1970

1980

1990

1997

TOTAL POPULATION (THOUSANDS)

54.54

65.85

71.02

80.15

AGE 0 TO 19

20.56

21.21

19.67

21.99

AGE 20 TO 64

28.55

36.67

41.38

46.56

AGE 65 AND OVER

5.43

7.97

9.98

11.60

WHITE POPULATION

53.38

64.70

69.58

78.44

BLACK POPULATION

1.09

1.02

1.09

1.29

OTHER POPULATION

0.07

0.13

0.34

0.43

POPULATION AGE 0-6

6.39

6.45

6.59

7.25

POPULATION AGE 7-11

5.63

5.41

4.87

5.33

POPULATION AGE 12-14

3.50

3.27

2.92

3.47

POPULATION AGE 15-17

3.26

3.74

3.22

3.76

POPULATION AGE 15-44

22.17

29.00

31.13

33.07

HISPANIC POPULATION, ANY RACE

0.10

0.19

0.29

0.38

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT (THOUSANDS)

20.36

29.08

40.18

48.12

PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT

14.33

22.32

33.11

40.77

AGRICULTURAL SERV., OTHER

0.17

0.16

0.37

0.49

MINING

0.04

0.07

0.04

0.05

CONSTRUCTION

0.88

1.31

1.78

2.52

MANUFACTURING

5.68

9.17

13.48

16.50

TRANSPORT, COMM & PUBLIC UTIL

0.60

0.81

1.16

1.78

WHOLESALE TRADE

0.86

1.37

1.98

2.02

RETAIL TRADE

3.08

4.66

7.05

9.02

FINANCE, INS. & REAL ESTATE

0.66

1.16

1.80

2.08

SERVICES

2.37

3.61

5.45

6.33

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

3.24

4.13

4.93

5.42

FEDERAL CIVILIAN

0.27

0.31

0.32

0.35

FEDERAL MILITARY

0.58

0.50

0.62

0.57

INCOME PER CAPITA (CURRENT $)

$2,794

$7,284

$14,319

$19,789

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS (THOUSANDS)

17.31

23.60

27.88

31.92

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD (PEOPLE)

3.12

2.77

2.52

2.49

MEAN HOUSEHOLD INC (CURRENT $)

$8,743

$20,180

$36,187

$49,322

TOTAL RETAIL SALES (MILL. '92 $)

$346.08

$457.52

$731.42

$923.74