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

Census 1960
TOTAL POPULATION 7,114 100.0%
In households 7,073 99.4%
 
RACE
White 7,086 99.6%
Negro 7 0.1%
Other races 21 0.3%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native 6,724 94.5%
Foreign born 390 5.5%
 
SEX
Male 3,431 48.2%
Female 3,683 51.8%
 
AGE
Under 5 years 622 8.7%
5 to 19 years 1,982 27.9%
20 to 64 years 3,981 56.0%
65 years and over 529 7.4%
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units 2,405 100.0%
All occupied units 2,285 95.0%
Owner occupied 1,612 70.5%
Renter occupied 673 29.5%
Vacant 120 5.0%
Median value dollars 22,500 X
Median gross rent dollars 108 X
 
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars 9,640 X
 
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over 4,218 100.0%
High school 4 years 1,174 27.8%
College 4 years or more 1,092 25.9%
 
OCCUPATION
Employed 2,757 100.0%
Professional, technical, and kindred 701 25.4%
Farmers and farm managers 15 0.5%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm 537 19.5%
Clerical and kindred 415 15.1%
Sales 429 15.6%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred 213 7.7%
Operatives and kindred 154 5.6%
Private household workers 45 1.6%
Service workers, except private household 152 5.5%
Farm laborers and farm foremen 0 0.0%
Laborers, except farm and mine 61 2.2%
Occupation not reported 35 1.3%
 
 
                Source: 1960 Census
 

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