Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Pequea township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,529

Household (median)                                               36,985

Family (median)                                                  39,414

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,995

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          26,885





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                40.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            24.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                104

  Elementary or High School                                         766

  College                                                           135



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              21.9

  High school grad (%)                                             78.1

  College grad (%)                                                 20.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,506

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.6

  Mean Income                                                    17,873

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,218

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.3

  Mean Income                                                    54,136

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,085

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    416

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.5

  Farming (%)                                                       3.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.3

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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