Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Clarion township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,317

Household (median)                                               19,340

Family (median)                                                  23,095

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,217

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,007





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            48.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 33.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 37

  Elementary or High School                                         520

  College                                                           585



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.3

  High school grad (%)                                             79.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,505

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    11,595

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,447

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,966

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    716

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    247

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.7





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