Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Bloomfield borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,482

Household (median)                                               26,708

Family (median)                                                  34,886

  Married couple families (mean)                                 42,903

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,877





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         155

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.4

  High school grad (%)                                             71.6

  College grad (%)                                                 25.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    496

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           10.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          1.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.7

  Mean Income                                                    27,747

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                23.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,002

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,667

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    235

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     95

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   27.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           28.4

  Service (%)                                                      12.7

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        18.5





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