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Decennial Census data
      1890-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
            In excel: 1890-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 15,850 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 14,253 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 17,460 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 15,329 96.7% White 12,443 87.3% White 12,390 71.0%
Negro 80 0.5% Black 669 4.7% Black 1,234 7.1%
Indian 46 0.3% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 133 0.9% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 156 0.9%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 712 5.0% Asian or Pacific Islander 3,089 17.7%
Asian 3,007 17.2%
Japanese 111 0.7% Japanese 329 2.3% Japanese 224 1.3%
Chinese 142 0.9% Chinese 214 1.5% Chinese 1,000 5.7%
Filipino 47 0.3% Filipino 94 0.7% Filipino 1,247 7.1%
Korean 43 0.3% Korean 165 0.9%
Asian Indian 0 0.0% Asian Indian 173 1.0%
Vietnamese 0 0.0% Vietnamese 137 0.8%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 61 0.3%
Pacific Islander 82 0.5%
Polynesian 59 0.3%
Hawaiian 0 0.0% Hawaiian 59 0.3%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 0 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 23 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 32 0.2% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 95 0.6% Race, n.e.c. 296 2.1% Other Race 591 3.4%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 505 3.2% SPANISH ORIGIN 1,098 7.7% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,735 9.9%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 7,875 49.7% Male   Male 8,414 48.2%
Female 7,975 50.3% Female   Female 9,046 51.8%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,402 8.8% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,141 6.5%
5 to 19 years 5,467 34.5% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 3,246 18.6%
20 to 64 years 8,540 53.9% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 11,350 65.0%
65 years and over 441 2.8% 65 years and over   65 years and over 1,723 9.9%
Median age 26.0 X Median age 31.3 X Median age 35.2 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 4,465 100.0% Total households 4,897 100.0% Households 6,295 100.0%
Families 4,165 93.3% Families 4,089 83.5% Total families 4,969 78.9%
With own children under 18 years 2,769 62.0% With own children under 18 years 2,308 47.1% With own children under 18 years 2,293 36.4%
Persons per household 3.55 X Persons per household 2.91 X Persons per household 2.77 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.12 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 12,565 X Median household income 25,628 X Median household income 45,820 X
Median family income 27,325 X Median family income 49,619 X
Income of persons 3,767 X Per capita income 9,611 X Per capita income 18,000 X
Less than poverty level 2.7% Below poverty level 5.5% Below poverty level 3.7%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 25.0 X Mean minutes traveled to work 31.2 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 7,058 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 9,001 100.0%
Private vehicle 6,337 89.8% Car, truck, or van 8,122 90.2%
Drive alone car 4,171 59.1% Drove alone 6,507 72.3%
Drive alone truck or van 754 10.7%
Carpool car 1,200 17.0% Carpooled 1,615 17.9%
Carpool truck or van 212 3.0%  
Public transportation 358 5.1% Public transportation 490 5.4%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 126 1.4%
  Streetcar or trolley car 7 0.1%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 299 3.3%
Railroad   Railroad 52 0.6%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 6 0.1%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 29 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 0 0.0%
Walked only 79 1.1% Walked 114 0.3%
Other means 162 2.3% Other means 55 0.6%
Worked at home 122 1.7% Working at home 191 2.1%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census
 

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