Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Jackson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,773

Household (median)                                               33,406

Family (median)                                                  35,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,309

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,523





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             3.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            41.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         363

  College                                                            58



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.6

  High school grad (%)                                             71.4

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    977

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,211

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    28,586

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.8

  Mean Income                                                    45,814

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    452

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    176

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.4

  Service (%)                                                       8.0

  Farming (%)                                                       4.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.5

  Labor (%)                                                        29.6





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