Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Banks township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,580

Household (median)                                               18,646

Family (median)                                                  21,316

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,932

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,720





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            22.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            24.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 8.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 30.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         184

  College                                                            17



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.8

  High school grad (%)                                             59.2

  College grad (%)                                                  5.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    300

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         16.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                27.7

  Mean Income                                                    12,112

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,885

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            36.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,885

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    133

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.3

  Service (%)                                                      15.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.3





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