Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Jefferson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,868

Household (median)                                               35,000

Family (median)                                                  37,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,307

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 2.5

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          92

  College                                                             8



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.7

  High school grad (%)                                             69.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    190

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 13.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.3

  Mean Income                                                    11,754

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,291

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    48,604

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     84

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     31

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.7

  Service (%)                                                       9.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.4

  Labor (%)                                                        28.4





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