1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 370,321 392,294 -5.6
Persons living in households 363,844 387,739 -6.1
Persons living in group quarters 6,477 4,555 42.2
Rural Population 138,296 138,750 -0.3
Urban population 232,025 253,544 -8.4
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 177,143 189,658 -6.5
Female 193,178 202,636 -4.6
AGE
Under 5 years 22,122 24,007 -7.8
5 to 17 years 60,998 80,354 -24.0
18 to 24 years 31,794 43,407 -26.7
25 to 44 years 110,762 103,052 7.5
45 to 54 years 40,626 45,368 -10.4
55 to 64 years 40,547 47,395 -14.4
65 to 74 years 38,606 31,005 24.6
75 to 84 years 19,615 13,777 42.4
85 years and over 5,251 3,929 33.7
Total under 18 83,120 104,361 -20.3
Total 65 and over 63,472 48,711 30.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 360,067 382,983 -5.9
Black non-Hispanic 6,848 6,391 7.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 252 237 6.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 1,549 1,118 38.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 246 319 -22.8
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 1,359 1,246 9.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 144,080 139,233 3.5
Family households (families) 106,031 109,554 -3.2
Families with children 46,784 54,589 -14.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 7,169 6,033 18.9
Persons living alone 34,908 27,643 26.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 18,097 13,004 39.2
INCOME
Per Capita 12,612 7,104 77.6
Household (median) 25,736 17,795 44.7
Family (median) 31,360 20,469 53.3
Married couple families (mean) 40,454 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,883 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 8.6 5.7 50.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 14.1 7.9 78.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 51.0 37.6 35.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.2 7.2 41.7
Black 36.9 18.7 97.4
Other race 20.6 9.4 119.2
Hispanic 25.6 13.1 95.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.2 11.3 -9.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.7 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.4 9.1 69.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 6,495 2,812 131.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 56,452 80,178 -29.5
College 20,179 11,931 69.2
Dropout rate (county) 22.3 31.4 -28.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 77.7 68.5 13.5
College grad (%) 15.4 12.3 25.3
HOUSING
Total housing units 153,554 148,035 3.8
Occupied (%) 93.8 94.0 -0.2
Owner Occupied (%) 76.3 76.2 0.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 56,800 42,400 34.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 247 157 57.4
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.3 1.3 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.1 7.3 -2.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 158,570 156,687 1.3
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 20.1 33.8 -40.5
Employed in service industry (%) 31.9 11.7 172.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.4 7.7 -42.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 18.1 14.1 28.6
Mean Income 18,367 10,327 77.9
Families with one worker 30.3 38.7 -21.8
Mean Income 33,072 20,437 61.9
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.6 47.2 9.4
Mean Income 46,814 28,134 66.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 47.7 40.0 19.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.4 7.9 -18.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 61.0 40.8 49.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.9 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 24.6 20.1 22.4
Sales and support (%) 31.3 27.9 12.2
Service (%) 13.6 11.7 16.3
Farming (%) 1.3 1.0 30.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.6 14.5 -13.1
Labor (%) 16.6 24.5 -32.2
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3