Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Cowanshannock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,356

Household (median)                                               22,193

Family (median)                                                  25,455

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,655

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,681





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                95.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         519

  College                                                           118



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.3

  High school grad (%)                                             65.7

  College grad (%)                                                  8.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,007

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,399

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,343

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.0

  Mean Income                                                    36,760

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    433

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    211

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.2

  Labor (%)                                                        29.0





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