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Decennial Census data
      1910-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
            In excel: 1910-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 10,487 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 11,064 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 11,070 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 10,361 98.8% White 10,651 96.3% White 10,626 96.0%
Negro 26 0.2% Black 75 0.7% Black 57 0.5%
Indian 24 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 69 0.6% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 31 0.3%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 207 1.9% Asian or Pacific Islander 290 2.6%
Asian 290 2.6%
Japanese 23 0.2% Japanese 53 0.5% Japanese 109 1.0%
Chinese 12 0.1% Chinese 56 0.5% Chinese 93 0.8%
Filipino 10 0.1% Filipino 26 0.2% Filipino 14 0.1%
Korean 12 0.1% Korean 21 0.2%
Asian Indian 32 0.3% Asian Indian 38 0.3%
Vietnamese 0 0.0% Vietnamese 0 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 15 0.1%
Other Asian 0 0.0%
Pacific Islander 0 0.0%
Polynesian 0 0.0%
Hawaiian 20 0.2% Hawaiian 0 0.0%
Samoan 0 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 8 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 31 0.3% Race, n.e.c. 62 0.6% Other Race 66 0.6%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 100 1.0% SPANISH ORIGIN 273 2.5% TOTAL HISPANIC 398 3.6%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 4,946 47.2% Male   Male 5,068 45.8%
Female 5,541 52.8% Female   Female 6,002 54.2%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 657 6.3% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 467 4.2%
5 to 19 years 2,370 22.6% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 974 8.8%
20 to 64 years 6,211 59.2% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 7,376 66.6%
65 years and over 1,249 11.9% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,253 20.4%
Median age 37.1 X Median age 39.7 X Median age 43.1 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 3,983 100.0% Total households 5,420 100.0% Households 5,761 100.0%
Families 2,869 72.0% Families 2,651 48.9% Total families 2,789 48.4%
With own children under 18 years 1,338 33.6% With own children under 18 years 955 17.6% With own children under 18 years 1,002 17.4%
Persons per household 2.58 X Persons per household 2.01 X Persons per household 1.89 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.57 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 9,325 X Median household income 23,742 X Median household income 45,304 X
Median family income 31,033 X Median family income 58,595 X
Income of persons 5,794 X Per capita income 14,542 X Per capita income 33,714 X
Less than poverty level 6.1% Below poverty level 7.0% Below poverty level 2.1%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 27.8 X Mean minutes traveled to work 27.5 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 6,050 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 6,347 100.0%
Private vehicle 4,573 75.6% Car, truck, or van 4,868 76.7%
Drive alone car 3,382 55.9% Drove alone 4,337 68.3%
Drive alone truck or van 340 5.6%
Carpool car 773 12.8% Carpooled 531 8.4%
Carpool truck or van 78 1.3%  
Public transportation 934 15.4% Public transportation 790 12.4%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 428 6.7%
  Streetcar or trolley car 9 0.1%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
Railroad   Railroad 0 0.0%
  Ferryboat 353 5.6%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 22 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 35 0.6%
Walked only 122 2.0% Walked 211 3.3%
Other means 285 4.7% Other means 6 0.1%
Worked at home 136 2.2% Working at home 415 6.5%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census
 

Decennial Census data
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            In excel: 1910-2010
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