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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 27,153 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 32,126 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 37,861 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 25,677 94.6% White 24,776 77.1% White 26,102 68.9%
Negro 185 0.7% Black 1,147 3.6% Black 1,633 4.3%
Indian 189 0.7% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 316 1.0% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 182 0.5%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 9 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 4 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2,973 9.3% Asian or Pacific Islander 6,062 16.0%
Asian 5,721 15.1%
Japanese 174 0.6% Japanese 406 1.3% Japanese 321 0.8%
Chinese 249 0.9% Chinese 593 1.8% Chinese 816 2.2%
Filipino 438 1.6% Filipino 986 3.1% Filipino 3,022 8.0%
Korean 183 0.6% Korean 140 0.4%
Asian Indian 428 1.3% Asian Indian 795 2.1%
Vietnamese 133 0.4% Vietnamese 250 0.7%
Cambodian 52 0.1%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 55 0.1%
Thai 92 0.2%
Other Asian 178 0.5%
Pacific Islander 341 0.9%
Polynesian 183 0.5%
Hawaiian 153 0.5% Hawaiian 115 0.3%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 68 0.2%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 52 0.2% Micronesian -- Guamanian 37 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 113 0.3%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 39 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 8 0.0%
All other 241 0.9% Race, n.e.c. 2,914 9.1% Other Race 3,882 10.3%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 3,756 13.8% SPANISH ORIGIN 6,631 20.6% TOTAL HISPANIC 8,527 22.5%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 13,550 49.9% Male   Male 18,966 50.1%
Female 13,603 50.1% Female   Female 18,895 49.9%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 3,134 11.5% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 3,370 8.9%
5 to 19 years 10,418 38.4% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 7,379 19.5%
20 to 64 years 13,012 47.9% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 25,092 66.3%
65 years and over 589 2.2% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,020 5.3%
Median age 20.1 X Median age 26.4 X Median age 30.5 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 6,653 100.0% Total households 9,216 100.0% Households 12,004 100.0%
Families 6,364 95.7% Families 8,318 90.3% Total families 9,710 80.9%
With own children under 18 years 4,982 74.9% With own children under 18 years 5,484 59.5% With own children under 18 years 5,148 42.9%
Persons per household 4.08 X Persons per household 3.49 X Persons per household 3.15 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.46 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 11,758 X Median household income 26,368 X Median household income 50,471 X
Median family income 26,807 X Median family income 51,896 X
Income of persons 3,007 X Per capita income 7,806 X Per capita income 16,721 X
Less than poverty level 6.0% Below poverty level 5.3% Below poverty level 5.0%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 26.7 X Mean minutes traveled to work 26.7 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 14,546 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 20,136 100.0%
Private vehicle 13,229 90.9% Car, truck, or van 18,571 92.2%
Drive alone car 8,197 56.4% Drove alone 15,179 75.4%
Drive alone truck or van 1,631 11.2%
Carpool car 2,879 19.8% Carpooled 3,392 16.8%
Carpool truck or van 522 3.6%  
Public transportation 628 4.3% Public transportation 686 3.4%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 325 1.6%
  Streetcar or trolley car 10 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 323 1.6%
Railroad   Railroad 28 0.1%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 53 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 118 0.6%
Walked only 218 1.5% Walked 214 1.1%
Other means 377 2.6% Other means 146 0.7%
Worked at home 94 0.6% Working at home 348 1.7%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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