Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Halifax township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,946

Household (median)                                               32,612

Family (median)                                                  34,641

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,179

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,400





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.6

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 46

  Elementary or High School                                         561

  College                                                           105



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.2

  High school grad (%)                                             74.8

  College grad (%)                                                 14.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,872

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    22,342

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.7

  Mean Income                                                    29,634

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.4

  Mean Income                                                    43,817

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    811

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    389

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.6

  Service (%)                                                       8.2

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.7

  Labor (%)                                                        19.4





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