Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Potter

Municipality: Sweden township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,867

Household (median)                                               25,917

Family (median)                                                  27,431

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,365

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          23,130





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                77.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            29.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            15.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.2

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

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         100

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.9

  High school grad (%)                                             76.1

  College grad (%)                                                 18.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    271

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.4

  Mean Income                                                    10,402

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    22,830

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.0

  Mean Income                                                    35,398

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    139

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     74

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   22.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.4

  Service (%)                                                      18.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              9.6

  Labor (%)                                                        22.5





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