Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Cambria township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,834

Household (median)                                               24,287

Family (median)                                                  29,692

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,310

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,152





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                59.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 76

  Elementary or High School                                       1,109

  College                                                           178



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              43.1

  High school grad (%)                                             56.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,209

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 35.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,964

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    30,343

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.2

  Mean Income                                                    42,022

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,036

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    482

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.8

  Service (%)                                                      17.6

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.5





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