1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 37,182 38,971 -4.5
Persons living in households 35,128 37,205 -5.5
Persons living in group quarters 2,054 1,766 16.4
Rural Population 27,952 29,354 -4.7
Urban population 9,230 9,617 -4.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 17,825 18,870 -5.5
Female 19,357 20,101 -3.7
AGE
Under 5 years 2,169 2,589 -16.2
5 to 17 years 6,484 7,791 -16.7
18 to 24 years 5,052 5,955 -15.1
25 to 44 years 9,930 9,365 6.1
45 to 54 years 3,765 4,206 -10.4
55 to 64 years 3,838 4,342 -11.6
65 to 74 years 3,548 2,946 20.5
75 to 84 years 1,877 1,416 32.6
85 years and over 519 361 43.8
Total under 18 8,653 10,380 -16.6
Total 65 and over 5,944 4,723 25.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 36,782 38,593 -4.6
Black non-Hispanic 143 126 13.5
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 49 26 88.5
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 116 61 90.2
Other race, non-Hispanic 1 26 -96.1
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 91 139 -34.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 13,844 13,534 2.3
Family households (families) 9,876 10,436 -5.3
Families with children 4,572 5,352 -14.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 852 721 18.2
Persons living alone 3,433 2,780 23.5
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,878 1,415 32.8
INCOME
Per Capita 10,287 5,830 76.5
Household (median) 22,128 14,851 49.1
Family (median) 26,575 17,036 56.0
Married couple families (mean) 33,727 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,591 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.4 8.0 42.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.5 12.3 50.5
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 52.0 43.3 20.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.3 11.1 37.9
Black 15.9 47.1 -66.2
Other race 19.9 9.9 101.1
Hispanic 7.2 31.3 -76.9
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.7 12.8 -16.4
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 20.8 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.7 15.7 44.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 371 194 91.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 6,006 7,652 -21.5
College 3,348 2,529 32.4
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 72.5 63.6 14.0
College grad (%) 11.7 9.2 27.2
HOUSING
Total housing units 16,478 16,049 2.7
Occupied (%) 84.0 84.3 -0.3
Owner Occupied (%) 72.8 73.0 -0.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 46,300 33,300 39.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 214 137 56.3
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.1 1.4 -21.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.2 7.1 -26.7
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 15,342 14,974 2.5
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 28.4 38.7 -26.6
Employed in service industry (%) 29.2 12.0 143.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.2 12.4 -58.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 19.3 14.6 32.4
Mean Income 16,325 8,960 82.2
Families with one worker 26.3 35.3 -25.5
Mean Income 23,787 16,461 44.6
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.4 50.2 8.5
Mean Income 39,665 23,188 71.1
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 49.0 44.6 9.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.6 10.6 -18.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 69.8 52.8 32.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.4 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.4 17.3 12.2
Sales and support (%) 25.0 23.6 6.0
Service (%) 13.5 12.0 12.5
Farming (%) 2.8 2.8 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 12.1 12.8 -5.4
Labor (%) 27.2 31.3 -13.0
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3