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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 27,149 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 37,784 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 50,686 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 24,209 89.2% White 27,393 72.5% White 26,408 52.1%
Negro 1,411 5.2% Black 2,715 7.2% Black 2,946 5.8%
Indian 236 0.9% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 411 1.1% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 587 1.2%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 4 0.0%
Aleut 7 0.0% Aleut 8 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4,620 12.2% Asian or Pacific Islander 17,513 34.6%
Asian 16,801 33.1%
Japanese 170 0.6% Japanese 372 1.0% Japanese 570 1.1%
Chinese 259 1.0% Chinese 667 1.8% Chinese 3,423 6.8%
Filipino 434 1.6% Filipino 2,261 6.0% Filipino 6,320 12.5%
Korean 363 1.0% Korean 956 1.9%
Asian Indian 104 0.3% Asian Indian 1,251 2.5%
Vietnamese 484 1.3% Vietnamese 3,830 7.6%
Cambodian 48 0.1%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 120 0.2%
Thai 87 0.2%
Other Asian 196 0.4%
Pacific Islander 712 1.4%
Polynesian 337 0.7%
Hawaiian 40 0.1% Hawaiian 230 0.5%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 80 0.2%
Tongan 27 0.1%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 219 0.6% Micronesian -- Guamanian 314 0.6%
Micronesian -- Other 19 0.0%
Melanesian 26 0.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 110 0.3% Pacific Islander Not Specified 16 0.0%
All other 430 1.6% Race, n.e.c. 2,645 7.0% Other Race 3,232 6.4%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 3,781 13.9% SPANISH ORIGIN 6,651 17.6% TOTAL HISPANIC 8,901 17.6%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 13,654 50.3% Male   Male 26,964 53.2%
Female 13,495 49.7% Female   Female 23,722 46.8%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 3,209 11.8% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 4,029 7.9%
5 to 19 years 10,061 37.1% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 9,312 18.4%
20 to 64 years 13,297 49.0% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 34,905 68.9%
65 years and over 582 2.1% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,440 4.8%
Median age 20.9 X Median age 26.3 X Median age 30.8 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 6,620 100.0% Total households 11,336 100.0% Households 14,237 100.0%
Families 6,219 93.9% Families 9,512 83.9% Total families 11,713 82.3%
With own children under 18 years 4,773 72.1% With own children under 18 years 6,241 55.1% With own children under 18 years 6,442 45.2%
Persons per household 4.01 X Persons per household 3.27 X Persons per household 3.33 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.59 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 11,142 X Median household income 24,950 X Median household income 55,730 X
Median family income 25,644 X Median family income 57,156 X
Income of persons 2,938 X Per capita income 7,905 X Per capita income 17,520 X
Less than poverty level 5.9% Below poverty level 6.4% Below poverty level 4.6%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 26.1 X Mean minutes traveled to work 22.8 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 18,424 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 25,757 100.0%
Private vehicle 16,897 91.7% Car, truck, or van 23,665 91.9%
Drive alone car 11,141 60.5% Drove alone 19,593 76.1%
Drive alone truck or van 1,946 10.6%
Carpool car 3,345 18.2% Carpooled 4,072 15.8%
Carpool truck or van 465 2.5%  
Public transportation 481 2.6% Public transportation 760 3.0%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 639 2.5%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 77 0.3%
Railroad   Railroad 35 0.1%
  Ferryboat 5 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 4 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 182 0.7%
Bicycle   Bicycle 106 0.4%
Walked only 293 1.6% Walked 331 1.3%
Other means 523 2.8% Other means 175 0.7%
Worked at home 230 1.2% Working at home 538 2.1%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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