Forest County, PA

Designated Market Area: Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA
USDA County Type (2015): Government, Recreation/Tourism, Low Employment, Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Graying America

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2022 population: 6,626 ( 1,090 from 2010 , 348 from 2020)
Land area: 427.3 square miles
Population density: 15.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,554	68.73%	22.2%
Black:	1,484	22.40%	8.0%
Indian:	20	0.30%	81.8%
Asian:	14	0.21%	7.7%
2+ races:	51	0.77%	13.3%
Hispanic:	503	7.59%	20.3%

Total non-White:	2,072	31.27%	11.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	60	4.3
Deaths:	238	17.1
Net Migration:	-193	-13.8
Net Immigration:	2	0.1

Change in White population:	-1,296	-16.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	206	2.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
7,716
5,850	75.82%
1,374	17.81%
11	0.14%
13	0.17%
45	0.58%
418	5.42%
1,866	24.18%

2000
4,946
4,719	95.41%
110	2.22%
19	0.38%
6	0.12%
28	0.57%
60	1.21%
227	4.59%

1990
4,802
4,714	98.17%
54	1.12%
21	0.44%
5	0.10%
n/a
8	0.17%
88	1.83%

1980
5,072
5,020	98.97%
9	0.18%
21	0.41%
8	0.16%
n/a
14	0.28%
52	1.03%

1970
4,926
4,884	99.15%
1	0.02%
6	0.12%
34	0.69%
n/a
0	0.00%
42	0.85%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
341	6.9
707	14.3
2,243	45.3
5	0.1

1,131	22.9
1,639	33.1

Number	Rate
1990's
422	8.8
756	15.7
300	6.2
4	0.1

5	0.1
139	2.9

Number	Rate
1980's
551	10.9
603	11.9
-185	-3.6
n/a

-306	-6.0
36	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
56	1.1
n/a

136	2.8
10	0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Forest County, PA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
46.2
754	11.4%
5,872	88.6%
1,593	24.0%

1,844
2.49

1,033	56.0%
890	86.2%
52	5.0%
811	44.0%

2010
Number	Percent
43.0
957	12.4%
6,759	87.6%
1,418	18.4%

2,511
2.08

1,488	59.3%
1,252	84.1%
68	4.6%
1,023	40.7%

2000
Number	Percent
43.9
1,128	22.8%
3,818	77.2%
966	19.5%

1,996
2.29

1,320	66.1%
1,111	84.2%
59	4.5%
676	33.9%

1990
Number	Percent
40.8
1,141	23.8%
3,661	76.2%
970	20.2%

1,903
2.40

1,329	69.8%
1,163	87.5%
49	3.7%
574	30.2%

1980
Number	Percent
35.5
1,351	26.6%
3,721	73.4%
842	16.6%

1,914
2.61

1,419	74.1%
1,234	87.0%
65	4.6%
495	25.9%

2022 Housing Data for Forest County, PA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	139	7.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	90	4.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	127	6.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	96	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	140	7.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	109	5.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	95	5.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	107	5.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	91	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	199	10.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	217	11.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	191	10.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	111	6.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	43	2.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	71	3.9%
$200,000 or more	18	1.0%

Median Household Income	46,188
Per Capita Income	18,857

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	102	5.5%
Public Assistance	16	0.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	294	15.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,320	30.9%
Unemployed	64	1.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,384	32.4%
Not in Labor Force	2,888	67.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		69.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	527	423	55.5%
Non-Profit	83	110	43.0%
Self-Employed	109	45	70.8%

Local Government	37	65	36.3%
State Government	107	82	56.6%
Federal Government	14	28	33.3%

Total Private + Self	636	468	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	241	285	45.8%
Total	877	753	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	20.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	172	10.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	307	18.8%
Professional, Technical	252	15.5%
Service Occupations	384	23.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	80	4.9%
All others	515	31.6%

White Collar		44.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	265	16.3%
Manufacturing	233	14.3%
Public administration	210	12.9%
Construction	155	9.5%
Retail trade	146	9.0%
Accommodation and food services	132	8.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	100	6.1%
Educational services	91	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	79	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	68	4.2%
Other services	39	2.4%
Finance and insurance	31	1.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	27	1.7%
Information	18	1.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	14	0.9%
Wholesale trade	12	0.7%
Utilities	7	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	173	2.49%
Puerto Rican	244	3.51%
Cuban	10	0.14%
Dominican	22	0.32%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	59	0.85%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	112	1.61%
Chinese	18	0.26%
Filipino	5	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	6,177	92.5%
Spanish	285	4.3%
Other Asian	100	1.5%
German, other Germanic	43	0.6%
Other	41	0.6%
Other Indo-European	13	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	11	0.2%
Arabic	6	0.1%
Tagalog	5	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,364	19.6%
Irish	682	9.8%
Italian	494	7.1%
English	451	6.5%
American	288	4.1%
Polish	264	3.8%
Dutch	126	1.8%
European	121	1.7%
Swedish	91	1.3%
French	82	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	79	1.1%
Scottish	70	1.0%
Ukrainian	52	0.7%
Slovak	44	0.6%
Hungarian	38	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,804	97.8%
Not a citizen	155	2.2%

Native	6,733	96.8%
Foreign-born	226	3.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
208	3.6%	604	10.6%	3,043	53.2%	1,199	21.0%	492	8.6%	170	3.0%
Average years of education: 12.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	208	3.6%
9-12 Years	604	10.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,043	53.2%
Some College	1,199	21.0%
Bach. Degree	492	8.6%
Grad Degree	170	3.0%
Average years of education: 12.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,054	1,883	171	8.3%	5.5%
1991	2,028	1,794	234	11.5%	6.9%
1992	2,038	1,781	257	12.6%	7.5%
1993	2,066	1,834	232	11.2%	6.9%
1994	1,869	1,601	268	14.3%	6.3%
1995	1,835	1,624	211	11.5%	5.9%
1996	1,869	1,680	189	10.1%	5.5%
1997	1,812	1,632	180	9.9%	5.1%
1998	1,757	1,603	154	8.8%	4.7%
1999	1,852	1,710	142	7.7%	4.5%

2000	2,019	1,875	144	7.1%	4.2%
2001	2,229	1,946	283	12.7%	4.8%
2002	2,272	1,963	309	13.6%	5.6%
2003	2,231	1,910	321	14.4%	5.7%
2004	2,258	2,032	226	10.0%	5.4%
2005	2,279	2,074	205	9.0%	5.0%
2006	2,229	2,066	163	7.3%	4.7%
2007	2,398	2,235	163	6.8%	4.6%
2008	2,388	2,205	183	7.7%	5.3%
2009	2,381	2,124	257	10.8%	8.0%

2010	2,145	1,910	235	11.0%	8.2%
2011	2,030	1,842	188	9.3%	7.8%
2012	2,008	1,816	192	9.6%	7.7%
2013	1,966	1,778	188	9.6%	7.1%
2014	1,928	1,771	157	8.1%	5.9%
2015	1,900	1,748	152	8.0%	5.4%
2016	1,893	1,746	147	7.8%	5.3%
2017	1,833	1,709	124	6.8%	5.0%
2018	1,820	1,703	117	6.4%	4.4%
2019	1,815	1,688	127	7.0%	4.5%

2020	1,799	1,608	191	10.6%	9.1%
2021	1,753	1,615	138	7.9%	6.0%
2022	1,693	1,583	110	6.5%	4.4%
2023	1,715	1,625	90	5.2%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,045
Median Value	$102,300

Occupied	1,844	26.2%
Vacant	5,201	73.8%

Owned	1,536	83.3%
Rented	308	16.7%
Median Rent	$720

Single-Family Units	5,781	82.1%
Detached	5,737	81.4%
Attached	44	0.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	106	1.5%
Mobile Homes	1,135	16.1%

Forest County, PA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Forest County, PA

2022 Housing Data for Forest County, PA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Forest County, PA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Forest County, PA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Forest County, PA

Historical Labor Force Data for Forest County, PA