Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Indiana

Municipality: Clymer borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,986

Household (median)                                               16,937

Family (median)                                                  20,682

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,895

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,040





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            21.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            45.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            26.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            82.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 40.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 25

  Elementary or High School                                         272

  College                                                            62



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.8

  High school grad (%)                                             67.2

  College grad (%)                                                 12.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    498

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         13.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    14,910

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,911

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,465

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    262

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   15.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    109

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.5

  Service (%)                                                      21.1

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.1

  Labor (%)                                                        16.9





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