Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Larksville borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,116

Household (median)                                               25,205

Family (median)                                                  31,048

  Married couple families (mean)                                 37,113

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,352





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.6

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                68.7

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            50.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.7

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                13.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                123

  Elementary or High School                                         737

  College                                                           194



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              28.5

  High school grad (%)                                             71.5

  College grad (%)                                                 15.1





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  2,046

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           16.5

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 29.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.7

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                17.2

  Mean Income                                                    13,873

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.3

  Mean Income                                                    32,526

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            58.5

  Mean Income                                                    42,996

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  1,015

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    6.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    429

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   19.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           31.9

  Service (%)                                                      14.6

  Farming (%)                                                       0.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             15.9

  Labor (%)                                                        17.2





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