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TOTAL POPULATION 27,693 100.0%
In households 27,274 98.5%
In group quarters 419 1.5%
 
RACE
White 22,250 80.3%
Black or African American 130 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 48 0.2%
Asian 4,271 15.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 45 0.2%
Some other race 183 0.7%
Two or more races 766 2.8%
 
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 822 3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino 26,871 97.0%
White 21,656 78.2%
Black or African American 127 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 40 0.1%
Asian 4,252 15.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 45 0.2%
Some other race 55 0.2%
Two or more races 696 2.5%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Native 22,728 82.4%
Foreign born 4,857 17.6%
Naturalized citizen 2,967 10.8%
Not a citizen 1,890 6.9%
 
SEX
Male 13,352 48.2%
Female 14,341 51.8%
 
AGE
Under 5 years 1,629 5.9%
5 to 17 years 4,932 17.8%
18 to 64 years 15,786 57.0%
65 years and over 5,346 19.3%
Median age 44.2 X
 
HOUSEHOLDS
Total households 10,462 100.0%
Family households 8,026 76.7%
Families with children under 18 3,517 33.6%
Average household size 2.61 X
Average family size 2.98 X
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units 10,727 100.0%
Occupied housing units 10,462 97.5%
Owner-occupied housing units 8,954 85.6%
Renter-occupied housing units 1,508 14.4%
Vacant housing units 265 2.5%
1 unit, detached housing 9,188 85.6%
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 983,000 X
Median gross rent (dollars) 1,727 X
 
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999
Median household income (dollars) 126,740 X
Median family income (dollars) 148,201 X
Per capita income (dollars) 66,776 X
Individuals in poverty 647 2.4%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 and over 20,128 100.0%
High school graduate 1,524 7.6%
Bachelor's degree 7,150 35.5%
Graduate or professional degree 7,201 35.8%
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 22.1 X
 
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER
Total 12,559 100.0%
Car, truck, or van: 11,108 88.4%
Drove alone 10,571 84.2%
Carpooled 537 4.3%
Public transportation 192 1.5%
Bus or trolley bus 101 0.8%
Streetcar or trolley car 0 0.0%
Subway or elevated 12 0.1%
Railroad 79 0.6%
Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle 26 0.2%
Bicycle 115 0.9%
Walked 174 1.4%
Other means 54 0.4%
Worked at home 890 7.1%
 
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 12,711 100.0%
Management, professional and related 9,499 74.7%
Service 510 4.0%
Sales and office 2,031 16.0%
Farming, fishing & forestry 12 0.1%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 295 2.3%
Production, transportation, and material moving 364 2.9%
 
CLASS OF WORKER    
Self-employed workers 1,519 12.0%
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4

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