1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 219,039 227,908 -3.8
Persons living in households 211,738 221,727 -4.5
Persons living in group quarters 7,301 6,181 18.2
Rural Population 36,862 38,253 -3.6
Urban population 182,177 189,655 -3.9
Metro status of county Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 102,389 106,370 -3.7
Female 116,650 121,538 -4.0
AGE
Under 5 years 13,229 13,209 0.2
5 to 17 years 34,722 42,345 -18.0
18 to 24 years 22,347 27,035 -17.3
25 to 44 years 60,751 53,300 14.0
45 to 54 years 21,700 25,308 -14.2
55 to 64 years 23,097 29,476 -21.6
65 to 74 years 24,430 23,642 3.4
75 to 84 years 14,853 10,947 35.7
85 years and over 3,910 2,646 47.8
Total under 18 47,951 55,554 -13.6
Total 65 and over 43,193 37,235 16.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 214,817 224,939 -4.4
Black non-Hispanic 1,537 1,080 42.4
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 158 66 139.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 1,325 750 76.7
Other race, non-Hispanic 113 271 -58.3
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,089 802 35.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 84,528 82,056 3.1
Family households (families) 58,387 61,255 -4.6
Families with children 25,530 27,815 -8.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 4,676 3,910 19.6
Persons living alone 24,046 19,673 22.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 13,469 10,741 25.4
INCOME
Per Capita 12,358 6,107 102.4
Household (median) 24,816 14,267 74.0
Family (median) 31,474 17,325 81.7
Married couple families (mean) 41,783 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 13,060 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.8 7.2 8.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 12.8 11.2 14.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 46.8 40.5 15.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.3 9.7 6.2
Black 53.2 18.3 190.8
Other race 22.0 22.8 -3.5
Hispanic 27.4 24.0 14.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.4 10.6 17.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 24.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 14.9 13.4 11.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 4,057 1,573 158.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 31,618 42,271 -25.2
College 13,879 11,510 20.6
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.3 63.7 15.1
College grad (%) 14.8 10.6 39.7
HOUSING
Total housing units 91,707 89,572 2.4
Occupied (%) 92.2 91.6 0.7
Owner Occupied (%) 67.0 65.9 1.7
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 68,900 32,300 13.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 253 135 8.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.3 1.5 -13.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.9 7.2 -18.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 97,407 92,003 5.9
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 21.8 29.9 -27.0
Employed in service industry (%) 31.9 13.5 136.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.3 8.2 -59.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.1 15.8 8.1
Mean Income 17,415 10,009 74.0
Families with one worker 27.5 33.8 -18.6
Mean Income 31,349 16,901 85.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 55.4 50.4 10.0
Mean Income 48,000 24,567 95.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 49.4 43.5 13.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.2 6.9 -24.6
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 65.0 47.3 37.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.6 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 22.5 18.7 20.4
Sales and support (%) 31.0 27.8 11.6
Service (%) 13.7 13.5 1.5
Farming (%) 0.7 0.6 16.7
Craft and Repair (%) 11.9 12.8 -7.0
Labor (%) 20.3 26.3 -22.8
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3