Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Henderson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,235

Household (median)                                               24,327

Family (median)                                                  25,647

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,906

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,765





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            38.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.7

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         181

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.9

  High school grad (%)                                             68.1

  College grad (%)                                                  9.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    418

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           31.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          9.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.6

  Mean Income                                                    18,254

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    21,769

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.3

  Mean Income                                                    35,131

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    187

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   11.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     76

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.9

  Service (%)                                                      17.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.9

  Labor (%)                                                        32.1





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