Main Enterprise Zone Tax History Demographics PEDFA Business Tax
Area: 608 Square Miles
1980 1990 2000
TOTAL POPULATION 479,211 541,174 597,635
Persons living in households 472,799 533,043
Persons living in group quarters 6,412 8,131
Rural Population 93,110 100,620
Urban population 386,101 440,554
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 236,459 266,445
Female 242,752 274,729
AGE
Under 5 years 33,513 39,755
5 to 17 years 109,212 99,184
18 to 24 years 58,655 49,427
25 to 44 years 139,029 185,177
45 to 54 years 54,518 60,099
55 to 64 years 45,985 48,620
65 to 74 years 23,595 36,195
75 to 84 years 11,178 17,060
85 years and over 3,526 5,657
Total under 18 142,725 138,939 225,308
Total 65 and over 38,299 58,912
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 456,946 508,282 552,812
Black non-Hispanic 11,832 14,928 19,721
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 464 530 597
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 3,445 8,262 13,745
Other race, non-Hispanic 840 277 478
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 5,684 8,895 13,745
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE 2000
Total Households 156,648 190,507 218,725
Family households (families) 126,070 145,924
Families with children 71,801 73,975
Female, no husb. present, w/children 8,091 8,881
Persons living alone 25,584 36,553
Persons 65 and over living alone 8,022 13,600
INCOME
Per Capita 8,048 18,292
Household (median) 22,016 43,347
Family (median) 24,402 48,851
Married couple families (mean) n/a 61,060
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) n/a 24,504
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 4.7 2.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 6.3 4.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 30.0 21.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 5.2 3.5
Black 23.8 16.1
Other race 14.1 7.7
Hispanic 19.9 12.4
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 8.7 6.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) n/a 13.3
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 7.0 4.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 6,423 12,696
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High School 110,054 90,006
College 20,414 33,345
Dropout rate (county) 25.2 17.1
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.7 82.9
College grad (%) 18.6 24.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 165,438 199,934
Occupied (%) 94.6 95.3
Owner Occupied (%) 74.3 75.7
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 56,200 140,000
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 252 524
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 9.2 8.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 223,939 283,836
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 30.2 20.7
Employed in service industry (%) 9.7 30.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.4 2.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 7.9 8.0
Mean Income 10,920 27,518
Families with one worker 33.0 25.3
Mean Income 22,540 47,746
Families with two or more workers-1989 (%) 59.1 66.7
Mean Income 31,172 64,734
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 52.3 61.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.8 3.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 50.8 67.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) n/a 4.1
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 24.4 29.4
Sales and support (%) 31.8 35.2
Service (%) 9.7 9.2
Farming (%) 1.0 1.1
Craft and Repair (%) 14.6 12.2
Labor (%) 18.2 12.9
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Service (%) 8.1 7.6 Retail Wholesale (%) 20.0 22.2 Manufacturing (%) 28.5 19.9 Unemployment (%) 5.4 3.9 Work Disability (%) 6.3 3.8
Population Estimates
1990 - 541,224 2000 - 597,635
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3
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