Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Hanover township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,892

Household (median)                                               21,509

Family (median)                                                  26,185

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,398

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                           9,377





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            15.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                82.8

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            75.8

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            16.3

  Black                                                            77.9

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            71.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 31.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                213

  Elementary or High School                                       1,862

  College                                                           610



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              30.6

  High school grad (%)                                             69.4

  College grad (%)                                                 17.0





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  5,039

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           18.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    13,148

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.1

  Mean Income                                                    23,470

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            48.7

  Mean Income                                                    45,153

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,570

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    916

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.8

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.9

  Labor (%)                                                        20.4





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