1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 63,202 61,967 2.0
Persons living in households 59,515 58,799 1.3
Persons living in group quarters 3,687 3,168 16.4
Rural Population 39,784 38,391 3.7
Urban population 23,418 23,576 -0.6
Metro status of county Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 29,919 29,532 1.4
Female 33,283 32,435 2.7
AGE
Under 5 years 3,747 3,644 2.9
5 to 17 years 10,042 11,904 -15.6
18 to 24 years 9,824 9,913 -0.8
25 to 44 years 17,455 15,244 14.6
45 to 54 years 6,241 6,184 1.0
55 to 64 years 5,919 6,816 -13.1
65 to 74 years 5,868 5,138 14.3
75 to 84 years 3,174 2,442 30.0
85 years and over 932 682 36.7
Total under 18 13,789 15,548 -11.3
Total 65 and over 9,974 8,262 20.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 62,317 61,325 1.7
Black non-Hispanic 265 197 34.6
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 37 21 76.2
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 223 180 23.9
Other race, non-Hispanic 19 46 -58.6
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 341 198 72.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 23,478 21,678 8.4
Family households (families) 16,604 16,332 1.7
Families with children 7,559 8,126 -6.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 1,166 959 21.6
Persons living alone 5,666 4,543 24.8
Persons 65 and over living alone 2,958 2,281 29.7
INCOME
Per Capita 10,959 5,722 91.6
Household (median) 24,211 14,148 71.2
Family (median) 29,355 16,455 78.4
Married couple families (mean) 35,947 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 14,698 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 5.9 7.3 -19.1
Families w/children in poverty (%) 9.7 11.1 -12.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 36.3 36.1 0.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.5 11.2 -6.2
Black 29.5 44.0 -32.9
Other race 29.2 16.8 73.9
Hispanic 39.9 47.1 -15.2
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 10.2 12.8 -20.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 23.3 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.7 13.4 -12.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 916 448 104.5
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 9,286 11,757 -21.0
College 6,696 5,098 31.4
Dropout rate (county) 26.9 36.5 -26.3
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 73.1 63.4 15.3
College grad (%) 12.5 10.1 23.8
HOUSING
Total housing units 25,598 23,889 7.2
Occupied (%) 91.7 90.7 1.2
Owner Occupied (%) 73.5 73.7 -0.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 54,800 33,400 64.1
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 241 147 64.0
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 0.9 1.6 -43.7
Rental vacancy rate (%) 4.8 5.4 -11.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 28,882 26,338 9.7
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 28.4 35.3 -19.5
Employed in service industry (%) 31.1 14.0 122.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.6 7.8 -53.8
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.7 13.4 10.1
Mean Income 18,667 10,083 85.2
Families with one worker 26.3 32.7 -19.7
Mean Income 27,106 15,662 73.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 59.0 54.0 9.4
Mean Income 40,443 22,141 82.7
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 51.7 47.1 9.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.7 7.4 -36.4
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 70.6 58.1 21.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.3 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.4 17.0 8.3
Sales and support (%) 25.6 22.3 14.8
Service (%) 14.0 14.0 0.0
Farming (%) 2.9 2.8 3.6
Craft and Repair (%) 13.0 12.2 6.6
Labor (%) 26.1 31.5 -17.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3