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Decennial Census data
      1880-1890  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 20,781 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 20,058 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 20,412 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 20,450 98.4% White 17,764 88.6% White 16,093 78.8%
Negro 15 0.1% Black 177 0.9% Black 212 1.0%
Indian 19 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 95 0.5% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 27 0.1%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1,614 8.0% Asian or Pacific Islander 3,443 16.9%
Asian 3,102 15.2%
Japanese 67 0.3% Japanese 462 2.3% Japanese 554 2.7%
Chinese 88 0.4% Chinese 656 3.3% Chinese 1,709 8.4%
Filipino 57 0.3% Filipino 193 1.0% Filipino 349 1.7%
Korean 93 0.5% Korean 217 1.1%
Asian Indian 102 0.5% Asian Indian 193 0.9%
Vietnamese 0 0.0% Vietnamese 41 0.2%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 39 0.2%
Pacific Islander 341 1.7%
Polynesian 281 1.4%
Hawaiian 0 0.0% Hawaiian 17 0.1%
Samoan 11 0.1% Samoan 144 0.7%
Tongan 120 0.6%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 0 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 12 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 48 0.2%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 97 0.5% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 85 0.4% Race, n.e.c. 408 2.0% Other Race 637 3.1%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 568 2.7% SPANISH ORIGIN 1,578 7.9% TOTAL HISPANIC 2,226 10.9%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 10,023 48.2% Male   Male 9,888 48.4%
Female 10,758 51.8% Female   Female 10,524 51.6%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,137 5.5% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,049 5.1%
5 to 19 years 5,693 27.4% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 2,944 14.4%
20 to 64 years 12,294 59.2% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 12,398 60.7%
65 years and over 1,657 8.0% 65 years and over   65 years and over 4,021 19.7%
Median age 34.5 X Median age 38.9 X Median age 41.2 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 6,826 100.0% Total households 7,582 100.0% Households 7,967 100.0%
Families 5,821 85.3% Families 5,773 76.1% Total families 5,766 72.4%
With own children under 18 years 2,923 42.8% With own children under 18 years 2,478 32.7% With own children under 18 years 2,115 26.5%
Persons per household 3.01 X Persons per household 2.67 X Persons per household 2.52 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.98 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 13,425 X Median household income 26,209 X Median household income 45,999 X
Median family income 30,490 X Median family income 53,055 X
Income of persons 5,060 X Per capita income 11,438 X Per capita income 21,764 X
Less than poverty level 2.9% Below poverty level 4.2% Below poverty level 5.3%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 21.0 X Mean minutes traveled to work 21.5 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 10,494 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 9,968 100.0%
Private vehicle 9,216 87.8% Car, truck, or van 8,873 89.0%
Drive alone car 6,542 62.3% Drove alone 7,863 78.9%
Drive alone truck or van 1,044 9.9%
Carpool car 1,425 13.6% Carpooled 1,010 10.1%
Carpool truck or van 205 2.0%  
Public transportation 646 6.2% Public transportation 495 5.0%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 191 1.9%
  Streetcar or trolley car 3 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 82 0.8%
Railroad   Railroad 214 2.1%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 5 0.1%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 22 0.2%
Bicycle   Bicycle 12 0.1%
Walked only 368 3.5% Walked 250 2.5%
Other means 99 0.9% Other means 29 0.3%
Worked at home 165 1.6% Working at home 287 2.9%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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