Livermore

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	16,058	100%
In households	15,942	99%
In group quarters	116	1%
RACE
White	15,788	98%
Negro	14	0%
Other races	15	0%
Indian	36	0%
Japanese	46	0%
Chinese	35	0%
Filipino	124	1%
SEX
Male	8,007	50%
Female	8,051	50%
AGE
Under 5 years	2,458	15%
5 to 17 years	4,185	26%
18 to 64 years	8,540	53%
65 years and over	875	5%
Median age	26	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	4,031	100%
With own children under 18	2,741	68%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	5,093	100%
All occupied units	4,694	92%
Owner occupied	3,128	67%
Renter occupied	1,566	33%
Vacant	399	8%
Median value dollars	15,600	X
Median gross rent dollars	93	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	15,442	96%
Foreign born	616	4%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	7,627	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	8,345	100%
High school 4 years	2,574	31%
College 4 years or more	1,482	18%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	5,646	100%
Private automobile or car pool	4,320	82%
Railroad, subway or elevated	0	0%
Bus or streetcar	8	0%
Walked to work	319	6%
Other means	245	4%
Worked at home	102	2%
Not reported	352	6%
OCCUPATION
Employed	5,723	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	1,840	32%
Farmers and farm managers	38	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	424	7%
Clerical and kindred	893	16%
Sales	252	4%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	738	13%
Operatives and kindred	394	7%
Private household workers	112	2%
Service workers, except private household	448	8%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	60	1%
Laborers, except farm and mine	152	3%
Occupation not reported	372	7%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	298	5%