Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Canoe township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,013

Household (median)                                               20,539

Family (median)                                                  22,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 27,268

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           4,824





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            31.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         293

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              41.6

  High school grad (%)                                             58.4

  College grad (%)                                                  5.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    581

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         11.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    13,256

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    21,068

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.3

  Mean Income                                                    34,436

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    258

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    108

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.2

  Service (%)                                                      16.5

  Farming (%)                                                       5.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.7





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