Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Mifflin

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,444

Household (median)                                               25,750

Family (median)                                                  29,863

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,979

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,340





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                69.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            11.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            44.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 20.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 47

  Elementary or High School                                         476

  College                                                            80



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.2

  High school grad (%)                                             64.8

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,337

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.6

  Mean Income                                                    19,276

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.9

  Mean Income                                                    24,611

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.4

  Mean Income                                                    53,047

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    530

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    172

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.2

  Service (%)                                                      14.7

  Farming (%)                                                      15.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        26.0





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