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Decennial Census data
      1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 14,724 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 39,276 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 53,762 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 13,756 93.4% White 23,709 60.4% White 23,778 44.2%
Negro 152 1.0% Black 3,331 8.5% Black 4,605 8.6%
Indian 52 0.4% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 238 0.6% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 303 0.6%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7,012 17.9% Asian or Pacific Islander 17,945 33.4%
Asian 17,417 32.4%
Japanese 131 0.9% Japanese 456 1.2% Japanese 379 0.7%
Chinese 105 0.7% Chinese 1,126 2.9% Chinese 2,777 5.2%
Filipino 246 1.7% Filipino 4,047 10.3% Filipino 9,850 18.3%
Korean 238 0.6% Korean 405 0.8%
Asian Indian 553 1.4% Asian Indian 1,932 3.6%
Vietnamese 206 0.5% Vietnamese 1,445 2.7%
Cambodian 84 0.2%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 111 0.2%
Other Asian 434 0.8%
Pacific Islander 528 1.0%
Polynesian 241 0.4%
Hawaiian 152 0.4% Hawaiian 121 0.2%
Samoan 74 0.2% Samoan 66 0.1%
Tongan 54 0.1%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 12 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 157 0.3%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 64 0.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 148 0.4% Pacific Islander Not Specified 66 0.1%
All other 282 1.9% Race, n.e.c. 4,986 12.7% Other Race 7,131 13.3%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 5,171 35.1% SPANISH ORIGIN 10,908 27.8% TOTAL HISPANIC 13,390 24.9%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 7,317 49.7% Male   Male 26,594 49.5%
Female 7,407 50.3% Female   Female 27,168 50.5%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,715 11.6% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 4,489 8.3%
5 to 19 years 4,923 33.4% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 11,546 21.5%
20 to 64 years 7,526 51.1% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 34,050 63.3%
65 years and over 560 3.8% 65 years and over   65 years and over 3,677 6.8%
Median age 23.3 X Median age 27.2 X Median age 30.7 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 3,843 100.0% Total households 11,925 100.0% Households 15,825 100.0%
Families 3,569 92.9% Families 9,946 83.4% Total families 13,185 83.3%
With own children under 18 years 2,427 63.2% With own children under 18 years 6,442 54.0% With own children under 18 years 7,502 47.4%
Persons per household 3.82 X Persons per household 3.28 X Persons per household 3.37 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.70 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 10,710 X Median household income 24,090 X Median household income 46,988 X
Median family income 25,602 X Median family income 49,834 X
Income of persons 2,956 X Per capita income 7,565 X Per capita income 14,865 X
Less than poverty level 8.7% Below poverty level 7.1% Below poverty level 6.4%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 29.4 X Mean minutes traveled to work 28.2 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 17,908 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 27,077 100.0%
Private vehicle 15,473 86.4% Car, truck, or van 24,062 88.9%
Drive alone car 9,504 53.1% Drove alone 19,474 71.9%
Drive alone truck or van 1,852 10.3%
Carpool car 3,605 20.1% Carpooled 4,588 16.9%
Carpool truck or van 512 2.9%  
Public transportation 1,409 7.9% Public transportation 1,822 6.7%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 584 2.2%
  Streetcar or trolley car 23 0.1%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 1,008 3.7%
Railroad   Railroad 207 0.8%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 93 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 102 0.4%
Walked only 327 1.8% Walked 346 1.3%
Other means 545 3.0% Other means 255 0.9%
Worked at home 154 0.9% Working at home 397 1.5%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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