Cambria County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                           163,029      183,263    -11.0      
  Persons living in households             156,885      178,156    -11.9      
  Persons living in group quarters           6,144        5,107     20.4      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            78,937       85,863     -8.0      
Urban population                            84,092       97,400    -13.6      
Metro status of county                       Metro        Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        78,112       88,309    -11.5      
Female                                      84,917       94,954    -10.5      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                9,316       12,252    -23.9      
5 to 17 years                               28,654       37,225    -23.0      
18 to 24 years                              15,221       23,258    -34.5      
25 to 44 years                              45,871       43,314      6.0      
45 to 54 years                              15,778       19,563    -19.3      
55 to 64 years                              17,607       22,612    -22.1      
65 to 74 years                              18,311       16,002     14.5      
75 to 84 years                               9,713        7,023     38.4      
85 years and over                            2,558        2,014     27.1      
Total under 18                              37,970       49,477    -23.2      
Total 65 and over                           30,582       25,039     22.2      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                         157,800      178,331    -11.5      
Black non-Hispanic                           3,682        3,377      9.1      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp          103           92     12.0      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         373          367      1.7      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        86          141    -39.0      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  985          955      3.2      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            62,004       63,375     -2.1      
 Family households (families)               44,179       48,539     -8.9      
  Families with children                    20,137       24,081    -16.3      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      3,374        2,862     17.9      
 Persons living alone                       16,653       13,912     19.8      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           9,515        7,147     33.2      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,460        6,324     65.5      
Household (median)                          21,462       15,772     36.1      
Family (median)                             26,455       18,886     40.1      
  Married couple families (mean)            34,408          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      10,325          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           11.2          7.6     47.4      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           17.9         11.0     62.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       55.5         44.4     25.1      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       13.3          9.3     43.1      
  Black                                       46.6         27.1     72.0      
  Other race                                  38.1         14.2    168.4      
  Hispanic                                    40.3         14.6    176.1      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           11.6         10.6      9.5      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       24.1          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            19.9         12.6     58.0      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             2,134          920    132.0      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     27,345       37,367    -26.8      
  College                                    8,575        5,950     44.2      
Dropout rate (county)                         28.8         38.9    -25.9      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        71.2         61.0     16.8      
  College grad (%)                            10.8          8.6     25.6      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         67,374       67,135      0.4      
  Occupied (%)                                92.0         94.3     -2.4      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        73.3         72.0      1.9      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     39,900       31,400     27.1      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        191          138     38.5      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.0           .9     11.2      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        9.2          5.9     56.0      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            60,374       62,589     -3.5      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      15.5         22.0    -29.5      
  Employed in service industry (%)            33.7         13.7    146.0      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     5.1         11.8    -56.7      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           22.3         18.1     23.1      
  Mean Income                               16,924        9,855     71.8      
Families with one worker                      31.2         39.2    -20.3      
  Mean Income                               28,105       19,174     46.6      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       46.5         42.7      8.9      
  Mean Income                               41,230       27,172     51.8      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              42.1         36.2     16.3      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               7.8          9.9    -21.2      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         60.0         37.3     60.9      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               8.7          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              21.0         18.7     12.3      
  Sales and support (%)                       29.7         25.8     15.2      
  Service (%)                                 16.1         13.7     17.6      
  Farming (%)                                  1.3          1.0     30.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        12.7         16.4    -22.5      
  Labor (%)                                   19.1         24.1    -20.7      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3