Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Luzerne

Municipality: Nanticoke city





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,815

Household (median)                                               18,974

Family (median)                                                  26,296

  Married couple families (mean)                                 33,977

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,823





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             7.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.1

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            57.4

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            11.9

  Black                                                           100.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                14.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            86.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 19.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                159

  Elementary or High School                                       1,539

  College                                                           728



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              38.7

  High school grad (%)                                             61.3

  College grad (%)                                                 15.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  4,949

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           22.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 30.6

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          7.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.1

  Mean Income                                                    17,813

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,578

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            49.7

  Mean Income                                                    40,951

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                  2,358

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    5.6

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    822

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.9





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   17.4

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           29.3

  Service (%)                                                      17.0

  Farming (%)                                                       0.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             12.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.9





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