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Decennial Census data
      1910-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
           
  Census 2000   Census 2010
TOTAL POPULATION 56,769 100.0%   63,264 100.0%
In households 56,263 99.1%   62,973 99.5%
In group quarters 506 0.9%   291 0.5%
     
RACE    
White 24,712 43.5%   23,106 36.5%
Black or African American 10,724 18.9%   11,187 17.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 423 0.7%   517 0.8%
Asian 7,179 12.6%   9,891 15.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 491 0.9%   645 1.0%
Some other race 9,144 16.1%   13,270 21.0%
Two or more races 4,096 7.2%   4,648 7.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 18,287 32.2%   26,841 42.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 38,482 67.8%   36,423 57.6%
White 17,697 31.2%   12,684 20.0%
Black or African American 10,457 18.4%   10,756 17.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 210 0.4%   202 0.3%
Asian 7,031 12.4%   9,654 15.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 464 0.8%   614 1.0%
Some other race 190 0.3%   177 0.3%
Two or more races 2,433 4.3%   2,336 3.7%
     
SEX    
Male 27,887 49.1%   30,806 48.7%
Female 28,882 50.9%   32,458 51.3%
     
AGE    
Under 5 years 4,739 8.3%   4,990 7.9%
5 to 17 years 12,760 22.5%   12,395 19.6%
18 to 64 years 34,610 61.0%   40,440 63.9%
65 years and over 4,660 8.2%   5,439 8.6%
Median age 30.9 X   32.5 X
     
HOUSEHOLDS    
Total households 17,741 100.0%   19,527 100.0%
Family households 13,479 76.0%   14,836 76.0%
Families with children under 18 7,489 42.2%   7,529 38.6%
Average household size 3.17 X   3.22 X
Average family size 3.59 X   3.64 X
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
Total housing units 18,300 100.0%   21,126 100.0%
Occupied housing units 17,741 96.9%   19,527 92.4%
Owner-occupied housing units 11,149 62.8%   11,490 58.8%
Renter-occupied housing units 6,592 37.2%   8,037 41.2%
Vacant housing units 559 3.1%   1,599 7.6%
1 unit, detached housing 11,995 65.3%   See  American Community Survey  for more data
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 165,100 X      
Median gross rent (dollars) 880 X      
     
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS    
Native 42,715 75.2%      
Foreign born 14,105 24.8%      
Naturalized citizen 5,723 10.1%      
Not a citizen 8,382 14.8%      
     
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999      
Median household income (dollars) 50,557 X      
Median family income (dollars) 54,472 X      
Per capita income (dollars) 18,241 X      
Individuals in poverty 6,480 11.5%      
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 and over 33,388 100.0%      
High school graduate 8,632 25.9%      
Bachelor's degree 3,822 11.4%      
Graduate or professional degree 1,092 3.3%      
     
COMMUTING TO WORK    
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 37.3 X      
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER    
Total 23,942 100.0%      
Car, truck, or van: 20,634 86.2%      
Drove alone 16,117 67.3%      
Carpooled 4,517 18.9%      
Public transportation (Census 2000 includes taxicabs, ACS excludes them) 2,033 8.5%      
Bus or trolley bus 586 2.4%      
Streetcar or trolley car 34 0.1%      
Subway or elevated 1,213 5.1%      
Railroad 200 0.8%      
Ferryboat 0 0.0%      
Taxicab 0 0.0%      
Motorcycle 10 0.0%      
Bicycle 84 0.4%      
Walked 366 1.5%      
Other means 291 1.2%      
Worked at home 524 2.2%      
     
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION    
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 24,671 100.0%      
Management, professional and related 5,923 24.0%      
Service 4,720 19.1%      
Sales and office 7,358 29.8%      
Farming, fishing & forestry 23 0.1%      
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 3,267 13.2%      
Production, transportation, and material moving 3,380 13.7%      
     
CLASS OF WORKER        
Self-employed workers 1,463 5.9%      
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4, CTPP, Census 2010 DP-1
 
 

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