Venango County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            59,381       64,444     -7.8      
  Persons living in households              57,791       62,596     -7.6      
  Persons living in group quarters           1,590        1,848    -13.9      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            35,792       36,463     -1.8      
Urban population                            23,589       27,981    -15.6      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        28,774       31,250     -7.9      
Female                                      30,607       33,194     -7.7      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                3,914        4,644    -15.7      
5 to 17 years                               11,476       13,537    -15.2      
18 to 24 years                               4,663        7,184    -35.0      
25 to 44 years                              17,839       17,031      4.8      
45 to 54 years                               6,238        7,108    -12.2      
55 to 64 years                               6,330        6,857     -7.6      
65 to 74 years                               5,240        4,874      7.6      
75 to 84 years                               2,829        2,533     11.7      
85 years and over                              852          676     26.1      
Total under 18                              15,390       18,181    -15.3      
Total 65 and over                            8,921        8,083     10.4      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          58,488       63,686     -8.1      
Black non-Hispanic                             484          314     54.2      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           52           47     10.7      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         135          155    -12.9      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        21           32    -34.3      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  201          210     -4.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            22,408       22,700     -1.2      
 Family households (families)               16,470       17,356     -5.1      
  Families with children                     7,980        9,156    -12.8      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,373        1,118     22.9      
 Persons living alone                        5,359        4,902      9.4      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           2,681        2,468      8.7      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,696        6,684     60.1      
Household (median)                          22,593       16,796     34.6      
Family (median)                             27,161       19,531     39.1      
 Married couple families (mean)            34,241          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      10,655          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           12.1          6.7     80.6      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           19.6          9.3    110.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       57.4         39.5     45.4      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       14.9          8.5     75.3      
  Black                                       36.5         23.2     57.4      
  Other race                                  36.9         24.0     53.8      
  Hispanic                                    43.8         25.1     74.6      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            9.6         12.2    -21.3      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       19.3          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            22.8         10.3    121.4      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,042          434    140.1      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     10,599       13,367    -20.7      
  College                                    1,870        1,139     64.2      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        74.2         64.9     14.4      
  College grad (%)                            10.8          9.2     17.4      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         26,961       26,650      1.2      
  Occupied (%)                                83.1         85.1     -2.3      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        74.5         76.0     -1.9      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     38,600       31,200     23.8      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        209          137     52.6      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     2.3          1.2     91.7      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        8.6          6.7     28.4      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            23,858       25,047     -4.7      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      23.8         32.8    -27.4      
  Employed in service industry (%)            32.0         15.7    103.9      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     5.0          8.2    -39.0      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           18.1         13.7     32.3      
  Mean Income                               18,502       10,788     71.6      
Families with one worker                      30.3         38.0    -20.2      
  Mean Income                               25,898       19,429     33.3      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       51.5         48.3      6.7      
  Mean Income                               39,699       26,134     52.0      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              47.1         41.3     14.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.1          7.8     -8.9      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         65.2         45.7     42.7      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.7          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              20.6         18.6     10.8      
  Sales and support (%)                       28.0         25.3     10.7      
  Service (%)                                 17.0         15.7      8.3      
  Farming (%)                                  1.8          1.5     20.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        12.5         14.3    -12.5      
  Labor (%)                                   20.2         24.3    -16.8      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3