1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 121,003 128,299 -5.6
Persons living in households 115,625 123,827 -6.6
Persons living in group quarters 5,378 4,472 20.3
Rural Population 59,339 64,150 -7.4
Urban population 61,664 64,149 -3.8
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 58,658 62,195 -5.6
Female 62,345 66,104 -5.6
AGE
Under 5 years 7,530 8,118 -7.2
5 to 17 years 20,848 26,173 -20.3
18 to 24 years 12,519 16,899 -25.9
25 to 44 years 33,892 31,215 8.6
45 to 54 years 12,508 14,252 -12.2
55 to 64 years 12,929 14,961 -13.5
65 to 74 years 12,119 10,004 21.2
75 to 84 years 6,598 4,993 32.2
85 years and over 2,060 1,684 22.4
Total under 18 28,378 34,291 -17.2
Total 65 and over 20,777 16,681 24.6
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 114,086 122,074 -6.5
Black non-Hispanic 5,858 5,392 8.7
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 108 87 24.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 381 237 60.8
Other race, non-Hispanic 64 118 -45.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 506 391 29.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 45,591 44,657 2.1
Family households (families) 33,275 34,761 -4.2
Families with children 14,993 17,416 -13.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,805 2,283 22.9
Persons living alone 11,221 9,079 23.6
Persons 65 and over living alone 5,997 4,420 35.7
INCOME
Per Capita 11,336 6,751 68.0
Household (median) 24,599 17,160 43.4
Family (median) 29,347 19,975 47.0
Married couple families (mean) 36,830 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,836 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 10.1 6.6 53.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 17.2 10.1 70.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 54.5 44.9 21.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.4 8.1 40.8
Black 42.0 29.3 43.4
Other race 23.6 14.5 62.8
Hispanic 30.7 24.5 25.4
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.1 9.6 -5.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 17.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.9 11.8 68.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,977 1,043 89.6
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 19,461 25,855 -24.7
College 7,156 5,540 29.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 75.1 66.7 12.6
College grad (%) 13.6 11.6 17.3
HOUSING
Total housing units 48,689 47,660 2.2
Occupied (%) 93.6 93.6 0.0
Owner Occupied (%) 75.0 76.7 -2.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 41,900 32,900 27.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 221 150 47.4
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.1 1.1 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.5 7.1 -22.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 50,027 50,606 -1.1
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 23.9 33.6 -28.8
Employed in service industry (%) 32.1 14.2 126.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.2 7.5 -43.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.5 15.0 23.4
Mean Income 18,422 10,377 77.6
Families with one worker 29.6 37.3 -20.7
Mean Income 29,988 19,645 52.7
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.9 47.7 8.8
Mean Income 42,058 26,867 56.6
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 46.8 40.2 16.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.3 8.5 -25.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 62.7 44.3 41.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.5 17.4 17.9
Sales and support (%) 27.6 24.7 11.8
Service (%) 15.9 14.2 12.0
Farming (%) 2.4 2.1 14.3
Craft and Repair (%) 11.8 13.7 -13.8
Labor (%) 21.9 27.6 -20.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3