Susquehanna County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            40,380       37,876      6.7      
  Persons living in households              40,029       37,698      6.2      
  Persons living in group quarters             351          178     97.2      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            40,380       37,876      6.7      
Urban population                                 0            0      0.0      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro        Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        19,929       18,619      7.1      
Female                                      20,451       19,257      6.3      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                2,922        2,793      4.7      
5 to 17 years                                7,916        8,614     -8.1      
18 to 24 years                               3,222        3,919    -17.7      
25 to 44 years                              11,932        9,860     21.1      
45 to 54 years                               4,496        3,745     20.1      
55 to 64 years                               3,707        4,023     -7.8      
65 to 74 years                               3,555        3,062     16.2      
75 to 84 years                               2,013        1,454     38.5      
85 years and over                              617          406     52.0      
Total under 18                              10,838       11,407     -4.9      
Total 65 and over                            6,185        4,922     25.7      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          39,961       37,551      6.5      
Black non-Hispanic                              79           45     75.6      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           83           44     88.7      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          87           50     74.0      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         8           35    -77.1      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  162          151      7.3      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            14,898       13,017     14.5      
 Family households (families)               11,238       10,254      9.6      
  Families with children                     5,565        5,516      0.9      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        741          555     33.6      
 Persons living alone                        3,197        2,505     27.7      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           1,722        1,348     27.8      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,907        5,615     94.3      
Household (median)                          24,736       14,182     74.5      
Family (median)                             29,025       16,384     77.2      
  Married couple families (mean)            35,211          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      12,796          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            9.3          9.9     -6.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           13.5         13.7     -1.4      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       42.9         42.2      1.7      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       12.1         12.8     -5.4      
  Black                                       20.5         86.0    -76.1      
  Other race                                  18.3         11.6     57.8      
  Hispanic                                    22.6          8.5    165.9      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           13.9         14.1     -1.4      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       29.4          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            15.8         17.1     -7.6      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               603          151    299.4      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      7,456        8,626    -13.5      
  College                                    1,307          553    136.4      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        76.0         65.1     16.8      
  College grad (%)                            11.1          8.7     27.6      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         20,308       17,202     18.1      
  Occupied (%)                                73.4         75.6     -2.9      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        79.2         79.1      0.2      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     64,200       32,100    100.0      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        254          134     89.6      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.4          1.6    -12.4      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        6.7         10.4    -35.5      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            17,444       14,918     17.0      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      25.1         36.7    -31.6      
  Employed in service industry (%)            25.0         10.4    140.4      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     3.6          8.1    -55.5      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           15.0         14.0      7.7      
  Mean Income                               15,924        9,440     68.7      
Families with one worker                      28.6         33.9    -15.6      
  Mean Income                               25,573       15,414     66.0      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       56.4         52.1      8.1      
  Mean Income                               41,831       22,463     86.3      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              50.1         43.7     14.7      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               6.9          7.4     -6.7      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         64.4         51.9     24.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.4          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              18.2         15.4     18.2      
  Sales and support (%)                       25.3         19.6     29.1      
  Service (%)                                 12.6         10.4     21.2      
  Farming (%)                                  5.7          8.7    -34.4      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        15.6         15.4      1.3      
  Labor (%)                                   22.6         30.2    -25.1      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3