Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Earl township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,313

Household (median)                                               33,003

Family (median)                                                  36,534

  Married couple families (mean)                                 50,293

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,346





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            10.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            35.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                135

  Elementary or High School                                         995

  College                                                           115



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              53.5

  High school grad (%)                                             46.5

  College grad (%)                                                 12.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,504

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,363

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,746

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.6

  Mean Income                                                    60,123

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    998

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    324

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                      13.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.8

  Labor (%)                                                        18.1





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