Perry County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            41,172       35,718     15.3      
  Persons living in households              40,803       35,410     15.3      
  Persons living in group quarters             369          308     19.9      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            38,747       33,266     16.5      
Urban population                             2,425        2,452     -1.1      
Metro status of county                       Metro        Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        20,488       17,719     15.7      
Female                                      20,684       17,999     15.0      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                2,993        2,716     10.2      
5 to 17 years                                8,105        8,082      0.3      
18 to 24 years                               3,746        3,938     -4.8      
25 to 44 years                              13,786       10,280     34.2      
45 to 54 years                               4,374        3,644     20.1      
55 to 64 years                               3,599        3,351      7.5      
65 to 74 years                               2,831        2,284     24.0      
75 to 84 years                               1,343        1,097     22.5      
85 years and over                              395          326     21.2      
Total under 18                              11,098       10,798      2.8      
Total 65 and over                            4,569        3,707     23.3      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          40,758       35,488     14.9      
Black non-Hispanic                              95           28    239.3      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           49           15    226.7      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic          69           32    115.7      
Other race, non-Hispanic                         7           17    -58.8      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  194          138     40.6      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            14,949       12,345     21.1      
 Family households (families)               11,627        9,887     17.6      
  Families with children                     6,049        5,563      8.8      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        707          561     26.1      
 Persons living alone                        2,753        2,170     26.9      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           1,191        1,033     15.3      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  11,941        6,124     95.0      
Household (median)                          29,539       16,275     81.5      
Family (median)                             32,776       18,135     80.8      
  Married couple families (mean)            37,856          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      14,501          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            6.3          6.3      0.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)            8.3          8.0      3.8      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       36.6         31.4     16.6      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                        7.5          8.3     -9.6      
  Black                                       15.4         49.4    -68.8      
  Other race                                  15.5         11.7     32.5      
  Hispanic                                    10.6          8.0     32.5      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           11.2         12.7    -11.8      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       22.1          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)             9.4          9.9     -5.0      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               515          122    322.2      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      7,335        7,888     -7.0      
  College                                    1,144          401    185.3      
Dropout rate (county)                         27.7         38.8    -28.6      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        72.3         61.1     18.4      
  College grad (%)                             8.9          7.2     23.7      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         17,063       14,784     15.5      
  Occupied (%)                                87.6         83.5      5.0      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        79.5         80.2     -0.8      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     64,400       37,000     74.1      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        262          149     75.9      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     0.8          1.5    -46.6      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        3.5          4.6    -23.9      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            20,076       15,037     33.6      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      15.8         24.7    -36.0      
  Employed in service industry (%)            22.8          9.9    130.4      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     2.3          6.4    -64.0      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           12.1         10.9     11.0      
  Mean Income                               17,945        9,738     84.3      
Families with one worker                      27.1         35.2    -23.1      
  Mean Income                               27,108       16,294     66.4      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       60.9         54.0     12.8      
  Mean Income                               43,068       23,555     82.9      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              57.2         46.5     23.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.2          5.4    -22.2      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         68.8         51.7     33.1      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               3.5          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              16.2         12.3     31.8      
  Sales and support (%)                       30.8         26.6     15.8      
  Service (%)                                 11.6          9.9     17.2      
  Farming (%)                                  3.5          4.2    -16.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        15.1         15.0      0.7      
  Labor (%)                                   22.9         31.7    -27.7      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3