1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 46,197 46,908 -1.5
Persons living in households 45,677 46,471 -1.7
Persons living in group quarters 520 437 19.0
Rural Population 36,856 37,078 -0.5
Urban population 9,341 9,830 -4.9
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 22,131 22,291 -0.7
Female 24,066 24,617 -2.2
AGE
Under 5 years 3,251 3,130 3.9
5 to 17 years 8,261 10,456 -20.9
18 to 24 years 4,346 4,883 -10.9
25 to 44 years 13,126 12,035 9.1
45 to 54 years 5,188 4,998 3.9
55 to 64 years 4,642 5,088 -8.7
65 to 74 years 4,257 4,019 6.0
75 to 84 years 2,477 1,827 35.6
85 years and over 649 472 37.5
Total under 18 11,512 13,586 -15.2
Total 65 and over 7,383 6,318 16.9
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 45,840 46,601 -1.6
Black non-Hispanic 97 96 1.1
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 31 25 24.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 96 43 123.3
Other race, non-Hispanic 1 21 -95.2
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 132 122 8.2
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 17,697 16,813 5.3
Family households (families) 12,842 12,861 -0.1
Families with children 6,062 6,787 -10.6
Female, no husb. present, w/children 918 851 7.9
Persons living alone 4,335 3,655 18.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 2,336 1,950 19.8
INCOME
Per Capita 10,609 5,812 82.6
Household (median) 22,778 13,958 63.2
Family (median) 27,502 17,012 61.7
Married couple families (mean) 34,684 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,661 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 9.5 9.6 -1.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 15.2 12.9 17.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 47.6 45.2 5.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 13.4 13.0 3.1
Black 22.2 1.8 1133.4
Other race 6.1 33.3 -81.6
Hispanic 5.5 24.5 -77.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 14.4 14.4 0.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 29.0 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 19.7 17.2 14.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 519 159 226.5
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 7,753 10,166 -23.7
College 994 548 81.4
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 68.2 57.5 18.7
College grad (%) 8.7 6.8 28.0
HOUSING
Total housing units 19,641 18,566 5.8
Occupied (%) 90.1 90.5 -0.4
Owner Occupied (%) 72.8 73.1 -0.4
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 44,800 28,500 57.2
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 204 119 71.5
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.8 .8 0.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 3.3 5.0 -34.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 19,831 18,209 9.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 33.8 40.1 -15.7
Employed in service industry (%) 25.3 11.5 120.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.7 7.2 -48.6
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 15.9 13.7 15.8
Mean Income 17,061 8,496 100.9
Families with one worker 29.3 37.7 -22.3
Mean Income 26,407 16,214 62.9
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.8 48.6 12.8
Mean Income 39,770 23,455 69.6
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 48.0 41.6 15.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.3 7.3 0.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 66.0 48.2 37.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.7 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 14.6 13.0 12.4
Sales and support (%) 22.9 21.6 6.1
Service (%) 12.7 11.5 10.5
Farming (%) 5.1 4.9 4.1
Craft and Repair (%) 14.0 12.9 8.6
Labor (%) 30.7 35.8 -14.2
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3