Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Armstrong township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,507

Household (median)                                               28,750

Family (median)                                                  30,600

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,281

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,951





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            10.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 18.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 29

  Elementary or High School                                         683

  College                                                            77



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.9

  High school grad (%)                                             80.1

  College grad (%)                                                 13.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,369

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,957

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.8

  Mean Income                                                    29,161

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

  Mean Income                                                    39,015

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    579

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    245

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       5.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        22.6





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