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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 85,164 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 103,255 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 111,348 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 83,409 97.9% White 94,051 91.1% White 93,449 83.9%
Negro 243 0.3% Black 1,749 1.7% Black 2,370 2.1%
Indian 221 0.3% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 734 0.7% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 1,026 0.9%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 8 0.0% Aleut 27 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4,884 4.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 9,677 8.7%
Asian 9,272 8.3%
Japanese 410 0.5% Japanese 784 0.8% Japanese 803 0.7%
Chinese 281 0.3% Chinese 1,474 1.4% Chinese 2,952 2.7%
Filipino 259 0.3% Filipino 1,472 1.4% Filipino 3,090 2.8%
Korean 261 0.3% Korean 752 0.7%
Asian Indian 468 0.5% Asian Indian 677 0.6%
Vietnamese 152 0.1% Vietnamese 363 0.3%
Cambodian 15 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 143 0.1%
Thai 78 0.1%
Other Asian 399 0.4%
Pacific Islander 405 0.4%
Polynesian 335 0.3%
Hawaiian 90 0.1% Hawaiian 198 0.2%
Samoan 5 0.0% Samoan 49 0.0%
Tongan 88 0.1%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 65 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 65 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 116 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 5 0.0%
All other 341 0.4% Race, n.e.c. 1,834 1.8% Other Race 4,826 4.3%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 3,476 4.1% SPANISH ORIGIN 7,409 7.2% TOTAL HISPANIC 12,776 11.5%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 41,955 49.3% Male 50,376 48.8% Male 54,643 49.1%
Female 43,209 50.7% Female 52,879 51.2% Female 56,705 50.9%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 7,747 9.1% Under 5 years 7,324 7.1% Under 5 years 8,529 7.7%
5 to 19 years 29,165 34.2% 5 to 19 years 25,532 24.7% 5 to 17 years 18,716 16.8%
20 to 64 years 44,692 52.5% 20 to 64 years 62,762 60.8% 18 to 64 years 73,698 66.2%
65 years and over 3,560 4.2% 65 years and over 7,637 7.4% 65 years and over 10,405 9.3%
Median age 24.7 X Median age 29.9 X Median age 32.7 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 24,574 100.0% Total households 37,980 100.0% Households 42,095 100.0%
Families 21,594 87.9% Families 27,373 72.1% Total families 29,346 69.7%
With own children under 18 years 14,570 59.3% With own children under 18 years 15,213 40.1% With own children under 18 years 14,625 34.7%
Persons per household 3.44 X Persons per household 2.69 X Persons per household 2.62 X
Persons per family 3.19 X Persons per family 3.08 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 11,562 X Median household income 22,130 X Median household income 41,675 X
Median family income 25,648 X Median family income 46,847 X
Income of persons 3,538 X Per capita income 8,880 X Per capita income 17,566 X
Less than poverty level 4.7% Below poverty level 6.0% Below poverty level 6.6%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 28.6 X Mean minutes traveled to work 28.8 X
Mean travel time to work for workers traveling 45 or more minutes 60.3 X
  
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over 50,836 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 59,748 100.0%
Private vehicle 42,551 83.7% Car, truck, or van 49,886 83.5%
Drive alone car 28,633 56.3% Drove alone 42,123 70.5%
Drive alone truck or van 4,777 9.4%
Carpool car 7,382 14.5% Carpooled 7,763 13.0%
Carpool truck or van 1,759 3.5%  
Public transportation 4,626 9.1% Public transportation 5,807 9.7%
Bus or streetcar 469 0.9% Bus or trolley bus 1,061 1.8%
  Streetcar or trolley car 10 0.0%
Subway or elevated train 3,436 6.8% Subway or elevated 4,143 6.9%
Railroad 716 1.4% Railroad 589 1.0%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab 5 0.0% Taxicab 4 0.0%
Motorcycle 533 1.0% Motorcycle 308 0.5%
Bicycle 342 0.7% Bicycle 402 0.7%
Walked only 1,304 2.6% Walked 1,194 2.0%
Other means 835 1.6% Other means 431 0.7%
Worked at home 645 1.3% Working at home 1,720 2.9%
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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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