1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 78,218 81,243 -3.7
Persons living in households 77,029 80,167 -3.9
Persons living in group quarters 1,189 1,076 10.6
Rural Population 62,989 65,051 -3.1
Urban population 15,229 16,192 -5.9
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 37,728 39,450 -4.3
Female 40,490 41,793 -3.1
AGE
Under 5 years 5,017 5,913 -15.1
5 to 17 years 14,536 16,852 -13.7
18 to 24 years 6,496 9,181 -29.2
25 to 44 years 22,840 20,308 12.5
45 to 54 years 7,964 8,673 -8.1
55 to 64 years 8,113 9,513 -14.7
65 to 74 years 7,852 6,674 17.7
75 to 84 years 4,232 3,160 34.0
85 years and over 1,168 969 20.6
Total under 18 19,553 22,765 -14.1
Total 65 and over 13,252 10,803 22.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 77,701 80,798 -3.8
Black non-Hispanic 101 57 77.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 41 29 41.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 138 89 55.1
Other race, non-Hispanic 6 36 -83.3
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 231 234 -1.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 29,574 28,549 3.6
Family households (families) 22,057 22,345 -1.2
Families with children 10,422 11,427 -8.7
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,376 1,132 21.6
Persons living alone 6,871 5,771 19.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,844 2,973 29.3
INCOME
Per Capita 10,422 6,011 73.4
Household (median) 21,674 14,716 47.3
Family (median) 25,549 17,338 47.4
Married couple families (mean) 33,010 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,894 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.2 9.1 23.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 16.4 12.1 35.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 45.0 43.0 4.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 14.3 11.6 23.3
Black 31.1 21.1 47.4
Other race 26.5 19.2 38.1
Hispanic 24.7 7.8 216.7
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.6 15.8 -13.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 26.9 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.3 15.0 28.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,000 442 126.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 13,474 16,555 -18.6
College 2,380 1,067 123.1
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 68.9 57.9 19.0
College grad (%) 8.9 7.3 22.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 35,713 33,409 6.9
Occupied (%) 82.8 85.4 -3.0
Owner Occupied (%) 77.4 76.6 1.1
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 43,400 32,100 35.3
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 196 132 48.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.1 1.1 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.1 7.6 6.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 31,594 29,816 6.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 19.9 22.8 -12.7
Employed in service industry (%) 28.6 11.5 148.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.9 10.1 -51.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.6 16.0 10.5
Mean Income 16,315 9,151 78.3
Families with one worker 32.0 38.4 -16.5
Mean Income 27,305 16,927 61.4
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 50.4 45.7 10.2
Mean Income 39,353 24,765 59.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 44.6 38.4 16.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.4 6.5 -1.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 61.2 43.1 42.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.5 14.5 20.7
Sales and support (%) 25.1 23.3 7.8
Service (%) 14.1 11.5 22.7
Farming (%) 4.7 4.7 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 14.3 17.5 -18.2
Labor (%) 24.3 28.2 -13.8
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3