Schuylkill County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                           152,585      160,630     -5.0      
  Persons living in households             150,202      159,294     -5.7      
  Persons living in group quarters           2,383        1,336     78.4      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            89,025       83,675      6.4      
Urban population                            63,560       76,955    -17.4      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        73,486       76,416     -3.8      
Female                                      79,099       84,214     -6.0      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                8,773        9,234     -4.9      
5 to 17 years                               24,885       30,780    -19.1      
18 to 24 years                              13,234       15,951    -17.0      
25 to 44 years                              42,795       37,096     15.4      
45 to 54 years                              15,133       18,488    -18.1      
55 to 64 years                              17,216       22,126    -22.1      
65 to 74 years                              17,776       17,728      0.3      
75 to 84 years                              10,404        7,528     38.3      
85 years and over                            2,369        1,699     39.5      
Total under 18                              33,658       40,014    -15.8      
Total 65 and over                           30,549       26,955     13.4      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                         150,486      159,364     -5.5      
Black non-Hispanic                             805          286    181.5      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp          103           69     49.3      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         491          314     56.4      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        23          117    -80.3      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  677          480     41.1      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            60,773       59,948      1.4      
 Family households (families)               42,278       44,690     -5.3      
  Families with children                    18,608       20,546     -9.4      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children      2,819        2,439     15.6      
 Persons living alone                       16,988       14,413     17.9      
  Persons 65 and over living alone          10,269        8,236     24.7      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  11,193        5,890     90.1      
Household (median)                          23,028       13,340     72.7      
Family (median)                             29,041       16,214     79.2      
  Married couple families (mean)            35,853          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      14,459          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            7.7          7.7      0.0      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           11.8         11.7      0.9      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       42.4         39.9      6.3      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       10.6         10.7     -0.9      
  Black                                       47.2         21.2    122.7      
  Other race                                  12.9         24.8    -47.9      
  Hispanic                                    16.7         24.1    -30.7      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)           13.3         13.7     -2.9      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       25.8          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            14.2         14.3     -0.6      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                             2,109          760    177.5      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch     23,046       30,412    -24.2      
  College                                    5,065        3,142     61.3      
Dropout rate (county)                         31.6         43.7    -27.6      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        68.4         56.2     21.8      
  College grad (%)                             8.1          6.1     32.8      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         66,457       64,825      2.6      
  Occupied (%)                                91.4         92.4     -1.0      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        78.1         77.3      1.1      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     38,200       22,600     69.1      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        222          122     82.0      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.5          2.2    -31.8      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        7.3          6.7      9.0      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            64,562       62,386      3.5      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      33.3         40.8    -18.3      
  Employed in service industry (%)            23.6         10.2    131.4      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     3.7          8.2    -54.8      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           18.5         17.0      8.9      
  Mean Income                               16,056        9,169     75.2      
Families with one worker                      28.8         34.2    -15.9      
  Mean Income                               28,420       17,070     66.5      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       52.7         48.8      8.0      
  Mean Income                               41,983       22,699     85.0      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              45.9         41.9      9.6      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.8          6.8    -29.4      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         65.5         50.9     28.7      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               5.1          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              16.5         14.0     17.9      
  Sales and support (%)                       24.0         20.3     18.3      
  Service (%)                                 11.7         10.2     14.8      
  Farming (%)                                  1.6          1.5      6.7      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        15.4         15.6     -1.2      
  Labor (%)                                   30.8         38.1    -19.1      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape file 1 and 3