Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: North Strabane township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,825

Household (median)                                               35,910

Family (median)                                                  40,784

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,428

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          17,117





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             2.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             4.2

  Black                                                            12.2

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            62.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  5.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                161

  Elementary or High School                                       1,136

  College                                                           532



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              22.3

  High school grad (%)                                             77.7

  College grad (%)                                                 22.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,950

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.0

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.2

  Mean Income                                                    25,680

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.1

  Mean Income                                                    40,611

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            56.7

  Mean Income                                                    54,868

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,863

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    596

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           36.1

  Service (%)                                                      12.8

  Farming (%)                                                       1.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.6

  Labor (%)                                                        13.0





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