Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: New Holland borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       16,085

Household (median)                                               33,160

Family (median)                                                  40,331

  Married couple families (mean)                                 48,374

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,482





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            35.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                       29.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            81.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  3.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 75

  Elementary or High School                                         701

  College                                                           142



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.7

  High school grad (%)                                             77.3

  College grad (%)                                                 21.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,551

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           32.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    27,037

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.8

  Mean Income                                                    35,290

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            65.0

  Mean Income                                                    53,158

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,158

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    393

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        26.1





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