1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 34,878 38,338 -9.0
Persons living in households 34,520 37,971 -9.0
Persons living in group quarters 358 367 -2.4
Rural Population 21,224 22,379 -5.1
Urban population 13,654 15,959 -14.4
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 17,135 18,777 -8.7
Female 17,743 19,561 -9.2
AGE
Under 5 years 2,386 2,632 -9.3
5 to 17 years 6,568 8,945 -26.5
18 to 24 years 2,944 4,325 -31.9
25 to 44 years 10,096 9,262 9.1
45 to 54 years 3,625 4,190 -13.4
55 to 64 years 3,683 4,219 -12.7
65 to 74 years 3,333 2,980 11.9
75 to 84 years 1,784 1,384 29.0
85 years and over 459 401 14.5
Total under 18 8,954 11,577 -22.6
Total 65 and over 5,576 4,765 17.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 34,677 38,167 -9.1
Black non-Hispanic 15 12 25.0
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 29 19 52.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 98 53 85.0
Other race, non-Hispanic 3 24 -87.4
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 56 63 -11.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 13,131 12,902 1.8
Family households (families) 9,686 10,102 -4.1
Families with children 4,672 5,369 -12.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 609 546 11.6
Persons living alone 3,183 2,646 20.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,710 1,366 25.2
INCOME
Per Capita 10,775 6,422 67.8
Household (median) 24,866 16,648 49.4
Family (median) 30,176 19,404 55.6
Married couple families (mean) 34,672 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,977 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 7.7 5.1 51.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 11.7 6.8 72.1
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 52.2 36.6 42.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.5 6.3 50.8
Black 23.4 24.2 -3.3
Other race 9.5 21.0 -54.7
Hispanic 35.3 20.5 72.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.1 10.1 19.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 25.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 12.1 7.3 65.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 776 208 273.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 6,067 8,998 -32.5
College 703 491 43.2
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.9 64.6 16.0
College grad (%) 9.5 8.8 8.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 17,249 16,347 5.6
Occupied (%) 76.1 78.9 -3.5
Owner Occupied (%) 79.7 79.7 0.0
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 49,900 37,000 34.9
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 209 132 58.4
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 .6 133.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.9 4.6 50.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 14,961 16,225 -7.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 47.5 55.0 -13.6
Employed in service industry (%) 22.1 9.8 125.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.7 6.7 -44.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 16.1 11.9 36.0
Mean Income 15,982 9,146 74.8
Families with one worker 31.5 33.2 -5.4
Mean Income 27,892 18,378 51.8
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 52.4 54.9 -4.5
Mean Income 40,528 26,883 50.8
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 49.2 46.8 5.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.0 8.1 11.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 66.5 52.3 27.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 15.0 15.7 -4.4
Sales and support (%) 22.7 21.6 5.1
Service (%) 13.3 9.8 35.8
Farming (%) 2.1 1.5 40.0
Craft and Repair (%) 13.9 17.1 -18.7
Labor (%) 33.0 34.0 -2.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3