Municipal Socio-Economic Profile
County: Luzerne
Municipality: Newport township
INCOME
Per Capita 10,093
Household (median) 18,296
Family (median) 25,564
Married couple families (mean) 33,024
Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean) 9,275
POVERTY
Families in Poverty (%) 11.0
Families w/children in poverty (%) 69.3
Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%) 54.6
Persons in Poverty (%)
White 12.4
Black 0.0
Other race 0.0
Hispanic 0.0
Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%) 11.0
Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%) 62.6
Children (under 18) in poverty (%) 20.5
EDUCATION
Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school
Pre-primary school 40
Elementary or High School 669
College 178
Total Persons age 25 and over
Less than a High School Diploma (%) 38.1
High school grad (%) 61.9
College grad (%) 15.9
EMPLOYMENT
Employed persons age 16 and over 1,772
Employed in manufacturing industry (%) 25.6
Employed in service industry (%) 33.0
Unemployment rate - 1989 8.1
Families with no workers - 1989 (%) 26.0
Mean Income 13,593
Families with one worker - 1989 (%) 26.9
Mean Income 21,273
Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%) 47.1
Mean Income 44,195
Females age 16 and over
In labor force 892
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 4.1
Females age 16 and over, with children
In labor force 338
Unemployment rate - 1989 (%) 0.0
OCCUPATION
Employed persons age 16 and over
Managerial (%) 18.4
Sales and suppport (%) 29.0
Service (%) 16.8
Farming (%) 0.2
Craft and Repair (%) 10.6
Labor (%) 25.2
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