Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Hemlock township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,910

Household (median)                                               29,219

Family (median)                                                  32,939

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,941

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          30,210





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                63.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            84.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         224

  College                                                            75



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.0

  High school grad (%)                                             72.0

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    762

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.0

  Mean Income                                                    19,136

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    30,528

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.7

  Mean Income                                                    42,098

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    344

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.4

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.1





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