Chester County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                           376,396      316,660     18.9      
  Persons living in households             363,486      303,788     19.7      
  Persons living in group quarters          12,910       12,872      0.3      
                                                                              
Rural Population                           146,612      143,870      2.0      
Urban population                           229,784      172,790     33.0      
Metro status of county                       Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                       184,421      155,558     18.6      
Female                                     191,975      161,102     19.2      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                               27,972       20,645     35.5      
5 to 17 years                               66,053       69,661     -5.1      
18 to 24 years                              37,716       39,805     -5.2      
25 to 44 years                             127,985       92,879     37.8      
45 to 54 years                              43,020       34,762     23.8      
55 to 64 years                              32,673       30,222      8.2      
65 to 74 years                              24,881       17,467     42.5      
75 to 84 years                              12,193        8,537     42.9      
85 years and over                            3,903        2,682     45.6      
Total under 18                              94,025       90,306      4.2      
Total 65 and over                           40,977       28,686     42.9      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                         339,637      285,367     19.1      
Black non-Hispanic                          23,479       22,797      3.0      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp          443          239     85.4      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic       4,011        1,751    129.1      
Other race, non-Hispanic                       261          768    -66.0      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                8,565        5,738     49.3      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                           133,257      104,752     27.3      
 Family households (families)               99,324       81,598     21.8      
  Families with children                    49,664       45,151     10.0      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      6,280        5,556     13.1      
 Persons living alone                       26,931       19,195     40.4      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           9,194        6,364     44.5      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  20,601        8,763    135.1      
Household (median)                          45,642       22,206    105.6      
Family (median)                             52,325       25,533    105.0      
  Married couple families (mean)            69,856          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      23,712          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            3.0          4.7    -36.1      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)            4.7          6.4    -26.5      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       24.4         27.0     -9.6      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                        3.7          5.4    -31.4      
  Black                                       16.1         16.5     -2.4      
  Other race                                  15.7         20.5    -23.4      
  Hispanic                                    21.7         27.9    -22.2      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            6.1          8.0    -23.7      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       14.9          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)             5.7          7.4    -22.9      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             9,676        4,320    124.0      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     60,006       69,091    -13.1      
  College                                   27,725       17,218     61.1      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        84.9         76.4     11.2      
  College grad (%)                            34.7         26.2     32.5      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                        139,597      110,183     26.7      
  Occupied (%)                                95.5         95.0      0.6      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        74.5         70.7      5.4      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units    155,900       64,800    140.6      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        496          235    111.1      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.9          1.7     11.8      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        5.6          6.5    -13.8      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over           198,581      148,236     34.0      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      19.7         29.3    -32.7      
  Employed in service industry (%)            33.8         10.7    215.9      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     1.7          4.5    -62.2      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)            7.8          8.2     -4.2      
  Mean Income                               31,440       13,358    135.4      
Families with one worker                      26.4         33.8    -21.8      
  Mean Income                               59,734       26,827    122.7      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       65.8         58.0     13.3      
  Mean Income                               71,149       32,732    117.4      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              60.4         51.7     16.9      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.0          4.7    -36.1      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         65.8         52.6     25.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.2          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              34.6         28.7     20.6      
  Sales and support (%)                       32.8         29.2     12.4      
  Service (%)                                  9.7         10.7     -9.3      
  Farming (%)                                  2.7          3.2    -15.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                         9.4         11.7    -19.6      
  Labor (%)                                   10.7         16.3    -34.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3