1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 47,919 46,784 2.5
Persons living in households 47,591 46,520 2.4
Persons living in group quarters 328 264 24.3
Rural Population 44,782 43,458 3.1
Urban population 3,137 3,326 -5.6
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 23,413 22,859 2.5
Female 24,506 23,925 2.5
AGE
Under 5 years 3,064 3,346 -8.4
5 to 17 years 8,952 10,460 -14.4
18 to 24 years 4,348 5,118 -15.0
25 to 44 years 13,722 11,970 14.7
45 to 54 years 5,467 4,964 10.2
55 to 64 years 5,019 5,033 -0.2
65 to 74 years 4,393 3,680 19.4
75 to 84 years 2,332 1,693 37.8
85 years and over 622 520 19.7
Total under 18 12,016 13,806 -12.9
Total 65 and over 7,347 5,893 24.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 47,526 46,382 2.5
Black non-Hispanic 146 154 -5.1
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 40 23 74.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 78 53 47.2
Other race, non-Hispanic 11 22 -50.0
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 118 150 -21.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 18,038 16,301 10.7
Family households (families) 13,748 12,962 6.1
Families with children 6,579 7,003 -6.0
Female, no husb. present, w/children 773 702 10.2
Persons living alone 3,903 3,108 25.6
Persons 65 and over living alone 2,165 1,668 29.8
INCOME
Per Capita 9,954 5,403 84.3
Household (median) 21,622 13,167 64.3
Family (median) 25,355 15,372 65.0
Married couple families (mean) 31,831 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 11,295 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 10.4 11.2 -7.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.9 14.8 7.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 53.0 46.1 15.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.5 14.6 -7.5
Black 42.9 8.9 382.1
Other race 18.1 23.0 -21.3
Hispanic 26.8 10.3 160.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 15.0 20.2 -25.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 28.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 18.6 18.7 -0.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 508 184 176.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 8,347 10,347 -19.3
College 1,246 526 136.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 68.5 57.9 18.4
College grad (%) 7.8 6.5 20.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 21,738 19,815 9.8
Occupied (%) 83.0 82.2 1.0
Owner Occupied (%) 79.1 78.7 0.6
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 46,800 32,200 45.4
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 189 118 60.2
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.8 1.4 -42.8
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.9 7.9 -25.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 20,013 16,874 18.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 22.0 23.6 -6.7
Employed in service industry (%) 24.3 13.1 85.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.6 12.5 -63.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 16.1 14.5 11.2
Mean Income 16,307 8,966 81.9
Families with one worker 29.8 38.1 -21.7
Mean Income 24,927 15,537 60.5
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.1 47.4 14.0
Mean Income 36,928 21,636 70.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 46.5 39.4 18.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.4 12.0 -30.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 61.1 44.5 37.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 14.6 13.8 5.8
Sales and support (%) 23.4 20.9 12.0
Service (%) 15.0 13.1 14.6
Farming (%) 6.2 7.3 -15.0
Craft and Repair (%) 14.5 14.4 0.7
Labor (%) 26.4 30.2 -12.5
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3