Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Centralia borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,155

Household (median)                                               16,667

Family (median)                                                  18,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 23,162

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                           3

  College                                                             5



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              56.4

  High school grad (%)                                             43.6

  College grad (%)                                                  0.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     24

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           54.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                  8.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.7

  Mean Income                                                    13,169

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                18.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,440

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,508

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     14

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   21.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                      2

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    0.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.2

  Service (%)                                                       8.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.8

  Labor (%)                                                        41.7





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