Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Benton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,600

Household (median)                                               26,393

Family (median)                                                  28,152

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,336

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,576





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                60.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                            50.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            47.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         204

  College                                                            22



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.3

  High school grad (%)                                             77.7

  College grad (%)                                                 14.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    500

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,055

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,857

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.0

  Mean Income                                                    37,784

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    233

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    100

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      11.6

  Farming (%)                                                       5.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.8





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