Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Berwick borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,246

Household (median)                                               20,423

Family (median)                                                  25,180

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,689

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,798





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                152

  Elementary or High School                                       1,600

  College                                                           342



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.1

  High school grad (%)                                             66.9

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,537

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,508

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,176

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,983

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,232

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    875

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.4

  Labor (%)                                                        31.6





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