Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Hazle township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,845

Household (median)                                               24,280

Family (median)                                                  30,462

  Married couple families (mean)                                 36,303

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,666





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                71.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            90.9

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.4

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                      100.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            76.4

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 15.8





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                135

  Elementary or High School                                       1,218

  College                                                           448



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                 11.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  3,944

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           27.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          6.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                19.5

  Mean Income                                                    14,152

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.7

  Mean Income                                                    27,308

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.8

  Mean Income                                                    42,369

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,835

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.0

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    615

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   14.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.7

  Service (%)                                                      11.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.6

  Labor (%)                                                        28.0





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