Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,749

Household (median)                                               25,556

Family (median)                                                  27,833

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,827

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                21.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                         111

  College                                                            19



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.5

  High school grad (%)                                             66.5

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    288

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.0

  Mean Income                                                     9,511

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    22,221

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.6

  Mean Income                                                    37,159

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    128

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   10.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     61

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.9

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                       8.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        29.5





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