Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Haines township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,874

Household (median)                                               25,882

Family (median)                                                  27,411

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,377

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,417





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                74.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            21.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 17

  Elementary or High School                                         280

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.6

  High school grad (%)                                             78.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    610

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.7

  Mean Income                                                    19,360

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,886

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,227

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    261

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                      10.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.0





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