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Decennial Census data
      1870-1940  |   1950-1960  |   1970-1990  |   2000-2010
           
  Census 2000   Census 2010
TOTAL POPULATION 96,178 100.0%   105,321 100.0%
In households 91,949 95.6%   102,832 97.6%
In group quarters 4,229 4.4%   2,489 2.4%
     
RACE    
White 54,063 56.2%   48,407 46.0%
Black or African American 14,446 15.0%   16,586 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 744 0.8%   869 0.8%
Asian 10,471 10.9%   15,700 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 899 0.9%   1,149 1.1%
Some other race 8,431 8.8%   13,301 12.6%
Two or more races 7,124 7.4%   9,309 8.8%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 18,050 18.8%   28,789 27.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 78,128 81.2%   76,532 72.7%
White 47,094 49.0%   37,091 35.2%
Black or African American 14,097 14.7%   15,979 15.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 518 0.5%   462 0.4%
Asian 10,288 10.7%   15,265 14.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 851 0.9%   1,049 1.0%
Some other race 270 0.3%   231 0.2%
Two or more races 5,021 5.2%   6,455 6.1%
     
SEX    
Male 47,882 49.8%   51,851 49.2%
Female 48,296 50.2%   53,470 50.8%
     
AGE    
Under 5 years 8,163 8.5%   7,789 7.4%
5 to 17 years 20,496 21.3%   20,710 19.7%
18 to 64 years 58,885 61.2%   66,047 62.7%
65 years and over 8,634 9.0%   10,775 10.2%
Median age 31.1 X   33.7 X
     
HOUSEHOLDS    
Total households 30,870 100.0%   34,484 100.0%
Family households 24,018 77.8%   25,843 74.9%
Families with children under 18 13,315 43.1%   12,948 37.5%
Average household size 2.98 X   2.98 X
Average family size 3.33 X   3.42 X
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
Total housing units 31,792 100.0%   37,184 100.0%
Occupied housing units 30,870 97.1%   34,484 92.7%
Owner-occupied housing units 18,415 59.7%   20,835 60.4%
Renter-occupied housing units 12,455 40.3%   13,649 39.6%
Vacant housing units 922 2.9%   2,700 7.3%
1 unit, detached housing 21,336 67.0%   See  American Community Survey  for more data
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 174,700 X      
Median gross rent (dollars) 778 X      
     
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS    
Native 80,521 83.7%      
Foreign born 15,647 16.3%      
Naturalized citizen 7,848 8.2%      
Not a citizen 7,799 8.1%      
     
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999      
Median household income (dollars) 51,151 X      
Median family income (dollars) 55,503 X      
Per capita income (dollars) 20,617 X      
Individuals in poverty 8,496 9.3%      
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 and over 56,512 100.0%      
High school graduate 13,890 24.6%      
Bachelor's degree 8,098 14.3%      
Graduate or professional degree 3,426 6.1%      
     
COMMUTING TO WORK    
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 29.5 X      
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER    
Total 42,519 100.0%      
Car, truck, or van: 39,052 91.8%      
Drove alone 31,338 73.7%      
Carpooled 7,714 18.1%      
Public transportation (Census 2000 includes taxicabs, ACS excludes them) 798 1.9%      
Bus or trolley bus 565 1.3%      
Streetcar or trolley car 3 0.0%      
Subway or elevated 122 0.3%      
Railroad 23 0.1%      
Ferryboat 59 0.1%      
Taxicab 26 0.1%      
Motorcycle 192 0.5%      
Bicycle 205 0.5%      
Walked 739 1.7%      
Other means 388 0.9%      
Worked at home 1,145 2.7%      
     
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION    
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 39,186 100.0%      
Management, professional and related 11,468 29.3%      
Service 6,676 17.0%      
Sales and office 11,179 28.5%      
Farming, fishing & forestry 160 0.4%      
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 4,268 10.9%      
Production, transportation, and material moving 5,435 13.9%      
     
CLASS OF WORKER        
Self-employed workers 1,997 5.1%      
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4, CTPP, Census 2010 DP-1
 
 

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