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 VI. Summary


 Human resources.--The 730 survey families contained 2,887 individuals.

Approximately 32 percent of the households and 37 percent of the population

were nonwhite.

 The population was characterized by a relatively small proportion of

individuals in the productive age groups with large proportions of children

and aged.

 Among the population 14 years of age and older, educational levels

were quite low, especially among tha older, the nonwhite, and the male popula-

tion.

 Almost one-fifth of the -population 14 years of age or older placed

some limitation on their physical capacity, About 7 percent were "unable to

work" and 12 percent said they could do light work only.

 Family size averaged lightly less than four members per household.

Farm families were considerabl- larger, on the average, than were nonfarm

families. Nonwhite families averaged larger in size than did white families.

 Parents of the 730 survey families reported 1,602 children who had

left home to stay, an average of 2.19 per family. In addition to the rela-

tively large families still at ho-ne and the age composition of the residual

population, this is further evidence of a high birthrate and substantial out-

migration from the area.

 A relatively large proportion (14 percent) of the survey families

were headed by females. In relative terms, the incidence of female family

heads was twice as great among nonwhite families as among white families.

 Households headed by "fully employable" males (under 45 years of age

without physical handicap) were encountered more frequently, relatively speak-

ing as well as in absolute numbers, amcrg the white than among the nonwhite