Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Mifflin township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,663

Household (median)                                               29,911

Family (median)                                                  30,795

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,513

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          21,344





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 16

  Elementary or High School                                         156

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    321

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          0.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,666

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                31.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,477

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.2

  Mean Income                                                    43,504

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    126

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     56

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.2

  Service (%)                                                       6.5

  Farming (%)                                                      17.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.4

  Labor (%)                                                        30.5





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