Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Corsica borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,420

Household (median)                                               21,944

Family (median)                                                  27,083

  Married couple families (mean)                                 30,847

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          11,150





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                           100.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            25.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  0

  Elementary or High School                                          75

  College                                                            13



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              27.9

  High school grad (%)                                             72.1

  College grad (%)                                                 16.2





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    165

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           20.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 8.0

  Mean Income                                                    12,529

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                20.7

  Mean Income                                                    27,982

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            71.3

  Mean Income                                                    33,699

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     94

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     32

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.9

  Service (%)                                                      22.4

  Farming (%)                                                       1.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.1

  Labor (%)                                                        18.2





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