Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Mifflin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,126

Household (median)                                               27,759

Family (median)                                                  30,091

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,295

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,839





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  6.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 38

  Elementary or High School                                         390

  College                                                            85



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 11.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,111

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           37.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.8

  Mean Income                                                    16,621

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.4

  Mean Income                                                    28,877

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.8

  Mean Income                                                    39,357

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    497

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        33.7





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