Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Parks township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,683

Household (median)                                               23,302

Family (median)                                                  24,714

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,379

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,086





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                93.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            18.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 43

  Elementary or High School                                         518

  College                                                            94



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                  9.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,059

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,077

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.5

  Mean Income                                                    25,695

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,579

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    502

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    193

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.0

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.6

  Labor (%)                                                        25.0





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