Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Georges township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,915

Household (median)                                               17,796

Family (median)                                                  20,668

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,609

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,523





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            20.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                66.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.0

  Black                                                            63.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                19.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 28.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 47

  Elementary or High School                                       1,258

  College                                                           266



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.9

  High school grad (%)                                             62.1

  College grad (%)                                                  6.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,213

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    13,146

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                40.5

  Mean Income                                                    21,787

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.7

  Mean Income                                                    33,370

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,045

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    414

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.4

  Service (%)                                                      16.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.3





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