1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 86,169 88,869 -3.0
Persons living in households 83,552 86,069 -2.9
Persons living in group quarters 2,617 2,800 -6.5
Rural Population 65,417 66,441 -1.5
Urban population 20,752 22,428 -7.4
Metro status of county Non-Metro Metro
SEX
Male 41,833 43,184 -3.1
Female 44,336 45,685 -2.9
AGE
Under 5 years 5,855 6,310 -7.2
5 to 17 years 16,483 19,471 -15.3
18 to 24 years 9,136 10,934 -16.4
25 to 44 years 24,445 22,658 7.9
45 to 54 years 8,895 8,816 0.9
55 to 64 years 8,054 9,199 -12.4
65 to 74 years 7,592 6,871 10.5
75 to 84 years 4,419 3,419 29.3
85 years and over 1,290 1,191 8.4
Total under 18 22,338 25,781 -13.3
Total 65 and over 13,301 11,481 15.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 84,381 87,101 -3.1
Black non-Hispanic 1,058 1,076 -1.6
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 108 109 -0.9
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 272 173 57.3
Other race, non-Hispanic 47 79 -40.5
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 303 331 -8.4
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 32,185 30,960 4.0
Family households (families) 23,036 23,609 -2.4
Families with children 11,226 12,532 -10.4
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,894 1,573 20.5
Persons living alone 7,909 6,543 20.9
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,834 3,095 23.9
INCOME
Per Capita 10,833 6,205 74.6
Household (median) 23,083 15,193 52.0
Family (median) 27,828 17,934 55.2
Married couple families (mean) 34,987 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,758 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.7 8.4 39.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.9 11.1 70.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 54.1 37.9 42.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.1 11.2 34.9
Black 34.6 29.2 18.5
Other race 36.0 15.2 136.9
Hispanic 20.9 13.0 60.8
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.7 14.1 -24.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 21.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.8 14.2 60.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,262 587 115.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 15,254 19,447 -21.5
College 4,619 3,227 43.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.1 66.8 11.0
College grad (%) 11.8 10.4 13.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 40,462 39,394 2.8
Occupied (%) 79.5 78.5 1.3
Owner Occupied (%) 73.4 74.2 -1.0
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 43,200 34,300 26.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 210 140 50.0
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.5 1.5 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.8 9.4 -38.2
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 35,834 35,384 1.3
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.4 34.4 -20.3
Employed in service industry (%) 29.5 14.3 106.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.7 8.2 -42.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 16.9 14.1 19.9
Mean Income 18,191 9,477 92.0
Families with one worker 29.5 35.7 -17.5
Mean Income 27,043 17,788 52.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 53.7 50.2 6.9
Mean Income 40,459 24,628 64.3
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 48.9 44.0 11.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.0 8.7 3.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 63.9 49.9 28.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.5 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.6 17.9 15.1
Sales and support (%) 24.2 22.3 8.6
Service (%) 14.3 14.3 0.0
Farming (%) 4.7 3.9 20.6
Craft and Repair (%) 13.5 15.1 -10.5
Labor (%) 22.7 26.2 -13.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3