Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Jefferson

Municipality: Porter township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        8,556

Household (median)                                               22,639

Family (median)                                                  23,750

  Married couple families (mean)                                 28,404

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           2,830





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            18.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                72.2

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            22.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 7.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 24.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  2

  Elementary or High School                                          56

  College                                                            16



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.9

  High school grad (%)                                             70.1

  College grad (%)                                                  4.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    128

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           26.6

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 14.1

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         10.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.0

  Mean Income                                                    18,051

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                32.6

  Mean Income                                                    21,773

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            47.4

  Mean Income                                                    32,657

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     49

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   12.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     25

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           14.1

  Service (%)                                                       9.4

  Farming (%)                                                      11.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             24.2

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





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