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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 9,327 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 23,287 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 28,176 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 8,389 89.9% White 19,047 81.8% White 20,703 73.5%
Negro 170 1.8% Black 911 3.9% Black 871 3.1%
Indian 11 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 66 0.3% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 22 0.1%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2,929 12.6% Asian or Pacific Islander 6,191 22.0%
Asian 6,072 21.6%
Japanese 152 1.6% Japanese 539 2.3% Japanese 1,212 4.3%
Chinese 467 5.0% Chinese 1,569 6.7% Chinese 3,460 12.3%
Filipino 69 0.7% Filipino 382 1.6% Filipino 665 2.4%
Korean 153 0.7% Korean 251 0.9%
Asian Indian 170 0.7% Asian Indian 292 1.0%
Vietnamese 16 0.1% Vietnamese 75 0.3%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 7 0.0%
Other Asian 110 0.4%
Pacific Islander 119 0.4%
Polynesian 93 0.3%
Hawaiian 21 0.1% Hawaiian 76 0.3%
Samoan 12 0.1% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 17 0.1%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 23 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 26 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 44 0.2% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 69 0.7% Race, n.e.c. 334 1.4% Other Race 389 1.4%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT   SPANISH ORIGIN 1,511 6.5% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,682 6.0%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 4,641 49.8% Male   Male 14,076 50.0%
Female 4,686 50.2% Female   Female 14,100 50.0%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 989 10.6% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,475 5.2%
5 to 19 years 3,060 32.8% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 4,252 15.1%
20 to 64 years 5,099 54.7% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 20,533 72.9%
65 years and over 179 1.9% 65 years and over   65 years and over 1,916 6.8%
Median age   Median age 32.1 X Median age 35.6 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 2,591 100.0% Total households 8,828 100.0% Households 11,256 100.0%
Families 2,345 90.5% Families 6,200 70.2% Total families 7,478 66.4%
With own children under 18 years   With own children under 18 years 3,394 38.4% With own children under 18 years 3,273 29.1%
Persons per household 3.59 X Persons per household 2.64 X Persons per household 2.50 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.01 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 16,050 X Median household income 30,131 X Median household income 60,462 X
Median family income 33,353 X Median family income 66,991 X
Income of persons 4,935 X Per capita income 13,264 X Per capita income 28,399 X
Less than poverty level 3.3% Below poverty level 3.5% Below poverty level 2.9%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 25.1 X Mean minutes traveled to work 26.3 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 13,720 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 17,429 100.0%
Private vehicle 12,281 89.5% Car, truck, or van 15,938 91.4%
Drive alone car 9,655 70.4% Drove alone 14,211 81.5%
Drive alone truck or van 653 4.8%
Carpool car 1,831 13.3% Carpooled 1,727 9.9%
Carpool truck or van 142 1.0%  
Public transportation 738 5.4% Public transportation 670 3.8%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 386 2.2%
  Streetcar or trolley car 7 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
Railroad   Railroad 270 1.5%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 7 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 46 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 67 0.4%
Walked only 181 1.3% Walked 174 1.0%
Other means 251 1.8% Other means 99 0.6%
Worked at home 269 2.0% Working at home 435 2.5%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census
 
 

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