1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 678,111 643,621 5.4
Persons living in households 658,305 623,704 5.6
Persons living in group quarters 19,806 19,917 -0.5
Rural Population 66,142 74,429 -11.1
Urban population 611,969 569,192 7.6
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 325,999 309,303 5.4
Female 352,112 334,318 5.4
AGE
Under 5 years 45,837 36,147 26.9
5 to 17 years 107,068 127,270 -15.8
18 to 24 years 60,547 76,403 -20.7
25 to 44 years 221,762 173,062 28.2
45 to 54 years 73,711 76,264 -3.3
55 to 64 years 67,193 73,596 -8.7
65 to 74 years 58,404 48,052 21.6
75 to 84 years 32,698 25,303 29.3
85 years and over 10,891 7,524 44.8
Total under 18 152,905 163,417 -6.4
Total 65 and over 101,993 80,879 26.2
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 614,659 598,528 2.7
Black non-Hispanic 38,303 30,517 25.6
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 657 470 39.8
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 15,815 7,328 115.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 320 1,387 -76.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 8,357 5,391 55.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 254,995 223,290 14.2
Family households (families) 181,075 170,561 6.2
Families with children 82,104 83,835 -2.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 10,516 10,322 1.9
Persons living alone 62,670 45,502 37.8
Persons 65 and over living alone 25,900 17,950 44.3
INCOME
Per Capita 21,990 9,734 126.0
Household (median) 43,720 22,508 94.3
Family (median) 51,353 25,803 99.1
Married couple families (mean) 72,097 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 28,859 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 2.2 3.3 -33.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 3.3 4.9 -32.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 15.5 23.1 -32.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 3.1 4.2 -26.1
Black 10.9 14.3 -23.7
Other race 8.2 10.5 -21.9
Hispanic 9.1 14.2 -35.9
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 5.8 6.2 -6.4
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 13.5 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 3.9 5.7 -31.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 16,391 8,310 97.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 97,511 128,600 -24.1
College 46,430 35,938 29.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 83.8 75.8 10.6
College grad (%) 32.1 24.8 29.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 265,856 232,569 14.4
Occupied (%) 95.9 96.0 -0.1
Owner Occupied (%) 72.3 70.5 2.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 143,400 60,600 36.7
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 521 263 98.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.1 27.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.3 6.0 5.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 358,563 310,384 15.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 20.5 27.7 -25.9
Employed in service industry (%) 35.1 10.2 244.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.0 4.4 -54.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 9.3 9.4 -0.4
Mean Income 32,223 15,324 110.3
Families with one worker 25.3 32.0 -21.0
Mean Income 62,265 29,037 114.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 65.4 58.6 11.5
Mean Income 74,548 35,186 111.9
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 60.0 51.8 15.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.1 4.7 -34.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 71.3 54.8 30.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.1 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 35.1 29.4 19.4
Sales and support (%) 35.2 33.2 6.1
Service (%) 8.8 10.2 -13.7
Farming (%) 1.0 0.7 42.9
Craft and Repair (%) 9.6 11.3 -15.0
Labor (%) 10.4 14.9 -30.2
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3