Total population...................................... 2,573,216 SEX Male..................................................... 1,230,617 Female................................................... 1,342,599 AGE Under 5 years............................................ 195,365 5 to 17 years............................................ 551,396 18 to 20 years........................................... 141,847 21 to 24 years........................................... 151,499 25 to 44 years........................................... 749,584 45 to 54 years........................................... 247,745 55 to 59 years........................................... 107,784 60 to 64 years........................................... 106,712 65 to 74 years........................................... 180,149 75 to 84 years........................................... 108,800 85 years and over........................................ 32,335 Median age............................................... 31.2 Under 18 years.............................................. 746,761 Percent of total population.............................. 29.0 65 years and over........................................... 321,284 Percent of total population.............................. 12.5 HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE Total households............................................ 911,374 Family households (families)............................. 674,378 Married-couple families............................... 498,240 Percent of total households........................ 54.7 Other family, male householder........................ 30,917 Other family, female householder...................... 145,221 Nonfamily households..................................... 236,996 Percent of total households........................ 26.0 Householder living alone.............................. 212,949 Householder 65 years and over...................... 98,180 Persons living in households............................. 2,503,499 Persons per household.................................... 2.75 GROUP QUARTERS Persons living in group quarters......................... 69,717 Institutionalized persons............................. 29,733 Other persons in group quarters....................... 39,984 RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN White.................................................... 1,633,461 Black.................................................... 915,057 Percent of total population........................... 35.6 American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut........................ 8,525 Percent of total population........................... 0.3 Asian or Pacific Islander................................ 13,016