Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Catawissa borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,842

Household (median)                                               20,509

Family (median)                                                  27,161

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,009

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,423





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                87.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            82.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.4

  Black                                                            33.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 29.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 26

  Elementary or High School                                         226

  College                                                            59



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.2

  High school grad (%)                                             71.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    747

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,232

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    22,938

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,230

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    373

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    153

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.1

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        23.6





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