1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 422,822 362,346 16.7
Persons living in households 409,780 350,733 16.9
Persons living in group quarters 13,042 11,613 12.4
Rural Population 179,391 164,580 9.0
Urban population 243,431 197,766 23.1
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 205,282 175,349 17.1
Female 217,540 186,997 16.4
AGE
Under 5 years 33,462 26,950 24.2
5 to 17 years 78,474 75,396 4.1
18 to 24 years 45,004 48,694 -7.5
25 to 44 years 132,351 97,793 35.4
45 to 54 years 41,854 36,854 13.6
55 to 64 years 36,208 34,321 5.5
65 to 74 years 31,297 24,514 27.7
75 to 84 years 17,977 13,418 34.0
85 years and over 6,195 4,406 40.7
Total under 18 111,936 102,346 9.4
Total 65 and over 55,469 42,338 31.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 392,898 343,408 14.5
Black non-Hispanic 9,147 6,741 35.7
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 441 262 68.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 4,533 2,135 112.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 164 696 -76.4
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 15,639 9,104 71.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 150,956 123,864 21.9
Family households (families) 112,106 95,255 17.7
Families with children 55,565 50,082 11.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 7,327 5,971 22.8
Persons living alone 31,547 24,248 30.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 13,284 10,124 31.3
INCOME
Per Capita 14,235 7,087 100.9
Household (median) 33,255 17,933 85.5
Family (median) 37,791 20,566 83.8
Married couple families (mean) 47,006 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 17,215 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.3 6.0 -11.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 8.3 8.4 -1.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 32.9 29.6 11.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 6.5 7.5 -13.3
Black 28.7 29.3 -2.0
Other race 33.7 31.6 6.7
Hispanic 38.0 30.0 26.7
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.3 10.1 -17.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 17.1 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.8 11.4 3.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 7,536 3,642 107.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 68,839 71,509 -3.7
College 20,827 13,336 56.2
Dropout rate (county) 29.5 40.3 -26.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 70.5 59.6 18.3
College grad (%) 16.7 12.9 29.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 156,462 129,368 21.0
Occupied (%) 96.5 95.7 0.9
Owner Occupied (%) 69.4 68.6 1.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 89,400 47,200 89.5
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 363 180 101.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.0 1.1 -9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.1 5.4 -24.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 215,292 171,787 25.4
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 26.4 34.8 -24.1
Employed in service industry (%) 26.8 11.6 131.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 1.7 4.1 -58.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 10.4 9.1 14.4
Mean Income 22,819 10,765 112.0
Families with one worker 25.8 31.1 -17.0
Mean Income 35,842 19,375 85.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 63.7 59.8 6.7
Mean Income 50,727 26,851 89.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 58.8 52.0 13.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.4 4.8 -29.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 67.4 54.5 23.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.4 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.0 17.3 21.4
Sales and support (%) 27.3 25.3 8.0
Service (%) 12.4 11.6 6.9
Farming (%) 3.9 4.8 -18.7
Craft and Repair (%) 13.6 14.7 -7.4
Labor (%) 21.8 26.0 -16.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3