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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 20,484 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 20,879 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 23,501 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 20,284 99.0% White 20,038 96.0% White 21,862 93.0%
Negro 37 0.2% Black 89 0.4% Black 155 0.7%
Indian 19 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 23 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 50 0.2%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 560 2.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,363 5.8%
Asian 1,335 5.7%
Japanese 52 0.3% Japanese 126 0.6% Japanese 343 1.5%
Chinese 42 0.2% Chinese 258 1.2% Chinese 507 2.2%
Filipino 14 0.1% Filipino 46 0.2% Filipino 95 0.4%
Korean 75 0.4% Korean 127 0.5%
Asian Indian 45 0.2% Asian Indian 183 0.8%
Vietnamese 6 0.0% Vietnamese 0 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 80 0.3%
Pacific Islander 28 0.1%
Polynesian 28 0.1%
Hawaiian 0 0.0% Hawaiian 28 0.1%
Samoan 4 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 0 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 0 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0.0% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 36 0.2% Race, n.e.c. 169 0.8% Other Race 71 0.3%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 333 1.6% SPANISH ORIGIN 550 2.6% TOTAL HISPANIC 845 3.6%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 10,058 49.1% Male   Male 11,592 49.3%
Female 10,426 50.9% Female   Female 11,909 50.7%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,249 6.1% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,372 5.8%
5 to 19 years 6,345 31.0% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 3,937 16.8%
20 to 64 years 11,587 56.6% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 14,985 63.8%
65 years and over 1,303 6.4% 65 years and over   65 years and over 3,207 13.6%
Median age 32.1 X Median age 35.9 X Median age 40.1 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 6,504 100.0% Total households 7,822 100.0% Households 9,033 100.0%
Families 5,632 86.6% Families 5,754 73.6% Total families 6,797 75.2%
With own children under 18 years 3,260 50.1% With own children under 18 years 2,802 35.8% With own children under 18 years 2,990 33.1%
Persons per household 3.12 X Persons per household 2.65 X Persons per household 2.57 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.92 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 15,162 X Median household income 31,993 X Median household income 64,806 X
Median family income 36,963 X Median family income 78,208 X
Income of persons 5,768 X Per capita income 14,564 X Per capita income 34,281 X
Less than poverty level 3.8% Below poverty level 2.9% Below poverty level 4.1%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 27.8 X Mean minutes traveled to work 27.7 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 10,269 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 12,357 100.0%
Private vehicle 8,212 80.0% Car, truck, or van 9,583 77.6%
Drive alone car 6,141 59.8% Drove alone 8,443 68.3%
Drive alone truck or van 593 5.8%
Carpool car 1,278 12.4% Carpooled 1,140 9.2%
Carpool truck or van 200 1.9%  
Public transportation 1,220 11.9% Public transportation 1,445 11.7%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 49 0.4%
  Streetcar or trolley car 13 0.1%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 1,205 9.8%
Railroad   Railroad 170 1.4%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 8 0.1%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 43 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 50 0.4%
Walked only 245 2.4% Walked 237 1.9%
Other means 258 2.5% Other means 119 1.0%
Worked at home 334 3.3% Working at home 880 7.1%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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


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