1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 16,717 17,726 -5.6
Persons living in households 16,452 17,481 -5.8
Persons living in group quarters 265 245 8.2
Rural Population 13,863 14,935 -7.1
Urban population 2,854 2,791 2.3
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 8,121 8,824 -7.9
Female 8,596 8,902 -3.4
AGE
Under 5 years 1,188 1,315 -9.6
5 to 17 years 3,403 4,238 -19.7
18 to 24 years 1,299 1,856 -30.0
25 to 44 years 4,625 4,312 7.3
45 to 54 years 1,766 1,819 -2.9
55 to 64 years 1,682 1,884 -10.7
65 to 74 years 1,603 1,373 16.8
75 to 84 years 875 680 28.7
85 years and over 276 249 10.9
Total under 18 4,591 5,553 -17.3
Total 65 and over 2,754 2,302 19.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 16,573 17,556 -5.5
Black non-Hispanic 20 30 -33.3
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 25 27 -7.4
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 27 36 -24.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 0 14 -99.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 72 63 14.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 6,246 6,143 1.7
Family households (families) 4,600 4,745 -3.0
Families with children 2,276 2,643 -13.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 333 313 6.4
Persons living alone 1,440 1,282 12.4
Persons 65 and over living alone 775 660 17.5
INCOME
Per Capita 9,905 5,125 93.3
Household (median) 21,377 12,993 64.6
Family (median) 25,448 15,384 65.5
Married couple families (mean) 32,072 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 10,050 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 11.7 12.3 -4.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 17.6 15.8 11.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 62.2 54.2 14.8
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 14.9 15.3 -2.6
Black 38.5 40.9 -5.8
Other race 8.7 15.0 -41.9
Hispanic 33.3 20.4 63.3
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 17.4 19.3 -9.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 34.6 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 20.2 18.9 6.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 313 66 374.3
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 3,125 4,259 -26.6
College 383 205 86.9
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.8 61.5 20.0
College grad (%) 9.8 8.3 18.1
HOUSING
Total housing units 11,334 10,859 4.4
Occupied (%) 55.1 56.5 -2.4
Owner Occupied (%) 75.4 76.8 -1.8
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 40,900 27,700 47.7
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 216 125 72.8
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 2.0 1.7 17.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.9 9.6 -28.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 6,778 6,354 6.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 27.2 32.4 -16.0
Employed in service industry (%) 27.1 11.7 131.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 4.1 11.2 -63.3
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.8 15.9 12.0
Mean Income 16,006 8,058 98.7
Families with one worker 30.0 35.5 -15.7
Mean Income 23,515 15,172 55.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 52.2 48.6 7.6
Mean Income 38,149 20,755 83.9
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 47.7 41.0 16.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.8 10.1 -32.6
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 66.9 50.5 32.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.9 14.3 25.2
Sales and support (%) 22.0 19.7 11.7
Service (%) 13.7 11.7 17.1
Farming (%) 6.9 8.3 -16.8
Craft and Repair (%) 13.2 14.9 -11.4
Labor (%) 26.2 30.8 -14.9
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3