1990 1980 % Change
TOTAL POPULATION 39,944 35,237 13.4
Persons living in households 38,782 34,701 11.8
Persons living in group quarters 1,162 536 116.8
Rural Population 34,972 30,109 16.2
Urban population 4,972 5,128 -3.0
Metro status of county Non-Metro Non-Metro
SEX
Male 19,803 17,223 15.0
Female 20,141 18,014 11.9
AGE
Under 5 years 2,663 2,458 8.4
5 to 17 years 7,389 7,571 -2.4
18 to 24 years 3,240 3,460 -6.3
25 to 44 years 11,707 8,624 35.8
45 to 54 years 4,110 3,649 12.7
55 to 64 years 4,069 4,015 1.4
65 to 74 years 3,880 3,312 17.2
75 to 84 years 2,175 1,632 33.3
85 years and over 711 516 37.8
Total under 18 10,052 10,029 0.3
Total 65 and over 6,766 5,460 24.0
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - Total Population
White non-Hispanic 39,153 34,911 12.2
Black non-Hispanic 276 78 253.9
Amer. Ind., Eskimo, or Aleut non-Hisp 42 24 75.0
Asian or Pacific Islander non-Hispanic 94 46 104.4
Other race, non-Hispanic 8 17 -52.9
Hispanic Origin (of any race) 371 161 130.5
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total Households 14,638 12,389 18.2
Family households (families) 10,903 9,589 13.8
Families with children 5,077 4,800 5.8
Female, no husb. present, w/children 712 524 35.9
Persons living alone 3,229 2,583 25.1
Persons 65 and over living alone 1,724 1,460 18.1
INCOME
Per Capita 11,257 5,735 96.3
Household (median) 24,912 13,187 89.0
Family (median) 28,395 15,494 83.3
Married couple families (mean) 36,540 n/a n/a
Female, no husb pres, w/children(mean) 14,617 n/a n/a
POVERTY
Families in Poverty 8.7 9.3 -6.4
Families w/children in poverty (%) 12.8 14.1 -9.2
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 46.1 44.2 4.3
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.3 12.2 -7.3
Black 6.0 19.0 -68.4
Other race 12.9 4.0 222.5
Hispanic 8.9 8.7 2.3
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 12.8 13.6 -5.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 30.5 n/a n/a
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.7 16.7 -5.9
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Nursery School 595 266 123.7
Kindergarten, Elementary, or High Sch 7,008 7,423 -5.5
College 1,144 537 113.1
Dropout rate (county) 25.8 37.8 -31.7
Total Persons age 25 and over
High school grad (%) 74.2 62.1 19.5
College grad (%) 13.1 8.7 50.6
HOUSING
Total housing units 28,480 19,598 45.4
Occupied (%) 51.4 63.2 -18.6
Owner Occupied (%) 79.2 79.5 -0.3
Median Value, specified owner-occ units 89,800 39,000 130.3
Median rent, specified renter-occ units 299 150 99.4
Homeowner vacancy rate (%) 2.8 2.0 40.0
Rental vacancy rate (%) 6.1 6.1 0.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 17,487 13,644 28.2
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 16.3 27.3 -40.2
Employed in service industry (%) 29.9 12.4 141.2
Unemployment rate - 1989 2.9 8.9 -67.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 15.9 15.2 4.2
Mean Income 16,220 9,777 65.9
Families with one worker 27.7 32.6 -14.8
Mean Income 26,644 15,576 71.1
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 56.4 52.2 8.0
Mean Income 43,202 22,139 95.2
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 50.7 43.5 16.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.3 7.3 -27.3
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force (%) 64.0 53.2 20.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.8 n/a n/a
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.5 16.4 12.9
Sales and support (%) 26.0 20.0 30.0
Service (%) 14.6 12.4 17.8
Farming (%) 5.1 7.8 -34.6
Craft and Repair (%) 16.2 15.1 7.3
Labor (%) 19.5 28.0 -30.3
Prepared by:
The Pennsylvania State Data Center
Source:
Census of Population and Housing, 1990,1980: Summary Tape File 1 and 3