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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 28,060 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 42,683 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 62,195 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 27,530 98.1% White 38,201 89.5% White 53,267 85.6%
Negro 42 0.1% Black 615 1.4% Black 1,702 2.7%
Indian 128 0.5% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 578 1.4% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 525 0.8%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1,110 2.6% Asian or Pacific Islander 3,043 4.9%
Asian 2,901 4.7%
Japanese 42 0.1% Japanese 159 0.4% Japanese 253 0.4%
Chinese 98 0.3% Chinese 245 0.6% Chinese 691 1.1%
Filipino 92 0.3% Filipino 353 0.8% Filipino 1,489 2.4%
Korean 101 0.2% Korean 110 0.2%
Asian Indian 63 0.1% Asian Indian 157 0.3%
Vietnamese 97 0.2% Vietnamese 68 0.1%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 48 0.1%
Other Asian 85 0.1%
Pacific Islander 142 0.2%
Polynesian 76 0.1%
Hawaiian 29 0.1% Hawaiian 25 0.0%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 51 0.1%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 41 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 50 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 16 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 22 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 128 0.5% Race, n.e.c. 2,179 5.1% Other Race 3,658 5.9%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 3,085 11.0% SPANISH ORIGIN 5,930 13.9% TOTAL HISPANIC 10,034 16.1%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 13,826 49.3% Male   Male 30,368 48.8%
Female 14,234 50.7% Female   Female 31,827 51.2%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 2,846 10.1% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 6,204 10.0%
5 to 19 years 8,620 30.7% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 13,119 21.1%
20 to 64 years 14,798 52.7% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 38,193 61.4%
65 years and over 1,796 6.4% 65 years and over   65 years and over 4,679 7.5%
Median age 26.1 X Median age 27.8 X Median age 30.1 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 8,593 100.0% Total households 14,955 100.0% Households 21,390 100.0%
Families 7,462 86.8% Families 11,722 78.4% Total families 16,791 78.5%
With own children under 18 years 4,757 55.4% With own children under 18 years 7,104 47.5% With own children under 18 years 9,657 45.1%
Persons per household 3.24 X Persons per household 2.84 X Persons per household 2.89 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.24 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 10,172 X Median household income 20,892 X Median household income 40,936 X
Median family income 22,904 X Median family income 44,939 X
Income of persons 3,344 X Per capita income 7,791 X Per capita income 15,153 X
Less than poverty level 7.0% Below poverty level 7.3% Below poverty level 9.0%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 23.2 X Mean minutes traveled to work 29.4 X
Mean travel time to work for workers traveling 45 or more minutes  
  
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over 18,042 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 29,079 100.0%
Private vehicle 16,627 92.2% Car, truck, or van 26,957 92.7%
Drive alone car 10,386 57.6% Drove alone 22,789 78.4%
Drive alone truck or van 2,766 15.3%
Carpool car 2,630 14.6% Carpooled 4,168 14.3%
Carpool truck or van 845 4.7%  
Public transportation 357 2.0% Public transportation 606 2.1%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 179 0.6%
  Streetcar or trolley car 8 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 360 1.2%
Railroad   Railroad 59 0.2%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 200 0.7%
Bicycle   Bicycle 113 0.4%
Walked only 330 1.8% Walked 416 1.4%
Other means 493 2.7% Other means 209 0.7%
Worked at home 235 1.3% Working at home 578 2.0%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

Decennial Census data
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            In excel: 1880-2010
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