Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Greene

Municipality: Rices Landing borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,367

Household (median)                                               14,524

Family (median)                                                  20,536

  Married couple families (mean)                                 24,116

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           5,429





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            24.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                85.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            17.2

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            30.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            73.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 53.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          56

  College                                                             8



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.1

  High school grad (%)                                             72.9

  College grad (%)                                                 17.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    127

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                            5.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.6

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                38.7

  Mean Income                                                    15,334

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.8

  Mean Income                                                    24,421

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            25.5

  Mean Income                                                    31,770

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     56

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     31

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   25.2

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      15.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.7

  Labor (%)                                                        20.5





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