1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 339,574 312,963 8.6
Persons living in households 334,565 309,742 8.1
Persons living in group quarters 5,009 3,221 55.6
Rural Population 156,323 153,172 2.1
Urban population 183,251 159,791 14.7
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 166,164 151,946 9.4
Female 173,410 161,017 7.7
AGE
Under 5 years 23,688 20,279 16.9
5 to 17 years 58,576 66,166 -11.4
18 to 24 years 32,468 36,601 -11.2
25 to 44 years 112,225 88,890 26.3
45 to 54 years 37,174 33,502 11.0
55 to 64 years 31,000 31,581 -1.8
65 to 74 years 25,986 21,717 19.7
75 to 84 years 13,964 11,026 26.7
85 years and over 4,493 3,201 40.4
Total under 18 82,264 86,445 -4.8
Total 65 and over 44,443 35,944 23.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 321,249 299,407 7.3
Black non-Hispanic 10,558 8,968 17.8
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 388 209 85.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 2,053 1,089 88.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 161 590 -72.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 5,165 2,700 91.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 128,666 112,313 14.6
Family households (families) 94,919 86,730 9.5
Families with children 45,695 45,799 -0.2
Female, no husb. present, w/children 6,640 5,611 18.4
Persons living alone 27,447 21,806 25.9
Persons 65 and over living alone 11,953 9,523 25.6
INCOME
Per Capita 14,544 7,326 98.6
Household (median) 32,605 18,389 77.4
Family (median) 37,590 20,857 80.3
Married couple families (mean) 46,111 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 16,623 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 4.3 5.0 -14.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 6.8 6.8 0.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 31.3 31.8 -1.5
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.3 6.2 -14.5
Black 27.1 27.3 -0.7
Other race 31.8 18.9 68.3
Hispanic 44.7 27.1 65.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.3 11.5 -27.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 18.7 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 8.6 8.0 7.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 5,909 2,604 127.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 53,541 65,063 -17.7
College 12,936 7,540 71.6
Dropout rate (county) 27.2 38.2 -28.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 72.8 61.7 18.0
College grad (%) 13.9 11.2 24.2
HOUSING
Total housing units 134,761 117,561 14.7
Occupied (%) 95.5 95.5 0.0
Owner Occupied (%) 74.4 74.1 0.5
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 79,700 45,700 74.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 329 169 94.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.2 1.1 9.1
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.6 4.9 14.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 176,908 147,803 19.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.2 39.6 -26.2
Employed in service industry (%) 24.2 9.4 157.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.5 4.7 -46.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 10.9 10.2 7.3
Mean Income 21,925 10,122 116.7
Families with one worker 25.0 32.2 -22.5
Mean Income 34,048 19,514 74.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 64.1 57.6 11.3
Mean Income 49,937 27,037 84.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 60.1 51.7 16.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.7 5.2 -28.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 73.6 57.9 27.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.9 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.5 17.5 17.2
Sales and support (%) 29.8 26.8 11.2
Service (%) 11.2 9.4 19.2
Farming (%) 1.5 1.9 -21.0
Craft and Repair (%) 14.2 14.9 -4.6
Labor (%) 22.7 29.1 -21.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3