1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 123,786 112,760 9.8
Persons living in households 108,727 97,234 11.9
Persons living in group quarters 15,059 15,526 -3.0
Rural Population 52,873 51,629 2.5
Urban population 70,913 61,131 16.1
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 64,072 57,932 10.6
Female 59,714 54,828 9.0
AGE
Under 5 years 6,896 5,852 17.9
5 to 17 years 15,723 18,456 -14.8
18 to 24 years 34,892 34,409 1.5
25 to 44 years 36,267 28,641 26.7
45 to 54 years 10,376 9,039 14.8
55 to 64 years 8,523 7,821 9.0
65 to 74 years 6,548 5,271 24.3
75 to 84 years 3,489 2,543 37.3
85 years and over 1,072 728 47.3
Total under 18 22,619 24,308 -6.9
Total 65 and over 11,109 8,542 30.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 115,655 108,690 6.5
Black non-Hispanic 2,726 1,439 89.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 171 109 56.9
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 3,817 1,182 223.0
Other race, non-Hispanic 67 510 -86.8
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,350 830 62.7
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 42,683 36,122 18.2
Family households (families) 26,359 23,836 10.6
Families with children 12,596 12,688 -0.7
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,579 1,377 14.7
Persons living alone 10,072 7,766 29.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,096 2,308 34.2
INCOME
Per Capita 11,854 5,909 100.7
Household (median) 26,060 14,862 75.4
Family (median) 34,313 19,099 79.7
Married couple families (mean) 44,361 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 15,868 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 6.2 7.8 -20.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 9.3 9.9 -6.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 31.6 35.5 -10.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 17.5 16.1 8.7
Black 35.4 45.8 -22.7
Other race 31.1 33.1 -6.0
Hispanic 36.4 33.8 7.7
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.6 10.4 -17.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 18.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 10.5 11.3 -7.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,757 897 95.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 14,556 18,341 -20.6
College 34,544 29,707 16.3
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 83.6 75.7 10.5
College grad (%) 32.3 27.4 17.9
HOUSING
Total housing units 46,195 39,564 16.8
Occupied (%) 92.4 91.3 1.3
Owner Occupied (%) 59.8 59.6 0.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 74,700 46,100 62.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 401 227 76.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.1 1.1 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.3 6.1 -13.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 57,809 47,156 22.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 13.4 17.7 -24.2
Employed in service industry (%) 48.4 14.7 229.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.5 5.8 -39.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 10.9 11.4 -4.7
Mean Income 22,188 10,600 109.4
Families with one worker 26.7 30.3 -11.9
Mean Income 36,002 18,304 96.7
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 62.4 58.3 7.1
Mean Income 47,192 25,512 85.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 55.2 48.0 15.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.4 4.9 10.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 69.3 55.4 25.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 31.0 26.3 17.9
Sales and support (%) 30.9 29.8 3.7
Service (%) 14.9 14.7 1.4
Farming (%) 2.5 2.9 -13.7
Craft and Repair (%) 8.1 9.5 -14.7
Labor (%) 12.6 16.5 -23.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3