Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Luzerne borough





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,644

Household (median)                                               19,892

Family (median)                                                  28,889

  Married couple families (mean)                                 31,988

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          13,622





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             8.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                48.5

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            48.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            12.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                18.6

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            87.1

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 51

  Elementary or High School                                         383

  College                                                           204



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.0

  High school grad (%)                                             62.0

  College grad (%)                                                 14.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,362

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           21.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 26.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          4.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                18.6

  Mean Income                                                    20,025

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                34.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,541

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            46.6

  Mean Income                                                    35,802

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    637

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    179

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           33.8

  Service (%)                                                      15.3

  Farming (%)                                                       2.8

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              8.4

  Labor (%)                                                        22.3





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