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Decennial Census data
      1870-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
            In excel: 1870-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 21,690 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 43,367 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 71,479 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 20,149 92.9% White 36,771 84.8% White 56,326 78.8%
Negro 560 2.6% Black 2,266 5.2% Black 6,388 8.9%
Indian 514 2.4% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 474 1.1% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 888 1.2%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 9 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1,275 2.9% Asian or Pacific Islander 2,703 3.8%
Asian 2,415 3.4%
Japanese 118 0.5% Japanese 390 0.9% Japanese 577 0.8%
Chinese 67 0.3% Chinese 127 0.3% Chinese 224 0.3%
Filipino 59 0.3% Filipino 417 1.0% Filipino 1,006 1.4%
Korean 14 0.0% Korean 136 0.2%
Asian Indian 42 0.1% Asian Indian 178 0.2%
Vietnamese 40 0.1% Vietnamese 9 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 37 0.1%
Thai 53 0.1%
Other Asian 195 0.3%
Pacific Islander 288 0.4%
Polynesian 210 0.3%
Hawaiian 61 0.1% Hawaiian 154 0.2%
Samoan 0 0.0% Samoan 56 0.1%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 125 0.3% Micronesian -- Guamanian 71 0.1%
Micronesian -- Other 7 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 59 0.1% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 223 1.0% Race, n.e.c. 2,581 6.0% Other Race 5,174 7.2%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 2,664 12.3% SPANISH ORIGIN 5,215 12.0% TOTAL HISPANIC 11,171 15.6%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 11,656 53.7% Male   Male 39,391 55.1%
Female 10,034 46.3% Female   Female 32,088 44.9%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,907 8.8% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 5,718 8.0%
5 to 19 years 5,995 27.6% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 13,143 18.4%
20 to 64 years 12,360 57.0% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 47,766 66.8%
65 years and over 1,428 6.6% 65 years and over   65 years and over 4,852 6.8%
Median age 25.6 X Median age 27.7 X Median age 30.8 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 6,220 100.0% Total households 14,530 100.0% Households 22,809 100.0%
Families 5,344 85.9% Families 11,365 78.2% Total families 17,520 76.8%
With own children under 18 years 3,123 50.2% With own children under 18 years 6,641 45.7% With own children under 18 years 9,859 43.2%
Persons per household 3.14 X Persons per household 2.84 X Persons per household 2.80 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 3.16 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 8,352 X Median household income 20,911 X Median household income 40,679 X
Median family income 22,930 X Median family income 43,574 X
Income of persons 2,869 X Per capita income 7,499 X Per capita income 14,490 X
Less than poverty level 10.6% Below poverty level 8.5% Below poverty level 5.4%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 23.0 X Mean minutes traveled to work 28.3 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 17,533 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 32,130 100.0%
Private vehicle 16,339 93.1% Car, truck, or van 30,039 93.5%
Drive alone car 9,896 56.4% Drove alone 24,745 77.0%
Drive alone truck or van 2,119 12.1%
Carpool car 3.369 19.2% Carpooled 5,294 16.5%
Carpool truck or van 955 5.4%  
Public transportation 143 0.8% Public transportation 385 1.2%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 335 1.0%
  Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 24 0.1%
Railroad   Railroad 0 0.0%
  Ferryboat 17 0.1%
Taxicab   Taxicab 9 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 142 0.4%
Bicycle   Bicycle 166 0.5%
Walked only 360 2.1% Walked 508 1.6%
Other means 569 3.2% Other means 167 0.5%
Worked at home 142 0.8% Working at home 723 2.3%
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                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

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