Quick Facts — Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce

Population Change 1960-2000 Huntingdon Area

	Total Population					Change 1990-2000		Change 1960 – 2000
	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	Numeric	%	Numeric	%
Alexandria	381	495	435	401	401	0	0	20	5.2
Huntingdon	7,234	6,987	7,042	6,843	6,918	75	1.1	- 316	- 4.4
Juniata	464	367	411	443	553	110	24.8	89	19.2
Oneida	1,235	853	1,085	1,085	1,129	44	4.1	- 106	- 8.6
Porter	1,231	1,222	1,778	1,942	1,917	- 25	-1.3	- 686	-55.7
Smithfield	2,547	2,488	2,495	4,194	4,466	272	6.5	1,919	75.3
Walker	1,042	1,212	1,390	1,501	1,747	246	16.4	705	67.7
Region	14,134	13,624	14,636	16,409	17,131	722	4.4	2,997	21.2
County	39,457	39,108	42,253	44,164	45,586	1,422	3.2	6,129	15.5

Population Density – 2000 Huntingdon Area

	2000 Population	Area in Square Miles	Pop. per Sq. Mile
Alexandria Borough	401	0.4	1002.5
Huntingdon Borough	6,918	2.0	3459.0
Juniata Township	553	19.6	28.2
Oneida Township	1,129	19.2	58.8
Porter Township	1,917	34.4	55.7
Smithfield Township *	4,466	5.8	770.0
Walker Township	1,747	18.6	93.92
Region	17,131	100.0	171.3
County	45,586	894.5	51.0

Age Composition – 2000 Huntingdon Area

	Total Persons	0-17		18-64		65+
	Total Persons	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Alexandria	401	105	26.2	234	58.3	62	15.5
Huntingdon	6,918	1,283	18.5	4,434	64.1	1,201	17.4
Juniata	553	142	25.7	317	57.3	94	17.0
Oneida	1,129	249	22.1	684	60.5	196	17.4
Porter	1917	454	23.7	,1199	59.5	264	16.8
Smithfield *	4,466	296	6.6	3,880	86.8	293	6.6
Walker	1747	429	24.6	1,010	57.5	308	17.6
Region	17,131	2,958	17.3	11,758	68.6	2,418	14.1
County	45,586	9,893	21.7	31,945	63.5	6,748	14.8
Pennsylvania	12,281,054	2,922,221	23.8	7,439,668	60.6	1,919,165	15.6

Socio-Economic Indicators – 2000 Huntingdon Area

	Number Male	Percent Male	Number Female	Percent Female	Percent High School	Percent College	Median Family	Per Capita	Percent Persons Below Poverty
Alexandria	192	48%	209	52%	79%	15%	$43,750	$15,423	7%
Huntingdon	3167	46%	3751	54%	84%	23%	$42,684	$15,744	14%
Juniata	279	50%	274	50%	80%	10%	$31,818	$15,111	14%
Oneida	559	50%	570	50%	88%	20%	$45,284	$19,729	8%
Porter	943	49%	974	51%	88%	14%	$43,812	$16,764	11%
Smithfield *	3757	84%	709	16%	30%	3%	$38,571	$ 8,109	7%
Walker	853	49%	894	51%	88%	21%	$45,652	$19,785	3%
Region	9750	57%	7381	43%	NA	NA	NA	NA	8%
County	23842	52%	21744	48%	75%	12%	$40,388	$15,379	11%

* Note: The number of males in Smithfield Township is heavily influenced by the presence of two state correctional institutions in the township containing 3,124 males.

Year Round Housing Units – 2000 Huntingdon Area

	Total	Occupied	Total Vacant	Vacant Seasonal
Alexandria	159	149	11 (6.9%)	1
Huntingdon	2,802	2,626	191 (5.6%)	15
Juniata	238	224	127 (35.6%)	113
Oneida	484	466	45 (8.8%)	27
Porter	814	768	102 (11.7%)	56
Smithfield	630	601	36 (5.7%)	7
Walker	714	683	52 (6.8%)	21
Region	5,841	5,517	564 (9.7%)	240
County	21,058	16,759	4,299	3,180
	100.0%	93.7%	19.5%	17.8%

Growth in Year Round Housing Units 1999-2000Huntingdon County

	1990	2000	Change	Percent
Alexandria Borough	158	159	1	0.6
Oneida Township	502	484	-18	-3.6
Huntingdon Borough	2,715	2,802	87	3.2
Juniata Township	264	238	-26	-9.8
Porter Township	813	814	1	0.1
Smithfield Township	624	630	13	2.1
Walker Township	631	714	83	16.1
Region	4,472	5,841	1369	32.4
Huntingdon County	19,286	21,058	-1,408	-9.1

2000 Housing Characteristics Huntingdon Area

	Persons Per Household	Median Value Owner Housing	Median Rent Renter
Alexandria Borough	2.58	$61,500	$430
Huntingdon Borough	2.17	$69,900	$388
Juniata Township	2.46	$86,000	$483
Oneida Township	2.42	$94,600	$439
Porter Township	2.50	$83,200	$463
Smithfield Township	2.21	$64,400	$409
Walker Township	2.56	$90,100	$463
Region	NA	NA	NA
Huntingdon County	2.44	$72,800	$380

Note: Source of Information U.S. Census Bureau

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