1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 59,381 64,444 -7.8
Persons living in households 57,791 62,596 -7.6
Persons living in group quarters 1,590 1,848 -13.9
Rural Population 35,792 36,463 -1.8
Urban population 23,589 27,981 -15.6
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 28,774 31,250 -7.9
Female 30,607 33,194 -7.7
AGE
Under 5 years 3,914 4,644 -15.7
5 to 17 years 11,476 13,537 -15.2
18 to 24 years 4,663 7,184 -35.0
25 to 44 years 17,839 17,031 4.8
45 to 54 years 6,238 7,108 -12.2
55 to 64 years 6,330 6,857 -7.6
65 to 74 years 5,240 4,874 7.6
75 to 84 years 2,829 2,533 11.7
85 years and over 852 676 26.1
Total under 18 15,390 18,181 -15.3
Total 65 and over 8,921 8,083 10.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 58,488 63,686 -8.1
Black non-Hispanic 484 314 54.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 52 47 10.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 135 155 -12.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 21 32 -34.3
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 201 210 -4.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 22,408 22,700 -1.2
Family households (families) 16,470 17,356 -5.1
Families with children 7,980 9,156 -12.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,373 1,118 22.9
Persons living alone 5,359 4,902 9.4
Persons 65 and over living alone 2,681 2,468 8.7
INCOME
Per Capita 10,696 6,684 60.1
Household (median) 22,593 16,796 34.6
Family (median) 27,161 19,531 39.1
Married couple families (mean) 34,241 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,655 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 12.1 6.7 80.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 19.6 9.3 110.8
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 57.4 39.5 45.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 14.9 8.5 75.3
Black 36.5 23.2 57.4
Other race 36.9 24.0 53.8
Hispanic 43.8 25.1 74.6
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.6 12.2 -21.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 19.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.8 10.3 121.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,042 434 140.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 10,599 13,367 -20.7
College 1,870 1,139 64.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.2 64.9 14.4
College grad (%) 10.8 9.2 17.4
HOUSING
Total housing units 26,961 26,650 1.2
Occupied (%) 83.1 85.1 -2.3
Owner Occupied (%) 74.5 76.0 -1.9
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 38,600 31,200 23.8
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 209 137 52.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 2.3 1.2 91.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.6 6.7 28.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 23,858 25,047 -4.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 23.8 32.8 -27.4
Employed in service industry (%) 32.0 15.7 103.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.0 8.2 -39.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.1 13.7 32.3
Mean Income 18,502 10,788 71.6
Families with one worker 30.3 38.0 -20.2
Mean Income 25,898 19,429 33.3
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.5 48.3 6.7
Mean Income 39,699 26,134 52.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 47.1 41.3 14.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.1 7.8 -8.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 65.2 45.7 42.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.6 18.6 10.8
Sales and support (%) 28.0 25.3 10.7
Service (%) 17.0 15.7 8.3
Farming (%) 1.8 1.5 20.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.5 14.3 -12.5
Labor (%) 20.2 24.3 -16.8
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3