Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Blair

Municipality: Newry borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,292

Household (median)                                               22,083

Family (median)                                                  27,917

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,474

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          12,855





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                16.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  8.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  6

  Elementary or High School                                          52

  College                                                            18



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              17.0

  High school grad (%)                                             83.0

  College grad (%)                                                 17.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    145

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 22.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                15.1

  Mean Income                                                    16,621

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                33.3

  Mean Income                                                    22,057

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            51.6

  Mean Income                                                    35,555

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     68

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.9

  Service (%)                                                      20.0

  Farming (%)                                                       2.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              5.5

  Labor (%)                                                        28.3





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