Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Bradford

Municipality: Canton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,869

Household (median)                                               24,495

Family (median)                                                  26,356

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,720

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,237





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         393

  College                                                            67



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.5

  High school grad (%)                                             76.5

  College grad (%)                                                 15.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    918

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.1

  Mean Income                                                    14,377

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,548

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,822

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    438

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.2

  Farming (%)                                                      17.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        29.0





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