Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fayette

Municipality: South Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,818

Household (median)                                               25,891

Family (median)                                                  31,667

  Married couple families (mean)                                 53,092

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,825





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            44.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.6

  Black                                                            49.6

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            58.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 25.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                159

  Elementary or High School                                       1,545

  College                                                           448



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.4

  High school grad (%)                                             74.6

  College grad (%)                                                 21.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,885

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,173

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.1

  Mean Income                                                    46,799

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            45.8

  Mean Income                                                    61,834

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,954

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    9.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    734

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   33.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       0.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.8

  Labor (%)                                                        11.5





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