Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Perry township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,905

Household (median)                                               25,909

Family (median)                                                  29,050

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,869

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,409





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            34.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.9

  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 (%)                            56.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 30

  Elementary or High School                                         327

  College                                                            36



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              44.8

  High school grad (%)                                             55.2

  College grad (%)                                                  7.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    834

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           35.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,592

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,777

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,983

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    363

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    152

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    8.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.8

  Farming (%)                                                       7.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        36.5





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