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EMPLOYMENT STATUS |
Number |
Percent |
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Population 16 years and over |
16,975 |
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In labor force |
12,134 |
71.5 |
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Employed |
11,672 |
68.8 |
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Unemployed |
462 |
2.7 |
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CLASS OF WORKER |
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Private wage and salary workers |
10,501 |
90 |
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Government workers |
910 |
7.8 |
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Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business |
253 |
2.2 |
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Unpaid family workers |
8 |
0.1 |
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INCOME IN 1999 |
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Households |
6,496 |
100 |
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Less than $10,000 |
308 |
4.7 |
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$10,000 to $14,999 |
235 |
3.6 |
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$15,000 to $24,999 |
413 |
6.4 |
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$25,000 to $34,999 |
615 |
9.5 |
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$35,000 to $49,999 |
865 |
13.3 |
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$50,000 to $74,999 |
1,475 |
22.7 |
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$75,000 to $99,999 |
1,210 |
18.6 |
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$100,000 to $149,999 |
975 |
15 |
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$150,000 to $199,999 |
261 |
4 |
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$200,000 or more |
139 |
2.1 |
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Median household income (dollars) |
63,424 |
(X) |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
6,666 |
100 |
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Nursery school, preschool |
512 |
7.7 |
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Kindergarten |
419 |
6.3 |
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Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,214 |
48.2 |
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High school (grades 9-12) |
1,510 |
22.7 |
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College or graduate school |
1,011 |
15.2 |
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HOUSING OCCUPANCY |
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Total housing units |
6,567 |
100 |
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Occupied housing units |
6,379 |
97.1 |
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Vacant housing units |
188 |
2.9 |
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For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use |
6 |
0.1 |
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RACE |
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White |
18,918 |
80.6 |
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Black or African American |
466 |
2 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native |
157 |
0.7 |
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Asian |
537 |
2.3 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
14 |
0.1 |
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Some other race |
4,099 |
17.5 |
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HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE |
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Total population |
23,469 |
100 |
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Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
11,405 |
48.6 |
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Mexican |
10,550 |
45 |
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Puerto Rican |
150 |
0.6 |
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Cuban |
55 |
0.2 |
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Other Hispanic or Latino |
650 |
2.8 |
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Not Hispanic or Latino |
12,064 |
51.4 |
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White alone |
11,052 |
47.1 |
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