1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 47,131 50,635 -6.9
Persons living in households 44,890 49,749 -9.7
Persons living in group quarters 2,241 886 153.0
Rural Population 32,916 31,915 3.2
Urban population 14,215 18,720 -24.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 23,217 24,304 -4.4
Female 23,914 26,331 -9.1
AGE
Under 5 years 3,048 3,433 -11.2
5 to 17 years 8,607 11,026 -21.9
18 to 24 years 4,310 5,639 -23.5
25 to 44 years 13,614 11,864 14.8
45 to 54 years 4,864 5,353 -9.1
55 to 64 years 4,806 5,549 -13.3
65 to 74 years 4,237 4,684 -9.5
75 to 84 years 2,781 2,477 12.3
85 years and over 864 610 41.7
Total under 18 11,655 14,459 -19.3
Total 65 and over 7,882 7,771 1.5
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 45,888 50,151 -8.5
Black non-Hispanic 460 94 389.4
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 106 91 16.5
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 150 114 31.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 16 25 -35.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 511 160 219.4
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 17,837 18,294 -2.4
Family households (families) 12,590 13,620 -7.5
Families with children 6,127 6,930 -11.5
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,089 973 12.0
Persons living alone 4,704 4,309 9.2
Persons 65 and over living alone 2,592 2,390 8.5
INCOME
Per Capita 10,817 6,133 76.4
Household (median) 23,106 14,780 56.4
Family (median) 28,567 17,580 62.5
Married couple families (mean) 35,169 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 11,831 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.5 7.2 59.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.5 11.0 68.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 53.3 38.7 37.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 14.8 10.1 46.6
Black 39.8 31.6 26.0
Other race 19.4 15.8 22.8
Hispanic 23.2 32.2 -27.9
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.3 10.8 13.9
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 26.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 21.6 13.6 58.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 700 244 186.9
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 8,029 11,099 -27.6
College 1,822 1,209 50.8
Dropout rate (county) 24.6 35.0 -29.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 75.4 64.9 16.2
College grad (%) 12.2 9.2 32.7
HOUSING
Total housing units 21,454 21,566 -0.5
Occupied (%) 83.1 84.8 -2.0
Owner Occupied (%) 74.0 75.2 -1.5
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 37,400 28,000 33.6
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 219 129 69.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.5 .9 66.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 7.4 7.9 -6.3
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 19,317 20,547 -5.9
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 31.2 39.1 -20.2
Employed in service industry (%) 29.3 12.2 140.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.3 7.1 -25.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.4 15.1 15.6
Mean Income 17,015 9,750 74.6
Families with one worker 29.0 33.8 -14.4
Mean Income 25,901 16,598 56.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 53.6 51.1 4.9
Mean Income 40,755 24,682 65.2
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 50.4 44.6 13.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.6 6.7 28.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 70.5 54.5 29.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 11.2 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.0 17.8 18.0
Sales and support (%) 24.4 24.0 1.7
Service (%) 14.6 12.2 19.7
Farming (%) 1.9 1.6 18.8
Craft and Repair (%) 13.2 15.2 -13.1
Labor (%) 24.8 28.9 -14.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3