Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Ferguson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       17,126

Household (median)                                               34,889

Family (median)                                                  44,969

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,192

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          22,320





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            17.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.8

  Black                                                            17.4

  Other race                                                       47.4

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            57.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                181

  Elementary or High School                                       1,351

  College                                                         1,563



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               6.2

  High school grad (%)                                             93.8

  College grad (%)                                                 54.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,115

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            9.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 56.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,682

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.6

  Mean Income                                                    55,323

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.2

  Mean Income                                                    55,929

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,397

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    813

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   43.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.7

  Labor (%)                                                         6.2





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