Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Forest

Municipality: Hickory township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        9,685

Household (median)                                               21,750

Family (median)                                                  25,536

  Married couple families (mean)                                 29,059

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           7,269





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                61.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            13.7

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                           100.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                          74

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              32.2

  High school grad (%)                                             67.8

  College grad (%)                                                  3.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    184

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    17,707

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.5

  Mean Income                                                    24,533

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.9

  Mean Income                                                    33,984

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     86

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     36

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.0

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           24.5

  Service (%)                                                      12.0

  Farming (%)                                                       1.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.4

  Labor (%)                                                        38.0





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