Northumberland Count, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            96,771      100,381     -3.5      
  Persons living in households              95,186       99,429     -4.2      
  Persons living in group quarters           1,585          952     66.5      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            49,366       49,219      0.3      
Urban population                            47,405       51,162     -7.3      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        45,866       47,435     -3.3      
Female                                      50,905       52,946     -3.8      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                5,996        6,071     -1.2      
5 to 17 years                               16,435       19,923    -17.5      
18 to 24 years                               8,163       10,216    -20.0      
25 to 44 years                              27,342       24,453     11.9      
45 to 54 years                              10,205       11,002     -7.2      
55 to 64 years                              10,343       12,566    -17.6      
65 to 74 years                              10,335       10,256      0.8      
75 to 84 years                               6,205        4,767     30.2      
85 years and over                            1,747        1,127     55.1      
Total under 18                              22,431       25,994    -13.7      
Total 65 and over                           18,287       16,150     13.3      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          95,659       99,680     -4.0      
Black non-Hispanic                             311          161     93.2      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           74           44     68.2      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         170          124     37.1      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        25           71    -64.7      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  532          301     76.8      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            38,736       37,846      2.4      
 Family households (families)               26,998       28,105     -3.9      
  Families with children                    12,246       13,648    -10.2      
  Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,970        1,786     10.4      
Persons living alone                       10,608        9,077     16.9      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           6,157        5,173     19.1      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,819        5,682     90.5      
Household (median)                          22,124       12,931     71.1      
Family (median)                             27,669       15,862     74.5      
  Married couple families (mean)            34,156          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,801          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            8.4          8.0      5.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           13.0         11.8     10.2      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       41.8         41.7      0.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       11.6         11.3      2.7      
  Black                                       14.4         49.4    -70.8      
  Other race                                  17.3         39.7    -56.4      
  Hispanic                                    22.1         46.2    -52.1      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           14.2         15.7     -9.5      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       27.1          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            15.1         14.4      4.9      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,291          384    236.2      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     14,867       19,843    -25.0      
  College                                    2,849        1,335    113.5      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        68.5         57.6     19.0      
  College grad (%)                             8.6          6.7     28.4      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         41,900       40,888      2.5      
  Occupied (%)                                92.4         92.5     -0.1      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        73.3         73.0      0.5      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     39,500       23,700     66.7      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        205          123     66.7      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.6          1.9    -15.7      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        6.1          6.4     -4.6      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            41,584       39,580      5.1      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      27.4         34.6    -20.8      
  Employed in service industry (%)            27.8         13.2    110.7      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     4.1          8.6    -52.3      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           15.9         16.8     -5.1      
  Mean Income                               18,147        8,789    106.5      
Families with one worker                      29.3         34.2    -14.3      
  Mean Income                               25,280       15,667     61.4      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       54.7         49.0     11.7      
  Mean Income                               39,333       22,017     78.7      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              48.1         42.2     14.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.0          7.8    -10.2      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         68.9         52.6     31.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.0          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              16.0         13.7     16.8      
  Sales and support (%)                       25.6         22.6     13.3      
  Service (%)                                 15.2         13.2     15.2      
  Farming (%)                                  2.3          2.0     15.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        12.7         14.0     -9.2      
  Labor (%)                                   28.2         34.1    -17.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3