Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Union

Municipality: White Deer township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,005

Household (median)                                               28,584

Family (median)                                                  30,727

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,458

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,468





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.1

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.6

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 3.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  4.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 53

  Elementary or High School                                         777

  College                                                            53



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.5

  High school grad (%)                                             70.5

  College grad (%)                                                 10.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,945

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           44.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 20.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                12.1

  Mean Income                                                    18,331

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                21.8

  Mean Income                                                    25,291

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            66.1

  Mean Income                                                    38,775

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    867

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    457

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                    9.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.0

  Service (%)                                                      16.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.0

  Labor (%)                                                        37.5





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