Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Lower Swatara township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,375

Household (median)                                               35,700

Family (median)                                                  40,414

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,682

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          24,331





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.8

  Black                                                            36.4

  Other race                                                       50.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            52.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 57

  Elementary or High School                                       1,070

  College                                                           766



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              18.6

  High school grad (%)                                             81.4

  College grad (%)                                                 21.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,807

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.9

  Mean Income                                                    27,348

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    34,202

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,184

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,698

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    629

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       2.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.8

  Labor (%)                                                        14.5





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