1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 96,246 107,150 -10.1
Persons living in households 93,527 104,456 -10.4
Persons living in group quarters 2,719 2,694 1.0
Rural Population 52,089 55,772 -6.6
Urban population 44,157 51,378 -14.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 45,634 51,558 -11.4
Female 50,612 55,592 -8.9
AGE
Under 5 years 5,966 7,038 -15.2
5 to 17 years 16,644 20,751 -19.7
18 to 24 years 8,927 13,538 -34.0
25 to 44 years 26,690 26,083 2.4
45 to 54 years 9,736 11,949 -18.5
55 to 64 years 10,500 13,351 -21.3
65 to 74 years 10,651 8,876 20.0
75 to 84 years 5,549 4,249 30.6
85 years and over 1,583 1,315 20.4
Total under 18 22,610 27,789 -18.6
Total 65 and over 17,783 14,440 23.2
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 92,645 103,398 -10.3
Black non-Hispanic 2,894 3,037 -4.7
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 54 43 25.6
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 257 171 50.3
Other race, non-Hispanic 39 127 -69.2
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 357 374 -4.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 36,350 37,501 -3.0
Family households (families) 26,779 29,398 -8.9
Families with children 11,946 14,289 -16.3
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,210 1,836 20.4
Persons living alone 8,806 7,610 15.8
Persons 65 and over living alone 5,040 3,861 30.6
INCOME
Per Capita 10,830 6,572 64.8
Household (median) 22,317 16,588 34.6
Family (median) 27,490 19,199 43.2
Married couple families (mean) 35,593 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,320 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 10.9 7.8 39.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 19.3 12.0 60.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 58.5 52.5 11.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.1 9.3 40.9
Black 40.6 28.0 45.0
Other race 14.0 20.0 -29.9
Hispanic 25.9 6.7 286.6
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.6 11.1 -13.5
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.6 13.4 68.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 1,365 646 111.4
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 15,458 20,543 -24.7
College 5,173 3,881 33.3
Dropout rate (county) 27.0 36.8 -26.6
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.0 63.1 15.7
College grad (%) 11.8 9.9 19.2
HOUSING
Total housing units 38,844 39,586 -1.8
Occupied (%) 93.6 94.7 -1.1
Owner Occupied (%) 76.1 77.2 -1.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 41,500 33,400 24.3
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 211 139 51.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.0 20.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 8.4 6.7 25.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 37,804 40,343 -6.2
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 20.9 32.5 -35.6
Employed in service industry (%) 31.3 12.0 160.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.4 9.7 -44.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.3 15.8 28.3
Mean Income 16,357 9,569 71.0
Families with one worker 31.9 37.9 -15.8
Mean Income 28,907 18,585 55.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 47.8 46.3 3.3
Mean Income 43,114 27,441 57.2
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 43.6 38.0 14.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.5 9.4 -30.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 58.5 38.5 52.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.6 18.1 19.4
Sales and support (%) 28.9 25.6 12.9
Service (%) 14.9 12.0 24.2
Farming (%) 2.1 1.8 16.7
Craft and Repair (%) 12.3 14.9 -17.4
Labor (%) 20.3 27.3 -25.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3