Bradford County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            60,967       62,919     -3.1      
  Persons living in households              60,086       62,089     -3.2      
  Persons living in group quarters             881          830      6.2      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            48,466       48,820     -0.7      
Urban population                            12,501       14,099    -11.3      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        29,629       30,540     -2.9      
Female                                      31,338       32,379     -3.2      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                4,355        4,751     -8.3      
5 to 17 years                               12,192       14,918    -18.2      
18 to 24 years                               5,155        7,008    -26.4      
25 to 44 years                              17,979       16,357     10.0      
45 to 54 years                               6,684        6,164      8.5      
55 to 64 years                               5,662        6,064     -6.6      
65 to 74 years                               5,114        4,452     14.9      
75 to 84 years                               2,899        2,421     19.8      
85 years and over                              927          784     18.3      
Total under 18                              16,547       19,669    -15.8      
Total 65 and over                            8,940        7,657     16.8      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          60,253       62,398     -3.4      
Black non-Hispanic                             148           79     87.4      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp          114           64     78.2      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         212          118     79.7      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        22           37    -40.5      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  218          223     -2.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            22,492       21,449      4.9      
 Family households (families)               16,691       16,652      0.3      
  Families with children                     8,488        9,539    -11.0      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,322        1,135     16.5      
 Persons living alone                        5,006        4,302     16.4      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           2,554        2,150     18.8      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,810        5,579     93.8      
Household (median)                          23,970       14,417     66.3      
Family (median)                             27,914       16,402     70.2      
  Married couple families (mean)            35,660          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,431          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           10.0         10.5     -4.7      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           14.2         14.4     -1.3      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       47.1         42.9      9.8      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       13.2         13.5     -2.2      
  Black                                       14.5         13.1     10.7      
  Other race                                  26.2         16.2     61.8      
  Hispanic                                    25.0         40.4    -38.1      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           15.1         16.2     -6.7      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       30.8          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            16.9         16.4      3.1      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,108          429    158.3      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     11,254       14,505    -22.4      
  College                                    1,647        1,121     47.0      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        75.7         64.8     16.9      
  College grad (%)                            12.9          8.8     46.6      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         27,058       25,186      7.5      
  Occupied (%)                                83.1         85.1     -2.3      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        75.3         74.3      1.4      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     50,900       31,300     62.7      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        231          134     72.4      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.2          1.5    -20.0      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        6.0          6.7    -10.4      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            26,226       24,461      7.3      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      26.6         37.9    -29.8      
  Employed in service industry (%)            28.8         11.0    161.9      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     3.4          8.6    -60.4      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           15.0         13.8      8.3      
  Mean Income                               15,025        8,525     76.3      
Families with one worker                      28.5         34.7    -18.0      
  Mean Income                               27,115       15,417     75.9      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       56.6         51.5      9.9      
  Mean Income                               41,200       22,603     82.3      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              50.4         43.9     14.9      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.0          8.5    -17.6      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         66.5         52.0     27.9      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               6.2          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              19.3         16.6     16.3      
  Sales and support (%)                       24.2         20.9     15.8      
  Service (%)                                 12.3         11.0     11.9      
  Farming (%)                                  7.3          7.8     -6.4      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        13.2         14.0     -5.7      
  Labor (%)                                   23.8         29.3    -18.7      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3