1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 336,523 312,509 7.7
Persons living in households 326,794 304,578 7.3
Persons living in group quarters 9,729 7,931 22.7
Rural Population 128,090 123,607 3.7
Urban population 208,433 188,902 10.4
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 162,646 150,352 8.2
Female 173,877 162,157 7.3
AGE
Under 5 years 22,510 18,917 19.0
5 to 17 years 55,936 60,105 -6.9
18 to 24 years 33,633 36,780 -8.5
25 to 44 years 103,803 81,013 28.2
45 to 54 years 34,648 35,738 -3.0
55 to 64 years 33,467 35,785 -6.4
65 to 74 years 29,701 27,019 10.0
75 to 84 years 17,574 13,533 29.9
85 years and over 5,251 3,619 45.1
Total under 18 78,446 79,022 -0.7
Total 65 and over 52,526 44,171 19.0
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 307,387 294,049 4.6
Black non-Hispanic 9,214 7,508 22.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 265 150 76.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 2,334 1,226 90.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 149 563 -73.5
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 17,174 9,013 90.6
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 127,649 114,544 11.5
Family households (families) 91,268 85,110 7.3
Families with children 41,883 41,765 0.3
Female, no husb. present, w/children 6,896 5,759 19.8
Persons living alone 30,044 25,354 18.5
Persons 65 and over living alone 14,476 12,034 20.3
INCOME
Per Capita 14,604 7,350 98.7
Household (median) 32,048 17,530 82.9
Family (median) 37,755 20,696 82.5
Married couple families (mean) 46,916 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 17,421 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.2 5.6 -7.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 8.5 8.6 -1.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 36.3 36.0 0.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 6.4 6.9 -7.2
Black 25.6 25.7 -0.3
Other race 38.3 42.2 -9.2
Hispanic 43.3 46.4 -6.6
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.2 11.4 -19.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.4 10.8 5.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 6,511 2,646 146.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 50,724 59,425 -14.6
College 18,060 10,600 70.4
Dropout rate (county) 30.0 41.4 -27.5
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 70.0 58.5 19.7
College grad (%) 15.1 11.3 33.7
HOUSING
Total housing units 134,482 119,937 12.2
Occupied (%) 94.9 95.5 -0.6
Owner Occupied (%) 73.9 72.3 2.3
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 81,800 39,000 109.8
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 342 168 103.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.2 16.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.1 5.3 15.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 166,292 145,975 14.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 28.4 37.8 -24.8
Employed in service industry (%) 27.6 11.9 132.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.6 5.3 -50.9
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 13.1 11.6 12.7
Mean Income 21,040 10,756 95.7
Families with one worker 25.6 31.7 -19.0
Mean Income 36,762 19,115 92.4
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 61.3 56.7 8.0
Mean Income 51,145 27,302 87.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 56.2 50.6 11.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.5 5.1 -11.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 71.2 58.5 21.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.8 17.4 25.3
Sales and support (%) 29.7 26.9 10.5
Service (%) 11.8 11.9 -0.8
Farming (%) 2.1 2.1 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 13.1 13.9 -5.7
Labor (%) 21.5 27.5 -21.8
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3