Lebanon County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                           113,744      108,582      4.8      
  Persons living in households             110,296      105,261      4.8      
  Persons living in group quarters           3,448        3,321      3.9      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            65,599       64,027      2.5      
Urban population                            48,145       44,555      8.1      
Metro status of county                       Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        55,512       52,991      4.8      
Female                                      58,232       55,591      4.8      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                7,637        7,336      4.2      
5 to 17 years                               20,125       22,507    -10.5      
18 to 24 years                              10,752       12,668    -15.1      
25 to 44 years                              34,905       28,898     20.8      
45 to 54 years                              12,069       12,001      0.6      
55 to 64 years                              11,186       11,538     -3.0      
65 to 74 years                               9,711        8,214     18.3      
75 to 84 years                               5,620        4,094     37.3      
85 years and over                            1,739        1,326     31.2      
Total under 18                              27,762       29,843     -6.9      
Total 65 and over                           17,070       13,634     25.3      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                         109,486      105,792      3.5      
Black non-Hispanic                             615          440     39.8      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           88           50     76.0      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         874          521     67.8      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        15          174    -91.3      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                2,666        1,605     66.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            42,688       37,933     12.6      
 Family households (families)               31,163       29,378      6.1      
  Families with children                    14,932       15,541     -3.9      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      2,226        1,793     24.2      
 Persons living alone                        9,788        7,551     29.7      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           4,590        3,377     36.0      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  13,209        6,895     91.6      
Household (median)                          29,469       17,669     66.8      
Family (median)                             34,383       19,961     72.3      
  Married couple families (mean)            42,087          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      16,953          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            5.2          5.3     -1.8      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)            8.2          7.9      3.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       34.1         31.8      7.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                        6.7          7.1     -5.6      
  Black                                       33.1         17.2     92.5      
  Other race                                  29.2         26.1     11.9      
  Hispanic                                    41.4         32.2     28.6      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            8.7         10.7    -18.6      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       18.7          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            10.2          9.7      5.2      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,758          760    131.4      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     18,271       22,439    -18.5      
  College                                    4,313        2,403     79.5      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        70.0         59.6     17.5      
  College grad (%)                            11.8          9.3     26.9      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         44,634       40,090     11.4      
  Occupied (%)                                95.6         94.6      1.1      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        71.0         71.5     -0.6      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     71,000       39,300     80.7      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        293          164     78.7      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.1          1.4    -21.4      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        3.7          5.8    -36.2      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            56,716       50,425     12.5      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      26.9         36.8    -26.9      
  Employed in service industry (%)            29.4         12.8    129.7      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     2.5          4.1    -39.0      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           12.0         10.2     16.7      
  Mean Income                               21,304       10,429    104.3      
Families with one worker                      25.1         30.2    -16.8      
  Mean Income                               30,186       18,324     64.8      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       62.9         59.5      5.7      
  Mean Income                               46,565       25,725     81.1      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              59.0         52.1     13.3      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.8          4.5    -15.5      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         75.0         60.6     23.8      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.5          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              18.7         15.1     23.9      
  Sales and support (%)                       26.3         24.2      8.7      
  Service (%)                                 14.5         12.8     13.3      
  Farming (%)                                  3.0          3.0      0.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        14.1         14.8     -4.7      
  Labor (%)                                   23.4         29.7    -21.2      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3