Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Adams

Municipality: Straban township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,493

Household (median)                                               28,569

Family (median)                                                  32,442

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,281

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,763





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                57.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            31.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             8.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 69

  Elementary or High School                                         664

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,203

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.1

  Mean Income                                                    24,131

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,430

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,001

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,017

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.3

  Farming (%)                                                       5.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        22.1





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