Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: East Donegal township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,183

Household (median)                                               37,455

Family (median)                                                  42,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,218

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,008





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            43.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                            11.5

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            26.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  9.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                101

  Elementary or High School                                         835

  College                                                           188



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              19.3

  High school grad (%)                                             80.7

  College grad (%)                                                 22.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,534

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.1

  Mean Income                                                    26,712

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,298

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.9

  Mean Income                                                    49,920

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    492

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       7.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        22.6





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