 The County's live birth rate in 2000 was 1,048 births, while in 2011 it had declined to 1,039 babies.Over the past 50 years (1960 to 2010), rural Pennsylvania saw a steady decline in both the number and proportion of residents under 18 years old.In 1960, 1.06 million rural residents, or 35 percent of the rural population, were children.