1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 118,710 118,416 0.3
Persons living in households 115,113 115,487 -0.3
Persons living in group quarters 3,597 2,929 22.9
Rural Population 54,236 52,435 3.5
Urban population 64,474 65,981 -2.2
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 57,265 57,052 0.4
Female 61,445 61,364 0.2
AGE
Under 5 years 8,165 8,189 -0.2
5 to 17 years 21,391 24,599 -13.0
18 to 24 years 11,785 14,918 -21.0
25 to 44 years 35,905 30,447 18.0
45 to 54 years 12,031 12,612 -4.6
55 to 64 years 11,493 12,541 -8.3
65 to 74 years 10,299 8,921 15.5
75 to 84 years 5,800 4,715 23.1
85 years and over 1,841 1,474 24.9
Total under 18 29,556 32,788 -9.8
Total 65 and over 17,940 15,110 18.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 114,593 115,736 -0.9
Black non-Hispanic 2,779 1,739 59.9
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 211 88 139.8
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 454 313 45.1
Other race, non-Hispanic 32 140 -77.1
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 641 400 60.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 44,949 42,097 6.8
Family households (families) 32,165 31,779 1.3
Families with children 15,666 16,742 -6.4
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,885 2,418 19.4
Persons living alone 10,832 9,088 19.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 5,253 4,199 25.2
INCOME
Per Capita 11,714 6,170 89.9
Household (median) 25,552 15,025 70.1
Family (median) 30,461 17,754 71.6
Married couple families (mean) 38,356 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,557 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 8.4 8.1 3.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 13.7 11.6 18.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 47.0 42.3 11.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.8 10.4 3.9
Black 43.4 31.6 37.4
Other race 16.3 29.2 -44.1
Hispanic 21.5 25.6 -16.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.9 12.4 -20.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 21.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 16.5 13.9 18.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,782 795 124.2
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 19,956 24,438 -18.3
College 6,171 3,847 60.5
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.5 65.6 13.6
College grad (%) 12.3 10.3 19.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 49,580 47,534 4.4
Occupied (%) 90.7 88.5 2.5
Owner Occupied (%) 69.7 70.4 -0.9
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 54,900 38,000 44.5
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 256 154 66.3
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.8 1.5 -46.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.5 8.3 -45.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 52,566 48,381 8.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.8 34.8 -14.3
Employed in service industry (%) 27.1 11.7 131.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.4 9.9 -55.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.4 13.7 5.0
Mean Income 18,872 9,341 102.1
Families with one worker 28.2 33.5 -15.8
Mean Income 29,594 16,788 76.3
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 57.4 52.7 8.8
Mean Income 42,042 23,999 75.2
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 52.1 47.5 9.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.5 10.0 -44.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 69.6 55.7 25.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.5 17.4 12.1
Sales and support (%) 29.3 27.9 5.1
Service (%) 12.7 11.7 8.6
Farming (%) 2.1 2.0 5.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.3 13.0 -5.3
Labor (%) 24.0 27.8 -13.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3