Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Williams township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,738

Household (median)                                               30,156

Family (median)                                                  33,882

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,467

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,477





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            63.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.3

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 21

  Elementary or High School                                         204

  College                                                            30



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.3

  High school grad (%)                                             71.7

  College grad (%)                                                  7.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    505

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           43.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 11.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.2

  Mean Income                                                    16,832

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.4

  Mean Income                                                    29,839

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.4

  Mean Income                                                    42,439

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    230

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.7

  Service (%)                                                       5.1

  Farming (%)                                                       0.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             21.6

  Labor (%)                                                        34.5





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