1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 152,013 147,912 2.8
Persons living in households 146,641 142,913 2.7
Persons living in group quarters 5,372 4,999 7.5
Rural Population 102,475 106,328 -3.6
Urban population 49,538 41,584 19.2
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 74,138 72,346 2.5
Female 77,875 75,566 3.1
AGE
Under 5 years 10,278 10,512 -2.2
5 to 17 years 27,337 31,961 -14.4
18 to 24 years 16,723 20,063 -16.6
25 to 44 years 47,870 40,226 19.1
45 to 54 years 15,713 14,904 5.5
55 to 64 years 13,611 14,453 -5.8
65 to 74 years 11,843 9,472 25.1
75 to 84 years 6,399 4,644 37.8
85 years and over 2,239 1,677 33.6
Total under 18 37,615 42,473 -11.4
Total 65 and over 20,481 15,793 29.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 149,954 146,097 2.7
Black non-Hispanic 806 728 10.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 107 90 18.9
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 538 365 47.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 45 123 -63.4
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 563 509 10.7
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE Total Households 55,325 49,352 12.2
Family households (families) 41,054 39,128 5.0
Families with children 20,124 21,463 -6.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,611 2,052 27.3
Persons living alone 12,373 9,130 35.6
Persons 65 and over living alone 5,682 4,088 39.0
INCOME
Per Capita 12,747 6,847 86.2
Household (median) 29,358 18,466 59.0
Family (median) 34,647 20,923 65.6
Married couple families (mean) 42,325 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 14,616 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.1 5.1 39.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 11.0 7.1 55.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 41.9 35.2 19.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.6 7.1 35.3
Black 10.8 15.7 -31.2
Other race 19.1 18.1 5.6
Hispanic 25.6 14.6 75.4
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.2 10.8 -14.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 19.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 12.8 8.0 60.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 2,813 1,360 106.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 25,436 31,809 -20.0
College 10,961 7,237 51.5
Dropout rate (county) 21.4 30.9 -30.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 78.6 69.0 14.0
College grad (%) 15.6 11.6 34.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 59,061 53,024 11.4
Occupied (%) 93.7 93.0 0.8
Owner Occupied (%) 76.6 77.7 -1.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 62,900 45,200 39.2
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 275 166 65.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.1 1.3 -15.3
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.1 6.7 -23.8
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 68,777 59,693 15.3
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 20.4 30.1 -32.2
Employed in service industry (%) 30.3 12.7 138.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.4 7.0 -51.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 13.3 12.1 10.0
Mean Income 20,040 11,054 81.3
Families with one worker 29.7 37.4 -20.7
Mean Income 32,753 20,226 62.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 57.0 50.4 13.0
Mean Income 47,772 27,602 73.1
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 50.5 42.5 18.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.4 6.3 -14.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 61.6 43.2 42.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.1 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 22.6 18.0 25.6
Sales and support (%) 28.9 26.3 9.9
Service (%) 14.5 12.7 14.2
Farming (%) 2.2 2.5 -12.0
Craft and Repair (%) 13.6 14.9 -8.7
Labor (%) 18.2 25.4 -28.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3