1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 17,735 16,675 6.4
Persons living in households 16,512 15,238 8.4
Persons living in group quarters 1,223 1,437 -14.8
Rural Population 9,767 8,823 10.7
Urban population 7,968 7,852 1.5
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 8,308 7,797 6.6
Female 9,427 8,878 6.2
AGE
Under 5 years 1,259 1,067 18.0
5 to 17 years 3,062 3,238 -5.4
18 to 24 years 1,500 1,936 -22.5
25 to 44 years 5,496 4,268 28.8
45 to 54 years 1,845 1,726 6.9
55 to 64 years 1,647 1,756 -6.2
65 to 74 years 1,528 1,523 0.4
75 to 84 years 1,046 861 21.5
85 years and over 352 300 17.4
Total under 18 4,321 4,305 0.4
Total 65 and over 2,926 2,684 9.1
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 17,397 16,492 5.5
Black non-Hispanic 76 21 262.0
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 5 14 -64.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 136 83 63.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 5 16 -68.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 116 49 136.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 6,543 5,551 17.9
Family households (families) 4,606 4,204 9.6
Families with children 2,250 2,210 1.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 316 229 38.0
Persons living alone 1,718 1,206 42.5
Persons 65 and over living alone 756 568 33.1
INCOME
Per Capita 13,769 6,353 116.8
Household (median) 27,260 16,052 69.9
Family (median) 33,130 18,654 77.7
Married couple families (mean) 44,930 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 18,343 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 6.0 6.1 -1.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 9.1 7.8 16.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 41.5 30.7 35.2
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 8.4 8.7 -3.4
Black 13.6 14.3 -4.8
Other race 16.3 3.6 352.8
Hispanic 27.3 6.8 301.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.3 17.1 -39.7
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 17.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 10.8 8.4 28.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 338 160 111.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 2,858 3,127 -8.6
College 630 385 63.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 75.2 60.3 24.8
College grad (%) 18.7 13.7 36.5
HOUSING
Total housing units 6,885 5,978 15.2
Occupied (%) 95.0 92.8 2.4
Owner Occupied (%) 71.6 73.3 -2.3
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 62,200 34,100 82.5
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 256 156 64.2
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.9 1.2 -24.9
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.3 7.3 -41.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 8,248 6,709 23.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 18.8 26.9 -30.1
Employed in service industry (%) 47.1 19.7 139.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.2 8.5 -74.1
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 12.4 11.8 5.3
Mean Income 20,610 8,505 142.4
Families with one worker 29.0 33.9 -14.5
Mean Income 31,297 21,012 49.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 58.6 54.3 7.9
Mean Income 52,234 23,792 119.6
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 53.9 43.7 23.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.0 7.8 -48.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 70.9 52.6 34.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 25.2 20.3 24.2
Sales and support (%) 25.3 20.1 25.9
Service (%) 18.0 19.7 -8.6
Farming (%) 3.6 4.0 -10.0
Craft and Repair (%) 9.7 11.6 -16.3
Labor (%) 18.2 24.0 -24.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3