Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clarion

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,370

Household (median)                                               22,625

Family (median)                                                  25,744

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,826

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,195





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            51.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 24

  Elementary or High School                                         391

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.7

  High school grad (%)                                             65.3

  College grad (%)                                                  8.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    718

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,471

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.0

  Mean Income                                                    21,366

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.2

  Mean Income                                                    35,502

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    317

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    140

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.2

  Service (%)                                                       9.1

  Farming (%)                                                       9.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.2

  Labor (%)                                                        28.0





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