heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth) is 29,655 (5%).

The population is 50% male and 50% female with 17% 18 years or younger and 14% 62 years or older.

Households

There are 536,722 members of households with 342,957 (64%) family and 193,765 (36%) nonfamily household members. There is a total of 258,635 households in this community, with 115,498 family and 37,698 nonfamily households. Out of all family household (total 115,498) the number with their own children under 18 years that are married-couples equals 34,540 (29.91%), Male only householder (no wife present) equals 3,008 (2.60%), and Female only householder (no husband present) equals 20,460 (17.71%). There are 105,439 single person households with 49,007 (46.48%) male householders and 56,432 (53.52%) female householders. The number of singles (15 years and over) that have never married or married but the spouse is absent (separation, divorce, widowed..) that are male are 124,807 (25%) or that are female are 103,502 (21%).

Household language(s) include: English ~ 205,381 (79.41%), Spanish ~ 11,636 (4.50%), other Indo-European languages ~ 14,505 (5.61%), Asian and Pacific Island languages ~ 23,047 (8.91%).

The place of birth for the people of this community (total 563,375) are comprised of 468,423 (83.15%) natives or born in the United States and 94,952 (16.85%) are non-native foreign born. Among those born inside the United States, the number born in state of residence equals 218,787 (38.84%) and the number born in another state in the United States equals 239,977 (42.60%). The part of the United States where the group born in another state includes: Northeast 39,747 (7.06%), Midwest 66,111 (11.73%), South 43,241 (7.68%), West 90,878 (16.13%). Natives born outside the United States (total 9,659 (1.71%)) include(s): U.S. island areas 984 (0.17%), born abroad of American parent(s) 8,246 (1.46%). Non-native foreign born (total 94,952 (16.85%)) include(s): naturalized citizens 44,334 (7.87%) and not a citizen 50,618 (8.98%).