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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 8,783 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 15,376 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 24,437 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 8,254 94.0% White 13,316 86.6% White 20,588 84.2%
Negro 268 3.1% Black 744 4.8% Black 1,323 5.4%
Indian 30 0.3% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 186 1.2% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 208 0.9%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 19 0.1%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 715 4.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,884 7.7%
Asian 1,825 7.5%
Japanese 20 0.2% Japanese 125 0.8% Japanese 110 0.5%
Chinese 13 0.1% Chinese 160 1.0% Chinese 555 2.3%
Filipino 43 0.5% Filipino 356 2.3% Filipino 1,005 4.1%
Korean 0 0.0% Korean 25 0.1%
Asian Indian 9 0.1% Asian Indian 45 0.2%
Vietnamese 36 0.2% Vietnamese 55 0.2%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 30 0.1%
Pacific Islander 59 0.2%
Polynesian 7 0.0%
Hawaiian 14 0.1% Hawaiian 7 0.0%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 0 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 52 0.2%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 15 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 101 1.1% Race, n.e.c. 415 2.7% Other Race 434 1.8%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT   SPANISH ORIGIN 1,007 6.5% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,708 7.0%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 5,113 58.2% Male   Male 12,095 49.5%
Female 3,670 41.8% Female   Female 12,342 50.5%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 760 8.7% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,958 8.0%
5 to 19 years 2,186 24.9% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 4,756 19.5%
20 to 64 years 5,216 59.4% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 15,737 64.4%
65 years and over 621 7.1% 65 years and over   65 years and over 1,985 8.1%
Median age   Median age 30.8 X Median age 34.6 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 2,415 100.0% Total households 5,737 100.0% Households 9,266 100.0%
Families 2,026 83.9% Families 4,152 72.4% Total families 6,799 73.4%
With own children under 18 years   With own children under 18 years 2,381 41.5% With own children under 18 years 3,706 40.0%
Persons per household 2.89 X Persons per household 2.67 X Persons per household 2.63 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.07 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 5,528 X Median household income 23,297 X Median household income 49,660 X
Median family income 26,362 X Median family income 56,735 X
Income of persons 3,235 X Per capita income 9,312 X Per capita income 20,663 X
Less than poverty level 12.3% Below poverty level 4.8% Below poverty level 5.4%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 22.9 X Mean minutes traveled to work 30.0 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 7,231 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 12,835 100.0%
Private vehicle 6,682 92.4% Car, truck, or van 11,494 89.6%
Drive alone car 4,437 61.4% Drove alone 9,651 75.2%
Drive alone truck or van 815 11.3%
Carpool car 1,261 17.4% Carpooled 1,843 14.4%
Carpool truck or van 169 2.3%  
Public transportation 216 3.0% Public transportation 458 3.6%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 115 0.9%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 200 1.6%
Railroad   Railroad 15 0.1%
  Ferryboat 52 0.4%
Taxicab   Taxicab 76 0.6%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 80 0.6%
Bicycle   Bicycle 29 0.2%
Walked only 168 2.3% Walked 313 2.4%
Other means 115 1.6% Other means 73 0.6%
Worked at home 50 0.7% Working at home 388 3.0%
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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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