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TOTAL POPULATION 29,506 100.0%
In households 29,317 99.4%
In group quarters 189 0.6%
 
RACE
White 7,962 27.0%
Black or African American 6,796 23.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 246 0.8%
Asian 657 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2,252 7.6%
Some other race 10,248 34.7%
Two or more races 1,345 4.6%
 
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 17,346 58.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino 12,160 41.2%
White 1,930 6.5%
Black or African American 6,641 22.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 66 0.2%
Asian 621 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2,223 7.5%
Some other race 67 0.2%
Two or more races 612 2.1%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Native 16,546 56.2%
Foreign born 12,904 43.8%
Naturalized citizen 2,856 9.7%
Not a citizen 10,048 34.1%
 
SEX
Male 15,198 51.5%
Female 14,308 48.5%
 
AGE
Under 5 years 2,943 10.0%
5 to 17 years 7,376 25.0%
18 to 64 years 17,668 59.9%
65 years and over 1,519 5.1%
Median age 25.8 X
 
HOUSEHOLDS
Total households 6,976 100.0%
Family households 5,275 75.6%
Families with children under 18 3,300 47.3%
Average household size 4.20 X
Average family size 4.64 X
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units 7,091 100.0%
Occupied housing units 6,976 98.4%
Owner-occupied housing units 3,033 43.5%
Renter-occupied housing units 3,943 56.5%
Vacant housing units 115 1.6%
1 unit, detached housing 3,602 51.0%
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 302,000 X
Median gross rent (dollars) 854 X
 
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999
Median household income (dollars) 45,006 X
Median family income (dollars) 44,342 X
Per capita income (dollars) 13,774 X
Individuals in poverty 4,658 16.2%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 and over 15,170 100.0%
High school graduate 2,733 18.0%
Bachelor's degree 1,069 7.0%
Graduate or professional degree 545 3.6%
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 25.9 X
 
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER
Total 11,014 100.0%
Car, truck, or van: 9,633 87.5%
Drove alone 7,053 64.0%
Carpooled 2,580 23.4%
Public transportation 688 6.2%
Bus or trolley bus 598 5.4%
Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated 13 0.1%
Railroad 72 0.7%
Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab 5 0.0%
Motorcycle 25 0.2%
Bicycle 193 1.8%
Walked 171 1.6%
Other means 85 0.8%
Worked at home 219 2.0%
 
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 11,349 100.0%
Management, professional and related 2,062 18.2%
Service 3,626 31.9%
Sales and office 2,632 23.2%
Farming, fishing & forestry 29 0.3%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 1,350 11.9%
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,650 14.5%
 
CLASS OF WORKER    
Self-employed workers 866 7.6%
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4

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