1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 328,149 343,079 -4.3
Persons living in households 317,568 335,735 -5.4
Persons living in group quarters 10,581 7,344 44.1
Rural Population 88,934 89,743 -0.9
Urban population 239,215 253,336 -5.5
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 155,217 160,702 -3.4
Female 172,932 182,377 -5.1
AGE
Under 5 years 19,201 19,066 0.8
5 to 17 years 50,983 64,485 -20.9
18 to 24 years 31,584 37,467 -15.7
25 to 44 years 92,461 81,972 12.8
45 to 54 years 33,458 39,266 -14.7
55 to 64 years 35,745 44,704 -20.0
65 to 74 years 36,677 36,434 0.7
75 to 84 years 22,364 15,982 40.0
85 years and over 5,676 3,703 53.3
Total under 18 70,184 83,551 -15.9
Total 65 and over 64,717 56,119 15.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 320,571 338,296 -5.2
Black non-Hispanic 3,795 2,280 66.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 210 141 49.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 1,465 801 82.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 85 255 -66.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 2,023 1,306 55.0
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 128,483 125,502 2.4
Family households (families) 88,412 92,948 -4.8
Families with children 38,216 42,269 -9.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 7,050 6,051 16.6
Persons living alone 36,784 30,584 20.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 20,976 16,541 26.9
INCOME
Per Capita 12,002 6,008 99.8
Household (median) 23,600 13,990 68.7
Family (median) 30,349 16,953 79.1
Married couple families (mean) 39,908 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 13,143 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 8.3 7.2 15.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 13.7 11.5 19.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 48.7 43.5 12.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.9 9.6 13.6
Black 45.9 54.6 -15.9
Other race 22.6 16.2 39.6
Hispanic 33.3 26.0 28.1
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.0 11.2 7.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 25.2 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 16.4 13.7 19.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 5,069 1,969 157.5
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 47,202 64,176 -26.4
College 19,221 13,238 45.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 72.0 61.2 17.7
College grad (%) 13.1 9.2 42.4
HOUSING
Total housing units 138,724 136,201 1.9
Occupied (%) 92.6 92.1 0.6
Owner Occupied (%) 69.4 68.9 0.8
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 56,000 30,800 81.9
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 243 136 78.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.9 1.4 -35.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.3 6.2 -14.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 143,046 135,000 6.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 22.0 31.3 -29.7
Employed in service industry (%) 30.4 13.4 126.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.0 8.9 -55.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.9 16.5 8.4
Mean Income 16,851 9,473 77.9
Families with one worker 27.8 34.2 -18.8
Mean Income 31,005 17,114 81.2
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.3 49.3 10.2
Mean Income 45,950 23,642 94.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 48.1 43.0 11.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.1 7.5 -32.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 64.5 47.7 35.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.6 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.1 17.7 19.3
Sales and support (%) 31.1 26.6 17.0
Service (%) 13.8 13.4 3.0
Farming (%) 1.0 0.7 42.9
Craft and Repair (%) 12.2 13.4 -8.9
Labor (%) 20.8 27.9 -25.4
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3