Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lancaster

Municipality: Rapho township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,192

Household (median)                                               34,404

Family (median)                                                  38,404

  Married couple families (mean)                                 46,376

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,742





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                46.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            39.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.3

  Black                                                            58.8

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            43.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 99

  Elementary or High School                                       1,499

  College                                                           252



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.8

  High school grad (%)                                             72.2

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,567

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           24.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 4.8

  Mean Income                                                    20,745

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.7

  Mean Income                                                    31,539

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            70.5

  Mean Income                                                    50,335

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,052

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    713

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.4

  Farming (%)                                                       7.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        23.7





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