Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clearfield

Municipality: Lawrence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,344

Household (median)                                               22,911

Family (median)                                                  25,961

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,480

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,744





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            51.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.3

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 99

  Elementary or High School                                       1,410

  College                                                           188



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.4

  High school grad (%)                                             67.6

  College grad (%)                                                 13.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,176

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,993

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.4

  Mean Income                                                    23,882

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.8

  Mean Income                                                    47,931

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,592

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    650

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.4

  Labor (%)                                                        21.0





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