Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Clarion
Municipality: Ashland township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,915
Household (median) 25,313
Family (median) 29,091
Married couple families (mean) 31,550
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 20,052
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.2
Families w/children in poverty (%) 94.4
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 29.4
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.3
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 5.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 66.7
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 14.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 17
Elementary or High School 197
College 51
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 21.5
High school grad (%) 78.5
College grad (%) 16.4
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 408
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 26.5
Employed in service industry (%) 32.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 11.4
Mean Income 15,982
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 36.9
Mean Income 27,379
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 51.7
Mean Income 36,961
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 171
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 9.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 84
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.9
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 17.2
Sales and suppport (%) 23.3
Service (%) 13.2
Farming (%) 4.4
Craft and Repair (%) 16.2
Labor (%) 25.7
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