Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,552

Household (median)                                               25,298

Family (median)                                                  27,024

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,954

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,061





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            20.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          56

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.8

  High school grad (%)                                             69.2

  College grad (%)                                                  8.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    244

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.8

  Mean Income                                                    18,565

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,062

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.0

  Mean Income                                                    34,277

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    107

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    7.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.9

  Labor (%)                                                        33.6





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