Carbon County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              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