Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Providence township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,939

Household (median)                                               31,418

Family (median)                                                  34,525

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,951

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,941





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.4

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            51.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.1

  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 (%)                            62.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                103

  Elementary or High School                                       1,096

  College                                                           103



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,920

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.0

  Mean Income                                                    16,185

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.6

  Mean Income                                                    30,791

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.3

  Mean Income                                                    43,166

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,185

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    482

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.5

  Farming (%)                                                       5.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.8

  Labor (%)                                                        29.6





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