Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Sugarcreek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,214

Household (median)                                               24,700

Family (median)                                                  30,298

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,602

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,598





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.0

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                24.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 17.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         297

  College                                                            21



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 10.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    526

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.9

  Mean Income                                                    13,120

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,311

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,888

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    233

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.7

  Farming (%)                                                      12.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        27.6





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