Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Perry

Municipality: Tuscarora township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,741

Household (median)                                               27,738

Family (median)                                                  29,609

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,875

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           8,308





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            11.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            53.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                15.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            15.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 15

  Elementary or High School                                         189

  College                                                            35



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              37.8

  High school grad (%)                                             62.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    468

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 17.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                    12,950

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.9

  Mean Income                                                    35,207

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            53.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,567

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    199

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     85

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           30.8

  Service (%)                                                      10.9

  Farming (%)                                                       4.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.6

  Labor (%)                                                        27.6





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