Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Pike

Municipality: Dingman township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,022

Household (median)                                               39,063

Family (median)                                                  41,236

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,903

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,668





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                47.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            72.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            11.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.2





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                143

  Elementary or High School                                         734

  College                                                           195



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              14.8

  High school grad (%)                                             85.2

  College grad (%)                                                 26.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,206

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           12.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.8

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.2

  Mean Income                                                    19,202

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    40,311

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            61.6

  Mean Income                                                    50,524

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    976

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    404

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.2

  Farming (%)                                                       2.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.7

  Labor (%)                                                        16.2





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