Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: East Providence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,226

Household (median)                                               21,037

Family (median)                                                  23,841

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,412

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,198





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.4

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         322

  College                                                            41



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.6

  High school grad (%)                                             62.4

  College grad (%)                                                  7.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    845

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,804

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.2

  Mean Income                                                    33,681

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.5

  Mean Income                                                    31,382

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    156

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.7

  Service (%)                                                      20.8

  Farming (%)                                                       6.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        28.8





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