Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Laflin borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       21,785

Household (median)                                               46,691

Family (median)                                                  49,181

  Married couple families (mean)                                 72,253

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,817





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             0.9

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             1.6

  Black                                                            10.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.5

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            50.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 33

  Elementary or High School                                         204

  College                                                           116



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              11.7

  High school grad (%)                                             88.3

  College grad (%)                                                 40.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    806

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           13.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 36.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 7.2

  Mean Income                                                    18,810

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.4

  Mean Income                                                    82,355

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            68.4

  Mean Income                                                    67,732

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    374

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.4

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    131

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.1





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   32.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           43.4

  Service (%)                                                       6.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              7.2

  Labor (%)                                                        10.8





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