Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Cooper township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,400

Household (median)                                               18,719

Family (median)                                                  23,254

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,753

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,308





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            56.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 31

  Elementary or High School                                         522

  College                                                            80



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.1

  High school grad (%)                                             65.9

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    944

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 31.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         12.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.9

  Mean Income                                                    10,833

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    23,825

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.4

  Mean Income                                                    30,698

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    418

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    228

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.6





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