Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Centre township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,545

Household (median)                                               32,656

Family (median)                                                  34,625

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,529

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,857





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.9

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            72.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 23

  Elementary or High School                                         438

  College                                                            49



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.3

  High school grad (%)                                             75.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    967

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    16,137

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    31,772

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            63.1

  Mean Income                                                    43,538

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    432

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    226

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.5

  Service (%)                                                      10.0

  Farming (%)                                                       3.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.2

  Labor (%)                                                        24.1





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