1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 1,336,449 1,450,085 -7.8
Persons living in households 1,303,090 1,420,965 -8.2
Persons living in group quarters 33,359 29,120 14.6
Rural Population 54,380 64,352 -15.4
Urban population 1,282,069 1,385,733 -7.4
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 626,732 685,722 -8.6
Female 709,717 764,363 -7.1
AGE
Under 5 years 84,113 79,326 6.1
5 to 17 years 198,070 266,160 -25.5
18 to 24 years 129,870 184,036 -29.4
25 to 44 years 416,724 371,754 12.1
45 to 54 years 133,938 167,228 -19.9
55 to 64 years 141,823 182,015 -22.0
65 to 74 years 137,054 124,046 10.5
75 to 84 years 74,238 58,910 26.1
85 years and over 20,619 16,610 24.2
Total under 18 282,183 345,486 -18.3
Total 65 and over 231,911 199,566 16.3
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 1,163,292 1,280,672 -9.1
Black non-Hispanic 148,599 149,272 -0.4
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 1,320 940 40.5
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 13,329 7,607 75.3
Other race, non-Hispanic 1,178 3,419 -65.5
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 8,731 8,175 6.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 541,261 540,547 0.2
Family households (families) 358,317 386,898 -7.3
Families with children 155,124 180,475 -14.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 35,976 32,707 10.0
Persons living alone 160,489 136,533 17.6
Persons 65 and over living alone 70,416 55,637 26.6
INCOME
Per Capita 15,115 7,986 89.3
Household (median) 28,136 17,944 56.8
Family (median) 35,338 21,643 63.3
Married couple families (mean) 50,018 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 14,464 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 8.7 6.6 31.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.1 11.1 36.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 47.4 44.1 7.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 8.3 6.8 22.1
Black 35.8 28.9 23.9
Other race 23.5 15.2 54.7
Hispanic 17.3 22.0 -21.3
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.1 10.0 1.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 19.9 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 17.1 12.6 35.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 25,486 13,385 90.5
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 182,806 270,092 -32.3
College 103,554 79,274 30.7
Dropout rate (county) 21.0 30.9 -32.0
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 79.0 69.0 14.5
College grad (%) 22.6 16.5 37.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 580,738 570,970 1.8
Occupied (%) 93.2 94.6 -1.4
Owner Occupied (%) 66.2 65.3 1.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 57,100 43,500 31.3
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 315 188 67.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.8 1.4 28.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.3 6.8 22.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 604,923 617,018 -1.9
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 12.2 21.3 -42.7
Employed in service industry (%) 38.7 14.0 176.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.0 7.1 -43.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.2 14.9 15.4
Mean Income 20,180 10,508 92.1
Families with one worker 29.6 35.9 -17.6
Mean Income 39,412 22,955 71.7
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 53.2 49.2 8.2
Mean Income 54,920 30,805 78.3
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 51.1 44.4 15.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.3 6.3 -15.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 62.0 43.9 41.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 30.3 24.2 25.3
Sales and support (%) 35.7 33.5 6.6
Service (%) 14.1 14.0 0.8
Farming (%) 0.6 0.3 100.0
Craft and Repair (%) 9.1 11.7 -22.2
Labor (%) 10.3 16.0 -35.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3