Clearfield County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            78,097       83,578     -6.5      
  Persons living in households              77,029       82,796     -6.9      
  Persons living in group quarters           1,068          782     36.6      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            60,254       63,592     -5.2      
Urban population                            17,843       19,986    -10.7      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        37,658       40,764     -7.6      
Female                                      40,439       42,814     -5.5      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                5,113        6,039    -15.3      
5 to 17 years                               14,533       18,671    -22.1      
18 to 24 years                               6,987        9,494    -26.4      
25 to 44 years                              22,548       20,838      8.3      
45 to 54 years                               8,165        8,405     -2.8      
55 to 64 years                               7,764        9,198    -15.5      
65 to 74 years                               7,640        6,753     13.2      
75 to 84 years                               4,166        3,325     25.3      
85 years and over                            1,181          855     38.2      
Total under 18                              19,646       24,710    -20.4      
Total 65 and over                           12,987       10,933     18.8      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          77,448       82,974     -6.6      
Black non-Hispanic                             175          165      6.1      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           86           51     68.7      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         176          136     29.5      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        12           36    -66.6      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  200          216     -7.4      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            29,808       29,151      2.3      
 Family households (families)               21,798       22,565     -3.3      
  Families with children                    10,586       12,063    -12.2      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      1,512        1,360     11.2      
 Persons living alone                        7,273        6,116     19.0      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           4,058        3,173     27.9      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,430        6,027     73.1      
Household (median)                          21,773       14,903     46.1      
Family (median)                             26,192       17,368     50.9      
  Married couple families (mean)            33,810          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      11,357          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                           11.2          7.6     47.4      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           16.1          9.9     62.7      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       48.5         31.5     54.0      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       13.9         10.4     33.7      
  Black                                       20.8          4.2    395.3      
  Other race                                  14.9          7.7     93.6      
  Hispanic                                    17.8         10.4     71.2      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           13.2         14.2     -7.0      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       25.6          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            18.6         12.8     45.4      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             1,145          434    163.9      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     13,533       18,196    -25.6      
  College                                    2,507        1,037    141.8      
Dropout rate (county)                         29.8         40.3    -26.0      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        70.2         59.6     17.8      
  College grad (%)                             8.6          7.5     14.7      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         34,300       33,209      3.3      
  Occupied (%)                                86.9         87.7     -0.9      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        78.5         78.5      0.0      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     40,000       30,100     32.9      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        207          131     58.1      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.2          1.2      0.0      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        8.8          6.6     33.4      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            30,777       30,963     -0.6      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      19.6         27.0    -27.4      
  Employed in service industry (%)            27.7         11.5    140.9      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     6.6         10.6    -37.7      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           18.4         14.6     25.9      
  Mean Income                               16,597        9,224     80.0      
Families with one worker                      30.1         38.5    -21.8      
  Mean Income                               24,592       17,562     40.1      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       51.5         46.9      9.8      
  Mean Income                               40,446       24,562     64.7      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              46.3         40.9     13.3      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)              10.2          9.2     10.9      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         63.9         47.0     36.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)              10.3          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              17.8         16.3      9.3      
  Sales and support (%)                       26.4         22.5     17.4      
  Service (%)                                 13.2         11.5     14.8      
  Farming (%)                                  2.1          1.3     61.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        15.0         16.5     -9.0      
  Labor (%)                                   25.5         31.6    -19.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
     Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3