Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Ryan township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,201

Household (median)                                               30,625

Family (median)                                                  36,979

  Married couple families (mean)                                 39,735

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,105





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             4.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                37.5

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             5.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 22

  Elementary or High School                                         227

  College                                                            58



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.2

  High school grad (%)                                             75.8

  College grad (%)                                                 20.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    597

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           36.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.4

  Mean Income                                                    33,845

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.0

  Mean Income                                                    30,400

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.6

  Mean Income                                                    42,732

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    274

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    110

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   21.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        28.0





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