Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Crawford

Municipality: East Mead township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,969

Household (median)                                               25,709

Family (median)                                                  27,457

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,307

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,592





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                95.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 27

  Elementary or High School                                         249

  College                                                            32



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.8

  High school grad (%)                                             73.2

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    608

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           33.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,805

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.1

  Mean Income                                                    22,327

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,161

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    271

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    123

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.8

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.4

  Labor (%)                                                        19.9





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