1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 27,966 18,271 53.1
Persons living in households 27,636 18,191 52.0
Persons living in group quarters 330 80 312.5
Rural Population 27,966 18,271 53.1
Urban population 0 0 0.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 13,861 8,868 56.4
Female 14,105 9,403 50.1
AGE
Under 5 years 2,254 1,015 122.1
5 to 17 years 4,809 3,387 42.0
18 to 24 years 1,812 1,482 22.3
25 to 44 years 8,894 4,363 103.9
45 to 54 years 2,743 2,107 30.2
55 to 64 years 3,097 2,625 18.0
65 to 74 years 2,838 2,161 31.4
75 to 84 years 1,209 915 32.2
85 years and over 310 216 43.6
Total under 18 7,063 4,402 60.5
Total 65 and over 4,357 3,292 32.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 26,890 17,883 50.4
Black non-Hispanic 246 55 347.3
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 45 18 150.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 129 40 222.5
Other race, non-Hispanic 5 30 -83.3
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 651 245 165.8
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 10,536 7,123 48.0
Family households (families) 8,004 5,390 48.5
Families with children 3,713 2,323 59.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 376 248 51.7
Persons living alone 2,108 1,577 33.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,025 824 24.4
INCOME
Per Capita 13,785 6,869 100.7
Household (median) 30,314 14,726 105.9
Family (median) 34,379 17,055 101.6
Married couple families (mean) 41,009 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 20,820 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.1 7.0 -27.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 7.1 10.6 -33.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 37.1 30.9 20.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 7.0 8.9 -21.3
Black 9.6 19.2 -50.0
Other race 16.9 21.0 -19.5
Hispanic 14.3 20.3 -29.5
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 9.4 9.6 -2.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 17.9 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 8.4 11.0 -23.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 594 101 488.2
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 4,203 3,439 22.3
College 839 418 100.8
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 79.2 65.0 21.9
College grad (%) 14.7 11.7 25.7
HOUSING
Total housing units 30,852 17,727 74.1
Occupied (%) 34.2 40.1 -14.7
Owner Occupied (%) 83.3 80.8 3.1
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 117,700 45,300 59.9
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 445 184 141
.9
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 4.9 3.0 63.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 10.1 10.3 -1.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 12,528 6,932 80.8
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 12.9 15.7 -17.8
Employed in service industry (%) 32.0 15.9 101.3
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.2 9.8 -67.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.0 21.2 -19.7
Mean Income 19,030 13,025 46.2
Families with one worker 28.2 31.7 -11.0
Mean Income 34,404 17,804 93.3
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 54.8 47.1 16.2
Mean Income 48,386 24,402 98.3
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 52.7 40.8 29.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.6 9.5 -41.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 61.3 52.5 16.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 21.5 21.8 -1.3
Sales and support (%) 30.2 27.2 11.1
Service (%) 14.8 15.9 -6.9
Farming (%) 2.2 2.1 4.8
Craft and Repair (%) 16.8 15.3 9.9
Labor (%) 14.5 17.4 -16.6
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3