Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Derry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       19,594

Household (median)                                               36,514

Family (median)                                                  46,087

  Married couple families (mean)                                 60,594

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,315





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.6

  Black                                                            11.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            95.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                210

  Elementary or High School                                       2,585

  College                                                         1,488



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.5

  High school grad (%)                                             85.5

  College grad (%)                                                 39.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  9,220

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 43.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.8

  Mean Income                                                    28,158

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    58,239

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.1

  Mean Income                                                    60,277

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,377

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,391

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   38.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.8

  Labor (%)                                                        11.0





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