1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 89,994 92,281 -2.4
Persons living in households 84,100 86,030 -2.2
Persons living in group quarters 5,894 6,251 -5.7
Rural Population 71,168 72,064 -1.2
Urban population 18,826 20,217 -6.8
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 43,366 44,566 -2.6
Female 46,628 47,715 -2.2
AGE
Under 5 years 5,238 6,402 -18.1
5 to 17 years 15,755 18,083 -12.8
18 to 24 years 15,669 18,152 -13.6
25 to 44 years 24,876 22,264 11.8
45 to 54 years 8,449 8,388 0.8
55 to 64 years 7,600 8,825 -13.8
65 to 74 years 7,245 6,277 15.5
75 to 84 years 4,093 2,950 38.8
85 years and over 1,069 940 13.8
Total under 18 20,993 24,485 -14.2
Total 65 and over 12,407 10,167 22.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 87,768 90,626 -3.1
Black non-Hispanic 1,168 939 24.4
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 88 44 100.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 567 209 171.3
Other race, non-Hispanic 33 132 -74.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 370 331 11.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 31,710 29,998 5.8
Family households (families) 22,508 22,603 -0.4
Families with children 10,989 12,017 -8.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,396 1,069 30.6
Persons living alone 7,347 6,016 22.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,558 2,752 29.3
INCOME
Per Capita 10,260 6,087 68.6
Household (median) 22,966 15,955 44.0
Family (median) 27,893 18,933 47.4
Married couple families (mean) 35,041 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,294 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 12.4 8.1 53.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.5 10.5 76.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 58.2 38.3 52.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 18.4 13.4 37.4
Black 34.4 24.9 38.2
Other race 42.0 13.1 220.7
Hispanic 30.3 11.3 168.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.1 14.6 -23.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 22.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 21.0 12.9 62.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,355 470 188.3 Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 14,710 17,769 -17.2
College 12,188 10,010 21.8
Dropout rate (county) 26.0 35.4 -26.5
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.0 64.5 14.8
College grad (%) 14.4 11.1 29.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 34,770 32,460 7.2
Occupied (%) 91.2 92.4 -1.2
Owner Occupied (%) 73.5 74.0 -0.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 50,500 37,700 34.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 254 170 49.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.6 -12.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.8 6.5 20.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 35,222 34,001 3.6 Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 13.3 17.6 -24.4
Employed in service industry (%) 33.2 12.5 165.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.0 8.4 -40.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.2 14.0 29.9
Mean Income 16,477 10,159 62.2
Families with one worker 33.8 41.6 -18.7
Mean Income 29,067 18,985 53.2
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 48.0 44.4 8.1
Mean Income 42,073 26,374 59.6
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 44.4 37.2 19.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.0 8.7 3.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 54.4 36.0 51.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.5 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.9 17.7 23.8
Sales and support (%) 27.1 25.1 8.0
Service (%) 14.8 12.5 18.4
Farming (%) 3.7 3.4 8.9
Craft and Repair (%) 14.8 18.1 -18.2
Labor (%) 17.8 22.9 -22.2
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3