Bedford County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              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