Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Rayburn township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,262

Household (median)                                               20,474

Family (median)                                                  22,614

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,806

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,441





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         340

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.6

  High school grad (%)                                             63.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    668

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                25.9

  Mean Income                                                    10,937

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.7

  Mean Income                                                    26,477

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            40.4

  Mean Income                                                    37,729

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    315

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    131

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.7

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.1

  Labor (%)                                                        31.9





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