1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 78,097 83,578 -6.5
Persons living in households 77,029 82,796 -6.9
Persons living in group quarters 1,068 782 36.6
Rural Population 60,254 63,592 -5.2
Urban population 17,843 19,986 -10.7
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 37,658 40,764 -7.6
Female 40,439 42,814 -5.5
AGE
Under 5 years 5,113 6,039 -15.3
5 to 17 years 14,533 18,671 -22.1
18 to 24 years 6,987 9,494 -26.4
25 to 44 years 22,548 20,838 8.3
45 to 54 years 8,165 8,405 -2.8
55 to 64 years 7,764 9,198 -15.5
65 to 74 years 7,640 6,753 13.2
75 to 84 years 4,166 3,325 25.3
85 years and over 1,181 855 38.2
Total under 18 19,646 24,710 -20.4
Total 65 and over 12,987 10,933 18.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 77,448 82,974 -6.6
Black non-Hispanic 175 165 6.1
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 86 51 68.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 176 136 29.5
Other race, non-Hispanic 12 36 -66.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 200 216 -7.4
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 29,808 29,151 2.3
Family households (families) 21,798 22,565 -3.3
Families with children 10,586 12,063 -12.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,512 1,360 11.2
Persons living alone 7,273 6,116 19.0
Persons 65 and over living alone 4,058 3,173 27.9
INCOME
Per Capita 10,430 6,027 73.1
Household (median) 21,773 14,903 46.1
Family (median) 26,192 17,368 50.9
Married couple families (mean) 33,810 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 11,357 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.2 7.6 47.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 16.1 9.9 62.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 48.5 31.5 54.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.9 10.4 33.7
Black 20.8 4.2 395.3
Other race 14.9 7.7 93.6
Hispanic 17.8 10.4 71.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.2 14.2 -7.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 25.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 18.6 12.8 45.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,145 434 163.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 13,533 18,196 -25.6
College 2,507 1,037 141.8
Dropout rate (county) 29.8 40.3 -26.0
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 70.2 59.6 17.8
College grad (%) 8.6 7.5 14.7
HOUSING
Total housing units 34,300 33,209 3.3
Occupied (%) 86.9 87.7 -0.9
Owner Occupied (%) 78.5 78.5 0.0
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 40,000 30,100 32.9
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 207 131 58.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.2 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.8 6.6 33.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 30,777 30,963 -0.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 19.6 27.0 -27.4
Employed in service industry (%) 27.7 11.5 140.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 6.6 10.6 -37.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.4 14.6 25.9
Mean Income 16,597 9,224 80.0
Families with one worker 30.1 38.5 -21.8
Mean Income 24,592 17,562 40.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.5 46.9 9.8
Mean Income 40,446 24,562 64.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 46.3 40.9 13.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.2 9.2 10.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 63.9 47.0 36.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.8 16.3 9.3
Sales and support (%) 26.4 22.5 17.4
Service (%) 13.2 11.5 14.8
Farming (%) 2.1 1.3 61.6
Craft and Repair (%) 15.0 16.5 -9.0
Labor (%) 25.5 31.6 -19.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3