Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Schuylkill
Municipality: Girardville borough
INCOME
Per Capita 9,279
Household (median) 18,804
Family (median) 24,000
Married couple families (mean) 30,459
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,461
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 10.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 64.8
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 57.1
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 15.3
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 17.5
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 70.9
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 22.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 14
Elementary or High School 259
College 66
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 31.3
High school grad (%) 68.7
College grad (%) 8.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 676
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 33.9
Employed in service industry (%) 27.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 10.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 20.0
Mean Income 14,532
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 36.8
Mean Income 23,162
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 43.2
Mean Income 36,432
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 338
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 8.9
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 126
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 13.3
Sales and suppport (%) 22.6
Service (%) 16.0
Farming (%) 0.6
Craft and Repair (%) 16.9
Labor (%) 30.6
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