Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Adams township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,252

Household (median)                                               21,898

Family (median)                                                  24,250

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,011

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           6,105





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            12.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                92.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            40.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            66.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 23.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         158

  College                                                            14



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              45.1

  High school grad (%)                                             54.9

  College grad (%)                                                  8.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    362

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           38.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.9

  Mean Income                                                    19,045

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                36.2

  Mean Income                                                    22,167

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.9

  Mean Income                                                    36,793

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    156

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     70

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           11.6

  Service (%)                                                      13.3

  Farming (%)                                                       7.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             19.9

  Labor (%)                                                        38.1





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