1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 376,396 316,660 18.9
Persons living in households 363,486 303,788 19.7
Persons living in group quarters 12,910 12,872 0.3
Rural Population 146,612 143,870 2.0
Urban population 229,784 172,790 33.0
Metro status of county Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 184,421 155,558 18.6
Female 191,975 161,102 19.2
AGE
Under 5 years 27,972 20,645 35.5
5 to 17 years 66,053 69,661 -5.1
18 to 24 years 37,716 39,805 -5.2
25 to 44 years 127,985 92,879 37.8
45 to 54 years 43,020 34,762 23.8
55 to 64 years 32,673 30,222 8.2
65 to 74 years 24,881 17,467 42.5
75 to 84 years 12,193 8,537 42.9
85 years and over 3,903 2,682 45.6
Total under 18 94,025 90,306 4.2
Total 65 and over 40,977 28,686 42.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 339,637 285,367 19.1
Black non-Hispanic 23,479 22,797 3.0
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 443 239 85.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 4,011 1,751 129.1
Other race, non-Hispanic 261 768 -66.0
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 8,565 5,738 49.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 133,257 104,752 27.3
Family households (families) 99,324 81,598 21.8
Families with children 49,664 45,151 10.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 6,280 5,556 13.1
Persons living alone 26,931 19,195 40.4
Persons 65 and over living alone 9,194 6,364 44.5
INCOME
Per Capita 20,601 8,763 135.1
Household (median) 45,642 22,206 105.6
Family (median) 52,325 25,533 105.0
Married couple families (mean) 69,856 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 23,712 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 3.0 4.7 -36.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 4.7 6.4 -26.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 24.4 27.0 -9.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 3.7 5.4 -31.4
Black 16.1 16.5 -2.4
Other race 15.7 20.5 -23.4
Hispanic 21.7 27.9 -22.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 6.1 8.0 -23.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 14.9 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 5.7 7.4 -22.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 9,676 4,320 124.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 60,006 69,091 -13.1
College 27,725 17,218 61.1
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 84.9 76.4 11.2
College grad (%) 34.7 26.2 32.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 139,597 110,183 26.7
Occupied (%) 95.5 95.0 0.6
Owner Occupied (%) 74.5 70.7 5.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 155,900 64,800 140.6
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 496 235 111.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.9 1.7 11.8
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.6 6.5 -13.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 198,581 148,236 34.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 19.7 29.3 -32.7
Employed in service industry (%) 33.8 10.7 215.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 1.7 4.5 -62.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 7.8 8.2 -4.2
Mean Income 31,440 13,358 135.4
Families with one worker 26.4 33.8 -21.8
Mean Income 59,734 26,827 122.7
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 65.8 58.0 13.3
Mean Income 71,149 32,732 117.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 60.4 51.7 16.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.0 4.7 -36.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 65.8 52.6 25.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 34.6 28.7 20.6
Sales and support (%) 32.8 29.2 12.4
Service (%) 9.7 10.7 -9.3
Farming (%) 2.7 3.2 -15.6
Craft and Repair (%) 9.4 11.7 -19.6
Labor (%) 10.7 16.3 -34.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3