Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Kingston borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       15,356

Household (median)                                               25,482

Family (median)                                                  33,315

  Married couple families (mean)                                 49,477

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          20,347





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.1

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                53.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            47.6

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             9.0

  Black                                                            62.7

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            74.6

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 10.5





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                274

  Elementary or High School                                       1,891

  College                                                           796



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.3

  High school grad (%)                                             79.7

  College grad (%)                                                 29.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  6,478

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 38.0

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                16.3

  Mean Income                                                    19,894

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.0

  Mean Income                                                    35,773

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.8

  Mean Income                                                    56,668

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  3,187

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    4.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    959

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   30.8

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           38.0

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       0.4

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.7

  Labor (%)                                                        11.4





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