1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 1,585,577 1,688,210 -6.0
Persons living in households 1,541,025 1,651,365 -6.6
Persons living in group quarters 44,552 36,845 21.0
Rural Population 0 0 0.0
Urban population 1,585,577 1,688,210 -6.0
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 737,763 782,372 -5.7
Female 847,814 905,838 -6.4
AGE
Under 5 years 115,871 108,202 7.1
5 to 17 years 263,550 328,956 -19.8
18 to 24 years 184,395 225,050 -18.0
25 to 44 years 490,244 426,015 15.1
45 to 54 years 147,923 173,307 -14.6
55 to 64 years 142,880 189,310 -24.5
65 to 74 years 138,175 146,120 -5.4
75 to 84 years 79,738 72,684 9.8
85 years and over 22,801 18,566 22.9
Total under 18 379,421 437,158 -13.2
Total 65 and over 240,714 237,370 1.5
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 825,839 963,469 -14.2
Black non-Hispanic 623,510 633,485 -1.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 3,144 2,076 51.5
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 42,156 17,065 147.1
Other race, non-Hispanic 1,735 8,545 -79.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 89,193 63,570 40.4
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 603,075 619,781 -2.6
Family households (families) 378,045 412,967 -8.4
Families with children 191,029 212,731 -10.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 75,857 73,585 3.1
Persons living alone 190,529 179,052 6.5
Persons 65 and over living alone 75,558 68,567 10.2
INCOME
Per Capita 12,091 6,053 99.8
Household (median) 24,603 13,169 86.9
Family (median) 30,140 16,388 84.0
Married couple families (mean) 43,983 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 15,392 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 16.1 16.6 -3.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 24.6 25.6 -3.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 45.8 52.6 -12.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.1 11.6 -4.3
Black 29.0 32.1 -9.6
Other race 41.6 43.1 -3.4
Hispanic 45.3 45.8 -1.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 16.3 17.0 -4.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 27.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 30.3 30.0 1.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 24,016 16,313 47.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 253,760 333,449 -23.8
College 117,257 96,092 22.1
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 64.3 54.2 18.7
College grad (%) 15.2 11.0 38.2
HOUSING
Total housing units 674,899 685,629 -1.5
Occupied (%) 89.4 90.3 -0.9
Owner Occupied (%) 61.9 61.0 1.5
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 49,400 23,700 108.5
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 358 168 113.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 2.2 1.7 29.5
Rental vacancy rate (%) 9.7 7.4 31.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 651,621 624,706 4.4
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 13.6 20.8 -34.6
Employed in service industry (%) 38.5 15.7 145.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 6.1 11.3 -46.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.6 21.9 -10.5
Mean Income 14,024 7,492 87.2
Families with one worker 31.9 35.5 -10.1
Mean Income 27,822 16,320 70.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 48.5 42.6 13.8
Mean Income 50,469 26,906 87.6
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 51.5 44.3 16.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.8 11.1 -20.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 62.2 47.9 29.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 24.8 20.2 22.8
Sales and support (%) 35.2 34.1 3.3
Service (%) 16.3 15.7 3.9
Farming (%) 0.5 0.2 150.0
Craft and Repair (%) 9.0 10.6 -15.0
Labor (%) 14.1 18.9 -25.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3