1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 291,130 272,349 6.9
Persons living in households 283,559 266,239 6.6
Persons living in group quarters 7,571 6,110 24.0
Rural Population 54,216 50,170 8.1
Urban population 236,914 222,179 6.7
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 139,940 130,791 7.0
Female 151,190 141,558 6.9
AGE
Under 5 years 19,342 15,968 21.2
5 to 17 years 46,602 51,226 -9.0
18 to 24 years 27,270 33,158 -17.7
25 to 44 years 93,907 73,737 27.4
45 to 54 years 30,329 31,313 -3.1
55 to 64 years 28,815 31,543 -8.6
65 to 74 years 25,849 21,936 17.9
75 to 84 years 14,615 10,471 39.6
85 years and over 4,401 2,997 46.9
Total under 18 65,944 67,194 -1.8
Total 65 and over 44,865 35,404 26.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 265,946 259,022 2.7
Black non-Hispanic 6,107 3,961 54.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 251 125 100.8
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 3,573 1,406 154.2
Other race, non-Hispanic 252 807 -68.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 15,001 7,028 113.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 112,887 101,296 11.5
Family households (families) 79,183 74,446 6.4
Families with children 36,130 36,087 0.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 6,114 4,934 24.0
Persons living alone 28,223 23,133 22.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 12,268 9,515 29.0
INCOME
Per Capita 15,458 7,873 96.4
Household (median) 32,455 18,790 72.8
Family (median) 38,864 21,906 77.5
Married couple families (mean) 49,634 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 16,901 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 4.9 5.2 -5.7
Families w/children in poverty (%) 8.4 8.2 2.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 34.4 39.0 -11.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.6 6.3 -11.1
Black 27.4 34.3 -20.1
Other race 32.4 34.1 -4.9
Hispanic 35.1 39.2 -10.4
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.9 10.0 -21.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 18.5 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.0 9.7 13.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 5,414 2,750 96.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 42,662 51,320 -16.8
College 16,839 11,677 44.3
Dropout rate (county) 25.4 35.4 -28.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.6 64.5 15.7
College grad (%) 19.6 14.1 39.1
HOUSING
Total housing units 118,335 106,005 11.7
Occupied (%) 95.4 95.5 -0.1
Owner Occupied (%) 69.3 68.8 0.8
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 97,800 45,000 117.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 400 199 101.1
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.3 7.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.7 5.8 15.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 144,250 129,096 111.8
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 24.1 38.2 -36.9
Employed in service industry (%) 31.6 11.3 179.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.9 4.9 -40.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.1 12.1 15.7
Mean Income 22,211 11,043 101.2
Families with one worker 25.5 31.5 -18.8
Mean Income 40,306 21,028 91.7
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 60.4 56.4 7.1
Mean Income 53,583 28,749 86.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 56.3 50.6 11.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.2 4.5 -6.6
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 69.9 55.5 26.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 25.6 20.9 22.5
Sales and support (%) 33.2 28.8 15.3
Service (%) 12.0 11.3 6.2
Farming (%) 1.0 1.0 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 11.5 13.1 -12.2
Labor (%) 16.6 24.6 -32.5
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3