1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 547,651 555,007 -1.3
Persons living in households 529,696 539,437 -1.8
Persons living in group quarters 17,955 15,570 15.4
Rural Population 10,611 16,076 -33.9
Urban population 537,040 538,931 -0.3
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 261,103 264,819 -1.4
Female 286,548 290,188 -1.2
AGE
Under 5 years 38,266 33,031 15.9
5 to 17 years 88,344 108,011 -18.2
18 to 24 years 58,551 73,648 -20.4
25 to 44 years 170,355 138,147 23.4
45 to 54 years 53,302 63,153 -15.5
55 to 64 years 53,901 67,695 -20.3
65 to 74 years 50,558 43,234 17.0
75 to 84 years 26,261 21,826 20.4
85 years and over 8,113 6,262 29.6
Total under 18 126,610 141,042 -10.2
Total 65 and over 84,932 71,322 19.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 470,258 495,635 -5.1
Black non-Hispanic 60,688 49,544 22.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 566 369 53.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 9,840 4,140 137.7
Other race, non-Hispanic 301 1,113 -72.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 5,998 4,206 42.7
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 201,374 192,332 4.8
Family households (families) 142,587 144,681 -1.4
Families with children 65,885 70,722 -6.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 12,344 11,809 4.6
Persons living alone 50,578 41,964 20.6
Persons 65 and over living alone 22,258 17,291 28.8
INCOME
Per Capita 17,210 8,044 114.0
Household (median) 37,337 19,950 87.2
Family (median) 44,323 23,103 91.9
Married couple families (mean) 58,887 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 21,710 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.0 5.7 -12.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 8.0 9.0 -11.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 28.6 36.5 -21.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 4.8 5.6 -14.2
Black 22.2 24.2 -8.2
Other race 19.6 16.1 21.8
Hispanic 21.6 20.5 5.4
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.8 7.8 0.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 16.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 9.7 10.2 -4.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 12,053 6,336 90.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 81,142 109,385 -25.8
College 44,094 34,222 28.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 81.4 72.3 12.6
College grad (%) 24.8 18.8 32.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 211,024 201,472 4.8
Occupied (%) 95.4 95.4 0.0
Owner Occupied (%) 72.6 72.1 0.7
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 113,200 46,500 143.5
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 445 227 96.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.2 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.3 7.7 -5.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 266,074 247,016 7.8
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 15.2 22.7 -33.0
Employed in service industry (%) 36.6 11.6 215.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.7 5.9 -54.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.0 12.5 -4.0
Mean Income 25,510 11,775 116.7
Families with one worker 27.3 34.0 -19.6
Mean Income 43,923 22,739 93.2
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 60.7 53.6 13.4
Mean Income 63,710 31,723 100.9
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 56.1 48.0 16.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.4 5.9 -25.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 67.0 49.1 36.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.6 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 31.4 26.1 20.4
Sales and support (%) 35.5 35.2 0.9
Service (%) 10.8 11.6 -6.8
Farming (%) 0.8 0.5 60.0
Craft and Repair (%) 11.1 13.2 -15.9
Labor (%) 10.5 13.1 -19.8
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3