Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Erie
Municipality: Girard township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,911
Household (median) 25,883
Family (median) 31,264
Married couple families (mean) 38,407
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 10,431
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.3
Families w/children in poverty (%) 75.6
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 100.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 9.3
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 18.1
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 58.3
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 11.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 87
Elementary or High School 898
College 198
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 19.6
High school grad (%) 80.4
College grad (%) 13.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 2,208
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 37.6
Employed in service industry (%) 25.8
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.0
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 7.8
Mean Income 8,750
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 30.6
Mean Income 33,474
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 61.7
Mean Income 38,095
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 1,067
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 6.8
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 419
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 16.6
Sales and suppport (%) 25.3
Service (%) 15.6
Farming (%) 3.0
Craft and Repair (%) 16.3
Labor (%) 23.3
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