Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Girard township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,123

Household (median)                                               21,125

Family (median)                                                  22,857

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,214

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,470





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            20.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         135

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              48.3

  High school grad (%)                                             51.7

  College grad (%)                                                  4.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    233

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    24,197

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,797

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.8

  Mean Income                                                    31,375

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    107

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     48

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.3

  Labor (%)                                                        34.8





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