Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Catawissa township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,563

Household (median)                                               31,600

Family (median)                                                  35,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,790

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,570





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         175

  College                                                            41



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.7

  High school grad (%)                                             78.3

  College grad (%)                                                 22.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    497

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.3

  Mean Income                                                    23,567

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.8

  Mean Income                                                    38,164

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.9

  Mean Income                                                    46,628

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    243

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    118

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.0

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       3.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.1

  Labor (%)                                                        25.4





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