Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: Perry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,898

Household (median)                                               24,697

Family (median)                                                  29,243

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,815

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,396





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.3

  Black                                                            52.4

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            59.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 32

  Elementary or High School                                         488

  College                                                            73



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.4

  High school grad (%)                                             66.6

  College grad (%)                                                 11.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    994

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,944

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.9

  Mean Income                                                    25,045

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.6

  Mean Income                                                    39,380

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    446

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    176

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.3

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       2.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.2

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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