Jefferson County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            46,083       48,303     -4.5      
  Persons living in households              45,311       47,698     -5.0      
  Persons living in group quarters             772          605     27.7      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            32,299       33,240     -2.8      
Urban population                            13,784       15,063     -8.4      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        22,266       23,350     -4.6      
Female                                      23,817       24,953     -4.5      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                3,001        3,555    -15.5      
5 to 17 years                                8,694       10,114    -14.0      
18 to 24 years                               3,949        5,616    -29.6      
25 to 44 years                              13,251       11,782     12.5      
45 to 54 years                               4,628        4,954     -6.5      
55 to 64 years                               4,616        5,245    -11.9      
65 to 74 years                               4,462        4,217      5.9      
75 to 84 years                               2,687        2,144     25.4      
85 years and over                              795          676     17.7      
Total under 18                              11,695       13,669    -14.4      
Total 65 and over                            7,944        7,037     12.9      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          45,815       47,986     -4.5      
Black non-Hispanic                              49           37     32.5      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           46           24     91.7      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          70           69      1.5      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         5           45    -88.8      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                   98          142    -30.9      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            17,608       17,260      2.1      
 Family households (families)               12,918       13,312     -2.9      
  Families with children                     6,213        6,823     -8.9      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        906          770     17.7      
 Persons living alone                        4,343        3,761     15.5      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           2,440        2,140     14.1      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,580        6,247     69.4      
Household (median)                          22,063       14,961     47.5      
Family (median)                             26,208       17,664     48.4      
  Married couple families (mean)            33,356          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,815          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           10.9          7.8     39.8      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           15.3         10.5     45.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       51.7         42.5     21.7      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       13.6         10.1     34.7      
  Black                                       56.3          0.0      0.0      
  Other race                                  12.5         32.9    -62.0      
  Hispanic                                    14.7         43.1    -65.8      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           12.3         15.8    -22.1      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       22.8          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            18.3         12.5     46.4      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               588          274    114.6      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      8,206       10,030    -18.1      
  College                                    1,570          910     72.6      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        72.6         62.3     16.6      
  College grad (%)                             8.9          8.3      7.3      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         21,242       20,661      2.9      
  Occupied (%)                                82.9         83.5     -0.7      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        77.2         77.1      0.2      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     42,500       32,300     31.6 
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        203          126     61.2      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.5          1.2     25.1      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                       10.5          9.2     14.2      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            18,320       17,900      2.4      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      23.5         27.8    -15.4      
  Employed in service industry (%)            27.3         12.0    127.5      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     4.9         10.6    -53.7      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           18.0         15.0     20.7      
  Mean Income                               16,778        9,095     84.5      
Families with one worker                      32.8         37.6    -12.8      
  Mean Income                               26,979       17,903     50.7      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       49.2         47.5      3.6
  Mean Income                               38,944       25,237     54.4      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              44.5         39.4     13.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.8         10.6    -26.4      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         59.9         44.8     33.8      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.8          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              17.2         16.3      5.6      
  Sales and support (%)                       25.1         22.2     13.1      
  Service (%)                                 14.7         12.0     22.5      
  Farming (%)                                  2.5          2.6     -3.8      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        14.7         16.8    -12.5      
  Labor (%)                                   25.8         29.9    -13.7      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3