1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 186,093 204,441 -8.9
Persons living in households 182,886 201,774 -9.3
Persons living in group quarters 3,207 2,667 20.3
Rural Population 46,334 49,300 -6.0
Urban population 139,759 155,141 -9.9
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 88,661 99,152 -10.5
Female 97,432 105,289 -7.4
AGE
Under 5 years 11,728 13,209 -11.2
5 to 17 years 31,694 41,195 -23.0
18 to 24 years 15,859 24,623 -35.5
25 to 44 years 54,533 51,346 6.3
45 to 54 years 19,528 24,612 -20.6
55 to 64 years 21,231 25,151 -15.5
65 to 74 years 19,613 15,676 25.2
75 to 84 years 9,541 6,723 42.0
85 years and over 2,366 1,906 24.2
Total under 18 43,422 54,404 -20.1
Total 65 and over 31,520 24,305 29.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 173,870 191,263 -9.0
Black non-Hispanic 10,411 11,301 -7.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 193 126 53.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 370 406 -8.8
Other race, non-Hispanic 125 249 -49.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,124 1,096 2.6
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 71,939 71,691 0.4
Family households (families) 52,698 56,813 -7.2
Families with children 23,741 28,552 -16.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 4,666 3,639 28.3
Persons living alone 17,521 13,685 28.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 9,043 6,174 46.5
INCOME
Per Capita 11,683 7,460 56.7
Household (median) 24,276 20,031 21.2
Family (median) 29,455 22,239 32.5
Married couple families (mean) 37,668 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 11,439 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 10.8 5.7 89.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.5 8.7 112.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 55.9 41.9 33.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.3 6.3 79.4
Black 42.5 25.7 65.4
Other race 38.7 15.0 158.0
Hispanic 12.2 9.8 24.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.7 9.6 1.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 19.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 20.4 9.7 110.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 2,720 1,506 80.7
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 29,560 41,305 -28.4
College 9,830 6,653 47.8
Dropout rate (county) 25.1 35.2 -28.6
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.9 64.7 15.8
College grad (%) 11.9 9.4 26.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 76,336 75,033 1.8
Occupied (%) 94.2 95.5 -1.3
Owner Occupied (%) 73.3 75.1 -2.3
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 50,500 42,100 20.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 230 156 47.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 .8 75.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.6 6.5 17.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 75,901 81,073 -6.3
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 16.3 38.8 -57.9
Employed in service industry (%) 32.4 12.7 155.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.3 8.0 -33.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.2 14.5 39.2
Mean Income 17,096 10,181 68.0
Families with one worker 30.5 39.6 -23.1
Mean Income 30,638 21,526 42.4
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.3 45.8 76.0
Mean Income 43,998 30,212 45.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 47.1 39.7 18.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.5 7.5 -13.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 58.7 40.1 46.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.0 15.9 32.1
Sales and support (%) 31.8 26.0 22.4
Service (%) 16.4 12.7 29.2
Farming (%) 1.3 0.6 116.7
Craft and Repair (%) 12.5 15.7 -20.3
Labor (%) 16.9 28.8 -41.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3