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 City Demographics 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Number

Percent

Population 16 years and over

16,975

 

 

 

 

In labor force

12,134

71.5

Employed

11,672

68.8

Unemployed

462

2.7

 

 

 

CLASS OF WORKER

 

 

Private wage and salary workers

10,501

90

Government workers

910

7.8

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business

253

2.2

Unpaid family workers

8

0.1

 

 

 

INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Households

6,496

100

Less than $10,000

308

4.7

$10,000 to $14,999

235

3.6

$15,000 to $24,999

413

6.4

$25,000 to $34,999

615

9.5

$35,000 to $49,999

865

13.3

$50,000 to $74,999

1,475

22.7

$75,000 to $99,999

1,210

18.6

$100,000 to $149,999

975

15

$150,000 to $199,999

261

4

$200,000 or more

139

2.1

Median household income (dollars)

63,424

(X)

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

6,666

100

Nursery school, preschool

512

7.7

Kindergarten

419

6.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,214

48.2

High school (grades 9-12)

1,510

22.7

College or graduate school

1,011

15.2

 

 

 

HOUSING OCCUPANCY

 

 

Total housing units

6,567

100

Occupied housing units

6,379

97.1

Vacant housing units

188

2.9

For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use

6

0.1

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

White

18,918

80.6

Black or African American

466

2

American Indian and Alaska Native

157

0.7

Asian

537

2.3

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

14

0.1

Some other race

4,099

17.5

 

 

 

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

 

 

Total population

23,469

100

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

11,405

48.6

Mexican

10,550

45

Puerto Rican

150

0.6

Cuban

55

0.2

Other Hispanic or Latino

650

2.8

Not Hispanic or Latino

12,064

51.4

White alone

11,052

47.1

 


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