Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Washington

Municipality: Union township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       12,076

Household (median)                                               29,140

Family (median)                                                  34,048

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,125

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,150





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                44.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            70.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.0

  Black                                                            31.1

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.4

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                115

  Elementary or High School                                       1,002

  College                                                           222



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.3

  High school grad (%)                                             79.7

  College grad (%)                                                 15.4





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,907

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 25.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.1

  Mean Income                                                    19,217

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.3

  Mean Income                                                    29,579

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,107

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,338

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.8

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    528

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   16.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.7

  Service (%)                                                      13.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.8

  Labor (%)                                                        16.6





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