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Decennial Census data
      1880-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
           
  Census 2000   Census 2010
TOTAL POPULATION 102,361 100.0%   116,468 100.0%
In households 99,574 97.3%   113,272 97.3%
In group quarters 2,787 2.7%   3,196 2.7%
     
RACE    
White 56,903 55.6%   52,359 45.0%
Black or African American 2,341 2.3%   3,154 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 542 0.5%   579 0.5%
Asian 29,966 29.3%   43,889 37.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 437 0.4%   651 0.6%
Some other race 7,102 6.9%   9,624 8.3%
Two or more races 5,070 5.0%   6,212 5.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 16,364 16.0%   22,589 19.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 85,997 84.0%   93,879 80.6%
White 49,392 48.3%   42,026 36.1%
Black or African American 2,237 2.2%   2,929 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 275 0.3%   240 0.2%
Asian 29,791 29.1%   43,531 37.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 416 0.4%   604 0.5%
Some other race 275 0.3%   321 0.3%
Two or more races 3,611 3.5%   4,228 3.6%
     
SEX    
Male 52,086 50.9%   58,810 50.5%
Female 50,275 49.1%   57,658 49.5%
     
AGE    
Under 5 years 6,688 6.5%   9,092 7.8%
5 to 17 years 13,707 13.4%   15,682 13.5%
18 to 64 years 71,066 69.4%   80,015 68.7%
65 years and over 10,900 10.7%   11,679 10.0%
Median age 33.4 X   34.1 X
     
HOUSEHOLDS    
Total households 38,526 100.0%   43,021 100.0%
Family households 24,100 62.6%   27,936 64.9%
Families with children under 18 10,563 27.4%   13,386 31.1%
Average household size 2.58 X   2.63 X
Average family size 3.14 X   3.18 X
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
Total housing units 39,630 100.0%   45,147 100.0%
Occupied housing units 38,526 97.2%   43,021 95.3%
Owner-occupied housing units 17,763 46.1%   19,747 45.9%
Renter-occupied housing units 20,763 53.9%   23,274 54.1%
Vacant housing units 1,104 2.8%   2,126 4.7%
1 unit, detached housing 17,633 44.5%   See  American Community Survey  for more data
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 396,500 X      
Median gross rent (dollars) 1,238 X      
     
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS    
Native 66,410 65.0%      
Foreign born 35,694 35.0%      
Naturalized citizen 13,057 12.8%      
Not a citizen 22,637 22.2%      
     
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999      
Median household income (dollars) 69,466 X      
Median family income (dollars) 77,189 X      
Per capita income (dollars) 31,755 X      
Individuals in poverty 7,786 7.8%      
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 and over 70,097 100.0%      
High school graduate 11,990 17.1%      
Bachelor's degree 18,076 25.8%      
Graduate or professional degree 11,612 16.6%      
     
COMMUTING TO WORK    
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 21.8 X      
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER    
Total 54,676 100.0%      
Car, truck, or van: 49,076 89.8%      
Drove alone 42,835 78.3%      
Carpooled 6,241 11.4%      
Public transportation (Census 2000 includes taxicabs, ACS excludes them) 1,587 2.9%      
Bus or trolley bus 1,076 2.0%      
Streetcar or trolley car 25 0.0%      
Subway or elevated 82 0.1%      
Railroad 374 0.7%      
Ferryboat 0 0.0%      
Taxicab 30 0.1%      
Motorcycle 77 0.1%      
Bicycle 788 1.4%      
Walked 1,730 3.2%      
Other means 176 0.3%      
Worked at home 1,242 2.3%      
     
DETAILED PLACE TO PLACE COMMUTING (in Excel)    
     
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION    
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 55,528 100.0%      
Management, professional and related 28,498 51.3%      
Service 5,142 9.3%      
Sales and office 12,862 23.2%      
Farming, fishing & forestry 94 0.2%      
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 3,033 5.5%      
Production, transportation, and material moving 5,899 10.6%      
     
CLASS OF WORKER        
Self-employed workers 2,612 4.7%      
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4, CTPP, Census 2010 DP-1
 
 

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