Union County, PA - 1990 Census Profile


                                                                              
                                              1990         1980    % Change   

TOTAL POPULATION                            36,176       32,870     10.1      
  Persons living in households              30,907       28,007     10.4      
  Persons living in group quarters           5,269        4,863      8.4      
                                                                              
Rural Population                            26,911       24,312     10.7      
Urban population                             9,265        8,558      8.3      
Metro status of county                   Non-Metro    Non-Metro
                                                                              
SEX                                                                           
Male                                        18,681       16,822     11.1      
Female                                      17,495       16,048      9.1      
                                                                              
AGE                                                                           
Under 5 years                                2,381        1,972     20.8      
5 to 17 years                                5,919        6,266     -5.5      
18 to 24 years                               5,944        6,053     -1.8      
25 to 44 years                              10,657        8,946     19.2      
45 to 54 years                               3,690        3,225     14.5      
55 to 64 years                               3,037        2,877      5.6      
65 to 74 years                               2,477        1,985     24.8      
75 to 84 years                               1,533        1,118     37.2      
85 years and over                              538          428     25.8      
Total under 18                               8,300        8,238      0.8      
Total 65 and over                            4,548        3,531     28.9      
                                                                              
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population                                   
White non-Hispanic                          34,376       31,547      9.0      
Black non-Hispanic                             858          907     -5.4      
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp           64           27    137.1      
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic         230          103    123.4      
Other race, non-Hispanic                        10           65    -84.6      
Hispanic Origin (of any race)                  638          221    188.7      
                                                                              
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE                                                            
Total Households                            11,689       10,004     16.9      
 Family households (families)                8,637        7,746     11.6      
  Families with children                     4,278        4,120      3.9      
   Female, no husb. present, w/children        548          349     57.1      
 Persons living alone                        2,591        1,951     32.9      
  Persons 65 and over living alone           1,211          902     34.3      
                                                                              
INCOME                                                                        
Per Capita                                  11,679        5,789    101.8      
Household (median)                          27,622       15,868     74.1      
Family (median)                             31,776       18,083     75.8      
  Married couple families (mean)            41,239          n/a      n/a      
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean)      15,308          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
POVERTY                                                                       
Families in Poverty                            6.5          6.3      3.2      
 Families w/children in poverty (%)           10.7          8.6     24.5      
   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)       35.3         26.2     34.8      
Persons in Poverty (%)                                                        
  White                                       10.2          9.3      9.7      
  Black                                       16.0          0.0      0.0      
  Other race                                  20.1         11.2     79.5      
  Hispanic                                    26.3         10.6    148.2      
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)            8.1         12.7    -36.2      
  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)       14.9          n/a      n/a      
Children (under 18) in poverty (%)            14.5         10.4     39.5      
                                                                              
EDUCATION                                                                     
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school                                     
  Nursery School                               600          233    157.6      
  Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch      5,400        6,083    -11.2      
  College                                    4,400        3,515     25.2      
Dropout rate (county)                         26.9         34.5    -22.0      
Total Persons age 25 and over                                                 
  High school grad (%)                        73.1         65.4     11.8      
  College grad (%)                            17.5         14.2     23.3      
                                                                              
HOUSING                                                                       
Total housing units                         12,886       11,195     15.2      
  Occupied (%)                                90.7         89.3      1.6      
    Owner Occupied (%)                        74.6         75.1     -0.6      
Median Value, specified owner-occ units     66,800       39,000     71.3      
Median rent, specified renter-occ units        276          166     66.3      
Homeowner vacancy rate (%)                     1.2          1.3     -7.6      
Rental vacancy rate (%)                        2.3          5.6    -58.9      
                                                                              
EMPLOYMENT                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over            15,630       13,096     19.4      
  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)      26.8         30.4    -11.8      
  Employed in service industry (%)            34.4         15.1    127.9      
  Unemployment rate - 1989                     2.6          6.3    -58.7      
Families with no workers - 1989 (%)           12.2         10.8     12.9      
  Mean Income                               18,808       11,415     64.8      
Families with one worker                      27.8         31.8    -12.4      
  Mean Income                               32,706       17,387     88.2      
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)       59.9         57.4      4.4      
  Mean Income                               46,028       23,744     93.9      
Females age 16 and over                                                       
  In labor force                              51.2         46.9      9.2      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.2          5.5    -23.6      
Females age 16 and over, with children                                        
  In labor force  (%)                         66.4         53.3     24.6      
    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)               4.9          n/a      n/a      
                                                                              
OCCUPATION                                                                    
Employed persons age 16 and over                                              
  Managerial (%)                              22.8         19.2     18.8      
  Sales and support (%)                       24.2         22.0     10.0      
  Service (%)                                 14.9         15.1     -1.3      
  Farming (%)                                  4.2          4.6     -8.6      
  Craft and Repair (%)                        10.7         11.9    -10.0      
  Labor (%)                                   23.4         27.0    -13.3      
                                                                              
Prepared by:
      The Pennsylvania State Data Center 
Source:
      Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3