1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 195,257 178,541 9.4
Persons living in households 184,235 170,282 8.2
Persons living in group quarters 11,022 8,259 33.5
Rural Population 70,781 67,340 5.2
Urban population 124,476 111,201 12.0
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 94,366 86,288 9.4
Female 100,891 92,253 9.4
AGE
Under 5 years 11,613 10,542 10.2
5 to 17 years 31,315 35,328 -11.3
18 to 24 years 25,044 25,689 -2.5
25 to 44 years 61,479 49,513 24.2
45 to 54 years 21,187 19,986 6.1
55 to 64 years 18,478 18,397 0.5
65 to 74 years 15,340 11,252 36.4
75 to 84 years 8,018 5,887 36.2
85 years and over 2,783 1,947 43.0
Total under 18 42,928 45,870 -6.4
Total 65 and over 26,141 19,086 37.0
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 188,129 173,494 8.5
Black non-Hispanic 2,979 2,432 22.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 235 128 83.6
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 2,473 1,291 91.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 86 329 -73.8
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,355 867 56.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 73,452 62,803 17.0
Family households (families) 51,978 47,467 9.6
Families with children 24,085 24,578 -2.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 3,274 2,730 20.0
Persons living alone 17,778 12,950 37.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 7,000 4,813 45.5
INCOME
Per Capita 15,796 7,748 103.9
Household (median) 34,493 19,270 79.0
Family (median) 40,989 22,076 85.7
Married couple families (mean) 50,496 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 20,099 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 2.8 3.5 -20.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 4.2 4.9 -14.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 16.8 19.0 -11.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.0 5.6 -10.7
Black 23.2 12.8 81.3
Other race 14.9 13.8 8.0
Hispanic 20.1 9.7 107.3
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 6.0 9.2 -34.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 13.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 5.5 5.9 -6.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 3,588 1,791 100.4
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 28,456 35,160 -19.0
College 17,144 11,289 51.9
Dropout rate (county) 19.0 27.1 -29.8
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 81.0 72.8 11.3
College grad (%) 22.9 19.0 20.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 77,108 65,699 17.4
Occupied (%) 95.3 95.5 -0.2
Owner Occupied (%) 71.8 72.3 -0.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 85,000 48,200 76.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 378 208 81.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.5 1.1 36.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.9 4.5 8.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 101,690 84,326 20.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 14.2 19.6 -27.5
Employed in service industry (%) 30.2 10.9 177.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.3 3.7 -37.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 10.4 9.6 8.1
Mean Income 27,467 13,685 100.8
Families with one worker 25.1 31.4 -20.0
Mean Income 41,195 21,700 89.9
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 64.5 59.0 9.3
Mean Income 53,267 28,133 89.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 59.5 52.0 14.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.1 3.6 -13.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 73.5 57.5 27.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 27.2 23.6 15.3
Sales and support (%) 34.6 33.6 3.0
Service (%) 11.2 10.9 2.8
Farming (%) 1.7 1.9 -10.5
Craft and Repair (%) 9.2 10.5 -12.3
Labor (%) 16.1 19.2 -16.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3