Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Armagh township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,563

Household (median)                                               23,994

Family (median)                                                  28,179

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,192

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,198





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            28.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 6.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            65.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         585

  College                                                            79



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              36.3

  High school grad (%)                                             63.7

  College grad (%)                                                  9.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,551

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,609

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,985

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.5

  Mean Income                                                    37,210

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    655

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    311

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.5

  Service (%)                                                      14.8

  Farming (%)                                                       7.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.7

  Labor (%)                                                        32.8





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