Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Martic township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,999

Household (median)                                               35,847

Family (median)                                                  39,419

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,009

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,898





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                90.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            60.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                114

  Elementary or High School                                         861

  College                                                            96



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,263

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,846

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    34,302

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.6

  Mean Income                                                    46,513

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    996

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    425

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.6

  Service (%)                                                      12.6

  Farming (%)                                                       3.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.0

  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