Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: East Earl township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,073

Household (median)                                               32,030

Family (median)                                                  34,490

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,250

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,816





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                91.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 83

  Elementary or High School                                         953

  College                                                            66



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              51.3

  High school grad (%)                                             48.7

  College grad (%)                                                  7.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,594

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,728

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,334

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            60.0

  Mean Income                                                    52,505

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,014

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    286

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.8

  Farming (%)                                                       9.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.1

  Labor (%)                                                        27.1





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