Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: South Centre township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,529

Household (median)                                               26,122

Family (median)                                                  32,174

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,715

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,042





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         295

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.4

  High school grad (%)                                             75.6

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    944

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,969

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.5

  Mean Income                                                    29,867

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.3

  Mean Income                                                    42,237

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    446

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.2

  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