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Decennial Census data
      1920-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
            In excel: 1920-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 95,408 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 106,618 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 117,229 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 90,286 94.6% White 86,946 81.5% White 83,999 71.7%
Negro 750 0.8% Black 2,434 2.3% Black 3,956 3.4%
Indian 247 0.3% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 785 0.7% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 642 0.5%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 7 0.0%
Aleut 8 0.0% Aleut 24 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11,432 10.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 22,724 19.4%
Asian 22,012 18.8%
Japanese 1,492 1.6% Japanese 2,022 1.9% Japanese 3,065 2.6%
Chinese 1,273 1.3% Chinese 3,360 3.2% Chinese 6,349 5.4%
Filipino 734 0.8% Filipino 2,973 2.8% Filipino 5,887 5.0%
Korean 706 0.7% Korean 1,454 1.2%
Asian Indian 507 0.5% Asian Indian 2,002 1.7%
Vietnamese 1,230 1.2% Vietnamese 2,716 2.3%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 66 0.1%
Other Asian 473 0.4%
Pacific Islander 712 0.6%
Polynesian 458 0.4%
Hawaiian 126 0.1% Hawaiian 267 0.2%
Samoan 44 0.0% Samoan 191 0.2%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 303 0.3% Micronesian -- Guamanian 203 0.2%
Micronesian -- Other 4 0.0%
Melanesian 37 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 161 0.2% Pacific Islander Not Specified 10 0.0%
All other 626 0.7% Race, n.e.c. 5,021 4.7% Other Race 5,908 5.0%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 8,189 8.6% SPANISH ORIGIN 12,345 11.6% TOTAL HISPANIC 15,030 12.8%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 47,240 49.5% Male 52,784 49.5% Male 59,497 50.8%
Female 48,168 50.5% Female 53,834 50.5% Female 57,732 49.2%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 8,873 9.3% Under 5 years 5,749 5.4% Under 5 years 7,491 6.4%
5 to 19 years 28,356 29.7% 5 to 19 years 22,716 21.3% 5 to 17 years 14,766 12.6%
20 to 64 years 53,908 56.5% 20 to 64 years 69,413 65.1% 18 to 64 years 82,967 70.8%
65 years and over 4,271 4.5% 65 years and over 8,740 8.2% 65 years and over 12,005 10.2%
Median age 26.2 X Median age 31.0 X Median age 33.3 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 30,257 100.0% Total households 42,789 100.0% Households 48,592 100.0%
Families 25,055 82.8% Families 27,554 64.4% Total families 29,828 61.4%
With own children under 18 years 15,475 51.1% With own children under 18 years 12,827 30.0% With own children under 18 years 12,388 25.5%
Persons per household 3.14 X Persons per household 2.47 X Persons per household 2.40 X
Persons per family 3.08 X Persons per family 2.98 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 11,556 X Median household income 23,059 X Median household income 46,403 X
Median family income 27,270 X Median family income 53,081 X
Income of persons 4,066 X Per capita income 10,359 X Per capita income 22,309 X
Less than poverty level 4.7% Below poverty level 4.8% Below poverty level 4.7%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 18.6 X Mean minutes traveled to work 19.0 X
Mean travel time to work for workers traveling 45 or more minutes 60.7 X
  
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over 60,255 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 69,322 100.0%
Private vehicle 53,848 89.4% Car, truck, or van 63,482 91.6%
Drive alone car 40,180 66.7% Drove alone 56,825 82.0%
Drive alone truck or van 4,568 7.6%
Carpool car 8,113 13.5% Carpooled 6,657 9.6%
Carpool truck or van 987 1.6%  
Public transportation 1,875 3.1% Public transportation 1,760 2.5%
Bus or streetcar 1,116 1.9% Bus or trolley bus 1,228 1.8%
  Streetcar or trolley car 59 0.1%
Subway or elevated train 40 0.1% Subway or elevated 22 0.0%
Railroad 686 1.1% Railroad 415 0.6%
  Ferryboat 17 0.0%
Taxicab 33 0.1% Taxicab 19 0.0%
Motorcycle 911 1.5% Motorcycle 511 0.7%
Bicycle 1,337 2.2% Bicycle 629 0.9%
Walked only 1,333 2.2% Walked 1,110 1.6%
Other means 269 0.4% Other means 261 0.4%
Worked at home 682 1.1% Working at home 1,569 2.3%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

Decennial Census data
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            In excel: 1920-2010
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