Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Armstrong

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,975

Household (median)                                               19,643

Family (median)                                                  21,490

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,705

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,032





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                89.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            17.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            54.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         180

  College                                                            30



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.1

  High school grad (%)                                             59.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    311

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    13,114

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,416

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.8

  Mean Income                                                    30,553

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    117

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     56

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    4.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.3

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.8

  Labor (%)                                                        36.3





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