Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: New Paris borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,701

Household (median)                                               19,821

Family (median)                                                  26,023

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,701

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,166





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                29.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            12.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          49

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.1

  High school grad (%)                                             80.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     83

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,641

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,368

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.8

  Mean Income                                                    28,021

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     39

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     23

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.6

  Farming (%)                                                       8.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        30.1





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