Armstrong County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            73,478       77,768     -5.5      
  Persons living in households              72,514       77,057     -5.8      
  Persons living in group quarters             964          711     35.6      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            62,600       65,731     -4.7      
Urban population                            10,878       12,037     -9.6      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        35,325       37,797     -6.5      
Female                                      38,153       39,971     -4.5      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                4,432        5,153    -13.9      
5 to 17 years                               13,250       15,854    -16.4      
18 to 24 years                               6,244        9,048    -30.9      
25 to 44 years                              21,606       18,884     14.5      
45 to 54 years                               7,479        8,367    -10.6      
55 to 64 years                               7,580        9,369    -19.0      
65 to 74 years                               7,473        6,800      9.9      
75 to 84 years                               4,215        3,349     25.9      
85 years and over                            1,199          944     27.1      
Total under 18                              17,682       21,007    -15.8      
Total 65 and over                           12,887       11,093     16.2      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          72,585       76,696     -5.3      
Black non-Hispanic                             564          704    -19.8      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           59           24    145.9      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          78           66     18.2      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        28           75    -62.6      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  164          203    -19.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            28,309       28,066      0.9      
 Family households (families)               20,853       21,713     -3.9      
  Families with children                     9,698       10,838    -10.5      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,300        1,160     12.1      
 Persons living alone                        6,826        6,002     13.8      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           3,980        3,343     19.1      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,565        6,286     68.1      
Household (median)                          22,554       15,474     45.8      
Family (median)                             27,024       18,020     50.0      
  Married couple families (mean)            32,915          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      10,778          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           10.3          6.7     53.8      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           15.7          9.7     61.9      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       56.1         40.2     39.6      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       12.8          9.5     34.8      
  Black                                       23.8         16.3     46.1      
  Other race                                  10.5         19.3    -45.5      
  Hispanic                                    11.6          6.1     90.2      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           11.2         13.5    -17.0      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       21.2          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            17.5         11.8     48.4      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               913          489     86.8      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     12,297       15,808    -22.2      
  College                                    2,670        1,167    128.8      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        71.1         58.6     21.4      
  College grad (%)                             8.1          6.7     20.9      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         31,757       31,040      2.4      
  Occupied (%)                                89.1         90.4     -1.4      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        76.4         75.5      1.2      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     44,300       33,000     34.3      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        205          121     69.5      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.4           .9     55.6      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        7.1          6.5      9.3      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            28,624       27,318      4.8      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      22.4         30.6    -26.7      
  Employed in service industry (%)            26.4         11.5    129.6      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     5.0         10.6    -52.8      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           19.6         17.7     10.6      
  Mean Income                               16,665        9,598     73.7      
Families with one worker                      32.9         41.2    -20.2      
  Mean Income                               26,509       18,473     43.6      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       47.5         41.1     15.6      
  Mean Income                               39,873       25,712     55.1      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              42.6         35.0     21.8      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.8         11.1    -29.7      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         58.0         38.4     51.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.7          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              14.8         13.3     11.3      
  Sales and support (%)                       24.8         21.5     15.4      
  Service (%)                                 14.4         11.5     25.3      
  Farming (%)                                  3.8          3.2     18.8      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        16.2         17.5     -7.4      
  Labor (%)                                   25.9         32.8    -21.0      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3