1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 204,584 217,074 -5.7
Persons living in households 199,394 212,844 -6.3
Persons living in group quarters 5,190 4,230 22.7
Rural Population 86,020 91,722 -6.2
Urban population 118,564 125,352 -5.4
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 97,915 104,673 -6.4
Female 106,669 112,401 -5.0
AGE
Under 5 years 11,876 13,400 -11.3
5 to 17 years 34,079 42,711 -20.2
18 to 24 years 19,217 25,684 -25.1
25 to 44 years 59,825 54,959 8.9
45 to 54 years 21,970 24,362 -9.8
55 to 64 years 21,847 27,216 -19.7
65 to 74 years 21,605 18,329 17.9
75 to 84 years 11,294 7,934 42.4
85 years and over 2,871 2,479 15.9
Total under 18 45,955 56,111 -18.0
Total 65 and over 35,770 28,742 24.5
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 195,820 207,477 -5.6
Black non-Hispanic 6,754 7,494 -9.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 189 132 43.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 519 362 43.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 116 245 -52.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,186 1,364 -13.0
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 78,533 77,033 2.0
Family households (families) 57,237 60,098 -4.7
Families with children 25,651 29,252 -12.3
Female, no husb. present, w/children 4,380 3,589 22.1
Persons living alone 19,272 15,668 23.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 10,309 7,814 32.0
INCOME
Per Capita 12,744 7,070 80.3
Household (median) 25,469 17,664 44.2
Family (median) 31,239 20,576 51.9
Married couple families (mean) 41,313 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,633 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 9.7 6.5 49.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.8 10.0 58.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 50.4 41.7 20.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.1 8.2 47.6
Black 33.0 25.7 28.5
Other race 21.4 19.6 9.2
Hispanic 24.6 11.9 106.8
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.9 10.7 1.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 23.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 18.2 12.0 51.7
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 3,317 1,640 102.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 31,673 42,498 -25.4
College 11,615 7,444 56.1
Dropout rate (county) 26.8 37.6 -28.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.2 62.3 17.5
College grad (%) 13.6 10.7 27.2
HOUSING
Total housing units 84,113 81,098 3.8
Occupied (%) 93.4 94.9 -1.5
Owner Occupied (%) 75.6 75.2 0.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 53,600 38,700 38.6
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 241 149 61.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.2 16.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.9 5.4 46.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 83,675 83,695 0.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 18.2 28.3 -35.6
Employed in service industry (%) 31.2 13.1 138.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.8 8.1 -40.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.1 15.6 22.9
Mean Income 17,874 10,065 77.6
Families with one worker 31.0 39.2 -20.8
Mean Income 33,567 19,918 68.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.8 45.2 10.2
Mean Income 48,760 29,200 67.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 45.1 38.2 18.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.7 7.9 -15.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 58.8 39.4 49.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 22.1 18.0 22.8
Sales and support (%) 30.5 25.8 18.3
Service (%) 14.7 13.1 12.3
Farming (%) 1.7 1.3 30.8
Craft and Repair (%) 13.9 17.0 -18.2
Labor (%) 17.1 24.6 -30.4
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape ile 1 and 3f