Cumberland County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                             1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                           195,257      178,541      9.4      
  Persons living in households             184,235      170,282      8.2      
  Persons living in group quarters          11,022        8,259     33.5      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            70,781       67,340      5.2      
Urban population                           124,476      111,201     12.0      
Metro status of county                       Metro        Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        94,366       86,288      9.4      
Female                                     100,891       92,253      9.4      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                               11,613       10,542     10.2      
5 to 17 years                               31,315       35,328    -11.3      
18 to 24 years                              25,044       25,689     -2.5      
25 to 44 years                              61,479       49,513     24.2      
45 to 54 years                              21,187       19,986      6.1      
55 to 64 years                              18,478       18,397      0.5      
65 to 74 years                              15,340       11,252     36.4      
75 to 84 years                               8,018        5,887     36.2      
85 years and over                            2,783        1,947     43.0      
Total under 18                              42,928       45,870     -6.4      
Total 65 and over                           26,141       19,086     37.0      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                         188,129      173,494      8.5      
Black non-Hispanic                           2,979        2,432     22.5      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp          235          128     83.6      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic       2,473        1,291     91.6      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        86          329    -73.8      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                1,355          867     56.3      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            73,452       62,803     17.0      
 Family households (families)               51,978       47,467      9.6      
  Families with children                    24,085       24,578     -2.0      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      3,274        2,730     20.0      
 Persons living alone                       17,778       12,950     37.3      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           7,000        4,813     45.5      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  15,796        7,748    103.9      
Household (median)                          34,493       19,270     79.0      
Family (median)                             40,989       22,076     85.7      
  Married couple families (mean)            50,496          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      20,099          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            2.8          3.5    -20.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)            4.2          4.9    -14.2      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       16.8         19.0    -11.5      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                        5.0          5.6    -10.7      
  Black                                       23.2         12.8     81.3      
  Other race                                  14.9         13.8      8.0      
  Hispanic                                    20.1          9.7    107.3      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            6.0          9.2    -34.7      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       13.3          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)             5.5          5.9     -6.7      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             3,588        1,791    100.4      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     28,456       35,160    -19.0      
  College                                   17,144       11,289     51.9      
Dropout rate (county)                         19.0         27.1    -29.8      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        81.0         72.8     11.3      
  College grad (%)                            22.9         19.0     20.6      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         77,108       65,699     17.4      
  Occupied (%)                                95.3         95.5     -0.2      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        71.8         72.3     -0.6      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     85,000       48,200     76.4      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        378          208     81.8      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.5          1.1     36.4      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        4.9          4.5      8.9      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over           101,690       84,326     20.6      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      14.2         19.6    -27.5      
  Employed in service industry (%)            30.2         10.9    177.1      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     2.3          3.7    -37.8      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           10.4          9.6      8.1      
  Mean Income                               27,467       13,685    100.8      
Families with one worker                      25.1         31.4    -20.0      
  Mean Income                               41,195       21,700     89.9      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       64.5         59.0      9.3      
  Mean Income                               53,267       28,133     89.4      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              59.5         52.0     14.5      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.1          3.6    -13.8      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         73.5         57.5     27.9      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.3          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              27.2         23.6     15.3      
  Sales and support (%)                       34.6         33.6      3.0      
  Service (%)                                 11.2         10.9      2.8      
  Farming (%)                                  1.7          1.9    -10.5      
  Craft and Repair (%)                         9.2         10.5    -12.3      
  Labor (%)                                   16.1         19.2    -16.1      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3