1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 275,572 279,780 -1.5
Persons living in households 265,412 272,315 -2.5
Persons living in group quarters 10,160 7,465 36.2
Rural Population 69,407 77,163 -10.0
Urban population 206,165 202,617 1.8
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 132,971 134,978 -1.4
Female 142,601 144,802 -1.5
AGE
Under 5 years 19,973 20,651 -3.2
5 to 17 years 51,464 60,375 -14.7
18 to 24 years 33,011 39,020 -15.3
25 to 44 years 82,282 71,797 14.7
45 to 54 years 26,329 27,922 -5.7
55 to 64 years 24,488 29,479 -16.9
65 to 74 years 23,034 18,844 22.3
75 to 84 years 11,671 8,861 31.8
85 years and over 3,320 2,831 17.3
Total under 18 71,437 81,026 -11.8
Total 65 and over 38,025 30,536 24.6
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 256,177 263,703 -2.8
Black non-Hispanic 14,008 12,298 14.0
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 417 299 39.5
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 1,374 955 43.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 232 475 -51.1
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 3,364 2,050 64.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 101,564 96,820 4.9
Family households (families) 71,125 71,879 -1.0
Families with children 36,211 39,104 -7.3
Female, no husb. present, w/children 7,558 6,265 20.7
Persons living alone 25,780 21,281 21.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 11,218 8,724 28.6
INCOME
Per Capita 12,317 6,654 85.2
Household (median) 26,581 16,760 58.6
Family (median) 32,145 19,804 62.4
Married couple families (mean) 43,188 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,904 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 9.5 7.3 30.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.3 11.3 35.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 51.9 46.8 10.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.9 8.8 23.9
Black 45.1 35.5 27.1
Other race 33.4 18.4 81.6
Hispanic 50.8 34.8 46.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.7 10.4 -6.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 18.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 18.2 12.8 42.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 6,092 3,018 101.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 48,107 59,868 -19.6
College 20,617 14,193 45.3
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 77.5 69.9 10.9
College grad (%) 16.2 13.2 22.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 108,585 103,738 4.7
Occupied (%) 93.5 93.3 0.3
Owner Occupied (%) 68.6 69.7 -1.5
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 54,000 39,700 36.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 248 161 54.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.3 -7.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.9 8.8 -21.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 122,635 117,288 4.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.8 36.0 -22.7
Employed in service industry (%) 31.7 12.9 145.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.2 7.9 -46.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.8 12.2 21.7
Mean Income 17,810 9,697 83.7
Families with one worker 28.3 34.4 -17.6
Mean Income 33,584 18,940 77.4
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 56.8 53.4 6.4
Mean Income 46,737 26,591 75.8
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 53.6 47.6 12.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.7 8.8 -23.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 64.9 50.4 28.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.9 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 23.5 19.9 18.1
Sales and support (%) 29.4 28.4 3.6
Service (%) 14.2 12.9 10.1
Farming (%) 1.5 1.5 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.4 14.0 -11.4
Labor (%) 18.9 23.1 -18.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3