Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: North Centre township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,711

Household (median)                                               29,196

Family (median)                                                  31,175

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,010

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,614





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 45

  Elementary or High School                                         333

  College                                                            58



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.2

  High school grad (%)                                             77.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    970

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,897

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,054

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,803

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    453

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    208

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       3.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.9

  Labor (%)                                                        25.8





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