1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 163,029 183,263 -11.0
Persons living in households 156,885 178,156 -11.9
Persons living in group quarters 6,144 5,107 20.4
Rural Population 78,937 85,863 -8.0
Urban population 84,092 97,400 -13.6
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 78,112 88,309 -11.5
Female 84,917 94,954 -10.5
AGE
Under 5 years 9,316 12,252 -23.9
5 to 17 years 28,654 37,225 -23.0
18 to 24 years 15,221 23,258 -34.5
25 to 44 years 45,871 43,314 6.0
45 to 54 years 15,778 19,563 -19.3
55 to 64 years 17,607 22,612 -22.1
65 to 74 years 18,311 16,002 14.5
75 to 84 years 9,713 7,023 38.4
85 years and over 2,558 2,014 27.1
Total under 18 37,970 49,477 -23.2
Total 65 and over 30,582 25,039 22.2
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 157,800 178,331 -11.5
Black non-Hispanic 3,682 3,377 9.1
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 103 92 12.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 373 367 1.7
Other race, non-Hispanic 86 141 -39.0
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 985 955 3.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 62,004 63,375 -2.1
Family households (families) 44,179 48,539 -8.9
Families with children 20,137 24,081 -16.3
Female, no husb. present, w/children 3,374 2,862 17.9
Persons living alone 16,653 13,912 19.8
Persons 65 and over living alone 9,515 7,147 33.2
INCOME
Per Capita 10,460 6,324 65.5
Household (median) 21,462 15,772 36.1
Family (median) 26,455 18,886 40.1
Married couple families (mean) 34,408 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,325 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.2 7.6 47.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 17.9 11.0 62.8
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 55.5 44.4 25.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.3 9.3 43.1
Black 46.6 27.1 72.0
Other race 38.1 14.2 168.4
Hispanic 40.3 14.6 176.1
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.6 10.6 9.5
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 24.1 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.9 12.6 58.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 2,134 920 132.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 27,345 37,367 -26.8
College 8,575 5,950 44.2
Dropout rate (county) 28.8 38.9 -25.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 71.2 61.0 16.8
College grad (%) 10.8 8.6 25.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 67,374 67,135 0.4
Occupied (%) 92.0 94.3 -2.4
Owner Occupied (%) 73.3 72.0 1.9
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 39,900 31,400 27.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 191 138 38.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.0 .9 11.2
Rental vacancy rate (%) 9.2 5.9 56.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 60,374 62,589 -3.5
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 15.5 22.0 -29.5
Employed in service industry (%) 33.7 13.7 146.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.1 11.8 -56.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 22.3 18.1 23.1
Mean Income 16,924 9,855 71.8
Families with one worker 31.2 39.2 -20.3
Mean Income 28,105 19,174 46.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 46.5 42.7 8.9
Mean Income 41,230 27,172 51.8
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 42.1 36.2 16.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.8 9.9 -21.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 60.0 37.3 60.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.0 18.7 12.3
Sales and support (%) 29.7 25.8 15.2
Service (%) 16.1 13.7 17.6
Farming (%) 1.3 1.0 30.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.7 16.4 -22.5
Labor (%) 19.1 24.1 -20.7
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3