Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Erie

Municipality: Girard borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,111

Household (median)                                               22,443

Family (median)                                                  26,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,551

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,082





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                43.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 0.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                         515

  College                                                            76



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.8

  High school grad (%)                                             79.2

  College grad (%)                                                 21.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,304

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.4

  Mean Income                                                    15,739

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,175

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,945

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    616

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    225

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.1

  Service (%)                                                      15.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        16.5





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