Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Clinton

Municipality: Lamar township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,281

Household (median)                                               26,054

Family (median)                                                  28,861

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,788

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,900





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                73.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            16.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            23.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 16.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 19

  Elementary or High School                                         446

  College                                                            61



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.9

  High school grad (%)                                             70.1

  College grad (%)                                                 18.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,089

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.2

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.9

  Mean Income                                                    21,104

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,329

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.8

  Mean Income                                                    40,708

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    491

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.1

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    211

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.7

  Service (%)                                                      10.6

  Farming (%)                                                       7.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             13.6

  Labor (%)                                                        26.4





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