Fulton County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            13,837       12,842      7.8      
  Persons living in households              13,761       12,776      7.8      
  Persons living in group quarters              76           66     15.2      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            13,837       12,842      7.8      
Urban population                                 0            0      0.0      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                         6,862        6,329      8.5      
Female                                       6,975        6,513      7.1      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                  980          988     -0.8      
5 to 17 years                                2,726        2,963     -7.9      
18 to 24 years                               1,308        1,399     -6.5      
25 to 44 years                               4,052        3,434     18.0      
45 to 54 years                               1,590        1,314     21.1      
55 to 64 years                               1,385        1,287      7.7      
65 to 74 years                               1,077          932     15.6      
75 to 84 years                                 560          412     36.0      
85 years and over                              159          113     40.8      
Total under 18                               3,706        3,951     -6.2      
Total 65 and over                            1,796        1,457     23.3      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          13,642       12,662      7.8      
Black non-Hispanic                             124           96     29.2      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           22           13     69.3      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          17            7    142.9      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         1            3    -66.6      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                   31           61    -49.1      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                             5,139        4,469     15.0      
 Family households (families)                3,926        3,549     10.7      
  Families with children                     2,008        1,990      1.0      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        269          187     43.9      
 Persons living alone                        1,064          832     27.9      
  Persons 65 and over living alone             524          431     21.6      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,267        5,402     90.1      
Household (median)                          23,736       13,573     74.9      
Family (median)                             26,866       15,372     74.8      
  Married couple families (mean)            32,619          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      14,031          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            9.5         12.4    -23.3      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           12.1         14.3    -15.3      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       40.5         44.7     -9.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       11.9         13.9    -14.3      
  Black                                       50.5         73.6    -31.3      
  Other race                                   7.5          5.1     47.1      
  Hispanic                                     0.0         67.1    -99.9      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           17.0         21.0    -19.0      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       35.9          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            14.0         16.4    -14.6      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               133           39    241.1      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      2,505        2,952    -15.1      
  College                                      320           96    233.4      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        64.0         51.9     23.4      
  College grad (%)                             7.4          7.2      2.8      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                          6,184        5,301     16.7      
  Occupied (%)                                83.1         84.3     -1.4      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        78.8         78.8      0.0      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     50,700       32,200     57.5      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        210          113     85.9      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     0.8           .7     14.3      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        8.5          7.3     16.5      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over             6,127        4,990     22.8      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      25.3         32.2    -21.4      
  Employed in service industry (%)            21.7         10.6    104.8      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     3.1          7.8    -60.2      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           14.1         13.5      5.1      
  Mean Income                               15,422        8,029     92.1      
Families with one worker                      30.6         39.6    -22.6
  Mean Income                               23,064       14,545     58.6      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       55.2         47.0     17.6      
  Mean Income                               39,171       21,992     78.2      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              51.0         42.7     19.5      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.1          8.5    -16.4      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         66.7         49.0     36.2      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.1          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              15.2         12.8     18.8      
  Sales and support (%)                       20.2         18.2     11.0      
  Service (%)                                 12.3         10.6     16.1      
  Farming (%)                                  7.0          8.2    -14.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        16.3         16.3      0.0      
  Labor (%)                                   29.0         33.6    -13.6      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3