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

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 6,133 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 22,965 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 36,326 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 5,923 96.6% White 21,153 92.1% White 32,407 89.2%
Negro 86 1.4% Black 366 1.6% Black 938 2.6%
Indian 14 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 261 1.1% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 305 0.8%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 7 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 20 0.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 706 3.1% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,804 5.0%
Asian 1,642 4.5%
Japanese 23 0.4% Japanese 151 0.7% Japanese 219 0.6%
Chinese 11 0.2% Chinese 78 0.3% Chinese 326 0.9%
Filipino 12 0.2% Filipino 233 1.0% Filipino 566 1.6%
Korean 50 0.2% Korean 94 0.3%
Asian Indian 37 0.2% Asian Indian 120 0.3%
Vietnamese 0 0.0% Vietnamese 123 0.3%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 80 0.2%
Thai 0 0.0%
Other Asian 114 0.3%
Pacific Islander 162 0.4%
Polynesian 117 0.3%
Hawaiian 29 0.1% Hawaiian 43 0.1%
Samoan 76 0.3% Samoan 27 0.1%
Tongan 28 0.1%
Other Polynesian 19 0.1%
Guamanian 52 0.2% Micronesian -- Guamanian 0 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 45 0.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0.0% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 64 1.0% Race, n.e.c. 479 2.1% Other Race 872 2.4%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT   SPANISH ORIGIN 1,622 7.1% TOTAL HISPANIC 3,095 8.5%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 3,068 50.0% Male   Male 17,718 48.8%
Female 3,065 50.0% Female   Female 18,608 51.2%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 547 8.9% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 3,063 8.4%
5 to 19 years 2,400 39.1% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 6,547 18.0%
20 to 64 years 2,946 48.0% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 23,958 66.0%
65 years and over 240 3.9% 65 years and over   65 years and over 2,718 7.5%
Median age   Median age 27.2 X Median age 29.0 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 1,653 100.0% Total households 8,291 100.0% Households 13,404 100.0%
Families 1,308 79.1% Families 6,062 73.1% Total families 8,901 66.4%
With own children under 18 years   With own children under 18 years 3,591 43.3% With own children under 18 years 5,009 37.4%
Persons per household 3.66 X Persons per household 2.77 X Persons per household 2.66 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.15 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 8,637 X Median household income 19,344 X Median household income 36,097 X
Median family income 21,105 X Median family income 41,707 X
Income of persons 2,691 X Per capita income 7,332 X Per capita income 14,861 X
Less than poverty level 14.6% Below poverty level 11.4% Below poverty level 8.3%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 28.0 X Mean minutes traveled to work 26.5 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 10,128 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 18,998 100.0%
Private vehicle 8,879 87.7% Car, truck, or van 17,155 90.3%
Drive alone car 5,659 55.9% Drove alone 14,359 75.6%
Drive alone truck or van 1,129 11.1%
Carpool car 1,731 17.1% Carpooled 2,796 14.7%
Carpool truck or van 360 3.6%  
Public transportation 672 6.6% Public transportation 523 2.8%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 523 2.8%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
Railroad   Railroad 0 0.0%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 34 0.2%
Bicycle   Bicycle 231 1.2%
Walked only 208 2.1% Walked 415 2.2%
Other means 265 2.6% Other means 28 0.3%
Worked at home 104 1.0% Working at home 582 3.1%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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