Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Lawrence

Municipality: Washington township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,866

Household (median)                                               24,464

Family (median)                                                  28,942

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,257

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,040





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                28.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            60.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 11

  Elementary or High School                                         106

  College                                                            28



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.7

  High school grad (%)                                             77.3

  College grad (%)                                                 16.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    296

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           14.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.6

  Mean Income                                                    16,383

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,905

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.1

  Mean Income                                                    36,014

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    133

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     51

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.0

  Service (%)                                                      12.2

  Farming (%)                                                      17.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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