Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Columbia

Municipality: Bloomsburg town





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,571

Household (median)                                               20,871

Family (median)                                                  28,732

  Married couple families (mean)                                 40,765

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,802





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            77.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.7

  Black                                                            33.3

  Other race                                                       79.7

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            78.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                139

  Elementary or High School                                       1,010

  College                                                         4,892



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              26.1

  High school grad (%)                                             73.9

  College grad (%)                                                 26.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,423

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 45.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          5.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.8

  Mean Income                                                    22,948

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.6

  Mean Income                                                    25,682

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            57.6

  Mean Income                                                    44,628

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,200

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    745

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      18.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.1





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