Wayne County, PA - 1990 Census Profile

                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            39,944       35,237     13.4      
  Persons living in households              38,782       34,701     11.8      
  Persons living in group quarters           1,162          536    116.8      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            34,972       30,109     16.2      
Urban population                             4,972        5,128     -3.0      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        19,803       17,223     15.0      
Female                                      20,141       18,014     11.9      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                2,663        2,458      8.4      
5 to 17 years                                7,389        7,571     -2.4      
18 to 24 years                               3,240        3,460     -6.3      
25 to 44 years                              11,707        8,624     35.8      
45 to 54 years                               4,110        3,649     12.7      
55 to 64 years                               4,069        4,015      1.4      
65 to 74 years                               3,880        3,312     17.2      
75 to 84 years                               2,175        1,632     33.3      
85 years and over                              711          516     37.8      
Total under 18                              10,052       10,029      0.3      
Total 65 and over                            6,766        5,460     24.0      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          39,153       34,911     12.2      
Black non-Hispanic                             276           78    253.9      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           42           24     75.0      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          94           46    104.4      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         8           17    -52.9      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  371          161    130.5      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            14,638       12,389     18.2      
 Family households (families)               10,903        9,589     13.8      
  Families with children                     5,077        4,800      5.8      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        712          524     35.9      
 Persons living alone                        3,229        2,583     25.1      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           1,724        1,460     18.1      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  11,257        5,735     96.3      
Household (median)                          24,912       13,187     89.0      
Family (median)                             28,395       15,494     83.3      
  Married couple families (mean)            36,540          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      14,617          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            8.7          9.3     -6.4      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           12.8         14.1     -9.2      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       46.1         44.2      4.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       11.3         12.2     -7.3      
  Black                                        6.0         19.0    -68.4      
  Other race                                  12.9          4.0    222.5      
  Hispanic                                     8.9          8.7      2.3      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           12.8         13.6     -5.8      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       30.5          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            15.7         16.7     -5.9      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               595          266    123.7      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      7,008        7,423     -5.5      
  College                                    1,144          537    113.1      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        74.2         62.1     19.5      
  College grad (%)                            13.1          8.7     50.6      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         28,480       19,598     45.4      
  Occupied (%)                                51.4         63.2    -18.6      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        79.2         79.5     -0.3      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     89,800       39,000    130.3      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        299          150     99.4      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     2.8          2.0     40.0      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        6.1          6.1      0.0      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            17,487       13,644     28.2      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      16.3         27.3    -40.2      
  Employed in service industry (%)            29.9         12.4    141.2      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     2.9          8.9    -67.4      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           15.9         15.2      4.2      
  Mean Income                               16,220        9,777     65.9      
Families with one worker                      27.7         32.6    -14.8      
  Mean Income                               26,644       15,576     71.1      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       56.4         52.2      8.0      
  Mean Income                               43,202       22,139     95.2      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              50.7         43.5     16.6      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               5.3          7.3    -27.3      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         64.0         53.2     20.4      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               6.8          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              18.5         16.4     12.9      
  Sales and support (%)                       26.0         20.0     30.0      
  Service (%)                                 14.6         12.4     17.8      
  Farming (%)                                  5.1          7.8    -34.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        16.2         15.1      7.3      
  Labor (%)                                   19.5         28.0    -30.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3