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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 23,667 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 24,505 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 24,127 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 22,918 96.8% White 22,257 90.8% White 20,925 86.7%
Negro 80 0.3% Black 344 1.4% Black 405 1.7%
Indian 16 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 50 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 79 0.3%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1,557 6.4% Asian or Pacific Islander 2,386 9.9%
Asian 2,324 9.6%
Japanese 182 0.8% Japanese 317 1.3% Japanese 315 1.3%
Chinese 309 1.3% Chinese 502 2.0% Chinese 1,086 4.5%
Filipino 45 0.2% Filipino 372 1.5% Filipino 413 1.7%
Korean 87 0.4% Korean 154 0.6%
Asian Indian 77 0.3% Asian Indian 274 1.1%
Vietnamese 95 0.4% Vietnamese 0 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 82 0.3%
Pacific Islander 62 0.3%
Polynesian 62 0.3%
Hawaiian 60 0.2% Hawaiian 23 0.1%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 20 0.1%
Tongan 19 0.1%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 27 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 0 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 20 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 117 0.5% Race, n.e.c. 297 1.2% Other Race 332 1.4%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 1,295 5.5% SPANISH ORIGIN 1,596 6.5% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,776 7.4%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 11,421 48.3% Male   Male 11,861 49.2%
Female 12,246 51.7% Female   Female 12,266 50.8%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,576 6.7% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,414 5.9%
5 to 19 years 6,545 27.7% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 2,850 11.8%
20 to 64 years 14,228 60.1% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 17,081 70.8%
65 years and over 1,318 5.6% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,782 11.5%
Median age 29.6 X Median age 33.3 X Median age 36.3 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 7,770 100.0% Total households 9,713 100.0% Households 10,138 100.0%
Families 6,300 81.1% Families 6,376 65.6% Total families 6,420 63.3%
With own children under 18 years 3,403 43.8% With own children under 18 years 2,867 29.5% With own children under 18 years 2,455 24.2%
Persons per household 2.99 X Persons per household 2.46 X Persons per household 2.34 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.84 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 12,810 X Median household income 26,282 X Median household income 50,859 X
Median family income 31,599 X Median family income 63,718 X
Income of persons 4,868 X Per capita income 11,774 X Per capita income 25,827 X
Less than poverty level 3.6% Below poverty level 3.9% Below poverty level 4.7%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 22.6 X Mean minutes traveled to work 23.8 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 14,448 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 14,654 100.0%
Private vehicle 12,776 88.4% Car, truck, or van 13,055 89.1%
Drive alone car 9,506 65.8% Drove alone 11,592 79.1%
Drive alone truck or van 1,059 7.3%
Carpool car 1,921 13.3% Carpooled 1,463 10.0%
Carpool truck or van 290 2.0%  
Public transportation 941 6.5% Public transportation 671 4.6%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 250 1.7%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 17 0.1%
Railroad   Railroad 397 2.7%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 7 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 21 0.1%
Bicycle   Bicycle 63 0.4%
Walked only 290 2.0% Walked 391 2.7%
Other means 227 1.6% Other means 42 0.3%
Worked at home 214 1.5% Working at home 411 2.8%
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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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