Somerset County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            78,218       81,243     -3.7      
  Persons living in households              77,029       80,167     -3.9      
  Persons living in group quarters           1,189        1,076     10.6      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            62,989       65,051     -3.1      
Urban population                            15,229       16,192     -5.9      
Metro status of county                       Metro        Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        37,728       39,450     -4.3      
Female                                      40,490       41,793     -3.1      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                5,017        5,913    -15.1      
5 to 17 years                               14,536       16,852    -13.7      
18 to 24 years                               6,496        9,181    -29.2      
25 to 44 years                              22,840       20,308     12.5      
45 to 54 years                               7,964        8,673     -8.1      
55 to 64 years                               8,113        9,513    -14.7      
65 to 74 years                               7,852        6,674     17.7      
75 to 84 years                               4,232        3,160     34.0      
85 years and over                            1,168          969     20.6      
Total under 18                              19,553       22,765    -14.1      
Total 65 and over                           13,252       10,803     22.7      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          77,701       80,798     -3.8      
Black non-Hispanic                             101           57     77.2      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           41           29     41.4      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         138           89     55.1      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         6           36    -83.3      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  231          234     -1.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            29,574       28,549      3.6      
 Family households (families)               22,057       22,345     -1.2      
  Families with children                    10,422       11,427     -8.7      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,376        1,132     21.6      
 Persons living alone                        6,871        5,771     19.1      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           3,844        2,973     29.3      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,422        6,011     73.4      
Household (median)                          21,674       14,716     47.3      
Family (median)                             25,549       17,338     47.4      
  Married couple families (mean)            33,010          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,894          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           11.2          9.1     23.1      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           16.4         12.1     35.6      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       45.0         43.0      4.7      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       14.3         11.6     23.3      
  Black                                       31.1         21.1     47.4      
  Other race                                  26.5         19.2     38.1      
  Hispanic                                    24.7          7.8    216.7      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           13.6         15.8    -13.9      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       26.9          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            19.3         15.0     28.7      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,000          442    126.3      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     13,474       16,555    -18.6      
  College                                    2,380        1,067    123.1      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        68.9         57.9     19.0      
  College grad (%)                             8.9          7.3     22.0      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         35,713       33,409      6.9      
  Occupied (%)                                82.8         85.4     -3.0      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        77.4         76.6      1.1      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     43,400       32,100     35.3      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        196          132     48.5      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.1          1.1      0.0      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        8.1          7.6      6.6      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            31,594       29,816      6.0      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      19.9         22.8    -12.7      
  Employed in service industry (%)            28.6         11.5    148.7      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     4.9         10.1    -51.4      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           17.6         16.0     10.5      
  Mean Income                               16,315        9,151     78.3      
Families with one worker                      32.0         38.4    -16.5      
  Mean Income                               27,305       16,927     61.4      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       50.4         45.7     10.2      
  Mean Income                               39,353       24,765     59.0      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              44.6         38.4     16.2      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               6.4          6.5     -1.5      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         61.2         43.1     42.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.2          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              17.5         14.5     20.7      
  Sales and support (%)                       25.1         23.3      7.8      
  Service (%)                                 14.1         11.5     22.7      
  Farming (%)                                  4.7          4.7      0.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        14.3         17.5    -18.2      
  Labor (%)                                   24.3         28.2    -13.8      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3