Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Huntington

Municipality: Carbon township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,692

Household (median)                                               19,688

Family (median)                                                  30,375

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,072

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,000





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                55.6

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            19.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                20.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            75.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 26.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  4

  Elementary or High School                                          89

  College                                                             9



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              40.6

  High school grad (%)                                             59.4

  College grad (%)                                                  6.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    159

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.4

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         15.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.6

  Mean Income                                                    13,599

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                19.2

  Mean Income                                                    24,315

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.2

  Mean Income                                                    36,646

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     69

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   21.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     23

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.3

  Service (%)                                                       3.1

  Farming (%)                                                       1.3

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.5

  Labor (%)                                                        46.5





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