Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Luzerne
Municipality: Huntington township
INCOME
Per Capita 9,934
Household (median) 24,375
Family (median) 27,460
Married couple families (mean) 32,534
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 14,280
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 9.6
Families w/children in poverty (%) 49.0
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 40.0
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 11.8
Black 20.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 14.3
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 34.2
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 16.8
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 39
Elementary or High School 334
College 100
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 26.6
High school grad (%) 73.4
College grad (%) 18.2
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 760
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.1
Employed in service industry (%) 26.4
Unemployment rate - 1989 7.2
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 14.4
Mean Income 19,354
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 36.0
Mean Income 24,865
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 49.5
Mean Income 39,142
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 343
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 5.5
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 136
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.3
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.8
Sales and suppport (%) 22.5
Service (%) 12.8
Farming (%) 2.9
Craft and Repair (%) 18.3
Labor (%) 24.7
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