Montour County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              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