Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Carlisle borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,797

Household (median)                                               26,151

Family (median)                                                  34,108

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,512

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,812





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            73.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                            32.5

  Other race                                                       19.1

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            90.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                216

  Elementary or High School                                       2,142

  College                                                         2,895



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.4

  High school grad (%)                                             75.6

  College grad (%)                                                 32.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,186

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 39.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,146

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,649

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.5

  Mean Income                                                    49,406

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,747

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,456

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   31.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.3

  Labor (%)                                                        15.1





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