1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 56,846 53,285 6.7
Persons living in households 56,130 52,913 6.1
Persons living in group quarters 716 372 92.5
Rural Population 27,051 22,620 19.6
Urban population 29,795 30,665 -2.8
Metro status of county Metro Metro
SEX
Male 27,441 25,620 7.2
Female 29,405 27,665 6.3
AGE
Under 5 years 3,501 3,182 10.1
5 to 17 years 9,503 10,374 -8.3
18 to 24 years 4,798 5,488 -12.5
25 to 44 years 16,504 12,652 30.5
45 to 54 years 5,735 6,203 -7.5
55 to 64 years 6,324 7,059 -10.4
65 to 74 years 6,264 5,338 17.4
75 to 84 years 3,378 2,354 43.6
85 years and over 839 635 32.2
Total under 18 13,004 13,556 -4.0
Total 65 and over 10,481 8,327 25.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 55,991 52,773 6.1
Black non-Hispanic 113 29 289.7
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 44 12 266.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 167 104 60.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 22 36 -38.8
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 509 331 53.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 21,989 19,642 12.0
Family households (families) 15,977 14,940 7.0
Families with children 7,078 6,970 1.6
Female, no husb. present, w/children 988 730 35.4
Persons living alone 5,299 4,326 22.5
Persons 65 and over living alone 3,097 2,345 32.1
INCOME
Per Capita 11,729 6,353 84.7
Household (median) 25,501 15,369 66.0
Family (median) 30,225 17,771 70.1
Married couple families (mean) 37,001 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,388 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.4 5.6 32.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 11.5 8.9 29.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 51.4 40.5 27.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.3 7.6 22.4
Black 15.8 0.0 0.0
Other race 19.6 0.5 3820.0
Hispanic 27.2 5.7 377.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.0 9.9 1.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.5 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 13.4 9.9 35.4
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 855 275 211.0
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 8,725 10,317 -15.4
College 2,079 903 130.3
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 69.4 57.4 21.0
College grad (%) 8.4 7.3 15.1
HOUSING
Total housing units 27,380 23,190 18.1
Occupied (%) 80.3 84.7 -5.1
Owner Occupied (%) 77.9 78.5 -0.7
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 62,900 27,400 129.6
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 255 129 97.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.9 1.9 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.8 5.9 -18.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 24,290 21,587 12.6
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.2 43.8 -33.3
Employed in service industry (%) 25.7 12.2 110.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.3 7.7 -44.1
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.2 16.6 4.2
Mean Income 17,584 9,934 77.1
Families with one worker 30.2 33.6 -9.9
Mean Income 28,737 16,905 70.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 52.5 49.9 5.3
Mean Income 43,747 24,950 75.4
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 47.4 43.4 9.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.6 5.7 -1.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 64.6 51.0 26.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.6 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 16.0 13.4 19.5
Sales and support (%) 24.5 19.7 24.4
Service (%) 13.2 12.2 8.2
Farming (%) 1.1 1.0 10.0
Craft and Repair (%) 15.6 14.6 6.9
Labor (%) 29.7 38.8 -23.4
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3