Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Snyder

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,134

Household (median)                                               24,091

Family (median)                                                  26,900

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,382

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,609





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            12.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            21.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            61.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 35.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 13

  Elementary or High School                                         277

  College                                                            26



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              42.0

  High school grad (%)                                             58.0

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    681

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                14.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,177

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,010

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.7

  Mean Income                                                    37,228

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    292

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    111

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           18.9

  Service (%)                                                      13.4

  Farming (%)                                                      11.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.4

  Labor (%)                                                        30.7





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