1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 41,699 43,362 -3.8 Persons living in households 38,854 40,501 -4.0
Persons living in group quarters 2,845 2,861 -0.5
Rural Population 35,242 36,698 -3.9
Urban population 6,457 6,664 -3.1
Metro status of county Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 20,127 21,200 -5.0
Female 21,572 22,162 -2.6
AGE
Under 5 years 2,424 2,931 -17.2
5 to 17 years 7,261 8,913 -18.5
18 to 24 years 7,068 8,064 -12.3
25 to 44 years 11,132 10,288 8.3
45 to 54 years 4,191 4,120 1.8
55 to 64 years 3,830 3,979 -3.7
65 to 74 years 3,303 2,928 12.9
75 to 84 years 1,841 1,690 9.0
85 years and over 649 449 44.6
Total under 18 9,685 11,844 -18.2
Total 65 and over 5,793 5,067 14.4
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 41,107 42,800 -3.9
Black non-Hispanic 197 238 -17.2
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 63 36 75.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 206 77 167.6
Other race, non-Hispanic 10 45 -77.7
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 116 166 -30.1
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 14,990 14,164 5.9
Family households (families) 10,575 10,766 -1.7
Families with children 5,128 5,683 -9.7
Female, no husb. present, w/children 713 511 39.6
Persons living alone 3,595 2,932 22.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,786 1,475 21.1
INCOME
Per Capita 9,698 6,029 60.9
Household (median) 21,602 15,663 38.0
Family (median) 26,488 18,915 40.1
Married couple families (mean) 33,159 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 11,841 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 12.1 7.9 53.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 18.7 11.0 70.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 55.5 39.4 40.9
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 17.8 11.7 52.2
Black 60.6 61.6 -1.6
Other race 42.2 18.0 134.5
Hispanic 39.5 21.5 83.8
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.2 13.2 -7.5
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 26.0 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 21.3 12.9 65.2
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 535 189 183.1
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 6,757 8,865 -23.7
College 5,385 4,174 29.1
Dropout rate (county) 26.9 36.3 -25.8
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.1 63.6 15.0
College grad (%) 11.7 10.9 7.4
HOUSING
Total housing units 18,022 17,200 4.8
Occupied (%) 83.2 82.3 1.1
Owner Occupied (%) 72.5 76.1 -4.7
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 46,200 35,300 30.9
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 209 131 59.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 .9 55.6
Rental vacancy rate (%) 5.8 7.4 -21.6
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 16,296 15,745 3.5
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 17.6 22.8 -22.8
Employed in service industry (%) 32.5 13.3 144.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.5 9.4 -41.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 17.5 15.1 16.1
Mean Income 15,908 9,442 68.5
Families with one worker 33.0 39.5 -16.6
Mean Income 25,990 18,340 41.8
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.5 45.4 9.1
Mean Income 40,001 26,501 51.0
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 44.3 37.1 19.5
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.4 9.2 2.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 59.6 39.0 52.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.9 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 19.1 16.8 13.7
Sales and support (%) 26.9 21.7 24.0
Service (%) 13.7 13.3 3.1
Farming (%) 3.1 3.1 0.0
Craft and Repair (%) 13.4 14.4 -6.9
Labor (%) 23.8 30.3 -21.4
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3