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Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	17,881	100%
In households	16,161	90%
In group quarters	1,720	10%
RACE
White	17,113	96%
Negro	510	3%
Other races	40	0%
Indian	16	0%
Japanese	112	1%
Chinese	55	0%
Filipino	35	0%
SEX
Male	9,699	54%
Female	8,182	46%
AGE
Under 5 years	2,575	14%
5 to 17 years	4,783	27%
18 to 64 years	10,004	56%
65 years and over	519	3%
Median age	23	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	4,102	100%
With own children under 18	3,063	75%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	5,016	100%
All occupied units	4,311	86%
Owner occupied	2,553	59%
Renter occupied	1,758	41%
Vacant	705	14%
Median value dollars	17,100	X
Median gross rent dollars	100	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	16,956	95%
Foreign born	925	5%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	7,156	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	8,474	100%
High school 4 years	3,476	41%
College 4 years or more	898	11%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	6,886	100%
Private automobile or car pool	4,394	64%
Railroad, subway or elevated	0	0%
Bus or streetcar	208	3%
Walked to work	230	3%
Other means	169	3%
Worked at home	1,729	25%
Not reported	156	2%
OCCUPATION
Employed	3,926	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	531	14%
Farmers and farm managers	8	0%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	360	9%
Clerical and kindred	795	20%
Sales	381	10%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	659	17%
Operatives and kindred	355	9%
Private household workers	105	3%
Service workers, except private household	356	9%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	9	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	165	4%
Occupation not reported	202	5%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	402	10%