Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Southwest Madison township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,427

Household (median)                                               26,442

Family (median)                                                  30,313

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,266

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,600





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.9

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.8

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                17.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  8

  Elementary or High School                                         143

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              31.0

  High school grad (%)                                             69.0

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    336

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 21.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.5

  Mean Income                                                    15,359

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.0

  Mean Income                                                    29,470

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            62.5

  Mean Income                                                    38,070

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     67

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.1

  Service (%)                                                      10.4

  Farming (%)                                                      15.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.4

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





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