Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Canton township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,328

Household (median)                                               25,037

Family (median)                                                  28,622

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,967

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,321





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            13.2

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                78.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            64.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.9

  Black                                                            21.7

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                11.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            37.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 21.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                159

  Elementary or High School                                       1,485

  College                                                           388



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              33.2

  High school grad (%)                                             66.8

  College grad (%)                                                 13.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,082

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,902

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.1

  Mean Income                                                    25,401

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.6

  Mean Income                                                    46,407

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,002

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    734

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   15.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.5

  Service (%)                                                      16.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.8

  Labor (%)                                                        23.0





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