Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Franklin

Municipality: Lurgan township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,824

Household (median)                                               30,286

Family (median)                                                  33,045

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,638

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           2,372





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                84.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            32.1

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.8

  Black                                                            33.3

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.2

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 18

  Elementary or High School                                         386

  College                                                            45



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.9

  High school grad (%)                                             61.1

  College grad (%)                                                  8.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,048

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 23.3

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.4

  Mean Income                                                    18,806

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.0

  Mean Income                                                    24,325

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.6

  Mean Income                                                    40,786

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    479

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    184

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.5





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.5

  Service (%)                                                      11.0

  Farming (%)                                                       9.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             16.2

  Labor (%)                                                        31.6





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