Juniata County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            20,625       19,188      7.5      
  Persons living in households              20,248       18,930      7.0      
  Persons living in group quarters             377          258     46.2      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            20,625       19,188      7.5      
Urban population                                 0            0      0.0      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        10,146        9,419      7.8      
Female                                      10,479        9,769      7.3      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                1,393        1,439     -3.1      
5 to 17 years                                3,930        4,142     -5.1      
18 to 24 years                               1,884        2,143    -12.0      
25 to 44 years                               6,223        5,032     23.7      
45 to 54 years                               2,222        2,078      7.0      
55 to 64 years                               1,986        1,937      2.6      
65 to 74 years                               1,679        1,459     15.1      
75 to 84 years                                 964          720     33.9      
85 years and over                              344          238     44.6      
Total under 18                               5,323        5,581     -4.6      
Total 65 and over                            2,987        2,417     23.6      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          20,487       19,056      7.6      
Black non-Hispanic                              26           17     53.0      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           17            8    112.5      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          41            8    412.5      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         5           22    -77.2      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                   49           77    -36.3      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                             7,598        6,693     13.6      
 Family households (families)                5,804        5,334      8.9      
  Families with children                     2,807        2,871     -2.2      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        284          249     14.1      
 Persons living alone                        1,550        1,256     23.5      
  Persons 65 and over living alone             865          688     25.8     
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  10,759        5,73     88.7      Household (median)                          25,359       13,883     82.7      
Family (median)                             28,781       15,659     83.8      
  Married couple families (mean)            33,842          n/a      n/a      Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      17,351          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            6.9         10.3    -33.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)            9.6         13.9    -30.9      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       40.8         44.8     -8.9      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                        9.7         12.6    -23.0      
  Black                                       45.8          0.0      0.0      
  Other race                                  11.1         32.9    -66.2      
  Hispanic                                    24.3         19.3     26.0      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           14.3         15.6     -8.3      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       30.5          n/a      n/a      Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            12.2         16.8    -27.3      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               165           41    302.5      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      3,580        4,083    -12.3      
  College                                      417          167    149.8      
Dropout rate (county)                         34.8         44.7    -22.1      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        65.2         55.2     18.2      
  College grad (%)                             7.3          6.6     10.7      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                          8,505        7,786      9.3      
  Occupied (%)                                89.3         85.9      4.0      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        77.5         78.8     -1.6      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     51,700       30,100     71.8      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        184          112     64.3      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     0.9           .8     12.6      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        2.9          9.1    -68.1      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over             9,530        7,865     21.2      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      27.7         33.2    -16.5      
  Employed in service industry (%)            22.0         10.8    103.8      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     3.9          7.4    -47.2      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           13.2         13.6     -2.6      
  Mean Income                               18,332        8,771    109.1      
Families with one worker                      26.9         33.5    -19.9      
  Mean Income                               27,351       15,639     74.9      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       59.9         52.9     13.3      
  Mean Income                               37,784       22,183     70.4      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              53.8         43.9     22.6      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               5.8          5.1     13.8      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         71.2         51.0     39.7          Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.7          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              14.4         12.9     11.7      
  Sales and support (%)                       20.8         16.4     26.9      
  Service (%)                                 11.9         10.8     10.2      
  Farming (%)                                  7.5          9.1    -17.5      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        15.3         16.1     -4.9      
  Labor (%)                                   30.0         34.3    -12.5      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3