Huntingdon County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            44,164       42,253      4.6      
  Persons living in households              40,053       39,934      0.3      
  Persons living in group quarters           4,111        2,319     77.3      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            34,443       32,110      7.3      
Urban population                             9,721       10,143     -4.1      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        22,849       21,061      8.5      
Female                                      21,315       21,192      0.6      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                2,804        2,776      1.1      
5 to 17 years                                7,583        9,087    -16.5      
18 to 24 years                               5,204        5,523     -5.7      
25 to 44 years                              13,664       10,993     24.3      
45 to 54 years                               4,613        4,503      2.5      
55 to 64 years                               4,345        4,096      6.1      
65 to 74 years                               3,388        3,284      3.2      
75 to 84 years                               2,008        1,610     24.8      
85 years and over                              555          381     45.7      
Total under 18                              10,387       11,863    -12.4      
Total 65 and over                            5,951        5,275     12.9      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          41,874       41,025      2.1      
Black non-Hispanic                           1,951          959    103.5      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           48           38     26.4      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          79           50     58.0      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        17           48    -64.5      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  195          133     46.7      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            15,527       14,459      7.4      
 Family households (families)               11,297       10,927      3.4      
  Families with children                     5,567        5,904     -5.7      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        788          717     10.0      
 Persons living alone                        3,778        3,198     18.2      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           1,994        1,733     15.1      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,471        5,233    100.1      
Household (median)                          23,067       12,951     78.2      
Family (median)                             27,807       15,744     76.7      
  Married couple families (mean)            34,536          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,288          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           10.5          9.6      9.4      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           15.6         13.7     13.9      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       52.1         38.0     37.2      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       13.1         13.4     -2.2      
  Black                                       29.0         30.3     -4.2      
  Other race                                  38.2         19.4     97.0      
  Hispanic                                    44.1         28.2     56.4      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           14.5         15.4     -5.8      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       27.8          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            18.1         17.6      2.9      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               500          259     93.1      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      7,241        9,139    -20.7      
  College                                    2,362        1,865     26.7      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        71.2         61.5     15.8      
  College grad (%)                             9.4          8.6      9.4      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         19,286       16,901     14.2      
  Occupied (%)                                80.5         85.5     -5.8      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        76.3         74.9      1.9      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     43,100       28,900     49.2      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        197          122     61.5      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.3          1.2      8.4      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        6.0          5.0     20.0      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            17,482       15,338     14.0      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      23.3         29.4    -20.7      
  Employed in service industry (%)            27.7         12.1    129.0      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     4.3         10.2    -57.8      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           14.8         14.8     -0.1      
  Mean Income                               16,102        8,541     88.6      
Families with one worker                      29.1         36.8    -20.8      
  Mean Income                               23,584       15,070     56.5      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       56.0         48.4     15.8      
  Mean Income                               40,704       21,604     88.5      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              49.1         42.5     15.6      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.0          8.9    -10.1      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         67.1         49.9     34.5
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.8          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over
  Managerial (%)                              17.6         16.9      4.2      
  Sales and support (%)                       24.2         21.1     14.7      
  Service (%)                                 13.6         12.1     12.4      
  Farming (%)                                  4.9          4.4     11.4      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        13.6         14.8     -8.1      
  Labor (%)                                   26.2         30.4    -13.8      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3