1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 73,478 77,768 -5.5
Persons living in households 72,514 77,057 -5.8
Persons living in group quarters 964 711 35.6
Rural Population 62,600 65,731 -4.7
Urban population 10,878 12,037 -9.6
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 35,325 37,797 -6.5
Female 38,153 39,971 -4.5
AGE
Under 5 years 4,432 5,153 -13.9
5 to 17 years 13,250 15,854 -16.4
18 to 24 years 6,244 9,048 -30.9
25 to 44 years 21,606 18,884 14.5
45 to 54 years 7,479 8,367 -10.6
55 to 64 years 7,580 9,369 -19.0
65 to 74 years 7,473 6,800 9.9
75 to 84 years 4,215 3,349 25.9
85 years and over 1,199 944 27.1
Total under 18 17,682 21,007 -15.8
Total 65 and over 12,887 11,093 16.2
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 72,585 76,696 -5.3
Black non-Hispanic 564 704 -19.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 59 24 145.9
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 78 66 18.2
Other race, non-Hispanic 28 75 -62.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 164 203 -19.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 28,309 28,066 0.9
Family households (families) 20,853 21,713 -3.9
Families with children 9,698 10,838 -10.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,300 1,160 12.1
Persons living alone 6,826 6,002 13.8
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,980 3,343 19.1
INCOME
Per Capita 10,565 6,286 68.1
Household (median) 22,554 15,474 45.8
Family (median) 27,024 18,020 50.0
Married couple families (mean) 32,915 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,778 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 10.3 6.7 53.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.7 9.7 61.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 56.1 40.2 39.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.8 9.5 34.8
Black 23.8 16.3 46.1
Other race 10.5 19.3 -45.5
Hispanic 11.6 6.1 90.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.2 13.5 -17.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 21.2 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 17.5 11.8 48.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 913 489 86.8
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 12,297 15,808 -22.2
College 2,670 1,167 128.8
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 71.1 58.6 21.4
College grad (%) 8.1 6.7 20.9
HOUSING
Total housing units 31,757 31,040 2.4
Occupied (%) 89.1 90.4 -1.4
Owner Occupied (%) 76.4 75.5 1.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 44,300 33,000 34.3
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 205 121 69.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 .9 55.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.1 6.5 9.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 28,624 27,318 4.8
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 22.4 30.6 -26.7
Employed in service industry (%) 26.4 11.5 129.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.0 10.6 -52.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.6 17.7 10.6
Mean Income 16,665 9,598 73.7
Families with one worker 32.9 41.2 -20.2
Mean Income 26,509 18,473 43.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 47.5 41.1 15.6
Mean Income 39,873 25,712 55.1
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 42.6 35.0 21.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.8 11.1 -29.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 58.0 38.4 51.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 14.8 13.3 11.3
Sales and support (%) 24.8 21.5 15.4
Service (%) 14.4 11.5 25.3
Farming (%) 3.8 3.2 18.8
Craft and Repair (%) 16.2 17.5 -7.4
Labor (%) 25.9 32.8 -21.0
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3