City of Antioch -- earliest to 1960 Census data

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Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

City of Antioch

Contra Costa County

Decennial Census data
1880-1940 | 1950-1960 | 1970-1990 | 2000-2010
In excel: 1880-2010

1950 Census			1960 Census
TOTAL POPULATION	11,051	100.0%	TOTAL POPULATION	17,305	100.0%
In households	10,966	99.2%	In households	17,288	99.9%
			In group quarters	17	0.1%

RACE			RACE
Native white	10,077	91.2%	White	17,240	99.6%
Foreign-born white	910	8.2%
Negro	11	0.1%	Negro	2	0.0%
Other races	53	0.5%	Other races	1	0.0%
			Indian	15	0.1%
			Japanese	7	0.0%
			Chinese	12	0.1%
			Filipino	28	0.2%

WHITE PERSONS OF SPANISH SURNAME	864	7.8%

			PLACE OF BIRTH
			Native	16,115	93.1%
			Foreign born	1,190	6.9%

SEX			SEX
Male	5,579	50.5%	Male	8,580	49.6%
Female	5,472	49.5%	Female	8,725	50.4%

AGE			AGE
Under 5 years	1,321	12.0%	Under 5 years	2,034	11.8%
5 to 17 years	2,360	21.4%	5 to 17 years	4,706	27.2%
18 to 64 years	6,865	62.1%	18 to 64 years	9,546	55.2%
65 years and over	505	4.6%	65 years and over	1,019	5.9%
Median age	28.7	X	Median age	27.5	X

HOUSEHOLDS			HOUSEHOLDS
Total household	3,253	100.0%
			Families	4,548	100.0%
			With own children under 18	2,991	65.8%
Persons per household	3.37	X	Population per household	3.34	X

HOUSING OCCUPANCY			HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All dwelling units	3,328	100.0%	All housing units	5,402	100.0%
Occupied dwelling units	3,246	97.5%	All occupied units	5,177	95.8%
Owner occupied	1,968	60.6%	Owner occupied	3,606	69.7%
Renter occupied	1,278	39.4%	Renter occupied	1,571	30.3%
Vacant	80	2.4%	Vacant	225	4.2%
Median value of 1-unit structures dollars	8,521	X	Median value dollars	11,900	X
Median gross rent dollars	41	X	Median gross rent dollars	69	X

INCOME IN 1949			INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	3,960	X	Families median income dollars	6,778	X

YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED			YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	6,095	100.0%	Population 25 years and over	9,232	100.0%
High school 4 years	1,780	29.2%	High school 4 years	2,989	32.4%
College 4 years or more	350	5.7%	College 4 years or more	511	5.5%

			MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
			All workers	6,023	100.0%
			Private automobile or car pool	5,208	86.5%
			Railroad, subway or elevated	0	0.0%
			Bus or streetcar	32	0.5%
			Walked to work	425	7.1%
			Other means	133	2.2%
			Worked at home	89	1.5%
			Not reported	136	2.3%

MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP			OCCUPATION
Employed	4,322	100.0%	Employed	6,163	100.0%
Professional, technical, and kindred	368	8.5%	Professional, technical, and kindred	581	9.4%
Farmers and farm managers	21	0.5%	Farmers and farm managers	25	0.4%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	357	8.3%	Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	355	5.8%
Clerical and kindred	529	12.2%	Clerical and kindred	824	13.4%
Sales	207	4.8%	Sales	341	5.5%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	847	19.6%	Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	1,231	20.0%
Operatives and kindred	1,185	27.4%	Operatives and kindred	1,715	27.8%
Private household workers	55	1.3%	Private household workers	100	1.6%
Service workers, except private household	301	7.0%	Service workers, except private household	473	7.7%
Farm laborers	15	0.3%	Farm laborers and farm foremen	31	0.5%
Laborers, except farm and mine	374	8.7%	Laborers, except farm and mine	314	5.1%
Occupation not reported	63	1.5%	Occupation not reported	173	2.8%

			CLASS OF WORKER
			Self-employed	406	6.6%

Census Data for the year:
1940 Total population	5,106
1930 Total population	3,563
1920 Total population	1,936
1910 Total population	1,124
1900 Total population	674
1890 Total population	635
1880 Total population	626

Source: 1950-1960 Census, DOF Research

Decennial Census data
1880-1940 | 1950-1960 | 1970-1990 | 2000-2010
In excel: 1880-2010
All Census Bureau data

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