Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Fulton

Municipality: Thompson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,196

Household (median)                                               25,833

Family (median)                                                  29,261

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,400

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          18,813





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             9.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                62.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            22.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            45.5

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 13.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  5

  Elementary or High School                                         217

  College                                                            35



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.8

  High school grad (%)                                             64.2

  College grad (%)                                                 11.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    482

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           30.7

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                11.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,804

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.7

  Mean Income                                                    21,593

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.6

  Mean Income                                                    38,853

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    210

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           21.8

  Service (%)                                                      11.4

  Farming (%)                                                       6.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.6

  Labor (%)                                                        31.7





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