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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 6,790 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 16,825 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 16,642 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 6,685 98.5% White 15,994 95.1% White 15,255 91.7%
Negro 26 0.4% Black 119 0.7% Black 126 0.8%
Indian 5 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 63 0.4% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 22 0.1%
Eskimo 5 0.0% Eskimo 5 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 551 3.3% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,147 6.9%
Asian 1,116 6.7%
Japanese 7 0.1% Japanese 109 0.6% Japanese 262 1.6%
Chinese 40 0.6% Chinese 283 1.7% Chinese 479 2.9%
Filipino 5 0.1% Filipino 12 0.1% Filipino 118 0.7%
Korean 87 0.5% Korean 123 0.7%
Asian Indian 52 0.3% Asian Indian 91 0.5%
Vietnamese 0 0.0% Vietnamese 0 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 43 0.3%
Pacific Islander 31 0.2%
Polynesian 31 0.2%
Hawaiian 8 0.0% Hawaiian 23 0.1%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 8 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 22 0.3% Race, n.e.c. 98 0.6% Other Race 92 0.6%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT   SPANISH ORIGIN 571 3.4% TOTAL HISPANIC 313 1.9%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 3,370 49.6% Male   Male 8,184 49.2%
Female 3,420 50.4% Female   Female 8,458 50.8%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 384 5.7% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 973 5.8%
5 to 19 years 2,188 32.2% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 2,717 16.3%
20 to 64 years 3,698 54.5% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 10,246 61.6%
65 years and over 420 6.2% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,706 16.3%
Median age   Median age 38.4 X Median age 42.9 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 2,001 100.0% Total households 5,871 100.0% Households 6,308 100.0%
Families 1,891 94.5% Families 4,972 84.7% Total families 5,038 79.9%
With own children under 18 years   With own children under 18 years 2,326 39.6% With own children under 18 years 1,963 31.1%
Persons per household 3.37 X Persons per household 2.86 X Persons per household 2.63 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.91 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 19,879 X Median household income 39,912 X Median household income 80,968 X
Median family income 41,481 X Median family income 89,205 X
Income of persons 7,342 X Per capita income 17,404 X Per capita income 40,558 X
Less than poverty level 1.8% Below poverty level 2.9% Below poverty level 2.4%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 27.5 X Mean minutes traveled to work 28.4 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 8,301 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 8,108 100.0%
Private vehicle 6,771 81.6% Car, truck, or van 6,543 80.7%
Drive alone car 5,017 60.4% Drove alone 5,631 69.4%
Drive alone truck or van 418 5.0%
Carpool car 1,305 15.7% Carpooled 912 11.2%
Carpool truck or van 31 0.4%  
Public transportation 997 12.0% Public transportation 884 10.9%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 8 0.1%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 817 10.1%
Railroad   Railroad 59 0.7%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 18 0.2%
Bicycle   Bicycle 5 0.1%
Walked only 138 1.7% Walked 63 0.8%
Other means 155 1.9% Other means 31 0.4%
Worked at home 240 2.9% Working at home 564 7.0%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census
 

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