1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 40,380 37,876 6.7
Persons living in households 40,029 37,698 6.2
Persons living in group quarters 351 178 97.2
Rural Population 40,380 37,876 6.7
Urban population 0 0 0.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Metro
SEX
Male 19,929 18,619 7.1
Female 20,451 19,257 6.3
AGE
Under 5 years 2,922 2,793 4.7
5 to 17 years 7,916 8,614 -8.1
18 to 24 years 3,222 3,919 -17.7
25 to 44 years 11,932 9,860 21.1
45 to 54 years 4,496 3,745 20.1
55 to 64 years 3,707 4,023 -7.8
65 to 74 years 3,555 3,062 16.2
75 to 84 years 2,013 1,454 38.5
85 years and over 617 406 52.0
Total under 18 10,838 11,407 -4.9
Total 65 and over 6,185 4,922 25.7
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 39,961 37,551 6.5
Black non-Hispanic 79 45 75.6
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 83 44 88.7
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 87 50 74.0
Other race, non-Hispanic 8 35 -77.1
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 162 151 7.3
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 14,898 13,017 14.5
Family households (families) 11,238 10,254 9.6
Families with children 5,565 5,516 0.9
Female, no husb. present, w/children 741 555 33.6
Persons living alone 3,197 2,505 27.7
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,722 1,348 27.8
INCOME
Per Capita 10,907 5,615 94.3
Household (median) 24,736 14,182 74.5
Family (median) 29,025 16,384 77.2
Married couple families (mean) 35,211 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 12,796 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 9.3 9.9 -6.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 13.5 13.7 -1.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 42.9 42.2 1.7
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.1 12.8 -5.4
Black 20.5 86.0 -76.1
Other race 18.3 11.6 57.8
Hispanic 22.6 8.5 165.9
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 13.9 14.1 -1.4
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 29.4 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.8 17.1 -7.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 603 151 299.4
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 7,456 8,626 -13.5
College 1,307 553 136.4
Dropout rate (county) 24.0 34.8 -31.0
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 76.0 65.1 16.8
College grad (%) 11.1 8.7 27.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 20,308 17,202 18.1
Occupied (%) 73.4 75.6 -2.9
Owner Occupied (%) 79.2 79.1 0.2
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 64,200 32,100 100.0
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 254 134 89.6
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 1.4 1.6 -12.4
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.7 10.4 -35.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 17,444 14,918 17.0
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.1 36.7 -31.6
Employed in service industry (%) 25.0 10.4 140.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 3.6 8.1 -55.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 15.0 14.0 7.7
Mean Income 15,924 9,440 68.7
Families with one worker 28.6 33.9 -15.6
Mean Income 25,573 15,414 66.0
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 56.4 52.1 8.1
Mean Income 41,831 22,463 86.3
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 50.1 43.7 14.7
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.9 7.4 -6.7
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 64.4 51.9 24.1
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.4 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.2 15.4 18.2
Sales and support (%) 25.3 19.6 29.1
Service (%) 12.6 10.4 21.2
Farming (%) 5.7 8.7 -34.4
Craft and Repair (%) 15.6 15.4 1.3
Labor (%) 22.6 30.2 -25.1
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3