Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Fishing Creek township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,255

Household (median)                                               28,065

Family (median)                                                  30,761

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,635

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,328





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            37.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         262

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.7

  High school grad (%)                                             75.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    670

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    17,269

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                25.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,135

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.5

  Mean Income                                                    40,485

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    325

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    150

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.3

  Service (%)                                                       9.3

  Farming (%)                                                       4.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        31.0





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