1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 121,082 113,629 6.6
Persons living in households 118,456 111,327 6.5
Persons living in group quarters 2,626 2,302 14.1
Rural Population 86,102 78,710 9.4
Urban population 34,980 34,919 0.2
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 58,764 55,180 6.5
Female 62,318 58,449 6.7
AGE
Under 5 years 8,018 7,622 5.2
5 to 17 years 21,513 24,525 -12.2
18 to 24 years 12,006 13,112 -8.4
25 to 44 years 36,922 30,517 21.0
45 to 54 years 13,337 12,456 7.1
55 to 64 years 11,788 11,692 0.9
65 to 74 years 10,186 8,215 24.0
75 to 84 years 5,545 4,202 32.0
85 years and over 1,767 1,288 37.2
Total under 18 29,531 32,147 -8.1
Total 65 and over 17,498 13,705 27.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 116,506 110,306 5.7
Black non-Hispanic 2,699 2,054 31.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 160 75 113.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 593 345 71.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 59 203 -70.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,065 646 64.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 45,675 39,952 14.4
Family households (families) 34,199 31,448 8.8
Families with children 16,144 16,796 -3.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,130 1,830 16.4
Persons living alone 9,977 7,671 30.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 4,725 3,637 30.0
INCOME
Per Capita 13,060 6,675 95.7
Household (median) 28,806 16,911 70.4
Family (median) 32,659 19,253 69.7
Married couple families (mean) 40,922 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 15,607 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.7 5.4 5.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 8.8 6.8 29.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 33.6 26.0 29.3
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 7.9 7.2 9.8
Black 20.0 16.7 19.8
Other race 18.9 5.1 270.6
Hispanic 25.9 22.4 15.7
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.7 13.2 -18.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 22.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.9 8.0 48.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,609 612 163.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 19,823 24,166 -17.9
College 4,588 2,669 71.9
Dropout rate (county) 30.6 41.3 -25.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 69.4 58.6 18.5
College grad (%) 12.4 10.2 21.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 48,629 42,624 14.1
Occupied (%) 93.9 93.7 0.3
Owner Occupied (%) 72.7 72.7 0.0
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 70,500 41,200 71.2
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 273 155 76.2
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.1 9.1
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.3 4.5 -4.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 59,552 51,031 16.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 24.8 33.4 -25.7
Employed in service industry (%) 26.2 12.1 116.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.7 4.5 -40.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.1 10.9 11.1
Mean Income 20,455 10,388 97.0
Families with one worker 26.4 32.2 -18.1
Mean Income 32,816 17,853 83.9
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 61.5 56.9 8.1
Mean Income 44,560 25,044 78.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 56.7 49.4 14.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.6 5.5 -16.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 73.2 59.3 23.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.9 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.2 16.4 23.2
Sales and support (%) 26.4 24.2 9.1
Service (%) 13.2 12.1 9.1
Farming (%) 4.3 4.8 -10.4
Craft and Repair (%) 13.8 14.6 -5.4
Labor (%) 22.1 27.6 -19.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3