Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Berrysburg borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,237

Household (median)                                               24,464

Family (median)                                                  29,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,939

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,195





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                30.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          65

  College                                                            12



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.1

  High school grad (%)                                             54.9

  College grad (%)                                                  4.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    190

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 15.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.8

  Mean Income                                                    15,950

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,906

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.3

  Mean Income                                                    45,857

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     76

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     30

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.3

  Service (%)                                                       7.9

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             25.3

  Labor (%)                                                        30.5





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