Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Covington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,853

Household (median)                                               21,364

Family (median)                                                  24,904

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,775

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,530





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         119

  College                                                            11



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.3

  High school grad (%)                                             69.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    242

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 10.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,200

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,228

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.5

  Mean Income                                                    34,888

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     83

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.8

  Service (%)                                                       8.7

  Farming (%)                                                       6.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.2

  Labor (%)                                                        33.1





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