1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 152,585 160,630 -5.0
Persons living in households 150,202 159,294 -5.7
Persons living in group quarters 2,383 1,336 78.4
Rural Population 89,025 83,675 6.4
Urban population 63,560 76,955 -17.4
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 73,486 76,416 -3.8
Female 79,099 84,214 -6.0
AGE
Under 5 years 8,773 9,234 -4.9
5 to 17 years 24,885 30,780 -19.1
18 to 24 years 13,234 15,951 -17.0
25 to 44 years 42,795 37,096 15.4
45 to 54 years 15,133 18,488 -18.1
55 to 64 years 17,216 22,126 -22.1
65 to 74 years 17,776 17,728 0.3
75 to 84 years 10,404 7,528 38.3
85 years and over 2,369 1,699 39.5
Total under 18 33,658 40,014 -15.8
Total 65 and over 30,549 26,955 13.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 150,486 159,364 -5.5
Black non-Hispanic 805 286 181.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 103 69 49.3
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 491 314 56.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 23 117 -80.3
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 677 480 41.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 60,773 59,948 1.4
Family households (families) 42,278 44,690 -5.3
Families with children 18,608 20,546 -9.4
Female, no husb. present, w/children 2,819 2,439 15.6
Persons living alone 16,988 14,413 17.9
Persons 65 and over living alone 10,269 8,236 24.7
INCOME
Per Capita 11,193 5,890 90.1
Household (median) 23,028 13,340 72.7
Family (median) 29,041 16,214 79.2
Married couple families (mean) 35,853 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 14,459 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.7 7.7 0.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 11.8 11.7 0.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 42.4 39.9 6.3
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.6 10.7 -0.9
Black 47.2 21.2 122.7
Other race 12.9 24.8 -47.9
Hispanic 16.7 24.1 -30.7
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.3 13.7 -2.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 25.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 14.2 14.3 -0.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 2,109 760 177.5
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 23,046 30,412 -24.2
College 5,065 3,142 61.3
Dropout rate (county) 31.6 43.7 -27.6
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 68.4 56.2 21.8
College grad (%) 8.1 6.1 32.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 66,457 64,825 2.6
Occupied (%) 91.4 92.4 -1.0
Owner Occupied (%) 78.1 77.3 1.1
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 38,200 22,600 69.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 222 122 82.0
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.5 2.2 -31.8
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.3 6.7 9.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 64,562 62,386 3.5
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 33.3 40.8 -18.3
Employed in service industry (%) 23.6 10.2 131.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.7 8.2 -54.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.5 17.0 8.9
Mean Income 16,056 9,169 75.2
Families with one worker 28.8 34.2 -15.9
Mean Income 28,420 17,070 66.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 52.7 48.8 8.0
Mean Income 41,983 22,699 85.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 45.9 41.9 9.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.8 6.8 -29.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 65.5 50.9 28.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.1 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 16.5 14.0 17.9
Sales and support (%) 24.0 20.3 18.3
Service (%) 11.7 10.2 14.8
Farming (%) 1.6 1.5 6.7
Craft and Repair (%) 15.4 15.6 -1.2
Labor (%) 30.8 38.1 -19.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3