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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 18,216 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 34,015 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 40,263 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 17,552 96.4% White 30,938 91.0% White 29,918 74.3%
Negro 49 0.3% Black 247 0.7% Black 399 1.0%
Indian 42 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 67 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 66 0.2%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2,393 7.0% Asian or Pacific Islander 9,271 23.0%
Asian 9,242 23.0%
Japanese 301 1.7% Japanese 870 2.6% Japanese 1,793 4.5%
Chinese 189 1.0% Chinese 884 2.6% Chinese 5,310 13.2%
Filipino 23 0.1% Filipino 55 0.2% Filipino 250 0.6%
Korean 204 0.6% Korean 608 1.5%
Asian Indian 125 0.4% Asian Indian 758 1.9%
Vietnamese 112 0.3% Vietnamese 352 0.9%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 171 0.4%
Pacific Islander 29 0.1%
Polynesian 17 0.0%
Hawaiian 37 0.1% Hawaiian 17 0.0%
Samoan 17 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 22 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 12 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 67 0.2% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 60 0.3% Race, n.e.c. 370 1.1% Other Race 609 1.5%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 592 3.2% SPANISH ORIGIN 1,473 4.3% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,937 4.8%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 9,065 49.8% Male   Male 20,002 49.7%
Female 9,151 50.2% Female   Female 20,261 50.3%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,612 8.8% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 2,424 6.0%
5 to 19 years 6,100 33.5% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 6,306 15.7%
20 to 64 years 9,925 54.5% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 28,143 69.9%
65 years and over 579 3.2% 65 years and over   65 years and over 3,390 8.4%
Median age 26.0 X Median age 32.2 X Median age 36.0 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 5,192 100.0% Total households 12,284 100.0% Households 15,361 100.0%
Families 4,579 88.2% Families 8,991 73.2% Total families 10,966 71.4%
With own children under 18 years 3,119 60.1% With own children under 18 years 4,812 39.2% With own children under 18 years 4,989 32.5%
Persons per household 3.48 X Persons per household 2.73 X Persons per household 2.60 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.02 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 13,978 X Median household income 30,312 X Median household income 64,587 X
Median family income 33,249 X Median family income 70,671 X
Income of persons 4,362 X Per capita income 11,749 X Per capita income 29,118 X
Less than poverty level 4.4% Below poverty level 3.7% Below poverty level 3.1%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 20.4 X Mean minutes traveled to work 21.7 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 18,953 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 23,140 100.0%
Private vehicle 17,316 91.4% Car, truck, or van 21,267 91.9%
Drive alone car 13,349 70.4% Drove alone 19,501 84.3%
Drive alone truck or van 1,152 6.1%
Carpool car 2,574 13.6% Carpooled 1,766 7.6%
Carpool truck or van 241 1.3%  
Public transportation 415 2.2% Public transportation 387 1.7%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 287 1.2%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 5 0.0%
Railroad   Railroad 88 0.4%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 7 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 127 0.5%
Bicycle   Bicycle 168 0.7%
Walked only 319 1.7% Walked 463 2.0%
Other means 547 2.9% Other means 61 0.3%
Worked at home 356 1.9% Working at home 667 2.9%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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