1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 237,813 232,317 2.4
Persons living in households 233,349 227,371 2.7
Persons living in group quarters 4,464 4,946 -9.7
Rural Population 59,078 58,649 0.8
Urban population 178,735 173,668 3.0
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 113,672 110,627 2.8
Female 124,141 121,690 2.1
AGE
Under 5 years 16,576 14,712 12.7
5 to 17 years 39,049 46,009 -15.1
18 to 24 years 22,157 27,612 -19.7
25 to 44 years 79,030 63,747 24.0
45 to 54 years 24,413 25,470 -4.1
55 to 64 years 22,576 25,622 -11.8
65 to 74 years 19,802 18,024 9.9
75 to 84 years 11,041 8,484 30.2
85 years and over 3,169 2,637 20.2
Total under 18 55,625 60,721 -8.3
Total 65 and over 34,012 29,145 16.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 193,697 195,519 -0.9
Black non-Hispanic 34,843 30,961 12.6
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 297 209 42.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 2,683 1,359 97.5
Other race, non-Hispanic 269 684 -60.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 6,024 3,585 68.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 95,264 88,088 8.2
Family households (families) 63,156 61,498 2.7
Families with children 30,391 31,383 -3.1
Female, no husb. present, w/children 7,046 6,316 11.6
Persons living alone 27,059 22,902 18.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 10,367 8,627 20.2
INCOME
Per Capita 14,890 7,525 97.9
Household (median) 30,985 17,139 80.8
Family (median) 37,254 20,596 80.9
Married couple families (mean) 47,767 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 15,619 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.2 7.3 -1.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 12.1 11.1 9.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 40.9 37.6 8.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 6.6 7.0 -5.7
Black 26.1 25.8 1.2
Other race 31.3 29.6 5.8
Hispanic 40.0 28.9 38.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.9 12.5 -20.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 21.1 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.9 13.8 15.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 3,642 2,187 66.6
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 36,359 45,812 -20.6
College 12,438 7,036 76.8
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 77.6 69.8 11.2
College grad (%) 18.6 14.3 30.1
HOUSING
Total housing units 102,684 95,728 7.3
Occupied (%) 92.8 92.0 0.9
Owner Occupied (%) 63.7 63.1 1.0
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 71,300 40,300 77.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 357 189 88.9
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.9 -26.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.3 6.0 5.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 120,247 107,813 11.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 13.8 19.4 -28.8
Employed in service industry (%) 30.7 12.0 155.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.8 5.1 -45.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.9 12.6 2.7
Mean Income 20,933 10,495 99.5
Families with one worker 26.3 31.5 -16.6
Mean Income 33,749 19,564 72.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 60.8 55.9 8.7
Mean Income 51,459 27,492 87.2
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 59.6 52.7 13.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.5 4.6 -2.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 73.1 58.2 25.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.0 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 27.1 22.8 18.9
Sales and support (%) 35.1 34.4 2.1
Service (%) 12.3 12.0 2.5
Farming (%) 1.0 1.0 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 9.8 11.1 -11.7
Labor (%) 14.8 18.4 -19.5
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3