Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Menno township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,782

Household (median)                                               20,114

Family (median)                                                  21,779

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,786

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          42,653





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            23.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                70.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             9.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            31.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                29.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            27.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 39.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                         361

  College                                                            20



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              59.5

  High school grad (%)                                             40.5

  College grad (%)                                                  7.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    575

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           25.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                10.8

  Mean Income                                                    12,103

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                38.5

  Mean Income                                                    27,687

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,235

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    210

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     81

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    6.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           15.3

  Service (%)                                                      10.1

  Farming (%)                                                      24.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.0

  Labor (%)                                                        27.5





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