Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Adams township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,643

Household (median)                                               22,182

Family (median)                                                  26,552

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,107

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,313





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 83

  Elementary or High School                                       1,253

  College                                                           255



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.5

  High school grad (%)                                             75.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,988

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,558

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    20,976

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.5

  Mean Income                                                    38,334

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,407

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    594

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        21.9





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