Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Derry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,560

Household (median)                                               25,931

Family (median)                                                  30,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 43,669

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,720





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            77.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 66

  Elementary or High School                                       1,296

  College                                                           238



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.7

  High school grad (%)                                             73.3

  College grad (%)                                                 14.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,303

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,736

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                29.4

  Mean Income                                                    34,987

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.3

  Mean Income                                                    46,243

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,599

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    665

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.8

  Labor (%)                                                        30.7





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