People Under Age 18 in Poverty, 1990 Census


County Estimates for People Under Age 18 in Poverty for Pennsylvania: Census 1989


Table DCN-42. Estimated Number and Percent People Under
Age 18 in Poverty by County: Pennsylvania Census 1989

(Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program. Bureau of the Census)
(Population as of April 1990)

People Under Age 18 in Poverty
Number Percent
State and County Estimate 90% Confidence Interval Estimate 90% Confidence Interval
Pennsylvania 432,227 428,904 to 435,550 15.7 15.6 to 15.8
-Adams County 1,762 1,548 to 1,976 9.2 8.1 to 10.3
-Allegheny County 47,669 46,565 to 48,773 17.1 16.7 to 17.4
-Armstrong County 3,067 2,788 to 3,346 17.5 15.9 to 19.1
-Beaver County 8,745 8,275 to 9,215 20.4 19.3 to 21.5
-Bedford County 2,217 2,082 to 2,352 18.6 17.5 to 19.7
-Berks County 8,686 8,212 to 9,160 11.4 10.8 to 12.0
-Blair County 6,520 6,115 to 6,925 20.5 19.3 to 21.8
-Bradford County 2,768 2,617 to 2,919 16.9 16.0 to 17.9
-Bucks County 6,670 6,192 to 7,148 4.9 4.5 to 5.2
-Butler County 4,765 4,415 to 5,115 12.8 11.8 to 13.7
-Cambria County 7,521 7,085 to 7,957 19.9 18.7 to 21.0
-Cameron County 233 156 to 310 15.6 10.4 to 20.7
-Carbon County 1,712 1,502 to 1,922 13.4 11.7 to 15.0
-Centre County 2,336 2,089 to 2,583 10.5 9.4 to 11.6
-Chester County 5,298 4,926 to 5,670 5.7 5.3 to 6.1
-Clarion County 2,020 1,891 to 2,149 21.3 19.9 to 22.7
-Clearfield County 3,611 3,309 to 3,913 18.6 17.1 to 20.2
-Clinton County 1,921 1,795 to 2,047 22.7 21.2 to 24.2
-Columbia County 1,595 1,479 to 1,711 11.7 10.8 to 12.5
-Crawford County 5,003 4,801 to 5,205 22.8 21.8 to 23.7
-Cumberland County 2,349 2,101 to 2,597 5.5 5.0 to 6.1
-Dauphin County 8,709 8,237 to 9,181 15.9 15.1 to 16.8
-Delaware County 12,047 11,408 to 12,686 9.7 9.2 to 10.2
-Elk County 1,077 911 to 1,243 12.1 10.2 to 13.9
-Erie County 12,774 12,206 to 13,342 18.2 17.3 to 19.0
-Fayette County 10,493 9,985 to 11,001 30.3 28.8 to 31.8
-Forest County 141 107 to 175 13.8 10.4 to 17.1
-Franklin County 3,487 3,187 to 3,787 11.9 10.9 to 12.9
-Fulton County 512 455 to 569 14.0 12.5 to 15.6
-Greene County 2,892 2,625 to 3,159 28.9 26.2 to 31.5
-Huntingdon County 1,840 1,716 to 1,964 18.1 16.8 to 19.3
-Indiana County 4,369 4,037 to 4,701 21.0 19.4 to 22.6
-Jefferson County 2,131 1,998 to 2,264 18.3 17.2 to 19.4
-Juniata County 643 570 to 716 12.2 10.8 to 13.6
-Lackawanna County 7,027 6,602 to 7,452 14.9 14.0 to 15.8
-Lancaster County 12,956 12,379 to 13,533 11.8 11.2 to 12.3
-Lawrence County 5,003 4,648 to 5,358 22.6 21.0 to 24.2
-Lebanon County 2,771 2,503 to 3,039 10.2 9.2 to 11.1
-Lehigh County 7,142 6,651 to 7,633 11.0 10.2 to 11.7
-Luzerne County 11,428 10,887 to 11,969 16.4 15.6 to 17.2
-Lycoming County 4,836 4,485 to 5,187 16.5 15.3 to 17.7
-Mc Kean County 2,471 2,222 to 2,720 21.6 19.4 to 23.8
-Mercer County 5,517 5,143 to 5,891 19.9 18.5 to 21.2
-Mifflin County 2,233 1,996 to 2,470 19.7 17.6 to 21.8
-Monroe County 1,910 1,687 to 2,133 8.1 7.2 to 9.1
-Montgomery County 5,921 5,470 to 6,372 3.9 3.6 to 4.2
-Montour County 455 347 to 563 10.8 8.3 to 13.4
-Northampton County 5,685 5,301 to 6,069 10.0 9.4 to 10.7
-Northumberland County 3,332 3,040 to 3,624 15.1 13.7 to 16.4
-Perry County 1,024 931 to 1,117 9.4 8.5 to 10.2
-Philadelphia County 112,622 110,718 to 114,526 30.3 29.8 to 30.8
-Pike County 580 510 to 650 8.4 7.4 to 9.4
-Potter County 904 818 to 990 20.2 18.2 to 22.1
-Schuylkill County 4,731 4,382 to 5,080 14.2 13.1 to 15.2
-Snyder County 1,428 1,319 to 1,537 15.6 14.4 to 16.8
-Somerset County 3,744 3,437 to 4,051 19.3 17.7 to 20.9
-Sullivan County 351 297 to 405 24.6 20.8 to 28.3
-Susquehanna County 1,697 1,578 to 1,816 15.8 14.7 to 16.9
-Tioga County 2,074 1,943 to 2,205 20.3 19.0 to 21.6
-Union County 1,189 1,014 to 1,364 14.5 12.4 to 16.6
-Venango County 3,421 3,129 to 3,713 22.8 20.8 to 24.7
-Warren County 1,484 1,373 to 1,595 13.3 12.3 to 14.3
-Washington County 8,293 7,834 to 8,752 18.2 17.2 to 19.2
-Wayne County 1,555 1,441 to 1,669 15.7 14.5 to 16.8
-Westmoreland County 12,688 12,118 to 13,258 15.4 14.7 to 16.1
-Wyoming County 1,158 1,060 to 1,256 15.5 14.2 to 16.8
-York County 7,014 6,587 to 7,441 8.6 8.1 to 9.2

These estimates were released in January 1998.



Source:        U.S. Census Bureau

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg