Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Butler

Municipality: Butler township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,716

Household (median)                                               31,503

Family (median)                                                  37,683

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,755

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,873





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            65.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       58.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                327

  Elementary or High School                                       2,619

  College                                                         1,049



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.1

  High school grad (%)                                             79.9

  College grad (%)                                                 25.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  7,578

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,709

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.8

  Mean Income                                                    36,715

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.9

  Mean Income                                                    52,914

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,478

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,289

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.9

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.9

  Labor (%)                                                        15.4





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