Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Dauphin
Municipality: Halifax borough
INCOME
Per Capita 10,692
Household (median) 25,865
Family (median) 30,781
Married couple families (mean) 35,422
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 16,009
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 7.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 78.9
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 20.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.7
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 25.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 79.3
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 13.0
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 0
Elementary or High School 160
College 19
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 30.9
High school grad (%) 69.1
College grad (%) 8.1
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 424
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 29.5
Employed in service industry (%) 21.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 5.4
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 11.2
Mean Income 11,242
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 27.7
Mean Income 23,417
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 61.0
Mean Income 39,717
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 232
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 3.0
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 115
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 10.8
Sales and suppport (%) 27.4
Service (%) 13.7
Farming (%) 0.5
Craft and Repair (%) 16.3
Labor (%) 31.4
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