1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 39,550 40,476 -2.2
Persons living in households 38,261 39,697 -3.6
Persons living in group quarters 1,289 779 65.5
Rural Population 35,280 35,994 -1.9
Urban population 4,270 4,482 -4.7
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 18,805 19,704 -4.5
Female 20,745 20,772 -0.1
AGE
Under 5 years 2,515 2,977 -15.5
5 to 17 years 7,620 8,830 -13.7
18 to 24 years 3,964 4,670 -15.1
25 to 44 years 11,588 10,104 14.7
45 to 54 years 3,786 3,832 -1.2
55 to 64 years 3,576 4,465 -19.9
65 to 74 years 3,674 3,449 6.6
75 to 84 years 2,184 1,662 31.5
85 years and over 643 487 32.1
Total under 18 10,135 11,807 -14.1
Total 65 and over 6,501 5,598 16.2
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 38,789 39,811 -2.5
Black non-Hispanic 365 311 17.4
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 68 48 41.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 107 49 118.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 12 19 -36.8
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 209 238 -12.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 14,624 14,157 3.3
Family households (families) 10,691 10,886 -1.7
Families with children 5,425 5,743 -5.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 937 723 29.6
Persons living alone 3,547 2,999 18.3
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,961 1,609 21.9
INCOME
Per Capita 10,005 5,995 66.9
Household (median) 19,903 14,966 33.0
Family (median) 25,284 17,866 41.6
Married couple families (mean) 34,003 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,562 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 17.2 10.5 63.9
Families w/children in poverty (%) 25.6 14.4 77.8
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 61.9 44.3 39.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 21.4 13.7 56.3
Black 1.5 42.4 -96.4
Other race 30.0 20.0 50.0
Hispanic 42.5 27.4 55.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 15.9 16.8 -5.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 28.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 28.9 17.6 64.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 460 221 108.2
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 7,191 8,654 -16.9
College 2,033 1,222 66.4
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 68.0 55.3 23.0
College grad (%) 11.3 9.4 20.3
HOUSING
Total housing units 15,982 15,057 6.2
Occupied (%) 91.5 94.0 -2.6
Owner Occupied (%) 72.5 74.1 -2.1
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 38,400 31,200 23.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 187 122 53.3
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.6 1.1 45.5
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.2 5.5 31.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 13,506 13,193 2.4
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 8.5 10.3 -17.4
Employed in service industry (%) 32.3 11.6 178.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.3 9.7 -14.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 22.7 19.1 18.8
Mean Income 14,184 9,572 48.2
Families with one worker 35.1 43.8 -19.8
Mean Income 27,034 18,142 49.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 42.2 37.1 13.7
Mean Income 43,576 25,785 69.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 37.3 31.9 17.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.1 8.8 14.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 48.8 35.6 37.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 11.4 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 20.2 16.9 19.6
Sales and support (%) 23.6 20.9 13.0
Service (%) 15.3 11.6 31.9
Farming (%) 2.4 2.5 -4.0
Craft and Repair (%) 18.1 25.5 -29.0
Labor (%) 20.3 22.3 -8.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape
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