Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Greene

Municipality: Jefferson borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,934

Household (median)                                               23,750

Family (median)                                                  32,708

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,596

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,940





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            16.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                76.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            15.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            23.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.0

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            33.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 46.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                          65

  College                                                             7



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.1

  High school grad (%)                                             76.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    120

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            3.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 27.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.4

  Mean Income                                                    12,373

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                37.9

  Mean Income                                                    32,249

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            43.7

  Mean Income                                                    48,405

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     55

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   14.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     11

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   26.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.8

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             24.2

  Labor (%)                                                        12.5





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