Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Mercer
Municipality: Perry township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,579
Household (median) 24,507
Family (median) 27,500
Married couple families (mean) 32,997
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,806
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 6.8
Families w/children in poverty (%) 69.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 50.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 10.5
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 7.8
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 28.6
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 15.3
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 35
Elementary or High School 269
College 53
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 24.1
High school grad (%) 75.9
College grad (%) 9.0
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 642
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 34.9
Employed in service industry (%) 22.6
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.5
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.6
Mean Income 16,461
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 29.7
Mean Income 26,644
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 55.7
Mean Income 38,081
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 276
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 7.2
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 114
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 1.4
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 10.7
Sales and suppport (%) 22.6
Service (%) 13.9
Farming (%) 5.9
Craft and Repair (%) 13.6
Labor (%) 33.3
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