Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Main township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,503

Household (median)                                               29,453

Family (median)                                                  32,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,515

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,908





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            53.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         251

  College                                                            65



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.4

  High school grad (%)                                             82.6

  College grad (%)                                                 21.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    597

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.8

  Mean Income                                                    21,991

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.3

  Mean Income                                                    24,925

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.9

  Mean Income                                                    43,316

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    262

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    121

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.9

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        24.5





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