Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Columbia borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,723

Household (median)                                               23,534

Family (median)                                                  29,790

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,908

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,740





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                86.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.8

  Black                                                            24.2

  Other race                                                       61.8

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                181

  Elementary or High School                                       1,681

  College                                                           262



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.3

  High school grad (%)                                             61.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,141

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           43.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    17,354

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.8

  Mean Income                                                    23,336

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.7

  Mean Income                                                    43,159

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,517

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,010

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   12.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        36.0





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