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Decennial Census data
      1860-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 50,006 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 83,320 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 113,313 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 48,779 97.5% White 77,831 93.4% White 101,387 89.5%
Negro 324 0.6% Black 1,224 1.5% Black 2,101 1.9%
Indian 343 0.7% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 1,108 1.3% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 1,307 1.2%
Eskimo 3 0.0% Eskimo 44 0.0%
Aleut 7 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1,433 1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 3,837 3.4%
Asian 3,687 3.3%
Japanese 88 0.2% Japanese 239 0.3% Japanese 347 0.3%
Chinese 145 0.3% Chinese 300 0.4% Chinese 792 0.7%
Filipino 74 0.1% Filipino 247 0.3% Filipino 654 0.6%
Korean 68 0.1% Korean 206 0.2%
Asian Indian 182 0.2% Asian Indian 149 0.1%
Vietnamese 131 0.2% Vietnamese 539 0.5%
Cambodian 438 0.4%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 354 0.3%
Thai 45 0.0%
Other Asian 163 0.1%
Pacific Islander 150 0.1%
Polynesian 137 0.1%
Hawaiian 136 0.2% Hawaiian 122 0.1%
Samoan 35 0.0% Samoan 15 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 68 0.1% Micronesian -- Guamanian 13 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 27 0.0% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 253 0.5% Race, n.e.c. 1,724 2.1% Other Race 4,681 4.1%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 1,270 2.5% SPANISH ORIGIN 4,690 5.6% TOTAL HISPANIC 10,565 9.3%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 23,093 46.2% Male 38,949 46.7% Male 54,118 47.8%
Female 26,913 53.8% Female 44,371 53.3% Female 59,195 52.2%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 3,651 7.3% Under 5 years 5,458 6.6% Under 5 years 8,025 7.1%
5 to 19 years 13,306 26.6% 5 to 19 years 17,990 21.6% 5 to 17 years 18,835 16.6%
20 to 64 years 25,642 51.3% 20 to 64 years 46,752 56.1% 18 to 64 years 67,957 60.0%
65 years and over 7,407 14.8% 65 years and over 13,120 15.7% 65 years and over 18,496 16.3%
Median age 32.1 X Median age 32.3 X Median age 35.0 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 18,034 100.0% Total households 33,861 100.0% Households 45,901 100.0%
Families 13,314 73.8% Families 22,381 66.1% Total families 29,409 64.1%
With own children under 18 years 6,629 36.8% With own children under 18 years 10,535 31.1% With own children under 18 years 14,032 30.6%
Persons per household 2.71 X Persons per household 2.43 X Persons per household 2.44 X
Persons per family

2.97

 

 X Persons per family 2.97 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 8,183 X Median household income 17,372 X Median household income 35,237 X
Median family income 21,191 X Median family income 41,148 X
Income of persons 3,664 X Per capita income 8,471 X Per capita income 17,259 X
Less than poverty level 11.3% Below poverty level 9.3% Below poverty level 8.2%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 18.8 X Mean minutes traveled to work 20.1 X
Mean travel time to work for workers traveling 45 or more minutes 72.6 X
  
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over 35,610 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 54,459 100.0%
Private vehicle 30,878 86.7% Car, truck, or van 48,057 88.2%
Drive alone car 21,701 60.9% Drove alone 41,833 76.8%
Drive alone truck or van 4,055 11.4%
Carpool car 4,114 11.6% Carpooled 6,224 11.4%
Carpool truck or van 1,008 2.8%  
Public transportation 803 2.3% Public transportation 1,246 2.3%
Bus or streetcar 783 2.2% Bus or trolley bus 1,217 2.2%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train 0 0.0% Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
Railroad 0 0.0% Railroad 0 0.0%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab 20 0.1% Taxicab 29 0.1%
Motorcycle 434 1.2% Motorcycle 233 0.4%
Bicycle 841 2.4% Bicycle 875 1.6%
Walked only 1,457 4.1% Walked 1,591 2.9%
Other means 324 0.9% Other means 414 0.8%
Worked at home 873 2.5% Working at home 2,043 3.8%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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