Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: East Hempfield township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,282

Household (median)                                               43,951

Family (median)                                                  50,822

  Married couple families (mean)                                 63,345

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          28,811





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            36.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                377

  Elementary or High School                                       2,989

  College                                                         1,041



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              12.0

  High school grad (%)                                             88.0

  College grad (%)                                                 39.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                 10,363

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 32.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,407

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    53,316

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.2

  Mean Income                                                    66,433

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  4,788

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                  1,764

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   35.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.4

  Service (%)                                                       7.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.9

  Labor (%)                                                        14.2





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