Forest County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   
TOTAL POPULATION                             4,802        5,072     -5.3      
  Persons living in households               4,580        4,993     -8.2      
  Persons living in group quarters             222           79    181.1      
                                                                              
Rural Population                             4,802        5,072     -5.3      
Urban population                                 0            0      0.0      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                         2,475        2,541     -2.5      
Female                                       2,327        2,531     -8.0      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                  261          274     -4.7      
5 to 17 years                                  856        1,085    -21.1      
18 to 24 years                                 359          482    -25.5      
25 to 44 years                               1,187        1,223     -2.9      
45 to 54 years                                 580          531      9.3      
55 to 64 years                                 589          635     -7.2      
65 to 74 years                                 589          568      3.7      
75 to 84 years                                 295          225     31.2      
85 years and over                               86           49     75.6      
Total under 18                               1,117        1,359    -17.8      
Total 65 and over                              970          842     15.3      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                           4,722        5,024     -6.0      
Black non-Hispanic                              43           10    330.0      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           11           13    -15.3      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic           3            7    -57.1      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         0            3    -99.9      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                   23           15     53.4      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                             1,908        1,911     -0.1      
 Family households (families)                1,336        1,403     -4.7      
  Families with children                       558          657    -15.0      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children         75           69      8.7      
 Persons living alone                          502          463      8.5      
  Persons 65 and over living alone             259          234     10.7      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                   9,349        5,691     64.3      
Household (median)                          19,170       12,657     51.5      
Family (median)                             23,010       15,492     48.6      
  Married couple families (mean)            27,608          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      15,287          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            9.2          8.5      8.3      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           13.1         14.7    -10.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       31.7         30.7      3.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       11.8         11.9     -0.8      
  Black                                       28.6         31.4     -8.9      
  Other race                                   0.0         16.2    -99.9      
  Hispanic                                   100.0         25.9    286.2      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            9.6         11.7    -17.9      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       22.0          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            13.8         17.1    -19.2      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                                75           15    400.0      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch        823        1,088    -24.3      
  College                                       85           77     10.4      
Dropout rate (county)                         29.5         40.9    -27.8      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        70.5         59.0     19.5      
  College grad (%)                             7.9          5.8     36.3      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                          8,445        8,638     -2.2      
  Occupied (%)                                22.6         22.1      2.3      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        81.0         82.2     -1.4      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     35,700       28,800     24.0      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        191          113     69.1      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     2.6          2.1     23.9      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        5.5          7.3    -24.6      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over             1,802        1,844     -2.2      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      19.2         28.3    -32.1      
  Employed in service industry (%)            27.9         15.2     83.6      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     5.2          9.0    -42.2      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           25.2         21.4     17.7      
  Mean Income                               15,540       10,188     52.6      
Families with one worker                      27.2         31.8    -14.3      
  Mean Income                               23,211       14,737     57.6      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       47.6         46.8      1.6      
  Mean Income                               34,527       21,721     59.0      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              46.7         40.1     16.5      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.1         13.1    -68.7      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         68.5         52.7     30.0      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.1          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              18.6         14.2     31.0      
  Sales and support (%)                       23.3         18.5     26.0      
  Service (%)                                 15.5         15.2      2.0      
  Farming (%)                                  3.1          3.1      0.0      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        11.9         16.1    -26.0      
  Labor (%)                                   27.6         32.6    -15.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3