Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Conyngham township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,104

Household (median)                                               20,324

Family (median)                                                  25,147

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,813

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,029





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            67.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         162

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.2

  High school grad (%)                                             62.8

  College grad (%)                                                  8.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    413

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,456

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.6

  Mean Income                                                    24,394

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,068

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    178

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     75

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.3

  Labor (%)                                                        31.7





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