Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Perry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,818

Household (median)                                               20,000

Family (median)                                                  23,125

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,645

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           1,116





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                26.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            30.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 32.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          60

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.8

  High school grad (%)                                             64.2

  College grad (%)                                                 10.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    112

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,799

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    27,148

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.2

  Mean Income                                                    37,479

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     46

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     20

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.2

  Service (%)                                                      15.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             28.6

  Labor (%)                                                        30.4





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