Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cambria

Municipality: Richland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,687

Household (median)                                               27,154

Family (median)                                                  32,701

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,219

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,706





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.1

  Black                                                            24.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                212

  Elementary or High School                                       1,680

  College                                                         2,121



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.4

  High school grad (%)                                             78.6

  College grad (%)                                                 23.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,899

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,404

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    34,612

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.2

  Mean Income                                                    48,947

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,315

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    843

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           34.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.5

  Labor (%)                                                        12.1





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