1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 247,105 225,418 9.7
Persons living in households 238,251 218,183 9.2
Persons living in group quarters 8,854 7,235 22.4
Rural Population 74,072 68,388 8.4
Urban population 173,033 157,030 10.2
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 120,190 109,533 9.8
Female 126,915 115,885 9.6
AGE
Under 5 years 16,479 13,574 21.5
5 to 17 years 40,847 43,570 -6.2
18 to 24 years 27,424 28,892 -5.0
25 to 44 years 76,465 58,582 30.6
45 to 54 years 25,304 25,334 -0.1
55 to 64 years 23,567 27,165 -13.2
65 to 74 years 22,261 17,765 25.4
75 to 84 years 11,637 8,138 43.0
85 years and over 3,121 2,398 30.2
Total under 18 57,326 57,144 0.4
Total 65 and over 37,019 28,301 30.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 227,521 212,821 7.0
Black non-Hispanic 4,968 3,875 28.3
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 187 84 122.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 2,638 1,149 129.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 200 430 -53.4
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 11,591 7,059 64.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 90,955 80,032 13.7
Family households (families) 67,185 61,595 9.1
Families with children 31,301 30,185 3.7
Female, no husb. present, w/children 4,710 3,922 20.1
Persons living alone 19,867 16,200 22.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 9,812 7,666 28.0
INCOME
Per Capita 14,562 7,382 97.3
Household (median) 32,890 18,470 78.1
Family (median) 38,347 21,333 79.8
Married couple families (mean) 48,155 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 18,278 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 4.9 5.5 -10.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 7.9 8.2 -3.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 35.7 35.5 0.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 6.0 6.9 -13.0
Black 22.3 31.8 -29.8
Other race 34.8 37.6 -7.4
Hispanic 34.5 34.2 0.9
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.4 11.0 -32.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 17.7 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 10.0 10.0 0.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 4,419 1,735 154.7
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 38,103 42,866 -11.1
College 18,506 12,821 44.4
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.1 61.7 18.5
College grad (%) 16.7 12.3 35.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 95,345 84,265 13.2
Occupied (%) 95.4 94.9 0.6
Owner Occupied (%) 73.6 73.3 0.5
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 105,400 43,900 140.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 381 175 117.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.4 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.7 6.2 -8.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 117,962 99,175 19.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.1 43.7 -37.9
Employed in service industry (%) 30.8 10.7 187.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.6 5.6 -53.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 13.9 13.6 2.6
Mean Income 21,691 11,221 93.4
Families with one worker 26.6 32.6 -18.3
Mean Income 36,685 21,056 74.3
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 59.5 53.9 10.4
Mean Income 53,877 27,973 92.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 54.5 46.9 16.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.0 5.1 -21.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 68.2 52.7 29.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 23.5 18.0 30.6
Sales and support (%) 30.9 25.9 19.4
Service (%) 12.1 10.7 13.1
Farming (%) 1.1 1.0 10.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.4 13.8 -10.1
Labor (%) 20.0 30.3 -33.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3