Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Decatur township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,567

Household (median)                                               22,964

Family (median)                                                  27,193

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,590

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,620





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             9.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 22.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 34

  Elementary or High School                                         452

  College                                                           150



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.5

  High school grad (%)                                             62.5

  College grad (%)                                                  7.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,283

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,021

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.0

  Mean Income                                                    26,748

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.0

  Mean Income                                                    32,799

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    609

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    255

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.7

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        35.5





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