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Decennial Census data
      1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION   TOTAL POPULATION 26,446 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 31,306 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White   White 25,421 96.1% White 28,660 91.5%
Negro   Black 155 0.6% Black 298 1.0%
Indian   American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 57 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 96 0.3%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 2 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 596 2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,983 6.3%
Asian 1,945 6.2%
Japanese   Japanese 97 0.4% Japanese 114 0.4%
Chinese   Chinese 312 1.2% Chinese 973 3.1%
Filipino   Filipino 47 0.2% Filipino 293 0.9%
Korean 21 0.1% Korean 79 0.3%
Asian Indian 34 0.1% Asian Indian 286 0.9%
Vietnamese 9 0.0% Vietnamese 127 0.4%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 73 0.2%
Pacific Islander 38 0.1%
Polynesian 11 0.0%
Hawaiian 5 0.0% Hawaiian 11 0.0%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 43 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 8 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 19 0.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 28 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other   Race, n.e.c. 217 0.8% Other Race 269 0.9%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT   SPANISH ORIGIN 875 3.3% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,265 4.0%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male   Male   Male 15,414 49.2%
Female   Female   Female 15,892 50.8%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years   Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,923 6.1%
5 to 19 years   5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 6,052 19.3%
20 to 64 years   20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 20,673 66.0%
65 years and over   65 years and over   65 years and over 2,658 8.5%
Median age   Median age 33.4 X Median age 38.2 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household   Total households 8,357 100.0% Households 11,167 100.0%
Families   Families 7,388 88.4% Total families 9,304 83.3%
With own children under 18 years   With own children under 18 years 4,430 53.0% With own children under 18 years 4,547 40.7%
Persons per household   Persons per household 3.15 X Persons per household 2.79 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.05 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals   Median household income 37,376 X Median household income 74,472 X
Median family income 39,662 X Median family income 78,863 X
Income of persons   Per capita income 13,275 X Per capita income 31,265 X
Less than poverty level   Below poverty level 2.2% Below poverty level 2.1%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 30.1 X Mean minutes traveled to work 28.7 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 12,397 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 17,052 100.0%
Private vehicle 10,849 87.5% Car, truck, or van 15,238 89.4%
Drive alone car 8,054 65.0% Drove alone 13,629 79.9%
Drive alone truck or van 659 5.3%
Carpool car 1,833 14.8% Carpooled 1,609 9.4%
Carpool truck or van 303 2.4%  
Public transportation 801 6.5% Public transportation 657 3.9%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 45 0.3%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 541 3.2%
Railroad   Railroad 71 0.4%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 44 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 52 0.3%
Walked only 189 1.5% Walked 230 1.3%
Other means 242 2.0% Other means 139 0.8%
Worked at home 316 2.5% Working at home 692 4.1%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

Decennial Census data
      1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010


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