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Decennial Census data
      1930-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 25,924 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 24,710 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 26,167 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 25,559 98.6% White 23,521 95.2% White 23,909 91.4%
Negro 44 0.2% Black 133 0.5% Black 288 1.1%
Indian 25 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 41 0.2% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 84 0.3%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 5 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 758 3.1% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,564 6.0%
Asian 1,448 5.5%
Japanese 125 0.5% Japanese 259 1.0% Japanese 303 1.2%
Chinese 97 0.4% Chinese 308 1.2% Chinese 692 2.6%
Filipino 18 0.1% Filipino 51 0.2% Filipino 272 1.0%
Korean 93 0.4% Korean 54 0.2%
Asian Indian 11 0.0% Asian Indian 32 0.1%
Vietnamese 4 0.0% Vietnamese 10 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 17 0.1%
Other Asian 68 0.3%
Pacific Islander 116 0.4%
Polynesian 92 0.4%
Hawaiian 11 0.0% Hawaiian 48 0.2%
Samoan 18 0.1% Samoan 13 0.0%
Tongan 27 0.1%
Other Polynesian 4 0.0%
Guamanian 3 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 0 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 24 0.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0.0% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 56 0.2% Race, n.e.c. 257 1.0% Other Race 322 1.2%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 785 3.0% SPANISH ORIGIN 1,293 5.2% TOTAL HISPANIC 1,648 6.3%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 12,441 48.0% Male   Male 12,706 48.6%
Female 13,483 52.0% Female   Female 13,461 51.4%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,612 6.2% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 1,585 6.1%
5 to 19 years 6,694 25.8% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 3,275 12.5%
20 to 64 years 15,208 58.7% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 17,254 65.9%
65 years and over 2,410 9.3% 65 years and over   65 years and over 4,053 15.5%
Median age 35.2 X Median age 37.0 X Median age 38.8 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 9,035 100.0% Total households 10,123 100.0% Households 11,159 100.0%
Families 7,458 82.5% Families 7,034 69.5% Total families 7,618 68.3%
With own children under 18 years 3,597 39.8% With own children under 18 years 2,896 28.6% With own children under 18 years 2,822 25.3%
Persons per household 2.87 X Persons per household 2.42 X Persons per household 2.34 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.79 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 12,949 X Median household income 25,293 X Median household income 54,658 X
Median family income 29,324 X Median family income 63,337 X
Income of persons 5,177 X Per capita income 11,746 X Per capita income 28,161 X
Less than poverty level 3.6% Below poverty level 2.9% Below poverty level 2.7%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 21.4 X Mean minutes traveled to work 24.1 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 13,408 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 14,859 100.0%
Private vehicle 11,776 87.8% Car, truck, or van 13,282 89.4%
Drive alone car 9,083 67.7% Drove alone 12,145 81.7%
Drive alone truck or van 1,139 8.5%
Carpool car 1,319 9.8% Carpooled 1,137 7.7%
Carpool truck or van 235 1.8%  
Public transportation 742 5.5% Public transportation 601 4.0%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 140 0.9%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 20 0.1%
Railroad   Railroad 410 2.8%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 31 0.2%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 70 0.5%
Bicycle   Bicycle 97 0.7%
Walked only 392 2.9% Walked 290 2.0%
Other means 263 2.0% Other means 47 0.3%
Worked at home 235 1.8% Working at home 472 3.2%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

Decennial Census data
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