Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Boggs township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,433

Household (median)                                               22,788

Family (median)                                                  25,402

  Married couple families (mean)                                 26,753

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,601





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            18.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         210

  College                                                            41



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.3

  High school grad (%)                                             68.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    370

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    14,693

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,039

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.1

  Mean Income                                                    31,581

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     98

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        28.9





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