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