Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Catharine township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,117

Household (median)                                               28,333

Family (median)                                                  31,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,823

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,525





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            27.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         150

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.3

  High school grad (%)                                             74.7

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    324

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,858

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,946

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.7

  Mean Income                                                    41,327

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    143

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     65

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.2

  Farming (%)                                                      11.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        24.1





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