Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Karthaus township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,703

Household (median)                                               17,031

Family (median)                                                  22,109

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,936

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,959





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                52.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          97

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              44.7

  High school grad (%)                                             55.3

  College grad (%)                                                  4.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    211

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         14.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.4

  Mean Income                                                    11,826

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.3

  Mean Income                                                    18,165

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.3

  Mean Income                                                    31,631

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     33

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        44.5





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