1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 145,351 159,417 -8.8
Persons living in households 143,594 158,139 -9.1
Persons living in group quarters 1,757 1,278 37.5
Rural Population 102,928 108,147 -4.8
Urban population 42,423 51,270 -17.2
Metro status of county Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 69,080 76,527 -9.7
Female 76,271 82,890 -7.9
AGE
Under 5 years 8,812 10,598 -16.8
5 to 17 years 26,271 33,591 -21.7
18 to 24 years 12,777 17,557 -27.2
25 to 44 years 41,422 38,332 8.1
45 to 54 years 14,580 17,128 -14.8
55 to 64 years 15,413 19,518 -21.0
65 to 74 years 15,521 14,244 9.0
75 to 84 years 8,355 6,692 24.9
85 years and over 2,200 1,757 25.3
Total under 18 35,083 44,189 -20.6
Total 65 and over 26,076 22,693 15.0
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 139,398 152,352 -8.5
Black non-Hispanic 5,083 6,007 -15.3
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 134 110 21.9
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 219 236 -7.2
Other race, non-Hispanic 65 107 -39.2
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 452 605 -25.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 56,110 56,566 -0.8
Family households (families) 40,941 43,569 -6.0
Families with children 19,401 22,087 -12.1
Female, no husb. present, w/children 3,873 3,245 19.4
Persons living alone 14,009 12,202 14.9
Persons 65 and over living alone 8,049 6,617 21.7
INCOME
Per Capita 9,791 5,874 66.7
Household (median) 19,195 14,282 34.4
Family (median) 23,578 17,282 36.5
Married couple families (mean) 31,913 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 9,323 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 17.6 12.2 44.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 27.4 17.9 53.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 66.0 56.5 16.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 20.2 14.9 35.6
Black 38.3 31.4 22.0
Other race 33.6 16.2 107.5
Hispanic 27.6 25.9 6.6
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 14.5 16.9 -14.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 27.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 30.3 21.5 41.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,624 1,021 59.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 24,468 33,028 -25.9
College 5,576 2,845 96.0
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 67.8 57.8 17.4
College grad (%) 9.3 7.1 31.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 61,406 61,047 0.6
Occupied (%) 91.4 92.6 -1.2
Owner Occupied (%) 72.3 71.9 0.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 39,700 27,500 44.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 196 117 67.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.1 27.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.9 6.0 31.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 49,221 52,120 -5.5
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 17.1 26.5 -35.4
Employed in service industry (%) 31.5 11.4 176.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.8 11.0 -20.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 25.5 21.3 20.1
Mean Income 14,317 8,383 70.8
Families with one worker 33.9 41.1 -17.5
Mean Income 26,603 17,921 48.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 40.5 37.6 7.8
Mean Income 40,486 26,064 55.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 39.2 31.7 23.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 11.1 10.4 6.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 51.0 32.6 56.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 12.0 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.8 15.8 25.4
Sales and support (%) 27.8 22.7 22.5
Service (%) 14.8 11.4 29.9
Farming (%) 1.9 1.2 58.4
Craft and Repair (%) 14.4 19.4 -25.7
Labor (%) 21.3 29.2 -27.0
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3