Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Limestone township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,664

Household (median)                                               29,089

Family (median)                                                  30,703

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,926

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,777





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.6

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         373

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.4

  High school grad (%)                                             80.6

  College grad (%)                                                 18.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    755

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    13,607

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    27,106

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,796

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    325

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    166

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.4

  Labor (%)                                                        23.8





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