Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Harris township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       18,787

Household (median)                                               39,757

Family (median)                                                  46,446

  Married couple families (mean)                                 56,779

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,217





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       29.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 95

  Elementary or High School                                         641

  College                                                           396



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                               4.6

  High school grad (%)                                             95.4

  College grad (%)                                                 54.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,382

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 50.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,262

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.2

  Mean Income                                                    51,431

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.6

  Mean Income                                                    55,511

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,151

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    472

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   41.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.8

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              4.0

  Labor (%)                                                         6.7





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