Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Perry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,202

Household (median)                                               20,294

Family (median)                                                  23,333

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,645

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,868





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         208

  College                                                            37



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.1

  High school grad (%)                                             65.9

  College grad (%)                                                  7.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    350

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,655

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,469

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            38.9

  Mean Income                                                    37,276

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    144

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   13.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     83

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           16.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                      12.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.3

  Labor (%)                                                        26.6





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