1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 541,174 479,211 13.0
Persons living in households 533,043 472,799 12.8
Persons living in group quarters 8,131 6,412 26.9
Rural Population 100,620 93,110 8.1
Urban population 440,554 386,101 14.2
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 266,445 236,459 12.7
Female 274,729 242,752 13.2
AGE
Under 5 years 39,755 33,513 18.7
5 to 17 years 99,184 109,212 -9.1
18 to 24 years 49,427 58,655 -15.7
25 to 44 years 185,177 139,029 33.2
45 to 54 years 60,099 54,518 10.3
55 to 64 years 48,620 45,985 5.8
65 to 74 years 36,195 23,595 53.5
75 to 84 years 17,060 11,178 52.7
85 years and over 5,657 3,526 60.5
Total under 18 138,939 142,725 -2.6
Total 65 and over 58,912 38,299 53.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 508,282 456,946 11.3
Black non-Hispanic 14,928 11,832 26.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 530 464 14.3
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 8,262 3,445 139.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 277 840 -67.0
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 8,895 5,684 56.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 190,507 156,648 21.7
Family households (families) 145,924 126,070 15.8
Families with children 73,975 71,801 3.1
Female, no husb. present, w/children 8,881 8,091 9.8
Persons living alone 36,553 25,584 42.9
Persons 65 and over living alone 13,600 8,022 69.6
INCOME
Per Capita 18,292 8,048 127.3
Household (median) 43,347 22,016 96.9
Family (median) 48,851 24,402 100.2
Married couple families (mean) 61,060 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 24,504 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 2.9 4.7 -38.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 4.2 6.3 -33.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 21.6 30.0 -28.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 3.5 5.2 -32.6
Black 16.1 23.8 -32.3
Other race 7.7 14.1 -45.3
Hispanic 12.4 19.9 -37.6
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 6.1 8.7 -29.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 13.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 4.9 7.0 -30.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 12,696 6,423 97.7
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 90,006 110,054 -18.2
College 33,345 20,414 63.4
Dropout rate (county) 17.1 25.2 -32.1
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 82.9 74.7 11.0
College grad (%) 24.8 18.6 33.4
HOUSING
Total housing units 199,934 165,438 20.9
Occupied (%) 95.3 94.6 0.8
Owner Occupied (%) 75.7 74.3 1.9
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 140,000 56,200 149.2
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 524 252 108.0
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.6 1.4 14.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.3 9.2 -9.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 283,836 223,939 26.8
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 20.7 30.2 -31.4
Employed in service industry (%) 30.7 9.7 216.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.5 5.4 -53.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.0 7.9 1.4
Mean Income 27,518 10,920 152.0
Families with one worker 25.3 33.0 -23.2
Mean Income 47,746 22,540 111.9
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 66.7 59.1 12.8
Mean Income 64,734 31,172 107.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 61.5 52.3 17.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.9 5.8 -32.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 67.8 50.8 33.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.1 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 29.4 24.4 20.5
Sales and support (%) 35.2 31.8 10.7
Service (%) 9.2 9.7 -5.1
Farming (%) 1.1 1.0 10.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.2 14.6 -16.4
Labor (%) 12.9 18.2 -29.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3