Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,440

Household (median)                                               25,446

Family (median)                                                  28,242

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,178

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,168





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            30.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 12

  Elementary or High School                                         376

  College                                                            55



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    866

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    15,843

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.9

  Mean Income                                                    23,515

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.9

  Mean Income                                                    40,066

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    387

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    175

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.2

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       5.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.0

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





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