Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Richland township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,431

Household (median)                                               19,500

Family (median)                                                  25,938

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,983

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           3,545





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                56.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            46.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                          84

  College                                                            15



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                 17.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    174

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    20,337

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,073

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            42.7

  Mean Income                                                    39,213

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     28

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           13.2

  Service (%)                                                      19.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.7





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