Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Cumberland

Municipality: Shippensburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,081

Household (median)                                               18,158

Family (median)                                                  28,821

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,516

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,580





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            17.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            31.9

  Black                                                            33.9

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            63.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 55

  Elementary or High School                                         389

  College                                                         1,379



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.1

  High school grad (%)                                             68.9

  College grad (%)                                                 25.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,076

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.7

  Mean Income                                                    22,077

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,539

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,687

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    226

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.2

  Service (%)                                                      20.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.9

  Labor (%)                                                        15.8





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