Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bedford

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,712

Household (median)                                               19,306

Family (median)                                                  30,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,169

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,300





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            23.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                25.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 27.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          70

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.5

  High school grad (%)                                             61.5

  College grad (%)                                                  9.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    109

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    16,207

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,701

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,132

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     53

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     24

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.0

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             23.9

  Labor (%)                                                        38.5





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