Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Beaver

Municipality: Chippewa township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,589

Household (median)                                               33,014

Family (median)                                                  37,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,162

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,629





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                31.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            55.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  1.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 59

  Elementary or High School                                       1,216

  College                                                           345



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              15.8

  High school grad (%)                                             84.2

  College grad (%)                                                 28.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,133

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,034

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.6

  Mean Income                                                    36,897

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.8

  Mean Income                                                    51,077

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,561

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    558

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           35.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        12.7





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