Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Germany township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,577

Household (median)                                               34,952

Family (median)                                                  35,931

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,490

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,530





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         374

  College                                                            71



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,007

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.5

  Mean Income                                                    23,423

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    26,702

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,394

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    225

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                       7.6

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.4

  Labor (%)                                                        27.3





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996