Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Swatara township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,636

Household (median)                                               33,817

Family (median)                                                  39,435

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,492

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,033





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                64.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.1

  Black                                                             9.4

  Other race                                                       22.5

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.9

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                240

  Elementary or High School                                       2,634

  College                                                         1,107



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,136

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,045

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.6

  Mean Income                                                    32,369

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.4

  Mean Income                                                    50,901

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,824

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,566

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           39.7

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.8

  Labor (%)                                                        12.4





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