Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Snyder
Municipality: Centre township
INCOME
Per Capita 8,706
Household (median) 24,865
Family (median) 26,399
Married couple families (mean) 29,536
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,842
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 12.5
Families w/children in poverty (%) 68.7
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 28.3
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 14.9
Black 0.0
Other race 100.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 16.2
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 48.0
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 17.6
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 32
Elementary or High School 404
College 69
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 40.5
High school grad (%) 59.5
College grad (%) 7.5
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 916
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 32.4
Employed in service industry (%) 21.9
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.7
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 8.9
Mean Income 12,170
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 27.7
Mean Income 19,991
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 63.3
Mean Income 33,426
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 437
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 10.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 182
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 2.8
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 10.9
Sales and suppport (%) 16.4
Service (%) 16.5
Farming (%) 5.9
Craft and Repair (%) 14.4
Labor (%) 35.9
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